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Rep. Mary Lou Dickerson, a state senator from Washington state has a new bill that would legalize marijuana and allow it to be taxed for state revenue. Here’s how the people at Crooks And Liars see the bill.

Under her bill, marijuana would be sold in Washington state’s 160 state-run liquor stores, and customers, 21 and older, would pay a tax of 15 percent per gram. The measure would dedicate most of the money raised for substance abuse prevention and treatment, which is facing potential cuts in the state budget. Dickerson said the measure could eventually bring in as much to state coffers as alcohol does, more than $300 million a year.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MR_NANASTROKER/ MR_NANASTROKER

    being that the vast majority of liquor stores are most likely segregated in the Black Communities the dummying down and keeping nlggers high is the agenda now that they kno nlggers love weed and I am pretty sho that this will have 2 go thru a process so it will be A stronger weed rather than a Naturally grown form of herb….it will be grown in a natural state but the influx of additives will be present and they will tax you on every gram 15% SO YOU WILL BUY a dime bag for $10.15 and so on

    Uncle Sam is the best mufukin Hustler there ever was

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/catgirlTX/ catgirlTX

    I cant beleive this s**t but then again I can after you have locked up hundreds of thousands of brothers on felony charges you now decide to make the s**t legal. Does this mean you will release the brothers and erase that s**t off their record. Come on now you guys yall straight F N us excuse my language like the sister said . The government is the biggest crooks period..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anthropological/ Anthropological

    here we go again! Niggas ALWAYS whining about something!
    all of this is a collusion to keep black people down! Marijuana was made illegal because black people are magically drawn to smoking and selling it… in fact it is apart of our DNA! Hell, me and my babymother just got finished teaching my 13yr daughter how to roll her blunts…
    I think this is a great idea, whose time has come! Too many people, black white and Hispanic are in prison because of weed. Too much money is expended by law enforcement to prevent it from coming into the country and just about every strata of society indulges in smoking it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ORIGINALSMACKS/ ORIGINALSMACKS

    THEY CONSIDER MARIJUANA AN ILLEGAL DRUG/SUBSTANCE, SO IN OTHERS WORDS THEY ARE MAKING MORE SUBSTANCE ABUSERS BY KEEPING THE PROCESS GOING BUT ONLY THEY CAN MAKE THE MONEY OFF OF IT. THE PART ABOUT USING THE MONEY THE HELP SUBSTANCE ABUSERS, YEAH RIGHT! WHO YOU KIDDING? IT’S ANOTHER LIE TO PUT MORE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS. “DAM”!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lala0584/ lala0584

    2 many ppl talkN s**t about the blk ppl buying the weed….this bill is 4 Washington State..which I am a residence (not necessarily proud of it). But this won’t really benefit us. Yeah, it’ll improve us state wise, but using it….no. The majority of the blk ppl who live here are military or their dependents. We have a few blk folks who I know who love that, but it’s not a big deal 2 me. It won’t impact my life, being that I am a military spouse. The idea does seem like a good idea, but we don’t have a weed problem here….Washington is known as the “Meth Capital of the USA”….won’t Rep. Dickerson do something about that!! I don’t see how bad it could be….I kno more alcoholics & cigarette smokers than weed smokers. I don’t think that it would create more substance abusers!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CaliFemme23/ CaliFemme23

    Ohhh thats right, keep black folks LEGALLY high now, that would be great for the community! 15% on every gram…so not only are you going to pay to legally get high, but you pay more now. My goodness I HOPE the black people of Washington state can really SEE THROUGH this horrible propaganda.

    Anthropological, You speak for ya self on that one my man. No, smoking weed is NOT in MY own personal DNA make up. Neither one of my parents 23 given chromosomes was laced with ‘cush’. YOU are the type of person that Washington state is appealing to..yeah, one of you born every minute they say….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/hersey1/ hersey1

    well you right uncle sam is king of the crooks…”gotta tip my hat to whitey…” but real talk how many people you know that smoke weed have a problem finding it? exactly none.. if it was legal that would cut back on millions of felons and charges in all the us.. hell and as for dumming down the black community last time i check all the niggas in my hood that aint bout s**t and sit around smoking and drinking all day doing that now… and the black people thats doing things still doing things (maybe high but maintaining….well;-)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Anthropological/ Anthropological

    @Califemme I was being sarcastic!

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/latinalover1968/ latinalover1968

    give me a break! i c nothing wrong w/marijuana. if someone is layin around being lazy all day, don’t blame marijuana. either u work hard for what u want or u just b lazy. marijuana is not the reason. this culture makes u think its wrong. other cultures around the world embrace it in spiritual ceremonies and for healing purposes. people will take all kinds of prescription drugs and its ok. well let me say this…i’ve never heard of anyone overdosing or dyin from weed. and its been scientifically proven that marijuana DOES NOT cause cancer. if it were such a bad thing, the way society has trained us to think, would it be approved for ill people? come on. people need to start thinking for themselves, stop worrying about what the next person thinks and not get caught up in the propaganda of the government. as far as them makin it legal, its just them tryin to get control of something they have no control over. do u know how much it must piss them off that there’s people selling marijuana out there and not having to pay taxes? of course the government is gonna try to c how they can get something out of it. stop being a puppet and think for urselves.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/latinalover1968/ latinalover1968

    oh and stop judging others for how they choose to leave. mind ur own business.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/latinalover1968/ latinalover1968

    live..not leave! lol

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