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Only two witnesses were allowed to testify at the joint hearing on marijuana on April 19th.  Neither were from our side.

One was from the National Conference of State Legislators. The other was Barbara Brohl, the czar of Colorado’s marijuana program and the executive director of Colorado’s Department of Revenue.

Brohl told the panel the Colorado recreational marijuana program brought in nearly $200 million in new taxes last year on sales of over $1 Billion. Remember, this is less than 1 percent of their total budget. Ironically, this money funds drug abuse treatment and prevention programs and a portion …