2010 Archive: Pot of Gold – Oregon Cannabis Tax Act Media Coverage – KATU
2010 Archive: Pot of Gold – Oregon Cannabis Tax Act Media Coverage – KATU – PORTLAND, Ore. – While state budgets in Oregon and Washington face gaping holes, advocates of legalizing marijuana say taxing pot can help fill those holes. Madeline Martinez, Oregons executive director for NORML, the national organization thats pushing to reform marijuana laws, says she sees a golden opportunity to convince people that legalizing marijuana could be a good thing after all. Why dont we capture the revenue thats just being lost to the criminal market in many regards and bring it to the people. Were the ones who deserve it, she says. Her group estimates the Oregon Cannabis Tax Act, if passed by voters, would generate 0 million a year in revenue, 90 percent of which would go to the states general fund. The rest would go primarily to drug abuse treatment programs, Martinez says.
The latest mugshots that show the ravaging effects of meth and other hard …
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The collection of mug shots follow the controversial 2004 'Faces of Meth' release, and show how addicts go from fresh faced to grey and gaunt sometimes within a matter of months. Blonde: This pretty blonde's face is transformed in just a year and a …
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JFK, MLK Milestones Set to be Marked in 2013
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When the Kennedy assassination was announced over the radio that autumn, I was typing out a story about the local DA's campaign against drug abuse as a forerunner of violent behavior. Later on I was assigned to interview Marine Cpl. Hubert Clark, one …
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