Pot of Gold - Oregon Cannabis Tax Act Media Coverage - KATU

While state budgets in Oregon and Washington face gaping holes, advocates of legalizing marijuana say taxing pot can help fill those holes.

Madeline Martinez, Oregons executive director for NORML, the national organization thats pushing to reform marijuana laws, says she sees a golden opportunity to convince people that legalizing marijuana could be a good thing after all.

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• OCTA 2010
• OCTA
• Oregon Cannabis Tax Act
• Legalize Marijuana
• Tax Cannabis
• NORML
• CRRH
• Madeline Martinez
• Oregon NORML

[longuscatius]

god this google caption thing is funny

changed "saying i grow tomatoes in my backyard"

to "i wrote a NATO summit in bucharest tomatoes"

[verin120druse]

All authorities want is money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That tells me that that is the only reason it has ever been illegal....authorities didn't know how to get their hands on the money!!!!!!!!! Now 15%? Come on....How is that going to help everybody? 10% I could go along with, but don't break my back to support government!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[verin120druse]

The only reason they r thinking about legalizing it is so they can get their hands on the money....so...what was so wrong with it in the first place? They just didn't know how to get their hands on the money, and keep control? (by they, their, and them I mean anyone in an authoritative capacity!!!!!) Meanwhile sharing is a good thing but lets not put it all on the smokers back to pay for life....15% sounds high (no pun intended) 10%.

[johnysio]

Cobre imposto então, mas porque discriminar e outra, foi provado ação terapêutica, então ... vamos plantar PORRA. Legalize já!!!

[Valcurxx]

by them who does he mean ? raicest fuck

[Martial024]

Nobodys gonna buy from the black market, if its legal you'll know what it is and you'll have much more options of much higher quality buds.

Mexicans can't grow worth a damn.

I would be happy to pay a 15% tax if it would keep me from being thrown in a cell. Who in their right mind would'nt?

[ChrisKillz503]

This whole issue is insanity, that we still have to fight for this so hard I thought Oregon decriminalized it in like '79.

Let's be the first and get it crackin Oregon could be the next Amsterdam!

5 bucks an 8th and 40 an oz!

That's gonna be in the stores, grow it yourself free and give it to all your friends!

This is gonna be so tight. The headshops and grow stores are gonna be booming. That's just one industry, tourism, manufacturing? plus peoples overall well being will go up lots

[ChrisKillz503]

A tax on weed (or alcohol, cigarettes etc) is actually Constitutional unlike the fraudulent income tax.

By the way buddy at the end 4:15 it's not gonna be an illegal drug soon so say that little phrase as much as you can now because you'll be sounding insane saying that once this act passes.

[ChrisKillz503]

I used to work for Hoffman and they are very nazi-ish about peoples rights, imo from my experience. I was high on bud the whole time too. lol

I bet they just like it being illegal because they can deny responsibility when people are injured. I bet they save millions by testing people's blood at the hospital when they get hurt and seeing if there's any marijuana in there. I'm just guessing on that.

[ChrisKillz503]

Wow that Hoffman VP is seriously misinformed on the content of this act. I doubt he even read it.

"Cultivation and possession for personal use shall not require a permit."

It's in there and if they take it out, I will reverse my position and strongly oppose the bill.

Knowing how "efficient" the state can be on stuff, we still need the right to just grow our own penalty free for non commercial use if they manage to screw this up. The whole point is lower prices. Much lower and btr quality.