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<div><font face="Arial" size="2"><span class="602491102-07072010">Taxifornia
is on the verge of legalizing marijuana, and hoping to tax it to try to
dig out of its current budget abyss. These days there is something
about in the news nearly every day. I always hear about new
medications needing hundreds of millions of dollars worth of clinical
testing to verify that any new medication is safe and effective before
it gets FDA approval. So why wouldn't that apply here?</span></font></div>
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Millions if not hundreds of millions have been spent. Trying to prove
the pot is really really bad for you. It has failed. To me the
argument for legalizing pot is much more simple than any medical claims.<br>
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1) You have the right as a consenting adult to imbibe whatever you wish;<br>
2) Given (1) others have the right to supply you with what you wish.<br>
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That said, pot is not just medicine. So FDA rules do not apply. Did
the FDA need to approve alcohol or tobacco? <br>
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- s<br>
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