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[bobf <bobford79 AT yahoo.com>]

The article about which you posted, yesterday, made a jump to a bigger and 
different audience this am.  From this am WSJ ; it is also interesting to 
click on the reader's comments tab and see what some of the readers of the 
WSJ say regarding this issue.

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Excerpt:


 FEBRUARY 25, 2009 

"California Legislator Sees Benefit in Legalizing Pot 
 Comments (19)

 more in Politics »By STU WOO
SAN FRANCISCO -- A state legislator proposed legalizing the sale of marijuana 
in California, saying the plan would generate more than $1 billion annually 
for the cash-strapped state.

Assemblyman Tom Ammiano introduced a bill Monday that would legalize 
possession and sales of the drug for people aged 21 and older. The 
legislation would impose regulations and taxation similar to those for 
alcohol sales. Federal law makes it a crime to possess or sell marijuana, so 
the measure, if passed, would likely face an immediate legal 
challenge.............

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123552248140364907.html#identifier

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--- On Tue, 2/24/09, Rob <becida AT comcast.net> wrote:


> >Personally, I'm all for frontier justice! Lynda
> -----
> 
> Take the profit from the drug trade and what's left?

> Tax money from 
> the recreational drugs?

> It's being talked about 
> http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pottax24-2009feb24,0,7534269.story
> 
>  >>An assemblyman from San Francisco announced
> legislation Monday to 
> do just that: make California the first state in the nation
> to tax 
> and regulate recreational marijuana in the same manner as
> alcohol.<<
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Rob
> becida AT comcast.net 
>