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UP IN SMOKE: “We can no longer afford to keep our heads in the sand when it comes to marijuana. The move towards regulating and taxing marijuana is long overdue and simply common sense.” — Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco.

Numbers: • $1.4 billion: What legal pot could generate in revenue per year in California, the state Board of Equalization says.

• 390: The number of the bill by state Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, which would legalize marijuana. It’s awaiting its first committee hearing.

• $50: The fee per ounce on marijuana sales that Ammiano’s bill would impose, in addition to sales taxes.

• 8.6 million: Number of pounds of marijuana grown a year in California.

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