New ad says pot smokers "happy to be taxed'' -- can they help with CA's budget crunch?

San Francisco Chronicle by Carla Marinucci | Jul. 9, 2009 (News Report)

So could legalized pot keep California from closing parks and cutting school funding in the state's current budget crunch? Folks at the Marijuana Policy Project say yes -- and they've launched a statewide ad campaign today to reach Gov.Arnold Schwarzenegger and lawmakers in California as they wrestle this week over the yawning $26 billion-plus deficit. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Joey Baker - Jul 9, 2009 - 8:20 AM PDT
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 by Joey Baker - Jul. 9, 2009

Video of the ad is embedded and site linked to, but slapping the Q&A at the end is sloppy. Little context about the War on Drugs, or the CA budget crisis.

I'm not a fan of the stuff myself, but I'm all for legalizing and taxing it.

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