Quote Originally Posted by patient4200
it's all well and good to be indignant here, but that' will not stop this from happening. If you are not registered to vote, register now. Write the senator. Talk to your friends and tell them how much this will impact you and others in your position.

A well placed email does get attention, find his contact information in my previous post in this thread

Yes, register to vote and write your senator, and vote every time you can. If smokers voted, they would have a voice. Sadly, smokers in general fall into that "silent majority". Most politicians are not concerned with the problems of a demographic that offers no vote.

I believe you will find that Sen Sapien is actually pro marijuana, so be supportive of his efforts if you can see a way to do that. Of course the word TAX is a spooky thing, but hey...every product has to pay taxes and they are trying to balance the budget somewhere. Showing what a valuable product marijuana is to the powers that be is not all bad. So tread lightly.

If I were to contact my senator and give him my opinion, I would also give him a solution... like get the money to balance the budget by tightening state government, or stopping the lucrative loans to businesses that contribute to our governor. In that way you would not be attacking his ideass to open the doors for decriminalization, but rather "keeping it fiscal".

This group is talking about taxing the poor no matter if it is MMJ, soda pop, candy, cigarettes, or whatever. MMJ is not the real issue here. The real issue here is that they would rather tax ANYTHING than be made to run a tight ship and stop the bribes and madness.

So if there is an objection to this it should be made on the grounds of not only an MMJ patient, but an informed taxpaying voter.

Just my two cents here.