XPost: seattle.politics, or.politics, alt.california
XPost: ca.politics, alt.support.marijuana
From: Caddyshack.Al@gmail.com
On 11/12/2017 11:56 AM, a425couple wrote:
> 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.
Yea... There are at least 10 pot shops within two miles of my house
including one on a quiet road with no traffic and one that typically has
a dozen cars out front all day long.
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