What a bittersweet moment to see Riverside having to place the medical marijuana issue on the 2015 ballot. What a waste of money! The entire state of California already passed it several years ago and now two states have made recreational use legal. Why can't those who ban it enforce the state laws we have in place? By allowing legal medical pot to be sold in selective areas, such as commercial warehouse areas that already have surveillance cameras in place, the medical pot businesses can hire extra security with the millions of dollars they will take in via taxation. [continues 91 words]
Reading about the cities lacking tax revenue, I feel like a stranger in a strange land. Growing up in this conservative hotbed, I cannot fathom forbidding businesses - which generate tax revenue - from engaging in legal endeavors. People spent thousands of dollars to place an initiative on the ballot to legalize medical marijuana in California. Voters approved this measure. Despite the initiative's approval, cities are spending lots of money to push out medical marijuana dispensaries. Why don't people look at the millions of dollars in tax revenue this state and others are losing? [continues 54 words]
