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Wait I was told that when it was legalized there would be no more underground drug market. Seems things aren't as simple as they seem on the surface.
Wait I was told that when it was legalized there would be no more underground drug market. Seems things aren't as simple as they seem on the surface.
In addition to the illegal sales, increased theft is also creating problems for cannabis retailers.”
I’m sure other factors are that retailers have to pay rent and payroll taxes. I have no idea what the price differential is, but I could imagine it being quite significant.
Making things illegal doesn’t mean it goes away. Most often, it just makes it more expensive because people are exposed to more risk from selling it. But if you don’t enforce your laws and there is no risk, then of course the legal version of it can’t compete. If the city didn’t enforce any of its awful zoning laws, housing would be super cheap.
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It's in the article.
Right, 1%-5%. But I don't think I'd care to deal with illegal product and any possible (even if unlikely) headaches around it just to save $1-$5 for every $100 spent. Seems kinda foolish. But yeah, I suppose if you're also picking up some illegal stuff, makes sense to make it a one-stop shopping trip.
Wait I was told that when it was legalized there would be no more underground drug market. Seems things aren't as simple as they seem on the surface.
From the original article: “Mandelman’s office pointed to a Dec. 19 report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office that found that increased state cannabis tax rates were directly linked to illegal cannabis sales. In addition to the illegal sales, increased theft is also creating problems for cannabis retailers.” I’m sure other factors are that retailers have to pay rent and payroll taxes. I have no idea wha…
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I don't smoke weed, (not for moral reasons, I just hate it), but the incentive structures are really weird. My read on the situation is... Government wants to tax the weed and ensure its safe. So there are a ton of regulations which require you to do a lot of extra work and are expensive. That, along with the taxes creates a huge price differential between legal and illegal weed. I thought it was all about taxes at f…
>I thought it was all about taxes at first, but I've come to understand that illegal growers often use toxic pesticides that further increase yield-- and thus it is important to know where your weed comes from. I've always preferred to pay the higher prices for this reason, and the fact that I know exactly how potent something is.
So I'm going to work blue here for a bit...
Regarding contamination and unsafe drugs-- my best friend and I had a tradition. Once a year around the end of the year, we'd get a couple grams of cocaine and go to someplace fantastic like the Queen Mary, or Disneyland, or the Long Beach Aquarium, The San Diego Zoo, etc. We called this tradition "Merry Cokemass". We had an agreement to never do any drugs outside of these appointed 24 hours.
Anyways, we have both decided that this just isn't safe anymore.
Wait I was told that when it was legalized there would be no more underground drug market. Seems things aren't as simple as they seem on the surface.
From the original article: “Mandelman’s office pointed to a Dec. 19 report from the California Legislative Analyst’s Office that found that increased state cannabis tax rates were directly linked to illegal cannabis sales. In addition to the illegal sales, increased theft is also creating problems for cannabis retailers.” I’m sure other factors are that retailers have to pay rent and payroll taxes. I have no idea wha…
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This comment feels like art. Either it’s a troll that’s not that good, or it’s a genuine comment so far off in lala land that it’s a privilege to read.
Nothing about that comment seems THAT unusual. Honestly, I'm spending more time sitting here trying to understand where you're coming from than I am with them. What elements of their comment struck you as trolling?
For example, my mom loves Whole Foods and would not prefer a CSA. There is comfort in the standard quality that McDonalds has to offer. Marketing labels and branding have become commonplace and widely celebrated amongst consumers.
To ask for these luxuries to be stripped away is preposterous to most people. “Your weed isn’t lab tested - but you could be killed!”
Has the city considered…uh, arresting drug dealers?