Will the ruling by the California court that medical marijuana does not violate federal laws help other states?
It will probably be taxed really high, like cigarettes are now. As of today, April 1, cigarettes are now over $7 a pack in South Arkansas. So if the Feds think they can make some money off of it, then chances are they will get it legalized. For all of the keen intellect that President Barack Obama showed in his online town hall meeting, he didn’t seem to know much about reefer economics. When asked whether legalizing marijuana might be a stimulus for the economy and job creation, he played the question for laughs. “I don’t know what this says about the online audience . . .,” he quipped as his studio audience chuckled and groaned. “But . . . this was a fairly popular question. We want to make sure that it was answered,” he said. Sure. So you could knock it, I thought. Obama’s response: “The answer is, no, I don’t think that is a good strategy to grow our economy.” No stimulus? Hey, more than a few blinged-out, Escalade-driving pot dealers would dispute that notion. You want a “green” i
