July 22, 200917 yr It should be legal. Would make a ton of money. [ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGsEt-qtOqs]YouTube - Peter Tosh "Legalize It"[/ame] From CNN: OAKLAND, California (CNN) -- Oakland's bid to become the first U.S. city to tax proceeds on medical marijuana passed Tuesday by a landslide vote. About 80 percent of voters chose to impose the tax on Oakland's medical marijuana facilities, according to the Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Some celebrated the news at Oaksterdam University by hand-rolling large marijuana cigarettes or stuffing cannabis into pipes. The school trains students for work in the medical marijuana industry. "It is important because the city of Oakland is facing a massive deficit like many jurisdictions in California," said Steve DeAngelo, a leader of one of the city's cannabis clubs. "And we decided to step up to the plate and make a contribution to the city in a time of need." DeAngelo, one of the people who led the effort to get the tax approved, said his business will now have to pay more than $350,000 from the new tax next year. Watch report from CNN's Dan Simon » Oakland's City Council was also behind the move. "Given that the medical cannabis dispensaries are something that was legalized in California, why not have revenue from it?" said councilwoman Rebecca Kaplan. There was no formal opposition to the effort, but some drug fighters say the tax sends the wrong message. "The taxation of a federally unlawful drug is just not something that the community should accept," said Paul Chabot of the Coalition for a Drug Free California. "With the state in dire straits in finances and the country looking for ways to pay down debt, looking at illegal drugs is the absolute wrong thing to do." The measure, passed in special mail-in election Tuesday, imposes a 1.8 percent gross receipts tax on the four licensed medical cannabis dispensaries in Oakland. These facilities would have to pay about $18 in taxes for every 1,000 in marijuana sales.
July 22, 200917 yr Pot should be legal. Being illegal it cost billions of dollar each year to the country, we raise crime in the US and other nations and it helps keep drug cartels in South America and other nations in Power. By our governments own admissions the war on drugs has made things worse. Pot is not a bad drug, and its illegal partially because of racism.
July 22, 200917 yr Can't argue with that response Nick:cool: I've changed a lot since we last discussed politics. I search for what is right and what works over how things should be. Republicans think I'm liberal, Democrats think I'm conservative. :stunned:
July 22, 200917 yr Author I've changed a lot since we last discussed politics. I search for what is right and what works over how things should be. Republicans think I'm liberal, Democrats think I'm conservative. :stunned: I agree that you have mellowed good sir. I don't see eye to eye with you on everything but we do have more in common now. You are chill Mr. Nick:cool:
July 23, 200917 yr I've changed a lot since we last discussed politics. I search for what is right and what works over how things should be. Republicans think I'm liberal, Democrats think I'm conservative. :stunned: Sounds libertarian-ish...
July 23, 200917 yr So wait, people are celebrating because something that was already legal in that area is now being taxed? I feel like pounding a railroad spike into a block of concrete with my forehead.
July 23, 200917 yr i see no reason that marijuana should be illegal, while alcohol is legal. Some would argue that alcohol has an even worse effect on the human body, so... by the way, I'm not saying that alcohol should be banned, I'm just saying that as long as you don't bother me or screw something up really badly, I don't care what you put it your body. And taxing marijuana would probably help out the economy a lot come to think of it.
July 23, 200917 yr dkizzy, I'm shocked you think taxes help an economy considering you're from Andorra. Taxes only hurt an economy, because of deadweight loss. Saying taxes help is like saying theft helps an economy.
July 23, 200917 yr true, but selling and taxing marijuana would certainly help the economy more than having it sold illegally. Not to mention all the dollars spent to arrest, prosecute, and detain marijuana users, which I think is a bit of a waste of money.
July 23, 200917 yr true, but selling and taxing marijuana would certainly help the economy more than having it sold illegally. Not to mention all the dollars spent to arrest, prosecute, and detain marijuana users, which I think is a bit of a waste of money. Agreed. How much time is wasted by the police trying to get into the drug market?
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