XPost: alt.appalachian, misc.rural, alt.law-enforcement   
   XPost: alt.politics   
   From: bliss@sfo.com   
      
   MelFranks wrote:   
   > "M_P"  wrote in message news:39537961-63e2   
   487a-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.   
      
   	That will keep the current dealers in business a lot longer.   
   What is a bit of   
   tax avoidance compared to the current status?  They are trying to   
   restrict the sale   
   believing the idea of high THC equaling more dangerous while what   
   it means is   
   fewer doses.   
      
      
   > 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   
      
   	Agreement!  But some idiots are elected and couldn't shuck an   
   ear of corn much less   
   grow something useful.   
      
   	later   
   	bliss   
      
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