07.08.2009 10:39 am
How can California benefit from legalizing pot?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
In these tough economic times, a pro-marijuana group is taking advantage of an opportunity to try and legalize marijuana in California once again. The group will launch a television ad claiming that taxing the drug could help solve the state’s budget problem.
With California’s state legislature eager to close a $26.3 billion budget deficit, the offer may be tempting.
The 30-second spot, airing Wednesday and paid for by the Marijuana Policy Project, features a retired 58-year-old state worker who says state leaders “are ignoring millions of Californians who want to pay taxes.”
“We’re marijuana consumers,” says Nadene Herndon of Fair Oaks, who says…
