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Cannabis

NNadir

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1. Giving pot revenue to schools sends a bad message.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Sat Oct 7, 2017, 06:58 AM

Oct 2017

Pot smoking and education are incompatible.

While I'm not arguing for criminalizing pot, I strongly object to any representation that it is "good" for anything.

It isn't. Its use needs to be strongly discouraged, much as we discourage cigarettes and other legal drugs.

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Oregon pays out $85 million in pot taxes to school fund, cops, other services [View all] n2doc Oct 2017 OP

Giving pot revenue to schools sends a bad message. NNadir Oct 2017 #1

So you also think tax revenue from tobacco and alcohol Voltaire2 Oct 2017 #2

I believe taxes should be dedicated to the general fund and dispersed as such to public... NNadir Oct 2017 #3