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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by Afforess on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:42PM (#27921139)
> Imagine how much tax dollars would be gained if all drugs were legalized in US and let's say 20% of it's population started to regularly use them.

...What? Is this a serious take? You think widespread recreational hard drug usage would increase tax revenue and not have any other negative externalities? Like... dead people don't pay taxes.

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Re:Syria has become a narco-state by stickfigure on Thursday July 22, 2021 @12:54PM (#27921313)
Question for you: What percentage of the US population do you think regularly (say, once a month or more) consumes hard drugs? Include prescription painkillers and amphetamines in this count, even if they are prescribed by doctors.

I'll bet it's not too far away from 20% already.

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