not sure what you are saying, CO is taxing the hell out of it.
in Colorado, access for recreational use also allows people to get around the permitting process temporarily, although the prices go up for non-medicinal use: But thanks to Amendment 64, the marijuana drug legalization act approved by voters in 2012, we were able to legally and safely circumvent the bureaucratic holdup. “A lot of people are in your same situation,” the pot shop staffer told us. “We see it all the time, and we’re glad we can help.”
There are the taxes they are exempted from.
Can I get it for sleep apnea? Loss of appetite? Nerves? As a substitute for evil alcohol? Barn door is wide open to pay the lower rate and they are trying to fast track exemptions.
There were all kinds of quacks writing prescriptions for teachers to cut class when the union wanted a strike.