Posted on 11/06/2013 1:27:52 PM PST by Olog-hai
See that’s a common falacy.
In our “Big Brother” totalitarian police state culture in which we live today, States lile Colorado will have to hire 4 times more drug agents to search out unlicensed “grow your own” growers and arrest them. And if you are caught with unlicensed (untaxed) marijuana, then BOOM!
You are busted. How dare you have some weed that the state has not taxed?
See, this is the whole point of legal marijuana. Its not to end the WOD, or allow for personal freedom or such silly nonsense like that.
It’s all about more taxes and bigger government.
And the $70 million dollars in new taxes?
Offset by the $70 BILLION in welfare benefits now being paid out to stoners too lazy to look for a job even if they could be hired for one.
What is coming up is legal sale of recreational marijuana. With this tax, I suspect there will be a lot more "sick" people buying the "medical" stuff.
Wait till the first lawsuit claiming Marijuana gave me cancer which will lead to penalties on growers who will pass that cost on to consumers.....
This is the main thing wrong with legalizing drugs. If the government taxes it, the users will go back to the illegal dealers because it will be cheaper. I am for legalizing drugs and ending the WOD, but taxing drugs an exorbitant amount will negate any positive effect of legalizing drugs.
Are the medical shops also going to be allowed to sell recreational?
Do stores, say a liquor store, sell dope yet?
The entire argument I’ve heard for decades is to legalize and regulate it. For safety and tax revenue.
Sounds like generating tax revenue to help build more marijuana distribution facilities...
Taxes on liquor are very high, but you don't here about too many people buying moonshine.
Bingo.
Don't bogart that joint my friend......
And now, selling without the king’s stamp will add tax evasion to the list of crimes.
Not if there is tax revenue at stake.
There is a whole raft of regulations on it that I have not read. I’m pretty sure, however, that other kinds of shops will not be able to sell marijuana. I don’t know if the “medical” shops will also be able to sell recreational, but I would think so.
Sure they will grow their own......until that becomes illegal very soon, with a hefty fine and felony charges. ( for the safety of consumers, don’t you know).
I saw one of those shops when I was driving through Colorado last year. All this great scenery and invigorating western-tinged heritage, and then there it was... some shabby building on the side of the road with a marijuana leaf painted on its window, and a bunch of filthy hippie vermin standing around. Really repelled me, the discordant juxtaposition of all that appealing scenery, being marred by such degenerate trash.
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