The Macomb Daily, 01 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 set up to regulate marijuana in Colorado agreed Thursday to recommend the highest tax contemplated by voters last year – a 15 percent excise tax, with the profits going to school construction.
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