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25 Jun 2009 12:02 pm
Obama, Tobacco And Marijuana
Derek Thompson follows the logic of regulating and taxing tobacco rather than banning it:
The government's effort to
manage tobacco rather than make it
illegal is exactly what belongs in the debate over pot and other
illegal substances that could, at the very least, provide significant
boons to medical pharmacology. The FDA has
rejected
the possibility of making cigarettes illegal by saying the underground
product would be "even more dangerous than those currently marketed."
So when you make popular products illegal, it has the potential to make
those products more dangerous. Gee, ya think?
I know that
Gee, ya think
is about as far as you can get from a comprehensive plan for the
controlled legalization of marijuana and other substances. But let's be
adults here. Obama understands the limits of cigarette law because he
understands the market for cigarettes. Maybe what the drug debate
really needs is a joint in the West Wing.
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