Posted on 10/15/2014 10:34:50 AM PDT by Wolfie
Colorado marijuana revenues hit a new high
New figures from the Colorado Department of Revenue show that recreational marijuana sales continued to climb in August, the most recent month for which data are available. Recreational sales totaled approximately $34.1 million in August, up from $29.3 million the previous month.
Medical marijuana also jumped sharply in August, after several months of flat or declining sales. Medical sales figures were just under the recreational total, at $33.4 million. One goal of creating Colorado's recreational marijuana market is to shift customers away from the medical market.
The numbers suggest that work remains to be done on that front. Part of the challenge is that medical marijuana is taxed at lower rates than recreational marijuana, leading to significant price differences.
Total tax revenues from medical and recreational marijuana continue to edge upward. The state took in about $7.5 million in revenues from both markets in August, or about $45 million year-to-date.
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Bogus information is your great. You’ve already been debunked on this.
Sorry, I don't speak whatever language that is.
You’ve already been debunked on this.
You're hallucinating - in fact, dhs12345 replied, "Good link".
Dhs12345 didn't just right. "Good link," as in whow, you got it right dude, have another bong. He wrote: "Interesting. I didn't see anything about their sampling, demographics, family income, etc. I didn't have time to read it. Good link, though. Thanks."
Look, dope for you is like a religion. It's a matter of faith. I cannot help you care about the law. I cannot help you care about the people who will become more active as pot smokers.
You previously posted that you were opposed to abortion, right? Tell me this. Are there more abortions now that abortion is legal than there were when it was not legal? Hmmmm? Didn't the pro-abortion lobby tell us abortion would be safe but rare? Now, you tell us pot won't be a bigger problem. I think you've an agenda to do more harm than good with your pot advocacy.
dhs12345, was your "Good link" sarcastic? (If so, I missed it.)
At any rate, "I didn't have time to read it" negates any possibility of that post having been a "debunking." FYI, dhs12345, demographics are in table A.1 and sampling methodology in Appendix B.
I cannot help you care about the law.
I care enough about the supreme law of the land to want to repeal legislation that violates that supreme law.
I cannot help you care about the people who will become more active as pot smokers.
I should "care about" them by supporting their imprisonment?
You previously posted that you were opposed to abortion, right? Tell me this. Are there more abortions now that abortion is legal than there were when it was not legal? Hmmmm? Didn't the pro-abortion lobby tell us abortion would be safe but rare? Now, you tell us pot won't be a bigger problem.
There's a good chance there will be more post smoking - it's unlikely that there will be a bigger problem e.g. with welfare. Adults exercising their liberties, even in ways I consider unwise, is not in and of itself a problem.
Then you’re a utopian libertarian oblivious to reason, facts, or consequences.
And were there more abortions when people like you insisted that that would be fine to be legal? Can you answer that one?
Then you’re a utopian libertarian oblivious to reason, facts, or consequences.
You have yet to present any. Here's some reason: few if any people responsible enough to avoid pot when it's illegal will suddenly become irresponsible enough to not only use pot but render themselves unemployable (whether through employer testing or stupefaction) when it's legal.
Yes. Abortion is much harder to hide than personal-use amounts of pot.
Are you opposed to abortion?
You state, “few if any people responsible enough to avoid pot when it’s illegal will suddenly become irresponsible enough to not only use pot but render themselves unemployable (whether through employer testing or stupefaction) when it’s legal.”
That’s not a fact. That’s your supposition, and I’d say more people have abortions now that it’s legal than would have if it were illegal. Similarly, though you’d never admit it, more people will use pot if it becomes legal.
My response....
My point here is that we can BS all day long, but out in the cold, cruel, real world, the truth will be proven out by the businesses that try to make money growing, selling, distributing and in retail.
You see — the businesses are VULNERABLE TO LAWSUITS if THEY CLAIM THAT POT IS NOT BAD FOR YOU or in any way try to diminish the fact that pot will hurt your health.
Important point: the tobacco companies vulnerability was not because they sold a so-called “harmful product” but the fact that they knew about the health risks and then tried to hide it from the public and consumers.
So, to answer my own challenge — the pot businesses will NOT make any claims that pot is not harmful. In fact, it would probably be wise for them to reference some third party, government study proving that it is indeed bad for you to limit their liability.
Yes.
And you think it should be illegal, right?
That’s not a fact.
Did I say it was?
I’d say more people have abortions now that it’s legal than would have if it were illegal.
I've already agreed and noted, "Abortion is much harder to hide than personal-use amounts of pot."
Similarly, though you’d never admit it, more people will use pot if it becomes legal. [emphasis added]
Just a few posts ago I said, "There's a good chance there will be more post smoking". Is something messing with your short-term memory?
Right - it inherently violates the rights of an unwilling party, unlike the selling, buying, or using of pot.
Probably not. So what?
You say “so what” to the fact that the pot industry won’t admit anything is harmful. The point is the science isn’t there. It’s like when we didn’t have the science on smoking cigarettes. Do you have any family members addicted to marijuana?
Actually. I found it interesting and a concern. Why? Because my son and his friends have to live in that environment(where pot is readily available).
And pot will be even more readily available now that possession is legal here in Colorado and especially with stores opening everywhere. Not quite as many as liquor stores yet. As I mentioned, a kid can always find an adult who is willing to buy for them.
Plus it has lost the stigma that it used to have because of the medical pretense and the fact that it is now legal and people like those on FR claiming that it isn’t harmful.
So the study in the link is probably way understating what it will be like in a year or so. I pray for our children.
Tell your kids its not okay and that you will disown them if they use pot.
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