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Californians to Vote on Legal Weed
CNNMoney.com ^
| March 25, 2010
| Aaron Smith
Posted on 03/26/2010 11:09:26 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- It's official: Californians will decide whether legal marijuana should be used to plug the state's $20 billion budget gap.
California residents are expected to vote this year on whether legalization should be approved to raise nearly $1.4 billion in state revenue.
...."With the state in the midst of an historic economic crisis, the move towards regulating and taxing marijuana is simply common sense," Ammiano said [the bill's sponsor]
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ca2010; california; issues; legalization; marijuana; potheads; taxes
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To: ClearCase_guy
Defense contracts are usually for the federal government and require a drug and alcohol program. This would be a condition of employment and you could be not hired or fired depending on when you failed the test. This is different from being arrested which is a criminal deal. The problem is there will be a lot more people failing drug tests and after training someone and getting them up to speed to have to fire them is costly. More temptation is going to mean more people getting caught and higher costs, not to mention the problem of someone working while high until they get caught. Then you get to the peer pressure thing about “do you or at are you cool to it” and the inevitable fights over narcing out your co worker. It's a mess we don't want to go through.
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posted on
03/26/2010 11:59:56 AM PDT
by
dblshot
(Insanity - electing the same people over and over and expecting different results.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
How soon before somebody sets up a mail-order business?
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:00:44 PM PDT
by
DNME
(... mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves ...)
To: Tzimisce
Especially when I can grow my own and avoid the taxes.You think they're going to legalize it in order to increase revenues through taxation and still allow you to grow your own? I doubt that.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:02:23 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
To: svcw
What if you dont smoke it?Guilty.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:04:50 PM PDT
by
freedomson
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To: paman12
“If this does pass, maybe all the leftwingers will be to high to go to the polls and California will go republican”
No they will go, but they will have lost track of time and arrive after the polls close.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:08:19 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: paman12
“If this does pass, maybe all the leftwingers will be to high to go to the polls and California will go republican”
No they will go, but they will have lost track of time and arrive after the polls close.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:10:17 PM PDT
by
DAC21
To: GeronL
It is illegal to drive while under the influence of any substance.
The 16 yo was an idiot.
I am just telling about the sign in the doctors office.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:14:18 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Jesus comforts the uncomfortable and makes uncomfortable the comfortable.)
To: DNME
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:15:05 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Jesus comforts the uncomfortable and makes uncomfortable the comfortable.)
To: LachlanMinnesota
You got all that from legalizing pot.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:16:45 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Jesus comforts the uncomfortable and makes uncomfortable the comfortable.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
Just more evidence that immoral liberals are moving American in the right direction.////sarcasm
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:27:30 PM PDT
by
Old Landmarks
(No fear of man, none!)
To: svcw
I didn’t say the driver was DUI. Just in possesion of “medical” (ya right, no such thing) pot.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:28:01 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(All politicians are POS. Some are just piled higher and smell worse.)
To: MEGoody
How are they going to stop me?
Most pot smokers grow their own right now anyway.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:29:30 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
(No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
To: GeronL
And I never said you did.
I said it is illegal to drive under the influence of any substance.
Besides you can drive with pot in the car if you have a medical just like you can drive with a bottle of booze. It is supposed to be in the trunk of the car.
And I also said the signs I have seen in doctors offices who prescribe pot all say “21 older only”.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:32:20 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Jesus comforts the uncomfortable and makes uncomfortable the comfortable.)
To: Wiggins
There will be users how buy from untaxed and unregulated suppliers but, the groundswell of users, who have a medical recommendation, purchasing from a legal source is huge.
People want to be in the open about it and free from harassment by the law.
In Los Angeles you have 1,000 shops selling cannabis and in San Jose there are more than 60.
People want to be open about it and they want to purchase cannabis that is organic and free from toxic agents that sometimes find their way into their smoke.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:41:33 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Pearls Before Swine
If CA passes this, it takes a step in the right direction in the reversal of 100 years of progressivism.
"Conservative" drug warriors take note: it was the Progressives that passed the original federal drug prohibition law during the Wilson Admin (1914: Harrison Narcotics Act), and added marijuana to the list during the FDR Admin (1937: Marihuana Tax Stamp Act).
It will be interesting to see if the feds step in to try to stop CA if they go down this road.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:46:22 PM PDT
by
bassmaner
(Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
To: Vendome
Yep.
18 distributers in Santa Barbara.
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posted on
03/26/2010 12:57:01 PM PDT
by
svcw
(Jesus comforts the uncomfortable and makes uncomfortable the comfortable.)
To: svcw
They are popping up like weeds.
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posted on
03/26/2010 1:04:59 PM PDT
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
To: Notary Sojac
No, I was in a hurry, and I just jumpedin. Bless you.
To: Pearls Before Swine
It is a very good way to get liberals and people on the dole to pay taxes!
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posted on
03/26/2010 1:41:19 PM PDT
by
CalTexan
To: Tzimisce
How are they going to stop me?Government entities can be very creative when it comes to bringing in the tax revenues.
Most pot smokers grow their own right now anyway.
True, but it's not a taxed product right now either.
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posted on
03/26/2010 1:42:16 PM PDT
by
MEGoody
(Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.)
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