That was the urgent message on the letter in my college mailbox. It turns out that Dr. Friedman wants me to sign an open letter endorsing The Budgetary Implications of Marijuana Prohibition. What troubles me is the reasoning:
“The report finds that replacing marijuana prohibition with a system of taxation and regulation would save the United States $7.7 billion per year in state and federal expenditures and might generate as much as $6.2 billion annually in tax revenue.” True, but we could raise some revenue if we started taxing hugs, too.
Needless to say, I don’t think I’ll be signing this petition, even though I’m all for decriminalizing / completely legalizing marijuana.
