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If the sale and recreational use of marijuana is legalized in Rhode Island, Rhode Island should tax and regulate the use of marijuana like tobacco, not like alcohol. Alcohol is found in most homes and businesses in Rhode Island where children are present. This leads to children becoming addicted to alcohol. To protect our children from being exposed to marijuana, Rhode Island should control the growth, production, distribution, type, quality and sale of marijuana products. Private individuals would not be allowed to grow or use marijuana in public establishments. Legal marijuana would be sold for the private recreational use of adults. Marijuana products would only be sold in vending machines owned and serviced by the state of Rhode Island and payment would have to be made with a personal credit card. The quality, strength and amounts sold each week would be regulated. Giving marijuana to children would be punishable by a fine of $1,000.00. Legal marijuana would available at thousands of locations in Rhode Island and at a lower price than illegal marijuana. The profits and taxes raised would fully fund education, healthcare and bridge repair in Rhode Island.