Berkeley, California wants to sell marijuana too
Legal recreational marijuana went on sale Tuesday up in the state of Washington.
Not to be outdone, there’s a proposal in front of the city council in Berkeley, California — a state where marijuana is so far legal only for medicinal use — that would oblige pot dispensaries in the city to provide free pot to the poor and homeless in an amount equivalent to 2 percent of their annual sales.
And the ordinance says it’s gotta be good stuff, too.
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