[barkeep]

Your handle is interesting in itself. Yes, some money spent on imported pot finds its way into terrorist hands, as did money for speakeasy drinks during prohibition.

A) as a legal product, the Columbian narco-terroristas would be as out of luck as a 30's bootlegger.

B) By the best estimates I read, about 50% of hooch consumed in the US is grown in back yards, basements, or spare bedrooms. It has been many years ago, but I speak from experience, the weed is incredibly easy to grow.

Sorry, but banning marijuana is on a par with repealing the law of gravity to aid fuel efficiency. It CAN'T BE DONE. The Columbians have made a good faith effort and it has cost them the lives of their best and brightest. Imagine if we had had any group for any reason come in and assasinate half of our Supreme Court Justices, not to mention the various and sundry mayors, prosecutors and family members of same. All this considered, I am astonished the Columbians bother to pretend to take us seriously anymore.

[Capitalism2003]

Banning marijuana does nothing but cost the government money (courts, prisons) and make bad guys RICH. If we reverse the situation, government could tax it, make a ton of money, and eliminate the deadly black market.

By the way, anyone who has done both knows that alcohol is FAR worse than pot, leading to much greater physical impairment. I say legalize weed, tax it, let people smoke it in their own homes, and raise the penalty for driving under the influence of any drug 1000%. Leave people free to get high/drunk on their own property, but the second they endanger anyone else, they must pay a hefty price.