Colorado voters approve big tax on recreational marijuana

[Jazzy]

A proposal to impose hefty taxes on recreational marijuana, whose use was OK'd by Colorado voters in last year's election, was an easy sell in the state Tuesday.

About two-thirds of those casting ballots approved a 15 percent excise tax plus a 10 percent sales tax on pot sales that begin next year.

The taxes are projected to bring in $70 million a year. The money will be used for school construction and regulating pot sales.

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They should put a plaque in the shape of a marijuana leaf on each new school. The plaque would say: "This school was built using drug money"

 

[Evil Eye]

A good cause is a good cause, no matter where the money came from. Though a plaque would be cool

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

They should put a plaque in the shape of a marijuana leaf on each new school. The plaque would say: "This school was built using drug money"

and your schools can have plaques of gambling addicts because I'm sure the state lottery system has donated money to the public schools too.

 

[Flurry]

Well I'm sure users will be just thrilled by this. Will have to go see what Fiasco Andreti thinks.