San Francisco assemblyman proposes way to generate 1 billion yearly in tax revenue

[ElTaino]

taxing weed! only in cali

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pottax24-2009feb24,0,7534269.story.

personally, i think its a great idea

 

[Georgiaboy]

Drugs IMHO should be legal anyway.

 

[Tank]

It would probably be better than paying billions a year to house them in prisons.

 

[ElTaino]

can you imagine guys complaining about a 20 sack costing 21.80?

 

[nimue77]

No shit, it would save/produce way more than a billion.

It would probably be better than paying billions a year to house them in prisons.

 

[barman]

Drugs IMHO should be legal anyway.

99.9% - a literal, not a euphemistic percentage - of drugs ARE legal within the USA

Only a very teeny list of substances have been deemed worthy (by 21st century Prohibitionists) of being left 100% controlled by the street - unregulated producers and dealers.