Oakland, Calif.’s semi-legal weed dealers want to pay more taxes, and are asking for a ballot referendum to do so, because:
“We’re basically trying to say that we are like other businesses, you know. We’re here to pay taxes, create jobs and improve the community,” Lee says.
That’s the first thing that I think of when I think about a hallucinogenic, carcinogenic and psychosis-inducing substance, improving the community.