Plan would direct pot taxes toward drug education

Published April 23, 2014 12:07am ET



DENVER (AP) — Colorado would save most of its marijuana tax money while spending about $23 million on school nurses and drug treatment and outreach under a plan approved Tuesday be legislative budget writers.

The proposal calls for spending only the marijuana tax dollars the state has in hand instead of budgeting based on projected collections, as most budgets are done.

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