Anderson, Arden A_ 1/1/1997 - 31/12/2024
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1 US LA: LTE: Column On Marijuana Should Be A Wake-Up CallSun, 28 Oct 2007
Source:Advertiser, The (Lafayette, LA) Author:Anderson, Arden A. Area:Louisiana Lines:41 Added:10/29/2007

The Oct. 22 column by Bill Steigerwald regarding the legalization of marijuana has got to be in the top 10 of all-time stupid columns. He cites reports by Jon Gettleman and Ethan Nadlemann who both decry our laws prohibiting the legalization of marijuana. The title of Steigerwald's column is, "Cost of marijuana enforcement and lost taxpayer revenues is $41.8 billion."

Of the $41.8 billion, he cites the prospective taxes on marijuana as being $31.1 billion, inferring that our present cost of enforcement is $10.7 billion.

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