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Killgore Trout2/23/2013 10:14:13 am PST

re: #282 Gus

Nah. Not yet. There was talk about that. Colorado legalized pot but there’s just one thing and it’s called the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. There is no effort underway in congress or the White House to change things. Only in a few spots like Diana DeGette who wrote some letter to the DOJ calling for changes. She’s still opposed to marijuana legalization which is weird. On a side note. Our mayor and Gov. Hickenlooper were also opposed to requiring sick days for Coloradans.

A federal fix is required but most people in “legal” states that get busted by the feds get pinched because of tax evasion. I’m pretty sure the feds are willing to look the other way on small and medium sized businesses in legal states as long as people are somehow paying taxes on the earned income.