re: LA Bill to legalize recreational marijuana is out of committee and will go to House vote

Part of what’s aiding the weed bills in the legislature this year is another bill that taxes weed and sends the revenue to all the usual suspects that oppose weed. The po po get a cut, the teachers union gets one, the hospitals, etc. By making sure that the folks who normally oppose weed are getting a payoff from it, the weed bills are suddenly sailing through with bipartisan support in the house. However, I fear that will change in the Senate.