[OccupyCU] Illinois Lawmaker: Legalization Of Recreational Marijuana Inevitable Here

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/February 21, 2014 7:09 PM/
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*(CBS) --* A state lawmaker predicts the legalization of recreational 
marijuana is inevitable and says the longer the delay, the more tax 
revenue cash-strapped Illinois will lose.

State Rep. Sara Feigenholtz, D-Chicago, posted on her Facebook page the 
statement: "While Illinois if figuring out where to put dispensaries, 
Colorado is raking in 184 million dollars." That's a reference to tax 
revenues expected in Colorado where recreational marijuana has been 
legalized.

Feigenholtz tells WBBM Newsradio she's more concerned about raising 
marijuana sales taxes than she is in legalizing marijuana.

She says she'd only support marijuana legalization if it came with drug 
abuse treatment funding as well as safeguards so that youths are 
discouraged from consuming pot.

At the same times, Feigenholtz says she "laments" all the tax revenue 
being lost while Illinois is facing unpleasant choices between cutting 
human needs program or further upping state taxes.

She says she's not ready to introduce the legislation herself this year 
but could support such a measure.

Steve Brown, press secretary for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, 
notes Feigenholtz is a member of the leadership and would get serious 
consideration if she introduced a marijuana-legalization bill.

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