{"id":4979,"date":"2015-11-08T17:07:27","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/?p=45083"},"modified":"2015-11-08T17:07:27","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T17:07:27","slug":"higher-learning-pueblo-county-pays-for-college-scholarships-with-new-marijuana-tax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/higher-learning-pueblo-county-pays-for-college-scholarships-with-new-marijuana-tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Higher Learning: Pueblo County Pays For College Scholarships With New Marijuana Tax"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/higher-learning-pueblo-county-pays-for-college-scholarships-with-new-marijuana-tax\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>Canada&#8217;s new Prime Minister has promised to <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/canadas-new-prime-minister-wants-marijuana-legalization-right-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">legalize it<\/a><\/em><\/strong>; Mexico&#8217;s Supreme Court has just ruled their citizens have a constitutional right to <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/11\/mexicos-supreme-court-green-lights-pathway-towards-legalization\/\" target=\"_blank\">smoke it<\/a><\/em><\/strong>; and starting in 2017, those\u00a0college-bound from Pueblo County will be able to get their college\u00a0degrees partially\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/09\/as-colorados-tax-free-weed-day-catches-fire-state-discloses-marijuana-revenue-windfall\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>f<\/em><em>unded by it<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. \u2013\u00a0<em>How sweet &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/12\/colorado-celebrates-two-year-anniversary-of-marijuana-legalization\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>It<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; is<\/em>. Providing more positive results\u00a0in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/08\/national-conference-of-state-legislatures-calls-for-amending-controlled-substance-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Petri dish of democracy<\/a>, Colorado&#8217;s newest and greenest cash cow is about to help America&#8217;s next generation of critical thinkers pay for college.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right; last Tuesday legalized pot vaporized another concern for some of Colorado&#8217;s high school graduates hoping to head off to college \u2013 we\u2019re talking about cold hard cash. Thanks to Colorado&#8217;s early ascension up the Darwinian ladder\u00a0of social evolution, students from Pueblo County hoping to become doctors, lawyers, MBAs, and politicians, will all have the ability to save a big chunk of green on\u00a0their college\u00a0degree.\u00a0<em><strong>#ThanksAgainLegalMarijuana<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/college-weed.jpg?2a095a\" alt=\"college weed\" width=\"600\" height=\"631\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/11\/06\/us\/colorado-marijuana-college-scholarship\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>, &#8220;<em><strong>a resounding 60% of the voters in the tiny County of Pueblo Colorado passed a measure that will phase in an increase in taxes \u2014 5% by 2020 \u2014 on marijuana growers to fund college scholarships and other community projects.<\/strong><\/em> \u201c<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/bernie-sanders-pledges-to-reform-federal-marijuana-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bernie<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/clinton-its-important-for-feds-to-let-states-legalize-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary<\/a> debate the abstract benefits of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/02\/some-hopeful-cracks-in-the-wall-of-federal-prohibition\/\" target=\"_blank\">legalizing marijuana at the federal level<\/a>, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC have been putting the theoretical Rubber to the Road. Providing valuable proof that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/05\/colorado-sold-19-million-worth-of-weed-in-march-while-state-crime-rates-decreased\/\" target=\"_blank\">legalized marijuana reduces crime<\/a>, generates useful new tax revenue, and protects\u00a0our kid\u2019s intellectual potential\u00a0from being flushed down the drain of bad policy gone predictably wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/11\/06\/us\/colorado-marijuana-college-scholarship\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='560' height='315' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dV8w8xAUMoQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada&#8217;s new Prime Minister has promised to <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/canadas-new-prime-minister-wants-marijuana-legalization-right-away\/\" target=\"_blank\">legalize it<\/a><\/em><\/strong>; Mexico&#8217;s Supreme Court has just ruled their citizens have a constitutional right to <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/11\/mexicos-supreme-court-green-lights-pathway-towards-legalization\/\" target=\"_blank\">smoke it<\/a><\/em><\/strong>; and starting in 2017, those\u00a0college-bound from Pueblo County will be able to get their college\u00a0degrees partially\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/09\/as-colorados-tax-free-weed-day-catches-fire-state-discloses-marijuana-revenue-windfall\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>f<\/em><em>unded by it<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. \u2013\u00a0<em>How sweet &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/12\/colorado-celebrates-two-year-anniversary-of-marijuana-legalization\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>It<\/strong><\/a>&#8221; is<\/em>. Providing more positive results\u00a0in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/08\/national-conference-of-state-legislatures-calls-for-amending-controlled-substance-act\/\" target=\"_blank\">Petri dish of democracy<\/a>, Colorado&#8217;s newest and greenest cash cow is about to help America&#8217;s next generation of critical thinkers pay for college.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right; last Tuesday legalized pot vaporized another concern for some of Colorado&#8217;s high school graduates hoping to head off to college \u2013 we\u2019re talking about cold hard cash. Thanks to Colorado&#8217;s early ascension up the Darwinian ladder\u00a0of social evolution, students from Pueblo County hoping to become doctors, lawyers, MBAs, and politicians, will all have the ability to save a big chunk of green on\u00a0their college\u00a0degree.\u00a0<em><strong>#ThanksAgainLegalMarijuana<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27608\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/college-weed.jpg?2a095a\" alt=\"college weed\" width=\"600\" height=\"631\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/11\/06\/us\/colorado-marijuana-college-scholarship\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a>, &#8220;<em><strong>a resounding 60% of the voters in the tiny County of Pueblo Colorado passed a measure that will phase in an increase in taxes \u2014 5% by 2020 \u2014 on marijuana growers to fund college scholarships and other community projects.<\/strong><\/em> \u201c<\/p>\n<p>While <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/bernie-sanders-pledges-to-reform-federal-marijuana-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bernie<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/10\/clinton-its-important-for-feds-to-let-states-legalize-marijuana\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hillary<\/a> debate the abstract benefits of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2015\/02\/some-hopeful-cracks-in-the-wall-of-federal-prohibition\/\" target=\"_blank\">legalizing marijuana at the federal level<\/a>, Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska, and Washington DC have been putting the theoretical Rubber to the Road. Providing valuable proof that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marijuana.com\/blog\/news\/2014\/05\/colorado-sold-19-million-worth-of-weed-in-march-while-state-crime-rates-decreased\/\" target=\"_blank\">legalized marijuana reduces crime<\/a>, generates useful new tax revenue, and protects\u00a0our kid\u2019s intellectual potential\u00a0from being flushed down the drain of bad policy gone predictably wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Read more on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/11\/06\/us\/colorado-marijuana-college-scholarship\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='560' height='315' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dV8w8xAUMoQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen='true'><\/iframe><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2528,166,2529,2530,2437,9,2531,1,3],"tags":[2532,2744,2533,2534,2443,2535],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4979"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}