The marijuana legalization measure will be on the Nov. 2 ballot as well. California Sen. Barbara Boxer has a message for marijuana law reform activists: Just say no. The liberal senator’s position might come as a surprise, but it’s no surprise to those who follow California politics: Boxer is facing perhaps the toughest reelection race of her career in 2010. She’s neck-and-neck with former GOP Rep. Tom Campbell and slightly
If they aren’t already, elected officials in the District should be keeping close tabs on this year’s election in California. On Wednesday, advocates for legalizing marijuana officially secured enough signatures to put a referendum on the California ballot this November asking voters to legalize and tax pot. And, judging by recent legislation in the District, what starts in California often eventually makes it way to the left-leaning District. San Francisco’s
You may have heard there’s a push to legalize marijuana in California. You may not have heard that it’s for real. Voting ballots in California this November will contain an initiative to legalize, tax, and regulate the sale of marijuana to adults 21 and older, and while this may sound like something that has no chance, whatsoever, of ever becoming law, the thing is: it actually might. The organized campaign
1. Marijauna sould be legalized for two resons.1) if the govenment would go back in time the Amiracan Idians was smokeing pot on peace pipes.witch is the reson they called them PEACE PIPES.2)if the government legalized weed the deficet would go away,Make a pack of weed ciggs put them on the shelf ,tax them,and must be 18 years or older to posess 2.I believe that marijauna should be legalized. There
California could see a nearly $1.4 billion per year increase in state revenues were it to legalize marijuana, the state Board of Equalization says in an analysis of pending legislation to to do that. The bill (Assembly Bill 390) by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, is still awaiting its first committee hearing and is likely not to be considered until next year. It would impose not only sales taxes but