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US CA: Not So Half-Baked: Pot Could Net State $1 Billion

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URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n222/a12.html
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Pubdate: Tue, 24 Feb 2009
Source: San Mateo County Times, The (CA)
Copyright: 2009 ANG Newspapers
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Website: http://www.sanmateocountytimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/392
Author: Jim Sanders, McClatchy Newspapers
Referenced: Assembly Bill 390
http://www.canorml.org/prop/AmmianoMarijuanaBill.pdf
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 (Marijuana - California)

NOT SO HALF-BAKED: POT COULD NET STATE $1 BILLION

California may be going to pot -- literally.

Marijuana would be grown and sold openly to adults 21 and older under legislation introduced Monday morning by a San Francisco lawmaker.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, said the cash-starved state could generate more than a billion dollars by taxing pot growers and sellers.

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MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom

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