COLORADO=WINNING $184 Mill expected in Pot Taxes !
 

How long before the lure of quick cash attracts the other money hungry states ?:stoned :stoned

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I am opposed to applying a sin tax to cannabis... :2 cents:

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ADG

Take the sin part out and call it just tax :winkwink:

This is what I've been saying all along.... Instead of spending money fighting this, make it legal and tax it. Less government money spent AND a new income stream for our government.

Win win.

Decreased productivity. Win win lose.

There is what I believe a misconception that making pot legal will mean there will be more pot smokers. Unsupported bad theory. It will only mean that people living with paranoia will now have that lifted. Increased productivity is probably more likely.

I think if you took a hit of weed every time you wanted to visit this website instead of
visiting this website, then you would be more productive.

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OH wait!!!!

I gotta keep it real; I mean "we" above not just you.

Sorry.

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I call it an unjust tax...where is the sin in consuming cannabis in comparison to the items historically hit with a sin tax?

I understand why much of the pro-marijuana lobby is pro-taxation, since they feel this will allow them to get their foot in the legalization door, however, once hooked on a tax, it is harder to ween legislators off of taxes than it is to get a junkie off of heroin. :2 cents:

Most of the costs associated with marijuana is for law enforcement. Cannabis related societal costs should go down substantially when cannabis is legalized (less police time arresting people, less court time prosecuting people, less/no jail time for simple possession, etc).

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ADG

The corruption that is going on with this shit is pretty bad. You just have to love it, when it's ex govt officials like congressmen and DAs are the ones getting the grow licenses. I'm all for making it legal, but the corrupt motherfuckers running the show should all be lined up and shot, hung or thrown off a boat 50 miles from shore..

I think we can all agree on that but we also have to agree that very few people are motivated to do much after using marijuana. And a fair amount of people seem to get addicted to it pretty easily. I think you have to pour that tax in education and treatment.

Can't agree entirely with that... :)

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I'm all for education about cannabis, as long as it focuses on facts, and not paranoia. :2 cents:

I'm pretty sure cannabis education won't cost nearly as much as legislators are planning on taxing it... :winkwink:

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ADG

Why should they be exempt? It is a gold rush.

I doubt Bill Gates smoked a lot of weed. I have known way more Spicolis then Gates who do it daily. Just my experience but this is over a lot of years.

184 million in 18 months doesn't sound great. I wonder if that's projected to go up over the coming years due to tourism or down due to residents growing their own.

its 184 More then they had before :2 cents::thumbsup

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ADG

we can dump a ton of money into education and treatment and still have it cost less than arresting people and putting them in jail. Portugal decriminalized possession of all drugs. Instead of seeing a spike in users they have actually seen drug use cut in half over the last 10 years because (among other reasons) those who have a problem are not afraid of going to jail if they ask for help.

Just because it is legal also doesn't mean that companies will stop drug testing their employees. The potential risk of losing or not getting a job will deter some people.

There will always be stoners, but I don't think we are going to see a spike in people who now do nothing but sit around and smoke weed. Booze has been legal for decades and we don't see half the country sitting around getting drunk all day and doing nothing else.

I do not agree with taxing any medicine.

When sold as prescription medicine it should not be taxed, however if decriminalized and used for recreational purposes there is no real reason for it not to be taxed, it becomes a luxury item of sorts.

Revenue can also generated by regulatory fees and licensing of Growers, Processors/Packagers, and Distributors as is done with most other businesses. Inspections of facilities also would help support any office of government set up to over see the industry.

A tax stamp on recreation use products should not be an issue for any one, it has been an acceptable arrangement on both tobacco and alcohol for decades.

I am not going to get into the debate over the effect certain strains of marijuana has on people. Read some unbiased information and studies, don't base your opinion on events of the past in an uncontrolled environment.

Added: Not to mention the money saved from not policing, prosecuting, and incarcerating people that use marijuana. The only people that should fear this are those profiting from the silly laws currently in place from fear mongering in the early 1900s.

what about taxing recreational/retail pot?

There is no reason not to tax recreational use marijuana.

My Doctor has written me prescriptions for over the counter drugs and it saved me the tax, on 1 I got my prescription insurance to cover it.

You poured ignorance all over that statement. Cannabis is absolutely NOT addictive. No more than tits and ice cream are addictive. My liberty isn't lessened due to someone elses weak will power.

What "treatment" exactly? You realize the only people that go to "rehab" for cannabis are those that are court ordered right? lol

It should only be taxed the same as any other retail product. Lets say tomatoes. Medical shouldn't be taxed at all. The sin tax crap is bullshit.

As far as projected revenues... lol those aren't even going to be in the same zip code 5 years from now. The increased revenue in paraphernalia alone would be awesome for any state. People are still scared to order online for a pipe, or vape, etc. Soon as it is 50 state legal in less than 5 years that will start getting added into the total revenues for each state.

While people still partook and were fairly open about it.. Once they have no fear anymore to buy what they want it will have a huge increase.

lol.........

Sure. Increased productivity from pot heads that can't remember where they put their last Oreo cookie.
But... It's a boom for the globalists, Pot works almost as good as Fluoride!

Very decreased productivity …. but (pass that joint) who cares?

Pot and Fluoride...now you're just being silly. :1orglaugh

More myth spreading, and surprise...since you are against cannabis, then it must somehow be a plot of the globalists. We have more to fear from paranoid schizophrenic conspiracy theorists and their weak minded followers, than cannabis users (and btw, stoners usually know where to find all of the oreo cookies). :1orglaugh :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

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All of these creative productive people use/have used cannabis:

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The common caricature of a stoner involves humorous license (most people think of Cheech and Chong or Snoop Dogg when they think of stoners, not Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Carl Sagan or Stephen King).

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Sure people that consume cannabis for the first time or infrequently will often have a much greater reaction to the initial effects of THC, however regular consumers of cannabis generally regulate their use, and manage their lives just fine.

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ADG

"Believe" what you want. It has been pointed out that Marijuana is hard to stop because the users "drink the kool-aid." They are convinced it is safe and non addictive so why should they have to give it up? The effects of marijuana are probably known by you, do you think you feel the same after a bowl of ice cream as you do after a bowl of pot? You made an odd argument.

I think you may be misinformed. The propaganda against pot has been around since the 30's and has been proven wrong again and again. Pot is much safer than alcohol.

SOMEONE THROW AN ADULT CONVENTION IN COLORADO, PLEASE!

Nice revenue, now get yourself a plant and make biz

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Somebody watched Reefer Madness 1 too many times!

Agreed!

You've nailed it man.

I stopped smoking weed ~6 months ago. no biggie.

Hope it will be soon!