California’s Budget Solution: Legalize Marijuana

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San Francisco Assemblyman Tom Ammiano proposed a bill this week that would decriminalize and legalize the sale of marijuana to adults 21 and over in California.  The tax revenues would generate more than a billion dollars annually for our cashed-starved state.  A perfectly plausible and sensible solution really, but sure to be met with resistance from the federal government’s prohibition policy on cannabis.  However, Ammiano said federal officials may be receptive to such changes under the administration of President Barack Obama.  

Imagine the boon to tourism in our state if this happens too.  Buy a ticket to Disneyland and a bag of weed. The Magic Kingdom awaits.

Listen to the psych rock sounds of Arbouretum’s “False Spring”.  Their new album Song of the Pearl will be out on Thrill Jockey records March 10.  They will be touring heavily this summer opening for Band of Horses.


18 thoughts on “California’s Budget Solution: Legalize Marijuana

  1. Not to mention the millions (or billions) that would be saved on law enforcement, court, and prison costs. It’s likely this could even create jobs and be a nice “supplementary” stream of income for small businesses.

  2. all of u people are insane! Think about what it does to u. A overdose and u can get addicted,suffer panic attacks,get cancer,ur immune system will be weaker permanently,mood and personality changes, rapid lung destruction, u can lose the ability to learn and retain information,ETC… Stop thinking about money for one second u greedy bastards.

  3. when do we get the opp. to make our own choice about what we put into our bodies.it will grow with out help you can just pick it and go ,the drug companies can’t corner it,and let us not forget the basis of it’s illegal statis are racially based ,do some real research you will find that it is in some people’s best finacial interist to keep it illegal,but it is in everyones best interist to stop the fight and do whats right.

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