[ronnyquest]

"Creating a regulated industry in the interest of tax revenue it is not a valid solution or reason for legalization...it's pothead talk grasping for validation. "

I don't believe I mentioned anything about taxation. I simply said to legalize it and pointed out that your statement about no regulation was not actually no regulation. I do not smoke (anything), but I do not believe we need legislation keeping you from doing it, nor do we need to tax it. I'm appalled by the new cigarette tax, although it does not apply directly to me. We'll have to agree to disagree about the semantics.

[FTJM]

I don't believe I mentioned anything about taxation. I simply said to legalize it and pointed out that your statement about no regulation was not actually no regulation. I do not smoke (anything), but I do not believe we need legislation keeping you from doing it, nor do we need to tax it. I'm appalled by the new cigarette tax, although it does not apply directly to me. We'll have to agree to disagree about the semantics.

And I pointed that you were arguing semantics. Regulating a billion dollar commercial industry versus limiting the number of plants one can legally grow are two drastically different things, something we do now anyway.

My reference to taxation regarded the typical reason offered for legalizing marijuana, I did not ascribe it specifically to you.