So here’s another argument for legalizing marijuana:
A Utah man bought a used SUV and immediately had to take the old car to a mechanic. He didn’t understand why the gas gage always read half-full. The mechanic suggested that maybe it was the 35 pounds of marijuana that filled the other half of the tank. The pot was plastic-wrapped and added $35,000 to the street value of the car.
Really? You mean we used our criminal statutes to take $35,000 of value off the street in a single police transaction? While we’re in an economic funk and wringing our hands about job losses? De-criminalizing marijuana should have been part of the stimulus package. Think of all the assets that would immediately become a legitimate part of the economy, and all the jobs it would create.
But you have leverage that with the cost/benefit of a legally high population.
And don’t forget the obesity epidemic strengthened by “the munchies.”
And hippies partying in the streets.
It’s a slippery slope to anarchy in the name of capitalism!
But I kid. I’d totally be down with legalizing weed. That stuff is good times.