If they made recreational drugs legal, I imagine they'd need to be regulated like alcohol, tobacco, and now weed. So licensing, regulation, and taxes should apply.
Absolutely. Solves problems for every side. As well as instituting purity laws. Then having an OD is like driinking oneself to death. I'm no fan of taxes, but I'd rather my money go to the state than some criminals, and I'd rather have pure drugs than fentsnyl laced bullshit.
Criminals will continue to sell, slightly below market for taxed weed, and will keep the money coming their way. Taxation is an excuse for government control.
The only real value of weed was the illegality. Its so easy to grow that its shamefully how much the dispensaries charge. The current prices at dispensaries are what allows people to continue selling illegally. If the government wants to continue selling at prohibition prices, there's gonna be prohibition competition.
I'm sure someone somehow is selling bootleg liquor but its cheap enough that bath tub gin isn't a common thing anymore. Basement weed, on the other hand won't go away until the price reflects the actual cost of productio
Imagine the fuckton-O-cash the Govt.& the pharmaceutical co.s would make.
Indeed, though I think I'd try to find a way to keep the pharmas out of it. Some rule about medicine vs. recreation. That's why I was entirely against using medical reasons for legalizing weed.
Wasn't aware of the meds. vs. recreation FDA rule,damn,that puts a stick in my million dollar idea.
Already with regulated and taxed weed you see unlicensed, illegal grow operations to avoid taxes. The drug warriors just turn into revenue agents and the war continues against citizens doing as they choose.
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