Pubdate: Fri, 15 Jul 2016
Source: Los Angeles Times (CA)
Copyright: 2016 Los Angeles Times
Contact:  http://www.latimes.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/248
Author: Janis Purins
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v16/n473/a02.html

TIME TO HELP THE HOMELESS. NOW

Re "L.A. County putting pot tax on ballot," July 13

Before any taxes are collected from pot dispensaries, banking 
services must be made available to marijuana businesses. L.A. County 
Treasurer-Tax Collector Joseph Kelly's suggestion to hire armored 
trucks to collect millions of dollars in cash is rife with 
opportunity for unaccountability, corruption and extortion.

Also, a portion of marijuana sales tax revenue should be used to fund 
additional personnel at the Department of Public Health to test 
product samples for potency and pesticides or other chemicals; for 
the county's Weights and Measures Bureau to check scales for 
accuracy; and for dispensary personnel to be trained and certified, 
equivalent to a bartender license.

Janis Purins

Los Angeles
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