US CO: Colorado Task Force Ponders How To Tax Legal Pot

Richmond Register, 02 Mar 2013 – DENVER (AP) – Pot smokers in Colorado were the biggest winners in the vote that legalized the drug. Now state regulators are working out the details of exactly how to tax it, so the benefits are shared statewide in the form of increased revenue. A state panel meets Thursday to draft final recommendations based on the voter- approved marijuana legalization question that asked for excise taxes up to 15 percent to fund school construction.