2/1/12

Half of Americans support legal cannabis

From the Raw Story:
A majority of Californians believe that marijuana should be regulated like wine, according to a recent statewide poll sponsored by legalization advocates. Sixty-two percent of residents in the Golden State support the Regulate Marijuana Like Wine Act of 2012, a ballot initiative that will be voted on in November. Last October, a Gallup poll showed that half of Americans now support legalizing marijuana.
Colorado and Washington are among other states with legalization on the November ballot.

The future of the business should be a combination synthesizing the cannabis equivalents of organic microbreweries, vintners, and greenhouses rolled into (heh heh) cottage industries that can withstand fiduciary and insurance requirements.

We are a litigious society: ways to generate revenue for states can be hammered out in committee in each state legislature to head off some of the torts likely following enactment and to guide law enforcement using most of the same language that governs alcohol use. Patients that seek cannabis as medicine can be seen by a health care provider and be excused from paying the excise taxes.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Id rather support decriminalization.It just seems like less hands in my pocket.

larry kurtz said...

I hear that, anon. Home brewing works for me, too. Alaska's approach: don't ask, don't tell.

Anonymous said...

http://youtu.be/aMfSGt6rHos Willie Nelson