All sin taxes should be done away with since they have been proven ineffective in curbing the consumption of the products they are taxing. The ATF should be abolished as tobacco & alcohol don't need federal oversight or regulation. These should be state regulated. And are they really using the taxes for the stated purpose? Isn't Colorado's tobacco tax used to fund child healthcare? The MJ tax is for schools. None of the taxes are being used to address the negative social aspects of the products.

We need to stop adding power and taxation ability to the federal government. If the feds would decriminalize MJ, the states would be free to do as their citizens see fit. But then why should a product that is legal in 1 state be illegal in others. I don't see how state gun laws pass this test. A piece of plastic in WY is legal, but not in CO.