https://thehill.com/homenews/state-...ls-for-legalization-of-recreational-marijuana
Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) will call for legalized recreational marijuana in her 2019 budget proposal later this week.
Raimondo told the Providence Journal that her decision to move forward on the issue was made with “reluctance.”
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Stated reason: neighboring states are reaping the tax benefits of legal pot.
I consider the governor's reasoning utterly fatuous. States such as California and Colorado that have legalized Marijuana have seen a spike in black market sales, both in their home states and exporting unregulated marijuana to neighboring states where it is still illegal. Why would anyone pay overtaxed marijuana from a licensed dealer when they can buy their pleasure cheaper from their old illegal (now decriminalized) drug dealer? The only way someone could make such a statement is either utter ignorance of the issue or baleful dishonesty.
I consider the governor's reasoning utterly fatuous. States such as California and Colorado that have legalized Marijuana have seen a spike in black market sales, both in their home states and exporting unregulated marijuana to neighboring states where it is still illegal. Why would anyone pay overtaxed marijuana from a licensed dealer when they can buy their pleasure cheaper from their old illegal (now decriminalized) drug dealer? The only way someone could make such a statement is either utter ignorance of the issue or baleful dishonesty.
Don't know about CA, but here in CO drug dealing is still against the law
Oh, most certainly. But how many people have been jailed for illegally distributing black market marijuana? Or purchasing illegally dealt marijuana? I do not imagine it is enough to dissuade people from continuing to purchase or distribute it.
I consider the governor's reasoning utterly fatuous. These supposed tax benefits are overstated to the point of ridiculousness. We keep hearing the mantra of those who wish to legalize these drugs "Let's legalize it, tax it and regulate it." Those taxes and regulations only apply to those marijuana growers, distributors and sellers who actually submit themselves to the government's regulation. States such as California and Colorado that have legalized Marijuana have seen a spike in black market sales, both in their home states and exporting unregulated marijuana to neighboring states where it is still illegal. Why would anyone pay overtaxed marijuana from a licensed dealer when they can buy their pleasure cheaper from their old illegal (now decriminalized) drug dealer? The only way someone could make such a statement is either utter ignorance of the issue or baleful dishonesty.
I consider the governor's reasoning utterly fatuous. These supposed tax benefits are overstated to the point of ridiculousness. We keep hearing the mantra of those who wish to legalize these drugs "Let's legalize it, tax it and regulate it." Those taxes and regulations only apply to those marijuana growers, distributors and sellers who actually submit themselves to the government's regulation. States such as California and Colorado that have legalized Marijuana have seen a spike in black market sales, both in their home states and exporting unregulated marijuana to neighboring states where it is still illegal. Why would anyone pay overtaxed marijuana from a licensed dealer when they can buy their pleasure cheaper from their old illegal (now decriminalized) drug dealer? The only way someone could make such a statement is either utter ignorance of the issue or baleful dishonesty.
Oh, most certainly. But how many people have been jailed for illegally distributing black market marijuana? Or purchasing illegally dealt marijuana? I do not imagine it is enough to dissuade people from continuing to purchase or distribute it.
Washington expects to rake in about $730 million from sales of legalized marijuana over the next two years.
More than 60 percent of the state’s marijuana money over the next two years is slated to go toward public health programs, including Medicaid, substance abuse prevention efforts and community health centers, according to the state Office of Financial Management.
The remaining money that freely flows into the state general fund — about $211 million — adds up to about half of 1 percent of the state’s projected operating budget for 2017-19.
https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/marijuana/article130464479.html
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