Can you tax pot if it’s a prescribed medicine?

According to the ca.gov page “What Is Taxable” (www.taxes.ca.gov/Sales_and_Use_Tax/WhatsTaxable.shtml): “Some items are exempt from sales and use tax, including … sales of prescription medicine and certain medical devices.” Therefore, if the bill from state Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, that proposes an excise tax of 15 percent on medical marijuana is passed, it will conceivably open the way to tax all medicines. Right? Or will it just discriminate against those who use a certain medicine, i.e., marijuana?

This story was originally published March 8, 2016 at 12:31 AM with the headline "Can you tax pot if it’s a prescribed medicine?."