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Colorado marijuana revenues hit a new high
Washington Post ^
| Oct. 14, 2014
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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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: cannabis; conservingdependency; marijuana; pot; potheads; wod
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To: elhombrelibre
The usual hypocrisy: "One imbibes [scotch] finally for the relaxed feeling it imparts. [...] One smokes [pot] for the effect."
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:34:03 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
He’s spot on. Pot heads are dopes, dull, and boring. People who have a drink or two are convivial. This is self-evident.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:35:21 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
"Marijuana use by adolescents declined from the late 1990s until the mid-to-late 2000s, but has been on the increase since then." That is, since well before legalization.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:36:15 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
Right. So do you suppose with legalization it will reverse! LOL. Wow, dude, drop the bong for a few minutes.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:37:46 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
pot use by kids. But since you think that's okayBack to lying about me, I see. The Drug Warrior returns to his own vomit.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:38:00 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
YOU write that you favor drug legalization. Only a fool thinks that won’t mean more kids using dope.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:39:08 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
"Marijuana use by adolescents declined from the late 1990s until the mid-to-late 2000s, but has been on the increase since then." That is, since well before legalization.Right. So do you suppose with legalization it will reverse!
Your evidence shows it rises and falls independent of government policy.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:39:25 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
“The growing perception of marijuana as a safe drug may reflect recent public discussions over medical marijuana and movements to legalize the drug for adult recreational use in some states.”
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:40:00 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
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To: elhombrelibre
As I pointed out last time you told that lie, since well before any state had legalized pot, teens have reported that they could get it more easily than beer or cigarettes ... which is to be expected since legal sellers card and illegal sellers don't.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:40:21 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: elhombrelibre
The growing perception of marijuana as a safe drug may reflect recent public discussions over medical marijuana and movements to legalize the drug for adult recreational use in some states.We should combat mistaken ideas about things by banning them?
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:41:35 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
Using your logic, we’d keep electing Liberals.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:46:12 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: ConservingFreedom
It’s pretty good evidence that the “just say yes” crowd is encouraging more kids to smoke more pot.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:48:17 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
We should combat mistaken ideas about things by banning them?Using your logic, wed keep electing Liberals.
To vote against a candidate is a very different act than to ban a commodity or activity.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:49:02 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: elhombrelibre
"May" is pretty good evidence?
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:49:45 PM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A goverrnment strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: ConservingFreedom
Most of what you write is pure speculation and bunk, so I’d say it beats your prejudice.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:53:27 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: ConservingFreedom
Are you for prostitution too? I bet you are.
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posted on
10/22/2014 12:54:32 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
Perhaps pot heads don’t feel the need or desire for conviviality that those having a drink or two do? This also is self-evident.
To: southernmann
I think you’re right. Potheads often like to just space out and drift away from reality. Alcohol drinkers lose inhibition and for some it allows them to come out of their shell. Others let the devil out of themselves after just a couple of drinks. Each drug has its downside and tradeoffs. I think we fool ourselves when we uncritically praise pot like some posters or act like we have to find no fault with booze.
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posted on
10/25/2014 12:35:39 AM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
To: elhombrelibre
I don’t like praising or finding fault with either one. I think it’s a personal issue. No matter what, people will do what they want...and others will approve or disapprove.
To: southernmann
I think both have their downside. I’m troubled by the emerging sense that pot is harmless. It isn’t. I know from a family members experience and sons of friend’s of mine. It may become impossible to keep it illegal if the “it’s just good fun” or the “it’s safe” crowd win over enough people.
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posted on
10/26/2014 11:08:32 PM PDT
by
elhombrelibre
(Against Obama. Against Putin. Pro-freedom. Pro-US Constitution.)
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