Please explain just how the hell you tax something that anyone can grow in a tiny garden plot or flower box?
Fine, make it legal, but don't try to blow smoke up everyones a$$ by saying that you could tax something that easy to grow at home.
The same way they tax tobacco that anyone can grow in a tiny garden plot or flower box.
Please! Yes, there will be people who will grow it on their own, and not pay taxes on it.
That’s just the way it is.
However, when was the last time you made Beer or Wine at home?
Those are taxed, aren’t they?
But face reality, if it’s legal, and you can buy it at a Liquor store, which approach are you gonna use?
Are you gonna “make your own”, including the planning, preparation, time to completion, etc, OR are you gonna just go and buy it, taxes included, without all the hassle?
Sure, some will, but those will be the exception, and not the rule.
The equipment and technology to make beer is readily available, the process is relatively straightforward, and costs pennies to the bottle.
Most people buy their beer at the liquor store/grocery store (depending on your state). It’s called convenience.
If government produced and taxed reefer was reasonably priced for the consumer, I believe most would purchase their stash from the govt, as growing is not just as easy as planting and smoking.
And plus, why tax it? Are they for more taxes or less? They want the government to become pushers?
Well, they manage to tax booze, and I reckon I could "grow" some hard cider a lot quicker and easier than you could get some weed to maturity. Get a gallon of old-fashioned apple cider, without preservative, and leave it in a cool part of the house. It only takes a few days for it to ferment all by itself, then if you leave it out in the cold you can separate the alcohol by freezing. Applejack!
Obviously, you can brew just about anything at home, but most people don't bother. Easier to buy it, even with the tax.