One year into legal pot sales California doesn’t have expected bustling industry
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#2California has had the world's leading cannabis industry for decades, we're just now paying 38% tax.
Re: One year into legal pot sales California doesn’t have expected bustling industry
#3Probably because it's been "legal" in CA for years. The "medical" cannabis was a joke. There were people on the beaches holding signs "$50 medical cannabis card". Being legal recreationally didn't really make it any more accessible. Anyone that wanted a medical card could get one in a few minutes.
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#4It all comes down to local control of licensing. To even operate a 100% mobile business, you have to be licensed out of a specific city. This involves all the associated cronyism, NIMBYism, and the like which goes along with local politics, and grinds the whole system to a halt. We need to adopt a statewide system like Oregon or there will be no room for smaller distributors left and we will be stuck with monopolized pricing.
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#5Probably because it's been "legal" in CA for years. The "medical" cannabis was a joke. There were people on the beaches holding signs "$50 medical cannabis card". Being legal recreationally didn't really make it any more accessible. Anyone that wanted a medical card could get one in a few minutes.
Is the medical cannabis tax exempt?
Re: One year into legal pot sales California doesn’t have expected bustling industry
#6California has had the world's leading cannabis industry for decades, we're just now paying 38% tax.
38% tax when sold legally in the local market. Black-market local sales and exports still don’t raise much tax revenue.
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#7Turns out that buying from your local dealer is cheaper than going to someone who had to jump through regulatory hoops. who knew?
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#8Another big issue might be the financial industry. Marijuana is still illegal at the Federal level so banks might be reticent to get involved with providing loans or services to these businesses. Without access to credit and banking services, a lot of people who might otherwise go into business, won't.
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#9Yeah, well that's what happens when you let local cities/counties shit all over it, and have the laws/regulations written by the alcohol and tobacco lobbies.
Re: One year into legal pot sales California doesn’t have expected bustling industry
#10It all comes down to local control of licensing. To even operate a 100% mobile business, you have to be licensed out of a specific city. This involves all the associated cronyism, NIMBYism, and the like which goes along with local politics, and grinds the whole system to a halt. We need to adopt a statewide system like Oregon or there will be no room for smaller distributors left and we will be stuck with monopolized…
Some may see high monopolized prices and having to jump through hoops as "fair": that is, cannabis use is not "good" and thus should not be made easy or cheap. See alcohol and tobacco.
IDK if this mindset is widespread enough in California. But coincidentally such an approach does improve the bottom line of large / established sellers.