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foadi said:
Highly unfortunate that there is so much support for taxing marijuana. Makes it unnecessarily expensive and what right do the crooks in state gov't who surpressed marijuana for years really have to that money?
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Taxing pot was the only way to get liberals on board with legalizing pot.
 
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Henrin said:
Why would the product becoming legal automatically mean anything to people buying from the black market? If the product is cheaper and higher quality in the black market there is no reason to stop buying from it.

Btw, the fact that a black market is even possible shows that the claim it is legal is horse****.
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Big if. (Like most of your other theories.)
 
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foadi said:
Ya right. I'm in Seattle right now. The state stores are ridicously expensive and have inferior product. Everyone I know prefers black market product.

edit: should note that the pot in medical marijuana dispensaries in WA is much better quality and lower prices.
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It seems that while Washington State has the right idea generally, the specifics of how they implemented their program have some flaws.

The states are still learning the ropes, but it is a good thing that they are trying. From here in Florida, it seems the Colorado model is better than the Washington model.
 
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foadi said:
As far as hospitalizations go, I don't even know what people would need to go to the hospital for. I am sure reporting is up, since people are more willing to divulge whether or not they are under the influence if it is legal.
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Agreed. I'm also willing to bet that many hospitalization were due to mixing marijuana with other drugs, coke, heroin, meth, prescriptions. But since marijuana consumption is legal they admitted to that and failed to tell health care professionals about any other drugs they were consuming.
 
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gdgyva said:
and you dont care about the hospitalizations, or the medical issues that are cropping up?
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The number of hospitalizations of children who got into their parents pot is way less than the hospitalizations of children who got into their parents booze, medicine cabinets, or household chemicals.

Further, the children hospitalized for getting into their parents pot don't suffer any permanent injury; if it was scary to them (before sedation), they are all the more likely to avoid it in the future.

Finally, I put responsibility for stuff like that on the parents.
 
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Anomalism said:
Colorado Just Became the First State Ever to Generate More Taxes from Marijuana than Alcohol | The Free Thought Project

In the past year, it has become obvious that marijuana is set to become a booming industry on the legal market and recent news from Colorado gives us more evidence of this taking place. As one of the first states to go legal, the Colorado government has collected more taxes for marijuana than they have for alcohol in the past year. This is the first time that this has ever happened in history and it shows that the market for marijuana may be larger than the market for alcohol.
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Soooo, you're celebrating the fact that government has yet again stuck it to the little guy. Ummm.....yay? :roll:
 
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libertybird said:
That is awesome. Hopefully they use that money wisely, or even better return it to the people.
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:lamo
 
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bg85 said:
yesterday we voted on whether to let the government keep it (and give to the schools) or whether we should give it back to ourselves. 80% voted to let the government keep it.

Denver Ballot Question 2B (Marijuana Refund) - Results: Elections
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That's because drones are programmed to actually believe the government are good stewards of our resources.
 
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countryboy said:
That's because drones are programmed to actually believe the government are good stewards of our resources.
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eh. at least these drones' kids will have properly funded schools.
 
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bg85 said:
eh. at least these drones' kids will have properly funded schools.
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And do you actually think that will improve their education? We've been throwing more and more money at education all of the time, and it has only worsened. As I said, it's all in the programming.
 
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countryboy said:
And do you actually think that will improve their education? We've been throwing more and more money at education all of the time, and it has only worsened. As I said, it's all in the programming.
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yes - if you have a school that has broken air conditioners and heating that sometimes breaks down causing the students to miss class, more money will improve their education. if there is a school that has to decide between keeping the art department open and providing free lunches (or something of that nature) then yes, more money will improve that school's students' education. also, it sounds like you're saying that the solution to an underfunded school is to just continue underfunding it. that doesn't make sense to me.

what makes you think education has worsened? public education in this country varies GREATLY (like...a huge amount) from county to county, district to district. yes there are some schools that are piss poor but some of our public schools are literally among the best in the world.
 
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countryboy said:
And do you actually think that will improve their education? We've been throwing more and more money at education all of the time, and it has only worsened. As I said, it's all in the programming.
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it doesn't really matter in the context of the thread anyway. the point is that legal marijuana has a positive impact on government funds while illegal marijuana has a negative impact.
 
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bg85 said:
yes - if you have a school that has broken air conditioners and heating that sometimes breaks down causing the students to miss class, more money will improve their education. if there is a school that has to decide between keeping the art department open and providing free lunches (or something of that nature) then yes, more money will improve that school's students' education. also, it sounds like you're saying that the solution to an underfunded school is to just continue underfunding it. that doesn't make sense to me.

what makes you think education has worsened? public education in this country varies GREATLY (like...a huge amount) from county to county, district to district. yes there are some schools that are piss poor but some of our public schools are literally among the best in the world.
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Fair enough, I will give credit where its due. At least Colorado decided to put the money towards something potentially useful. I apologize for the snarky tone, I am just so jaded by government waste, I tend to have that knee jerk reaction. Nothing personal.
 
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bg85 said:
it doesn't really matter in the context of the thread anyway. the point is that legal marijuana has a positive impact on government funds while illegal marijuana has a negative impact.
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I cannot disagree with that sentiment.
 
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