[Oldexpat]

I really don’t understand how they would enforce tax collection on marijuana if it was legalized. It is so cheap to grow and there is an existing tax-free distribution system. Just how would the state tap into that?

[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

I really don’t understand how they would enforce tax collection on marijuana if it was legalized. It is so cheap to grow and there is an existing tax-free distribution system. Just how would the state tap into that?

Where there's a will, there's a way, be sure of it.

[Martin Tell]

Just how would the state tap into that?

Just like they do with booze now. Make it illegal to sell without gov't stamp. For over 200 years the feds and their state counterparts have done a (mostly) effective job at stopping moonshiners.

Last week in Tennessee a moonshiner killed himself rather than go to prison.

[dhm914]

I can see why they want to tax it, tobacco taxes are not keeping up with the declining sales of cigerattes fast enough for the budget.