What will keep the U.S. Supreme Court from overturning the initiatives ban on advertising marijuana?
Initiative proponents assure voters that advertising marijuana will still be illegal. But the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently held that the First Amendment protects commercial speech, even when that commercial speech promotes the use of addictive drugs like nicotine and alcohol. 9. How much will it cost the state to grow marijuana and distribute it to retail stores? Will the marijuana tax be enough to cover these costs, as well as the additional costs of treating marijuana addiction and marijuana-related diseases? Recently, states realized that taxes gained from tobacco sales did not adequately cover the costs they bore for treating tobacco-related diseases. The initiative specifies that the tax on marijuana cannot exceed the tax on tobacco cigarettes. 10. Can Nevada afford the damage three legal addictive drugs will create? Keeping drugs illegal holds down drug use and all of the problems that accompany it. Today, 104 million Americans use alcohol on a regular basis, 65 million us
