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   From: no@spam.here   
      
   "M_P"  wrote in message news:39537961-63e2-4   
   7a-a011-1877a64f1e55@o41g2000yqb.googlegroups.com...   
   On Sep 29, 8:19 am, Elmo  wrote:   
   > M_P wrote:   
   > > On Sep 27, 8:09 pm, "NotMe"  wrote:   
   > >> "(PeteCresswell)"  wrote in message   
   > >>news:0u20c59mul9kth16thmgkloeoa60ct1980@4ax.com...   
   > >> : Per wis...@yahoo.com:   
   >   
   > >> : >How long will this marijuana nonsense continue? Make it legal,   
   > >> : >grow it here. Great small family farm.   
   > >> :   
   > >> : The national IQ is already somewhere below room temperature and   
   > >> : falling. Do we *really* want more people getting high?   
   >   
   > >> Making pot legal will not have much effect on who or how many get high.   
   >   
   > >> Recall prohibition and how well that worked?   
   >   
   > >> Make it legal   
   >   
   > > Amen!   
   >   
   > >> and tax the hell out of it.   
   >   
   > > Nah, that'll just drive users back to the black market. We can   
   > > probably tax it comparably to how we tax alcohol, for which there is   
   > > no significant black market.   
   >   
   > A black market would need to undercut the price of the legal stuff.   
   > Right now the black market gets premium prices because of the legal   
   > issues. I'd expect legal product to undercut that even with taxes   
   > added because, like tobacco, it isn't all that expensive to grow.   
      
   >Depends how much tax is added; there's a black market in cigarettes in   
   >some places in the U.S., and not coincidentally those are places where   
   >cigarette taxes are huge.   
      
   The proposed bill in Massachusetts for legalizing and taxing Marijuana taxes   
   an ounce at $150, $200, and $250 depending upon the   
   percentage of THC.   
   This is far too high in my opinion, and what's more interesting is that a   
   cultivation license only costs $500 per year.   
   Any idiot could grow their own with a minimal investment in indoor equipment,   
   and with no investment at all for outdoor growing.   
   I don't see the state making a whole lot of money with those tax rates, people   
   are going to simply grow their own.   
      
   Mel   
      
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