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To: KLP who wrote (119901)6/14/2005 7:06:36 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (1) of 793900
 
Since it seems the number seems to be about 1 in 10 will become addicted,

Where are you getting that number? Is that not the proportion of those who use marijuana who will become addicted? What does that have to do with legalization?

If you want to compute the cost of legalization, you'd have to estimate how many people would try marijuana who haven't already and then take ten percent of that. I'd be surprised if there were many people who have avoided marijuana only because it's illegal. I'd be surprised if legalizing it would create many new users, addicted or otherwise.

And once you had that number, you'd have to balance that cost against the savings from not having to enforce laws against marijuana. Whatever your estimate of new addicts, the cost would be dramatically less than the savings from criminal enforcement.
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