Pot shops could ease California’s fiscal jam

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – With California teetering perpetually on the edge of financial ruin, marijuana activists have seized the moment, claiming that legalizing and taxing pot could help bail out the cash-strapped Golden State.
But critics are slamming the proposal, saying the social costs of a free-smoking state far outweigh the money it would bring in, [...] http://bit.ly/6z0i9i