Monday, May 11, 2009
Where to Buy Pot
Food / Health & Medicine / Politics Robert Gammon — Mon, May 11, 2009 at 6:05 AM
So if marijuana becomes legal, where can I get some? That's one of the topics in a front-page Chron story today. Richard Lee, president of Oaksterdam University in Oakland, a marijuana dispensary and education group, thinks California should follow Amsterdam's model and that pot should be sold in cafes. But isn't that too limiting? Why not make it available wherever alcohol is sold? Or at least, require that retailers get a license, much like an alcohol sales license. Now, the next question: Who will grow and sell the pot to retailers? This issue is key, and likely will require a lot of regulation. Legalizing marijuana simply cannot become a boon for drug dealers, or this entire experiment will fail.
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My comment may be of little significance but I'll throw it out to you anyway . I just received in the mail a sample ballot for a special vote by mail only of just a small handfull of proposed measures. One inparticular is about the Business Tax Rate for Cannabis Businesses jumping from $1.20 for every $1000 of the gross revenue to $18 per $1000. This jump is not only for the retaial sales of the product but the planting,cultivation,harvesting,transporting,manufacturing,compounding,converting,processing,preparing,storing,packaging wholesale,of marijuana and its derivatives. This high jump of tax must be stopped . We must vote NO on Measure F on the Ballots which must be sent in by tuesday July 21 2009 .
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I completely agree Bob. Also, there needs to be a better thought out tax idea. Will the $50/ounce tax apply to both low and high grade marijuana? A $50 tax on a $40 ounce of schwag doesn't make much sense to me, but does seem somewhat logical with a $300 ounce of high grade. A percentage of the total price of the pot should determine the tax, not just a flat rate. Let's hope they start hashing these ideas out so we can actually put forth a legitimate plan to legalize.
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