Incentives for Medical Marijuana Legalization

Recent articles in the local media have continued to try and justify the legalization of medical marijuana. In an effort to sway those who haven’t made up their mind on this issue or to persuade those who are currently against its legalization, they have begun to emphasize the possibility of taxing the purchase and distribution of marijuana to gain monies for various programs.  

They would then be able to use these additional taxes ($215 million per year) for the payment of public services that they define primarily as for law enforcement and treatment.  This is supposed to help justify their promotion for its eventual legalization. Pathetic.

Oh that’s how it works. We are supposed to lay aside our principles and convictions as long as we can make some money off doing the wrong thing.  

Let me repeat my stand against this issue. Again, I have never had a bonified pain patient even request a prescription for medical marijuana. I have had a few people who would rather smoke their life away ask for it but no one else. And again, its active ingredient is already available in pill form.  

Don’t be fooled. If you think that alcohol has affected our society in any positive way, then you can already predict what legalizing marijuana will do.  And it will be your kids and mine that are Dead on Arrival (DOA) at the emergency room when people under the influence of cannibus hit the road.