Those are taxed, aren’t they?”
Gee, which is harder, brewing beer or sticking a freaking seed in the ground?
Just don't say it will bring in any tax money, it wont!
So you are claiming then that Alcohol products don’t bring in Tax Dollars?
That is what you are implying, isn’t it?
As for “simply sticking a freaking seed in the ground”, it’s a bit more complicated than that, if you intend on what you grow to be anything you’d want to injest.
I dare say the same thing about alcohol.
How difficult is it to take the raw materials, we’ll say apple juice for the sake of example, into an enclosed container and simply wait for it to ferment?
Both types of drugs, alcohol or marijuana, take time, effort and patience to produce. The time element being the critical factor.
Simply put, if it takes you six months to a year to grow harvestable marijuana, or brew drinkable beer, only a scant few are going to go through that effort if they can just as easily go to a liquor store and purchase it without all the fuss.
So, again, I’d like you to clarify your idea that alcoholic drug products don’t bring in any tax dollars.
I had an acquaintance who grew some weed for personal consumption back in the day. To suggest that one need only stick a seed in the ground is pretty naive.
Plant. Determine gender of plant. Separate male from female plants. Grow plants. After the plants bud and mature, cut and hang upside down to dry out, and concentrate the active ingredients.
Not hard, but requires a level of effort most would be unwilling to undertake if readily available at the DopeStore (tm).