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8 responses to “Testimony at Massachusetts Legalization Hearing”

  1. NORML Director: Amazing 2009! Awesome 2010 Ahead! | Real Liberty Media

    [...] 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 [...]

  2. Eric

    I don’t know why they just didn’t do a percentage tax, maybe i think it would be cheaper that way.

  3. NORML Director: Amazing 2009! Awesome 2010 Ahead! : WeedBits

    [...] 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 [...]

  4. NORML Director: Amazing 2009! Awesome 2010 Ahead!

    [...] 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 [...]

  5. High East

    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

  6. Arthur

    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.

  7. Steven Epstein

    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

  8. WakeUpDead

    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.

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