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By "Radical" Russ Belville on October 14, 2009
Posted in ACTIVISM, ENTERTAINMENT, GOVERNMENT, LEGISLATION | Tagged Keith Stroup, MA HB2929, Massachusetts
I am the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for my work producing Oregon NORML's TV show, "A Cannabis Community Forum", and for helping to institute Portland's wildly successful medical marijuana cardholders meetings, where we help sick and disabled Oregonians acquire cannabis plant starts, learn gardening, and understand the medical marijuana law. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to be our daily voice.
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[...] 14, NORML’s Legal Counsel Keith Stroup and NORML Advisory Board Member Dr. Lester Grinspoon testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Revenue in favor of House Bill 2929, ‘An Act to [...]
I don’t know why they just didn’t do a percentage tax, maybe i think it would be cheaper that way.
[...] 14, NORML’s Legal Counsel Keith Stroup and NORML Advisory Board Member Dr. Lester Grinspoon testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Revenue in favor of House Bill 2929, ‘An Act to [...]
[...] 14, NORML’s Legal Counsel Keith Stroup and NORML Advisory Board Member Dr. Lester Grinspoon testified before the Massachusetts Joint Committee on Revenue in favor of House Bill 2929, ‘An Act to [...]
I, too, shake my head in utter disgust when I hear these prices.
I wouldn’t oppose support for legalization over a high tax, or price, though. I would just support the tebaggers and work to get the tax lowered. LOL
Wow. I love when there are videos like this man. I sometimes forget this is going on. I rarely see anything about cannabis but manage to catch everything the media puts out, which isn’t much. I love coming here and actually getting some news.
False information:
The maximum excise tax rate is $250 upon an ounce of Grade A (10% THC or more). Cannabis sales are exempted from the state’s 6.25% sales tax.
Cultivation by adults for their own use and distributed as a gift are exempt from licensing, excise tax and of course sales tax and would not be a crime.
In the black market the cost of such produce is well over $300 an ounce.
You can read the entire bill here:
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/senate/186/st01pdf/ST01801.PDF
Im concerned about the $300 an OZ tax that is suggested here. Is that what we are comming to? Are we going to settle for a heavy taxed system of regulation just to get some legal headway? Im just saying, it really threw me off to hear that come out of Keith’s mouth.
I would like to see this Bill and see what they are planning on taxing and such. Looking for it now.