Posted on 07/12/2014 2:55:46 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
And most is consumed by a minority of daily users.
About 9% of Colorado’s population consumes marijuana, according to a market demand study conducted by the state department of revenue’s Marijuana Enforcement Division and the state’s Marijuana Policy Group. And those users, it’s estimated, will get through about 121.4 metric tons of pot every year.
According to the report, that consumption — calculated through survey results, demographic data and source data — is “31 percent higher than a recent department of revenue assessment, 89 percent higher than a study by the Colorado Futures Center, and 111 percent higher than an older study by the Colorado Center for Law and Policy.”
The state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division analyzed the market demand for the drug, which Colorado began selling for recreational use in January, in an effort to “effectively manage production within the regulated industry,” according to a press release.
According to the study, published Wednesday, the bulk of the demand for the drug comes from the most frequent users....
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Waiting for the STOP sign to reverse itself and say POTS.
Aren’t you making an argument for alcohol prohibition?
Considering how well it worked last time / S
No...
My point was once the barn door is open, the cows are out...
Tax dollars revenue will drive the pot legalization debate rather than health issues...
No dude the O man is back on the pipe big time. He has a funny grin and half the time he has no ideal what is going on around him. The whole world is looking at you so you go play pool and drink beer and make jokes? You got to be hammered to act that way in public.
I think you are right about that.
And I think that pot legalization goes hand-in-hand with a permanent welfare state, which might be slightly trimmed at the edges but (sans revolution) will never, ever go away.
Chickenpoophead has said all the revenue from pot sales will not be enough to cover all the additional costs. Maybe if enough dumbass graphics artists become stoners some of these companies will have to look toward older experienced artists and i can get some work
How much tax revenue can be generated by people who have no incentive to work?
While marijuana's deleterious effects can be observed after fairly short-term, light use, alcohol and tobacco only cause health issues after years of heavy use. Meanwhile, people who drink and smoke are still able to work and produce, meaning that they remain profitable to the government for a long time. Marijuana users are far more likely to become a liability than to generate much in the way of taxes.
You’re welcome.
“Colorado is lost —”
So, we in Colorado all turned to potheads because it was made legal? Wrong.
The report just simply shows that pot use was far higher than thought. Nothing has really changed at all. Those that didn’t smoke pot didn’t start.
Money drives everything 100% of the time.
Work... Seriously ?
Getting income to buy dope is done the same way the parasites of society today do it...entitlements
Out of your and mine pocket...
I was talking about the tax revenue generated by selling pot legally...
Money drives everything 100% of the time.
Well stated...Wonder how long before we see chronic pot abusers qualify for Disability payments...
We were at the grocery store last night and the checker had to have been stoned. There was a “mexican” couple there who thought the way you shop is to have the wife stand at the checkout stand and the hubby run around the store and get stuff. Of course, she didn’t like what he brought, so she sent him back.
This went on for quite awhile to the distress of everyone in line.
Except the checker.
I am not to distressed by the population being high. Makes my and my son’s future prospects very bright indeed.
Seems like you would be shocked to learn that there are quite a few potheads that are huge earners and quite a few in the workforce smoke pot.
I remember a trip to Chuck E Cheese with my kids to a birthday party. the waitress was obviously stoned. She stood around smiling (at nothing) with glassy eyes and didn’t do anything that anyone told her. I am sure she got herself fired because everyone else in the place as bustling around, busy busy.
I have a cousin who is and always has been a pot head. He is 60 yrs old and has never done a productive thing in his life. He has been on Social Security Disability for many many yrs now. Dirt poor and still spends most of the money he gets on pot. Found out yesterday he has laryngeal cancer. He’ll still smoke pot.
Out of your and mine pocket...
I was talking about the tax revenue generated by selling pot legally...
If the potheads are using entitlement money to buy pot, then there are no net tax profits to the government for taxing marijuana sales. Spending $100 dollars to provide entitlements to get back $10 in sales taxes is hardly profitable.
Pot is more carcinogenic than tobacco. It's a shame your cousin has wasted his life in this way.
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