Pubdate: Fri, 13 May 2016 Source: Hawaii Tribune Herald (Hilo, HI) Copyright: 2016 Hawaii Tribune Herald Contact: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/share/letters/ Website: http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/185 Author: Fred Fogel DECRIMINALIZE AND TAX IT So, proposed new laws might make it legal for cannabis dispensaries to grow pakalolo in sunlight, and nurses might be able to certify pot patients. Whoopee! Why not just decriminalize Hawaii's biggest cash crop, and tax dispensaries and growers, like grocery stores and farmers? End of story! Why is that so hard for the politicians to understand? It's about time government stops trying to protect people from themselves! Fred Fogel Volcano - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom