That is the plagiarized headline from the NBC Los Angeles Affiliate.
One excerpt: "I think it's not time for that, but I think it's time for debate," Schwarzenegger said. "All those ideas of creating extra revenues, I'm always for an open debate on it. We ought to study very carefully what other countries are doing that have legalized marijuana..."
Moving the Overton Window! More on the second toke.
God knows that the state I'm moving out of in a week could use such revenue source.
UPDATE: More story links over the hump.
Arnold comes out publicly in favor of legalizing grass/pot/skunk weed and taxing it. Arnold has often been rumored to be a steroid user, before they wer illegal, and so may understand the drug issue better than most.
In his own way.
"I want to look at all that. It could very well be that everyone is happy with the decision and then we can look at that. If not, then we shouldn't do it. Just because of raising revenues, we have to be careful not to make mistakes at the same time."
State Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, a San Francisco Democrat, said taxing marijuana at $50 per ounce would bring more than $1 billion a year to the state. Ammiano's bill is on hold in the state Legislature. He delayed seeking approval until next year.
Right now, as California is the biggest pot-producing states, he stands to gain billions in tax revenue by the legalization of cannabis.
That's a no brainer.
UPDATE: On another note deeply serious to me, Senator Patrick Leahy's message on prosecuting American torturer's: http://ga3.org/...
We all need to bring America back to the middle ground.
UPDATE: More stories
http://www.upi.com/...
http://www.cbsnews.com/...
http://www.foxnews.com/...
http://features.csmonitor.com/...
http://laist.com/...
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/...