Oh Potheads how you make me giggle.......

[clublights]

See I think the issue is that there is already a black market set up for marijuana. And you put too high of a tax on it and the market will keep going. You start low, then build it up over the years, everything will work itself out. Companies will start manufacturing it in packs (like the tobacco and alcohol industries) at lower costs than they can get it from a dealer, then the dealers have no reason to keep selling it, then tax the piss out of it. Everybody is happy.

I think yes and no ...

Kinda like Steve Jobs said with MP3's and the iTunes store .. once there was a legal way to download music more people did it that way rather then steal it ( yes there is still alot of pirated music out there but it is not even close to what it used to be )

I think pot will be the same when you can just run to your corner store to get it and not have to do "shady deals" you are more likely to go the legal route . Less hassle, less fear.

[Colorado_Outback]

I think pot will be the same when you can just run to your corner store to get it and not have to do "shady deals" you are more likely to go the legal route . Less hassle, less fear.

LOL.

This thread is hilarious.

[clublights]

LOL.

This thread is hilarious.

You don't agree?

Even potheads don't want the hassle of Jonny Law. their is a simple way to get what they want without breaking the law.

Just like all of us would ignore the whole Universal Background Checks if we could get away with it and not chance jail.

[Colorado_Outback]

You don't agree?

Even potheads don't want the hassle of Jonny Law. their is a simple way to get what they want without breaking the law.

Just like all of us would ignore the whole Universal Background Checks if we could get away with it and not chance jail.

I just find it comical that the majority of the members here have never smoked pot and if they have it was decades ago. Yet everyone here is an expert on Marijuana trade, legal or otherwise.

Tell me again why I would go to the corner store and pay tax on a product thats legal to buy and own in CO again? Oh yea, to avoid all those scary pot dealers!

I have met more than one member here who smokes regularly, not everyone who smokes pot is a useless loser/scary pot dealer.
Most I have met are hardworking, honest and family oriented.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

Tell me again why I would go to the corner store and pay tax on a product thats legal to buy and own in CO again?

As opposed to everything else you buy at the corner store?

[Colorado_Outback]

As opposed to everything else you buy at the corner store?

The black market for Skittles and 20oz Dr Peppers is pretty weak.. Marijuana on the other hand..

[crays]

The black market for Skittles and 20oz Dr Peppers is pretty weak.. Marijuana on the other hand..

Now, Skittles and Purple Drank, on the other hand.............

[Dave]

The black market for Skittles and 20oz Dr Peppers is pretty weak.. Marijuana on the other hand..

Why do people pay itunes and droid store $10+ for an album when it's free on the black market? Plenty of sites and ways to spoof an IP address if you want to go black market. The biggest problem will be getting LEO's to go after black market since untaxed weed would be just like buying unstamped cigarettes at a Brooklyn bodega.

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

The black market for Skittles and 20oz Dr Peppers is pretty weak.. Marijuana on the other hand..

OK, and so if you are looking to try it for a laugh, or maybe entertain some guests and you are this person:

the majority of the members here have never smoked pot and if they have it was decades ago.

and you don't know this person:

I have met more than one member here who smokes regularly <snip>
Most I have met are hardworking, honest and family oriented.

And you don't feel like asking strangers on the street (or the internet) OR you don't feel like asking the most "hardworking, honest and family oriented" people you know where to score some pot, chances are, the corner store is gonna look pretty good. Even with some taxes. $0.02

Not my thing personally, but just looking at it as this person:

an expert on Marijuana trade, legal or otherwise

[Colorado_Outback]

OK, and so if you are looking to try it for a laugh, or maybe entertain some guests and you are this person:



and you don't know this person:



And you don't feel like asking strangers on the street (or the internet) OR you don't feel like asking the most "hardworking, honest and family oriented" people you know where to score some pot, chances are, the corner store is gonna look pretty good. Even with some taxes. $0.02

Not my thing personally, but just looking at it as this person:

Your spot on, but the black market will always be there regardless of the tax rate. My point was that your average "pothead" is going to keep getting it where hes getting it. Even if its "Legal".