According to this ABC News piece California may be the first state to take extreme measures to solve their budget woes with the legalization of marijuana. The state already allows the use of medical marijuana and the proposed tax would pay the salary of 20 thousands teachers a year! It would cut costs on arrests, and manpower. A Marijuana advocacy group called The Marijuana Policy Project Foundation is even running a Pubic Service Announcement on network and broadcast cable channels pushing for the legalization.
Leading the pack is San Francisco State Legislator Tom Ammiano he says that 1.5 Billion in sales tax could be generated a year from the state from the legalization and control of the substance. You can read more about this bill and the proposal at ControlMarijuana.org below is the news piece on this story.
Bottom line, we need to solve the budget crisis' all over the nation, individual states and nationally. This can be a great start no matter what your personal opinions are towards it.
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