NEVADA MARIJUANA INITIATIVE MAKES SENSE

The largest newspaper in Nevada - the Las Vegas Review-Journal - just ran a
huge front-page story on Saturday entitled "Marijuana Initiative: Economic
Benefits Touted."

The article estimated that bringing marijuana into a regulated market would
generate $200 million in annual tax revenues for the state; this economic
boon does not count the savings that will result from eliminating the
law-enforcement expenditures that are currently wasted on marijuana
"crimes." And, in the same article, the spokesperson for Republican Gov.
Kenny Guinn said that he is not opposing the Initiative! Imagine! If
enacted, the ballot measure will save Nevada taxpayers millions of dollars
because marijuana users will no longer be arrested by police, prosecuted by
district attorneys, and dragged through courtrooms, jails and prisons

The new initiative also calls on the legislature to set up a system whereby
adults can purchase marijuana through a legally regulated market, rather
than from the criminal market. Marijuana that is sold through the legal
market would be taxed, just as alcohol and tobacco are taxed.

The marijuana sales tax is a win/win situation for marijuana users and
non-users alike. The 10,000's of Nevadans who already use marijuana would
prefer to purchase marijuana from a regulated market rather than from the
criminal market. And those Nevadans who don't use marijuana will feel good
about marijuana users' contributing money to the state's tax coffers - at
no cost to the non-users.

This is a huge story which is making media all over the country. I would
like to wish the people of Nevada best of luck!

Little Wing

Nevada City