CA Legal pot not the budget bonanza advertised

[Manonthestreet]

IF I know democrats they budgeted in the amount they thought it would generate.
California's pot shops have been only open a year. They're already lobbying for a tax cut
There are far fewer licensed cannabis businesses than had been expected and tax revenue — which officials had estimated could reach $1 billion — is trickling in at a fraction of what was anticipated. The black market for marijuana is still thriving.

Now, several lawmakers and State Treasurer Fiona Ma have introduced Assembly Bill 286, which would temporarily slash cannabis taxes in an effort to entice illegal marijuana businesses to enter the legal market.

 

[hjmick]

It's probably cheaper on the street than in the stores...

 

[DGS49]

The irony is priceless.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

To beat the black market you need higher quality, lower prices, and easy availability.

And yes, don't tax the businesses into starvation, ya nits.

 

[Uncensored2008]

It's probably cheaper on the street than in the stores...

It's legal to grow, so most pot heads just grow it.

 

[TNHarley]

Arent some areas getting taxed over 50 percent?
Even when the govt tries to do something good, they fail.
Stupid fucks ruin everything! Even the easy legalization of a FLOWER

 

[danielpalos]

IF I know democrats they budgeted in the amount they thought it would generate.
California's pot shops have been only open a year. They're already lobbying for a tax cut
There are far fewer licensed cannabis businesses than had been expected and tax revenue — which officials had estimated could reach $1 billion — is trickling in at a fraction of what was anticipated. The black market for marijuana is still thriving.

Now, several lawmakers and State Treasurer Fiona Ma have introduced Assembly Bill 286, which would temporarily slash cannabis taxes in an effort to entice illegal marijuana businesses to enter the legal market.

right wing drama queenery makes it expensive. why the ridiculous morality for pot.

 

[TNHarley]

IF I know democrats they budgeted in the amount they thought it would generate.
California's pot shops have been only open a year. They're already lobbying for a tax cut
There are far fewer licensed cannabis businesses than had been expected and tax revenue — which officials had estimated could reach $1 billion — is trickling in at a fraction of what was anticipated. The black market for marijuana is still thriving.

Now, several lawmakers and State Treasurer Fiona Ma have introduced Assembly Bill 286, which would temporarily slash cannabis taxes in an effort to entice illegal marijuana businesses to enter the legal market.

right wing drama queenery makes it expensive. why the ridiculous morality for pot.

More like govt theft

 

[JGalt]

Mexico decriminalized the personal use of pot, cocaine, LSD, meth, heroin, and other drugs back in 2009.

Mexico Legalizes Drug Possession

And what happened? The murder rate rose to a record level.

Mexico sets record with more than 33,000 homicides in 2018 - CNN

Anyone who thinks we should follow Mexico needs to lay off the shit they're smoking.

 

[hjmick]

It's probably cheaper on the street than in the stores...

It's legal to grow, so most pot heads just grow it.

I know I would...

 

[danielpalos]

IF I know democrats they budgeted in the amount they thought it would generate.
California's pot shops have been only open a year. They're already lobbying for a tax cut
There are far fewer licensed cannabis businesses than had been expected and tax revenue — which officials had estimated could reach $1 billion — is trickling in at a fraction of what was anticipated. The black market for marijuana is still thriving.

Now, several lawmakers and State Treasurer Fiona Ma have introduced Assembly Bill 286, which would temporarily slash cannabis taxes in an effort to entice illegal marijuana businesses to enter the legal market.

right wing drama queenery makes it expensive. why the ridiculous morality for pot.

More like govt theft

nothing but socialism on a State basis.

 

[Dan Stubbs]

IF I know democrats they budgeted in the amount they thought it would generate.
California's pot shops have been only open a year. They're already lobbying for a tax cut
There are far fewer licensed cannabis businesses than had been expected and tax revenue — which officials had estimated could reach $1 billion — is trickling in at a fraction of what was anticipated. The black market for marijuana is still thriving.

Now, several lawmakers and State Treasurer Fiona Ma have introduced Assembly Bill 286, which would temporarily slash cannabis taxes in an effort to entice illegal marijuana businesses to enter the legal market.

And according to a recent study at NYU Langone Health, chronic pot smokers (defined as more than 20 days per month) had almost a one out of three chance of developing Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome (CHS), an awful condition associated with varying degrees of pain and uncontrolled nausea and vomiting, which can for last several hours. This translates to over 3 million sufferers in the U.S., when you consider the current numbers of chronic pot smokers.
According to Dr. Joe Habboushe, associate professor of emergency medicine at NYU and first author of the study, the weed-induced vomiting doesn’t respond to routine anti-nausea drugs but only to several hours of hot showers or capsaicin (derived from peppers) cream.

While Habboushe acknowledged to me in an interview that small amounts of marijuana (containing cannabinoids) suppresses nausea and pain in the brain and nerves, at the same time, too much of it over time may “overstimulate and turn off the very receptors that were suppressing nausea and pain in the first place.” Habboushe added, “Hot showers seem to be able to stimulate the same receptors and turn them back on.”

The only real way to cure the problem is to stop smoking pot altogether. This works 97 percent of the time, but if you start smoking it again you are at great risk of the problem returning.

Despite the growing number of cases of CHS, many doctors are still not familiar with this condition and may misdiagnose the problem as something else. Patients have had multiple diagnostic tests and even had their gallbladders removed unnecessarily as a result of the symptoms.

The bottom line to this story is that there is no free lunch when it comes to medicines. You may not consider marijuana a medicine but I and other physicians do. And any medicine has side effects, especially with long-term use.

Medical marijuana was first legalized for medical use in California in 1996, but the first states to legalize it for recreational use were Washington and Colorado in 2012. Last year, a landmark study in JAMA Pediatrics showed that legalization of recreational marijuana use significantly reduced perceptions of marijuana’s harmfulness by 14 percent and 16 percent among eighth and 10th graders respectively. This is a very disturbing trend.