Unintended (?) Consequences

[Gdjjr]

As usual, the Empty Suit Brigade acted behind the curve and now;


Illegal grows are common in and around Aguanga, a single stop-sign town of about 2,000 people north of San Diego with horse ranches along dirt roads. Still, the scale of the Labor Day massacre stunned residents and showed how violence permeates California's illegal marijuana market.

The state broadly legalized recreational marijuana sales in January 2018. But the illicit market is thriving — in part because hefty legal marijuana taxes send consumers looking for better deals in the illegal economy.

Correction: Marijuana Killings-California story

In a story September 8, 2020, about a fatal shooting at an illegal marijuana growing operation, The Associated Press erroneously reported the last name of a real-estate broker. The correct name is Mike Dunn, not Reed.

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And no, I don't do pot-

 

[TNHarley]

When you tax shit at 40 percent, of course the black market will thrive.
Stupid fucking politicians

 

[pknopp]

It was noted that this would happen. The police use violence to enforce extreme taxes also. The answer is not in trying to budget things off extreme level of taxes.

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Legalize it. De-criminalize it. Tax It at the state and federal level. Violence and black market problem solved. This country's almost five decade "War on Drugs" is a colossal failure. I'm curious when do we get the message?

 

[TNHarley]

Legalize it. De-criminalize it. Tax It at the state and federal level. Violence and black market problem solved. This country's almost five decade "War on Drugs" is a colossal failure. I'm curious when do we get the message?

You don't follow along to well, ey?

 

[JackOfNoTrades]

Legalize it. De-criminalize it. Tax It at the state and federal level. Violence and black market problem solved. This country's almost five decade "War on Drugs" is a colossal failure. I'm curious when do we get the message?

You don't follow along to well, ey?

I follow along just fine. The high taxation rates caused the black market to pop up and it was tied to organized crime....I'm shocked, just completely shocked.
If it was all out in the open, none of this would have happened.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

They should raise the tax another fifty percent.

After all it's a product that might ruin your health like tobacco or alcohol.

*****CHUCKLE*****

 

[Moonglow]

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They should raise the tax another fifty percent.

After all it's a product that might ruin your health like tobacco or alcohol.

*****CHUCKLE*****

If it was as addictive as tobacco it would work.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

What happened after the passage of the 21st Amendment?

Just a thought.

 

[badger2]

Boycotting this tranquilizer is also an answer to taxing it, legal or not.

 

[Damaged Eagle]

If it was as addictive as tobacco it would work.

It's a luxury item live with the tax and the repercussions if you get caught using or growing it illegally.

Starbucks should have a high tax put on their products too. Does $10 a cup sound reasonable?

Someone has to pay for that free health care, free college, free schooling, free pay for not working, free this, and free that, that every progressive demands.

*****CHUCKLE*****