<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Darrell Keim inquires:</div><div><br></div><div>"<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I wonder what-if any-increased costs those states are or will be seeing in crime, hospitalization, etc."</span></div><div><br></div><div>I'm guessin' there will be no increased costs, just increased tax revenue. I estimate that increases in crime and/or hospitalization (if any) will be considerably less, percentage-wise, than those experienced when prohibition was terminated.</div><div><br></div><div>Legalize it! Regulate it! Tax it!</div><div><br></div><div>And . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b>"Let It All Hang Out"</b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Let_It_All_Hang_Out.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Let_It_All_Hang_Out.mp3</a><br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"There's room at the top they are telling you still.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But first you must learn how to smile as you kill,</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">If you want to be like the folks on the hill."</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">- John Lennon</span></div></div></div><div><br>On Aug 23, 2016, at 1:22 PM, Darrell Keim <<a href="mailto:keim153@gmail.com">keim153@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">I wonder what-if any-increased costs those states are or will be seeing in crime, hospitalization, etc.</blockquote></body></html>