Recreational marijuana may fund public education

Marijuana regulation in Arizona could assist K-12 funding

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol is collecting signatures to tax sales of marijuana to fund public education and the Arizona Dept. of Health Services.

The Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol, sponsored by a national advocacy group called the Marijuana Policy Project, wants to “sensibly” tax the retail sales of recreational marijuana in Arizona. According to the campaign website, regulatemarijuanainarizona.org, the campaign will raise millions and the majority of the tax revenue will go toward funding public education in Arizona.

The group has gathered over 75,000 signatures as of Sept. 17 and hopes to promote legitimate marijuana businesses that will create jobs and help law enforcement officials focus on serious crimes.

“We’ve got to overcome a stigma that marijuana is harmful and bad for you,” Arizona Marijuana Policy Project head Carlos Alfaro said. “It is objectively less harmful than alcohol...

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