The cost to patients for their medical marijuana is already too high. Also we are being charged a sales tax here in Santa Fe.
I have purchased from SFINM and SWOP and both are collecting tax.

A hefty state tax on MMJ will force many patients back to the streets where prices are much lower than we are paying to get medicine from State authorized producers.
If Sapien wants to "legalize" Marijuana for recreational use I can see that as being a way for the State to raise money.

There is no tax on regular medication and MMJ should be treated the same as all medications.

Let's all work to defeat this "tax on sick people"
JohnMonad Reviewed by JohnMonad on . NM Senator Proposes Medical Pot Tax Senator Proposes Medical Pot Tax By Dan Boyd Journal Capitol Bureau SANTA FE - Tobacco, alcohol, candy and soft drinks aren't the only products being eyed by New Mexico legislators as possible tax targets. Sen. John Sapien, D-Corrales, has introduced a pair of proposals to tax medical marijuana, arguing that cannabis should be treated like any other commercial product. "We need to get into a point of realism with medical marijuana as a mainstream item," Sapien said Rating: 5