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| Fir3start3r |
Will wonders never cease? Or pie in the sky?
Hmmmm...pie...it's not munchies but...
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Legalize It: Ammiano to Introduce Legislation Monday to Allow Pot -- and Tax It
By Joe Eskenazi in Breaking News, GovernmentSunday, Feb. 22 2009 @ 5:00PM
The story SF Weekly broke on Friday is true: Assemblyman Tom Ammiano will announce legislation on Monday to legalize marijuana and earn perhaps $1 billion annually by taxing it.
Quintin Mecke, Ammiano's press secretary, confirmed to SF Weekly that the assemblyman's 10 a.m. Monday press conference regarding "new legislation related to the state's fiscal crisis" will broach the subject of reaping untold -- and much-needed -- wealth from the state's No. 1 cash crop.
Mecke said Ammiano's proposed bill "would remove all penalties in California law on cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession, or use of marijuana, natural THC, or paraphernalia for persons over the age of 21."
The bill would additionally prohibit state and local law officials from enforcing federal marijuana laws. As for Step Two -- profit -- Ammiano's bill calls for "establishing a fee on the sale of marijuana at a rate of $50 per ounce." Mecke said that would bring in roughly $1 billion for the state, according to estimates made by marijuana advocacy organizations.
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| Sunsnail |
| If this doomsday recession can make pot legal, then it may be worth it |
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| Krypton |
| Pot saves the day again! |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
haha, yeah i was just reading about this.
i love how in america you can make anything legal as long as there's money to be made :stongue: |
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| we_R_DNA |
I'd love to see marijuana get taxed and regulated.
Here in Texas we have to many Mexican Drug Lords pushing their into Texas, and that has fuct up the economy and created cities in the middle of bum no where border towns. That an if you can get illegal marijuana into Texas you sure as hell can get Illegal immigrants into Texas.
I think if California passes AB 390 that state is going to banking a ton of money and organized crime is be revolutionized.
The Mexican Mafia is gonna have to re-think their plan on how to bank off Americans.
Also if the Mexican Mafia or gang related people break into people's houses we are going to see a lot more killings. Here in Texas you'd get shot in the ing face for breaking and entering; let alone trying to steal a man's business. |
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| josh4 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fir3start3r
Will wonders never cease? Or pie in the sky?
Hmmmm...pie...it's not munchies but...
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I'm surprised you're the one to post this since it is so preliminary. There is no story here yet really. Someone is introducing legislation in California? That's not news and happens all the time.
Call me when it shows chance of passing. |
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| Aortik |
$50/oz.
Good lord.
...And in recent news, the homicide rate in the state of California appears to be dropping at a rate of 5% per month, ever since the legalisation of innocuous pyschotropic substances. Fast food and pizza delivery industries are thriving; so much so, stock has more than doubled and shows no indication of stopping, it would appear that the only difficulty these businesses face anymore is keeping up with demand... |
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| Arbiter |
That's nice, but even if it passed, I'm not sure it would change much of anything.
Federal narcotics laws would still apply, and federal authorities would still enforce them in California. It's not even clear that the feds couldn't get access to the records of who has paid the tax in order to find and prosecute those individuals.
It's true that not having state police enforce the laws would make it easier to "get away with," but it would hardly be "legal" in any meaningful sense as long as it's a federal crime... |
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| winston |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
haha, yeah i was just reading about this.
i love how in america you can make anything legal as long as there's money to be made :stongue: |
yep, pretty much
legalize it |
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| winston |
| quote: | Originally posted by Aortik
$50/oz.
Good lord.
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supply & demand, that's common knowledge for us smokers. everyone knows weed prices are inflated most of the time |
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| LazFX |
I am about to have a ing heart attack...never in my life time. would I have dreamed back to back "never going to happen in my life time" events coming true....
1st A black man is elected POTUS
Then Weed might just become legal ...
Where is my ing nitro?? ;)
never in my life time. wow
light it don't hide it. Then Tax the out of it! the feds could charge the same ing rate or maybe even 50% less than straight value and we will be out of the red in no time. ;) |
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| Fir3start3r |
| quote: | Originally posted by josh4
I'm surprised you're the one to post this since it is so preliminary. There is no story here yet really. Someone is introducing legislation in California? That's not news and happens all the time.
Call me when it shows chance of passing. |
I'm sorry, who died and made you king again?
It's quite obvious this is very speculative so I would suggest simply not posting until fits your myopic criteria.
For the rest of us, the subject matter alone is enough.
Good day. |
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