LOOK TO COLORADO ON MEDICAL POT

Dan Linn is correct in his letter of Nov. 28 on how legalized cannabis
could ease the state debt in Illinois.

Illinois need only look at Denver and Colorado. Many cities and towns
have been collecting tax revenue associated with medical cannabis
(marijuana) sales in Colorado and newspapers have reported it.

On Nov. 23, the Denver Post reported, so far this year Denver
collected over $2.2 million from dispensaries. Tax revenue in Colorado
Springs, as reported in the Gazette, is expected to bring $600,000
this year and $1.2 million to city coffers in 2011, and could fund the
ongoing costs of employing eight to 10 new firefighters or cops.

And when cannabis is legalized (and it will be legalized), tax
revenues will further increase. Cannabis is here for the duration of
time, and Illinois needs the money as much as or more than any other
state in America.

Imagine that, millions of citizen that can hardly wait to pay
taxes.

Stan White

Dillon, Colo.