Marijuana Tax Stamps

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Marijuana Policy Project spokesman Mike Meno appears on NBC 4 to discuss the impending passage of a medical marijuana ordinance approved by voters in 1998. The law had been prevented from implementation by a funding ban that was recently removed from the Capitol’s spending bill. 12/09/2009

Nevadans for Sensible Marijuana Laws spokesperson Dave Schwartz is interviewed regarding the effort to put an initiative on the 2012 ballot to tax and regulate marijuana in the state of Nevada. 05/11/2010

MPP spokesperson F. Aaron Smith responds to a raid on an illicit marijuana growing operation in Sonoma, CA. These raids usually target operations run by Mexican drug cartels and are the direct result of the prohibition of marijuana. He compares them to alcohol bootleggers and asserts that taxing and regulating marijuana like alcohol will put these criminals out of business and save police time and money. 07/29/2009

patients4medicalmarijuana.wordpress.com Bill Maher and ex-Senator (NM) Gary Johnson, now of Marijuana Policy Project, speak on marijuana legalization – Real Time with Bill Maher 3.12.10

MPP spokesperson Bruce Mirken is questioned by the hosts of CNBC Power Lunch about the compelling rationale behind regulating and taxing marijuana like alcohol in California. Experts agree that such a plan could generate over a billion dollars in revenue for the state, as well as bolster the economy and relieve the fear of arrest from the otherwise law-abiding population of marijuana consumers. 07/16/2009