The other shoe has begun to drop. Immediately following last week’s historic vote to legalize pot possession in Colorado for adults over 21, the state’s Republican Attorney General and drug warrior John Suthers said Coloradoans wouldn’t see a red cent from pot taxes.
According to a statement from his office: “The proponents of Amendment 64 told voters that it imposed a surtax of up to 15 percent on marijuana sale that would result in up to $40 million each year going to K-12 schools in the state. In fact Amendment 64 did not comply with required language under the Taxpayers Bill of Rights and no such tax will be imposed.”
