Response to Marcos blog

Taxing Marijuana like we have the past couple of years in Colorado seems to be a good idea like Marcos was saying considering that it made more revenue than projected and that money is also being used for education. Since the oil industry, one of the biggest industries in Texas seems to be going down this could be a perfect way to get more revenue. The problem I see with legalizing marijuana to get this revenue would be that it wouldn't only be for medical use but also for recreational use like it is in Colorado for example. Many people and even tax payers could benefit from this because of the $700,000,000 that we pay because of marijuana arrests. People in high and important places wouldn't really reap the benefits of this such as pharmaceuticals or government agencies that make a living in 'fighting' a so called war on drugs. Let's actually think about this and see if it is something that we would actually get accomplished in a border state where this ‘war’ on drugs continues with no result. If our elected leaders and unelected leaders would let this happen. Make it look like it benefits them and you will see immediate changes but don’t expect them to do anything about it if they don’t see benefits for themselves.  Good article overall but I would expand more on the possibilities of it happening and how you would tax it or decriminalize it. At the end of the day whoever wants to do it will might as well make some money out of it.