Democrat Looks To Legalize Pot

Puffin13 · Post by **Puffin13** » Tue 24th Feb 2009 05:58 am

Democrat Looks To Legalize Pot
February 23, 2009

California Assemblyman and LGBT activist Tom Ammiano is set to introduce a bill legalizing marijuana and raising as much as US $1 billion by applying a sales tax on the drug.

Ammiano press secretary Quintin Mecke says the 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 will also prohibit state and local law officials from enforcing federal marijuana laws.

Ammiano, a Democrat who represents San Francisco in the California state legislature, seeks to rescue his state from an economic crisis by “establishing a fee on the sale of marijuana at a rate of $50 per ounce.” It is estimated that taxing marijuana sales could raise as much as US $1 billion for state coffers.

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sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Tue 24th Feb 2009 11:54 am

I say, the first state/country which legalizes pot, will make more than 1billion a year, when I see how many people drive to Holland in my area...and I mean, Holland isnt even the same country, what would happen if a single state in a country like the US would legalize...thousands if not millions of people would visit just for a buy-n-leave

geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Tue 24th Feb 2009 02:04 pm

One of my buddies had a meeting with some state(CO) grant people. He asked them for money to grow med grass. What nerve. You gotta love it. They said they'd talk to him later. Called him that night because their numbers man figured out how much money could be made. They said they were interested. Honestly I don't think it's gonna go far, but it's pretty fuckin' cool when you can walk into a government office and ask for grow money.

sh@dy · Post by **sh@dy** » Tue 24th Feb 2009 02:56 pm

geoffk wrote:One of my buddies had a meeting with some state(CO) grant people. He asked them for money to grow med grass. What nerve. You gotta love it. They said they'd talk to him later. Called him that night because their numbers man figured out how much money could be made. They said they were interested. Honestly I don't think it's gonna go far, but it's pretty fuckin' cool when you can walk into a government office and ask for grow money.

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geoffk · Post by **geoffk** » Tue 24th Feb 2009 03:50 pm

Colorado. Although it's harder than Cali to get your card. You have to prove a history of illness with all records. It's easier to grow for a med user than be a med user. You gotta love the loopholes.

sonicblue · Post by **sonicblue** » Wed 25th Feb 2009 07:30 am

It looks like we will fall short about 4 to 6 % to get this passed. But, we are building momentum for passage when we try again in another year. What we need is Obama to turn regulation over to the states. From what I'm hearing though his 1st step will be to support medical marijuana. We can work with this though as we can be rather liberal in handing out the cards.

With medical marijuana regulated by states, the states get their taxes, smokers get relief and the enforcement types get to keep their jobs by monitoring like Dutch police do to keep shops honest in Amsterdam. Everybody can gain from the expected medical support from the White House.