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Wait, a multi-billion dollar industry didn't morph over night? Shocking!
Besides all of that, its not even about the money, its about individual rights. Who is the government to grant us the "right" to grow such a simple and mostly harmless plant.
1937
Marihuana Tax Act (1937) The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 effectively made possession or transfer of marihuana illegal throughout the United States under federal law, excluding medical and industrial uses, through imposition of an excise tax on all sales of hemp.
Even better. 2 years after an 80 year ban. So pretty much over night on that time scale.
Yes, and it wasn't like flipping a switch. Some counties won't allow grows and some cities will not license dispensaries. It will take some time. Even the most conservative counties and towns are getting on board... the reason?
Tax revenue.
Most commercial cannabis is too strong for a very large segment of users, and dispensaries aren’t that widespread, so they buy mid-grade from members of their community.
There's a reason people smuggle cigarettes from North Carolina to New York. It's the same reason here. When the taxes double the price, there's a lot of margin for the black market to exploit.
I live in a neighborhood where people are not poor, or young for that matter. The local dispensary is about 2 blocks away so purchasing cannabis is pretty easy. In Oregon you are allowed to grow up to 4 plants. A lot of people do that too. I wouldn't know where to start to purchase it illegally.
Anybody that smokes dope or skunk weed is a stoner. Why else smoke if not to get stoned?
Legal marijuana in California as a business was supposed to be a no-brainer. How could it not be profitable in a liberal state pushing 40 million residents where some of the best weed in the world has been grown for decades? But nearly three years after Proposition 64, the law legalizing the adult use of the drug, was passed, California cannabis producers are not seeing the windfalls predicted. They tell Sharyn Alfonsi that regulations and a robust black market are cutting into legal pot profits.
Your last sentence answered your question. Isn't that ALWAYS the answer when big government gets involved?
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