California: Oakland Voters Approve Nationâ??s First Marijuana Business Tax

[boaz]

well this sucks! I believe its the first step to high priced marijuana. the taxes will climb fast and furious as politicions will want that tax money to go shopping with, its a sad day !! Medicine Taxed !! Healthcare Taxed!! Tax Tax Tax :cursing: :cursing: :cursing:
plz do not celebrate this sad day as it marks the start of the end of affordable medicine for all :sadcrying :sadcrying :sadcrying

yeah, that was my first thought, too. Why couldn't Oakland just go ahead and legalize non med use on its own, now, pre-initiative? then drop any tax for med use but tax not medical use if helps them with the voters. But I don't live in California anymore so I'll leave it up to y'all to decide this one. :jointsmile:

If it were up to me I would just have the State plant tons of quality clones all over the place and give it out for free. Everyone should have safe legal (and free :stoned: ) access. it would promote peace and the pursuit of happiness. :hippy:

boaz Reviewed by boaz on 07-25-2009. California: Oakland Voters Approve Nationâ??s First Marijuana Business Tax California: Oakland Voters Approve Nationâ??s First Marijuana Business Tax July 22nd, 2009 By: Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director http://norml.org/images/blog/cannabis_flower.jpg Editor's note: This post is excerpted from this week's forthcoming NORML weekly media advisory.] Rating: 5