# Legalization Of Marijuana

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalization-of-marijuana/511205>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 23, 2009, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalization-of-marijuana/511205 "2009-09-23T06:30:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalization-of-marijuana/511205/61 "2009-09-26T05:30:00Z")

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Legal to people over 18. Tax it the same way you tax cigarettes.

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**Author:** ![LunarPlexus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LunarPlexus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LunarPlexus)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalization-of-marijuana/511205/62 "2009-09-26T05:48:57Z")

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If you’re going to insist on taxing it, just leave things the way they are. I’ll take my chances.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legalization-of-marijuana/511205/63 "2009-09-26T09:55:19Z")

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I voted for legalize all drugs, but frankly I don’t see any need for strict control… interesting that it seems almost impossible for people to even conceive of what is the historical status quo

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