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Marijuana taxes

Jacob Sullum thinks proposed marijuana taxes will be too high. Mark Kleiman thinks they’ll be too low.

High Marijuana Taxes Could Derail Legalization Plans – Jacob Sullum Cannabis taxes will wind up too low, not too high – Mark Kleiman

I’ll let you read the two competing pieces and see where you think reality will […]

More violence in the drug war in Mexico is nothing to laugh at, but I couldn’t help it when reading this headline:

Mexico drug lord shot dead by clown assassins

It immediately made me think of the movie “Real Men” starring James Belushi and John Ritter.

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