Hearings: Cash, Violence, DUIs, & Mexicans to follow legalization in California
That’s the word from anti-legalization advocates in Sacramento yesterday, where a legalization bill came up for debate. The juiciest parts of The Chronicle’s story:
... The State Board of Equalization estimated that excise, sales and income taxes combined would bring in $1 billion to $1.4 billion … and an official with the state attorney general’s office said there was a real possibility that legalization would empower Mexican cartels and drug trafficking operations in the state. ...
Because there’s nothing more empowering than having your entire illicit business taken away. [Chronicle]
