Pubdate: Wed, 10 Dec 2008
Source: Los Angeles Times (CA)
Copyright: 2008 Los Angeles Times
Contact: http://drugsense.org/url/bc7El3Yo
Website: http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248
Author: Ken Hart
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08.n1088.a07.html

MUSINGS ON MARIJUANA

Should we tax pot? An alternative approach would be to legalize the
substance and not tax it.

We would save the money used to criminalize it but not incur the
"cost of regulating and enforcing the legal market." Ridding ourselves
of the cost of pot-law enforcement is a good way to begin trimming the
budget.

Ken Hart

Long Beach
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