sentences:  If, however, marijuana were taxed similarly to alcohol or tobacco, it might generate as much as $6.2 billion annually..."
  
  We therefore urge the country to commence an open and honest debate about marijuana prohibition.We believe such a debate will favor a regime in which marijuana is legal but taxed and regulated like other goods.At a minimum, this debate will force advocates of current policy to show that prohibition has benefits sufficient to justify the cost to taxpayers, foregone tax revenues, and numerous ancillary consequences that result from marijuana prohibition."