They 'Bout to Legalize Marijuana in California....

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might be a repost but i dont give a fuck.

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...To Fix The Budget deficit of 14 Bill. And not that medical kind either they talking about the kind most people grow and buy.

They want to impose a taxes on it to help take care of our debt.

Just seen it on the news right now.
 
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/02/23/BAO416354C.DTL&type=politics&tsp=1

California would become the first state in the nation to legalize marijuana for recreational use under a bill introduced Monday by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano of San Francisco.
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The proposal would regulate marijuana like alcohol, with people over 21 years old allowed to grow, buy, sell and possess cannabis - all of which is barred by federal law.

Ammiano, a Democrat in his third month as a state lawmaker, said taxes and other fees associated with regulation could put more than a billion dollars a year into state coffers at a time when revenues continue to decline.

He said he thinks the federal government could soften its stance on marijuana under the Obama administration.

"We could in fact have the political will to do something, and certainly in the meantime this is a public policy call and I think it's worth the discussion," Ammiano said. "I think the outcome would be very healthy for California and California's economy."

A spokeswoman for the Drug Enforcement Agency in Washington, D.C., declined to comment on the proposal. A White House spokesman referred to a statement on a question-and-answer section of an Obama transition team blog that says the president "is not in favor of the legalization of marijuana."

While Californians have shown some tolerance for marijuana, such as use for medical conditions with voters' passage of Proposition 215 in 1996, the proposal will face tough opposition in Sacramento.

A lobbyist for key police associations in the state called it "a bad idea whose time has not come."

"The last thing our society needs is yet more legal intoxicants," said John Lovell, who represents the California Peace Officers' Association, California Police Chiefs Association and California Narcotic Officers' Association. "We've got enough social problems now when people aren't in charge of all five of their senses."

But Ammiano's proposal has the support of San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey, who said the idea "should be the subject of legislative and public debate."

It also has the backing of Betty Yee, who chairs the state Board of Equalization, which collects taxes in California. An analysis by the agency concluded the state would collect $1.3 billion a year in tax revenue and a $50-an-ounce levy on retail sales if marijuana were legal.

The analysis also concluded that legalizing marijuana would drop its street value by 50 percent and increase consumption of the substance by 40 percent.

A spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project, which advocates for reform in marijuana laws and is backing Ammiano's proposal, said any expected increase in consumption is a "false notion."

"They are making an intuitive assumption that a lot of people make that really does not have that much evidence behind it," said Bruce Mirken, the group's spokesman, who predicted it could take up to two years before the idea wins legislative approval.

"Don't tell me that doing something like (this) proposal is going to introduce another drug into society. That's a load of bull."
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In 2007,coalition of California marijuana growers and dealers offered the state of California 1 billion dollars in taxes, but nobody would take the money.
 
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DESPERATE TIMES,CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES!,..I WAS ALREADY THINKING OF MOVING FROM THIS STATE,SINCE WE'RE THE HIGHEST TAX PAYING STATE IN THE NATION NOW...BUT NOW THAT I SEE THIS,.AND IF THIS PASSES,AND I HOPE IT DOES,...I HAVE NO PROBLEM SPENDING 50 BUCKS AN OUNCE EVERY WEEK ON SUM BOMB!!....HELL MUTHAFUCKINGGYYYEEAAAHH!!...ILL END UP STAYING!..LOL..

THAT SHIT WOULD BE SO DOPE!.....I MEAN,..ITS FOR THA ECONOMY MANN,..BUT I DONT THINK OBAMAMANIA WILL BE DOWN FOR IT THO!...LETS HOPE FOR THE BEST!
 
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MAY SOUND FUNNY TO YOU DAWG,BUT I MEAN IN THE LONG RUN ,IF THIS HAPPENS,AND ENDS UP WORKING,..THEN HEY FUCK IT; IF IT WILL MAKE CALI LIVING AFFORDABLE AGAIN!,..THEN SO BE IT!..IT WILL MAKE OTHER STONERS FROM OTHER STATES WANTING TO MOVE HERE AND BRING IN MORE REVENUE FOR CALI ALSO!.....THE WAY I FUCK WITH WEED I RATHER BE WHERE I KNOW I WONT GO TO JAIL FOR A SMALL AMOUNT!......SIGN ME UP!,LOL..ILL TAKE 4 OUNCES FOR $200 RIGHT NOW!! ANYDAY!....YEeeeeeeE!

BUT ITS FOR THA ECONOMY MAN,...FOR THE ECONOMY!=)
 
DAT NIGGA TAZZ

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Y THE FUCK WOULD ANYBODY WANT WEED LEGALIZED?

I SAY WE TAKE THE TREES AND KEEP IT UNDERGROUND...

IF WE TAKE OUR TREE SECRETS AND PASS IT ON TO THE GOVRMENT... WELL THEY GNNA TAAAAXXXXX IT!

BUT FUCK, AMERICANS IS DOIN IT THE CUSTOM WAY, DONT GOTTA AGREE WITH SOME RULES IF THEY DONT MAKE SENSE!!!!.

OBAMA!!!!!
 
bay2mi

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P.E. said:
MAY SOUND FUNNY TO YOU DAWG,BUT I MEAN IN THE LONG RUN ,IF THIS HAPPENS,AND ENDS UP WORKING,..THEN HEY FUCK IT; IF IT WILL MAKE CALI LIVING AFFORDABLE AGAIN!,..THEN SO BE IT!..IT WILL MAKE OTHER STONERS FROM OTHER STATES WANTING TO MOVE HERE AND BRING IN MORE REVENUE FOR CALI ALSO!.....THE WAY I FUCK WITH WEED I RATHER BE WHERE I KNOW I WONT GO TO JAIL FOR A SMALL AMOUNT!......SIGN ME UP!,LOL..ILL TAKE 4 OUNCES FOR $200 RIGHT NOW!! ANYDAY!....YEeeeeeeE!

BUT ITS FOR THA ECONOMY MAN,...FOR THE ECONOMY!=)
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housing demand doesnt lower the cost of living. so potheads moving here = cali becoming even less affordable.
 
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fuck 50 bucks an ounce ? you'er gonna send alot of dealers to the poor house some of them got children to support , no dear god no no no no no no
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It's not going to be 50$s an ounce.

a 50$ an ounce LEVY.

I dropped out in 9th grade and know wtf that means, lol lets get it together people.
 
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well hey, that $50 tax will help Cali get out of it's fucking damn near bankruptcy.....lol.....not really......yall are fucked either way.

move to washington and it's the same shit tho.....lol.....
 
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Bay2Mi is right. It is $50 MORE than it would usually cost. If you usually get an ounce for 300, with this new bill, it would cost $350.


.... but you could get it @ the liquor store, which to me sounds off the hook ....

"Can I get a 5th of Hennessy.. an 8th of Grandaddy .. that''ll be it"

Thats whats I like to call a PACKAGE DEAL
 
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