Originally Posted by Steve

As an aside, and for those who think it should be legalized and taxed:

There's some discussion about taxing medical marijuana in California. Now the dope smokers are saying the tax is too high; up to $50.00 per ounce.

There doesn't seem to be much room for negotiation on this. The dope smokers appear to want to pay a minimal amount.

Frankly, I would be okay with medical marijuana being treated like any other drug prescribed by a doctor.

I also think we should legalize it, and then make the tax it.

I think the tax should be ridiculously high.

Anyone caught buying or selling marijuana (regardless of the amount), through any outlet other than an approved dealer, should be subject to a mandatory five year prison sentence. If it can be shown that they've purchased or sold marijuana on the black market multiple times, a five year sentence should be applied to each instance, as well as a fine of $10,000.00 for each instance. Hopefully, such a prospect would keep people from buying on the illegal market, which would result in the State not getting tax revenue from it.

Let's go ahead and legalize it. Let's tax the shit out of it...