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   XPost: ca.politics, alt.support.marijuana   
   From: a425couple@hotmail.com   
      
   On 11/11/2017 11:00 AM, Al Czervik wrote:   
   > On 11/9/2017 2:37 AM, Siri Cruise wrote:   
   >> In article , a425couple   
   >>    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> California slapping high taxes on marijuana, causing sticker shock   
   >>> for some   
   >>   
   >> Just like cigarettes and alcohol.   
   >>   
   >>> (This appears to me to be a ridiculously bad idea.   
   >>> One of the main advantages of making marijuana & THC edibles   
   >>> a regulated legal business, is to eliminate the profit for   
   >>> illegal drug dealers. Making the legal and above ground regulated   
   >>   
   >> There's not much of black market in cigarettes and alcohol, at least in   
   >> California. The taxes are high   
   >   
   > Not for Alcohol - not as long as Moon Beam is governor. The tax on a   
   > bottle Don Julio 1942 at Total Wine in Sacramento is $9.57 (total price   
   > $133). In Seattle the tax is $29.72 (total price $175).   
   > I bought that bottle at Costco in Cabo for $62.   
   >   
   > The tax on pot in Washington is high enough not to kill the black market.   
      
   That is correct.   
   The Washington tax on pot & THC is IMHO too high.   
   It still allows the 'black market' or illegal pot trade   
   to make enough of a profit to be worth doing.   
      
   However, it is not too far from reasonable.   
      
   To explain a bit:   
   The Washington defined single dose of edible THC is 10 mg.   
   The local shops quite commonly sell a package of 10 doses   
   of 10 mg THC, for $30.   
   For many, the advantages of clean, sanitary, above board,   
   & legal, make the cost at legal shops acceptable.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)