Pubdate: Tue, 12 Feb 2013
Source: Citizens' Voice, The (Wilkes-Barre, PA)
Copyright: 2013 The Citizens' Voice
Contact:  http://www.citizensvoice.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1334
Note: from the Associated Press

LAWMAKER REINTRODUCING MARIJUANA LEGISLATION

HARRISBURG (AP) - Marijuana should be legalized in Pennsylvania and
sold to adults alongside liquor to raise revenue and remove the threat
of criminal prosecution for pot smokers, the sponsor of a bill to do
just that said Monday.

"For the last 75 years, we've been treating people who smoke a plant
as criminals," Sen. Daylin Leach said. Leach proposes that legalized
pot be sold with liquor and wine at state stores to people who are at
least 21.

Pennsylvania needlessly spends nearly $350 million a year arresting,
prosecuting, incarcerating and monitoring people for marijuana crimes,
the Montgomery County Democrat said. At the same time, the state is
leaving hundreds of millions of dollars a year on the table by not
taxing legal marijuana, he said.

Gov. Tom Corbett has said he'd veto any legalization bill.
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