Pubdate: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 Source: Daily Californian, The (UC Berkeley, CA Edu) Copyright: 2011 The Daily Californian Contact: http://www.dailycal.org/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/597 Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v11/n088/a01.html Author: Stan White A HIGHLY DISCRIMINATORY TAX If sick citizens do not have to pay taxes on pharmaceutical drugs such as Vicodin or Percocet, then to force citizens and the Berkeley Patients Group to pay taxes on cannabis (marijuana) amounts to discrimination. And for the government to have the power to force them to pay back taxes does not make it right. Stan White Dillon, Colo. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake