it can be done.

think of the money spend on prohibition. on incarcerating people. think of the lives ruined with criminal records.

think of the profits enjoyed by organized crime, and the lives lost in the underground trade. think of the enfocement offcers lives lost.

and then think how many people you dont dont smoke solely because it is illegal? probably none. meaning all of the costs i mentioned above are for nothing.

i am not convinced we need to stay on yank nuts. we got the oil, the food, the lumber, the minerals, the resources, the steel, the diamonds. we dont need to sell manufacturing to the neighbors when the whole world needs what we have. ESPESCIALLY as china and india develop a middle class, and economic sanctions from the neighbor would come from our choice to live our way.