I think that it is a great idea actually. I know that it is just another tax, but I look at it this way...

They are setting up a system by which it CAN be legalized and controlled. They are laying the groundwork for it to be a viable industry. A marijuana industry in New Mexico. Any industry has to pay taxes. I know it is a rough deal for MMJ patients but it will all even out a lot faster if we embrace this. Our politicians actually want to legalize or decriminalize to some extent. As politicians they cant let it get too wild (i.e.California) and they dont want to come out in favor of it unless it makes great fiscal sense. Soon it will.

The whole deal is MONEY. If we buy on the black market we support crime and so marijuana remains illegal. If we build a LEGAL system we enjoy a certain amount of freedom. To legalize also means to tax. Taxing will give them incentive to allow more people to get cards. One begats the other.

As opposed as I am to the government getting a cut of anything, I have to accept it as reality.