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In 2022, some Republicans are still raging war on a plant.
Recently, the Republican Study Committee, composed of 156 members of Congress, released a new “Family Policy Agenda” with 80 specific policy goals the group intends to implement should Republicans win the majority in the next term. The proposal includes a few good ideas, like reviewing occupational licensing laws and getting rid of the ones that don’t actually protect consumer health and safety. But the majority of it is a socially conservative culture war wishlist that seems pretty far removed from the priorities of everyday Americans.
One particularly unhinged section is titled “Protecting Children from Dangers of Drugs.” In it, the lawmakers claim that states that have legalized marijuana have seen an “explosion of marijuana use among children, which is having a hugely negative impact on their health.”
But, uh, that’s easily proven false with literally just a quick Google search. According to the prestigious, peer-reviewed medical journal JAMA , marijuana use among teens has not increased in states that have passed medical or recreational marijuana laws in the past 25 years. In fact, their study found that legalization may actually be making it more difficult for kids to obtain pot.
You mean to tell me that when a state gets rid of a black market, illegal activity decreases?
Shocker!
Product or service bans almost never work. It’s unrealistic to think that simply outlawing a good or service in demand will make it disappear. Hardly. The free market is tougher than that. Supply will always find a way to meet demand, and thus black markets spring up—empowering gangs and cartels in the process.Legalizing cannabis brings the industry back above board. The incentive for people to sell on the black market decreases because the consumer has access to a legal, safe, […]
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