Legalize Pot? Should Marijuana Be Legalized and Taxed?
State legislators propose full legalization of marijuana, which would be taxed and regulated like alcohol.
It is time again to end a useless prohibition, according to two legislators who have proposed legalizing marijuana. Rep. Edith Ajello and Sen. Donna Nesselbush announced Wednesday they have proposed legislation to legalize marijuana possession in Rhode Island for adults age 21 and older. Pot would be regulated and taxed similar to alcohol under their proposal. The legislation follows last year's decriminalization of marijuana possession in Rhode Island, due to go into effect this spring. “It is time for Rhode Island to put the failed policy of marijuana prohibition behind us and adopt a more sensible approach just as our nation did with alcohol 80 years ago,” Ajello said in a prelease. “Regulating marijuana like alcohol will take …
joeshmo
9:35 pm on Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Please do. I may finally have something that actually helps me sleep at night that I can use without fear of loosing my job if I get tested. Drugs that ruin lives in this country isn't thc , its heroin, crack, meth, and yes alcohol. That's because all of those have a physical dependence to them once used for a period of time. I smoked weed for years and quit fairly easily when I was hired at my … more ›