Aye, there's the rub - it's entirely possible to tax legal pot heavily enough to perpetuate a significant black market, and some legalizing states may well be doing just that. Here's hoping they wise up.
Exactly what I was getting at. Taxes and hassles. Everybody understands the financial side. But, in addition, who wants to get on a government list of any sort if they don’t have to? For example, if Sessions had his way, he’d link an MJ authorization list to your second amendment rights.
Some famous judge once noted that, “The ability to tax is the ability to destroy.”