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Have any states been “moderate” in their taxation of legal weed?

Maine's tax is only 10%.

We do have some history of this in our country with the mob. They didn’t control everything, but they did control a lot

Quantify "a lot".

Maine’s tax is only 10%

Good for Maine. And Maine is about as far from the cartels’ reach as it can get. How is it working out in California and Colorado? How will it work in Illinois next month?

Quantify “a lot”.

Don’t know that I can. From what I’ve been told, they do dominate certain industries in the North East.

I do get your point. By decriminalizing weed we could/should take a lot of profit out it. Many (but not all) of the bad things about marijuana stem from its illegality. My point is that the cartels have invested a lot of time and money in the cultivation, distribution and sale of it and I don’t know if they are willing to walk away from the business. Their expertise could make them the obvious choices to dominate the market.

They are now sailing submersibles/semi submersibles across the Atlantic Ocean to sell their wares in Europe. I just don’t see them giving up on the North American market.