Just Don't Inhale

I know this is true because I heard it on the all news radio station this evening while driving home from work. In yet another eleventh hour attempt to generate revenue, the State of California is considering taxing the sale of medical marijuana. Estimates place the dollars from this unusual tax at around five million a year. Just a drop in the bottomless bucket of state debt but, of course, every little drop counts.
There is a logical next step to this proposed tax on prescription weed. Make the whole plant legal and tax each and every sale. Obviously legalizing marijuana and taxing those sales would doubtless not only balance the budget but within a very short time put the state in financial black.
But perhaps I move too fast. Even without legalizing the whole plant, I think placing a tax on the sale of medical marijuana is a great idea. Not only will those taxes add up to millions, think of the economic boost for other areas. The sale of chocolate chip cookies and Snickers candy bars will sky rocket. Life being incredibly logical, dentists and weight loss enterprises will subsequently rake in the profits. While the number of citations for speeding may dwindle considerably, those issued to drivers sitting at intersections completely transfixed by the lights changing from red to green to yellow and back to red will more than compensate for the speeding ticket revenue loss.
I commend the political leaders of this state for their creative approach to solving this current financial political stalemate.
Yo -- Keep truckin' on.