I used to think we should legalize it because it was benign and the tax revenue would be useful. I have changed my mind.

I see that most people can't control their use of it, just as a huge percentage of drinkers can't control their use of alcohol.

It seems wrong that we build state government budgets on getting people to do things that hurt them. The lottery and now this. And unlike tobacco, we're not taxing to discourage. We are actually encouraging people to do these things.

Finally, it's personal. I have a daughter who started out with this benign drug. She moved on to harder things, lost her job and her children. Might that have happened anyway? Maybe, but we shouldn't make it easier.

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