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  • CALIFORNIA: Bill would legalize, tax marijuana

    02/23/2009 10:50:40 AM PST · by SmithL · 175 replies · 3,835+ views
    Sacramento Bee ^ | 2/23/9 | Jim Sanders
    California may be going to pot - literally. Marijuana would be grown and sold openly to adults 21 and older under legislation introduced this morning by a San Francisco lawmaker. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, said the cash-starved state could generate more than a billion dollars by taxing pot growers and sellers. Ammiano predicted that the public would support loosening marijuana laws that require substantial public funds to enforce. "I think there's a mentality throughout the state and the country that this isn't the highest priority," he said. "And that maybe we should start to reassess." Before California could legalize...