Posted on 12/17/2021 8:48:35 AM PST by fishtank
Think Legal Weed Cut Down On Crime? Think Again
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Dec 16, 2021
If you thought legalizing weed would cut down on crime, think again. t did cut down on crime in a way—pot smokers were no longer being prosecuted for smoking, and some growers did come out of the shadows. But it also brought in the drug cartels who could hide their illegal growing operations amidst the tons of legal ones that sprang up. Watch this episode of America Uncovered for how the cartels are moving in where marijuana is legalized, the use of narco-slaves to grow the illegal weed, and how it's wreaking havoc on the environment.
dimocrat logic.....just legalize everything and crime goes away!
It certainly cut down on the truckers available on a constant basis...
On any given day 40% cannot pass a drug test.
In Colorado, you pay a hefty state tax, a hefty county tax and a hefty city tax on each legal purchase. As most here are smart enough to know, taxes & prohibition feeds the black market. You can take $100 to the local legal dispo and get a quarter ounce and a couple joints, or an ounce from the black market dealer. Basic economics, although I do find it fascinating when “Conservatives” are all about that big government, as long as its THEIR big government censoring/stopping/prohibiting the things they don’t like.
Legal weed is rather expensive. California, for example, places a 15% tax on marijuana sales. That’s over and above California’s 7.25% state sales tax.
Illegal weed might not be of the same quality. But it is tax-free.
It has turned into a living nightmare in the part of Washington State we live in. Every time we get out in our car someone is smoking pot in vehicles ahead of us. Our car is filled with the skunk like odor. It is the same at both of our houses which are both in good neighborhoods.
Homelessness has skyrocketed since legalization. A larger and large percentage of people are making the decision to just smoke pot and do nothing else. Not to mention skyrocketing mental illness which billions of dollars in marijuana obviously has something to do with.
We now have over $2 Billion of legal marijuana being sold here along with what is now thought to be an even larger number of illegal sales. This far out paces both alcohol and tobacco combined. It is insane.
Guessing you’re a big pot smoker. Never met a productive pot smoker before. Hired a “reputable” company to put a roof on the house. Took two weeks on a ranch style that I did years ago, before I got old, over a weekend. I’d go out to see them resting and having a smoke. Geesh.
Get rid of the federal prohibition and ease up on the state taxes.
Colorado’s problem was predicted and has come true. If you tax it too high, the Black Market will beat you. I know a guy who walks the line between black market and legal, makes money while beating the legal price by 25.
Congress critters don’t care about crime as long they get their cut.
I have a handful of self-made millionaire friends. They all smoke pot.
Washington State has a 37% excise tax on marijuana along with approximately 10% sales tax in most counties. I am told by people who partake that there is no difference in quality, most of the illegal marijuana is grown in the exact same types of operations as the legal. It has been suggested that the same operations produce both legal and illegal product. The only difference is in the bookkeeping or lack thereof. The enforcement here is a complete joke and the huge amount of revenue fuels corruption.
Pretty slick maneuver to blame the presence of foreign criminal drug cartels on Americans who want to grow some weed.
The whole illegal operation is probably run by Dems.
Can’t speak to other areas, but from what I know, legal weed is stupid cheap, locally.
That’s because we’re legalizing it STUPID. Putting enough taxes and licensing on it to make sure the white market weed is still more expensive than the black market. Legalize it smart, like booze is, black market can’t compete.
have a handful of self-made millionaire friends. They all smoke pot.
Hunter Biden?
Oh now I get it!!
Thanks!
The opium den should be federalized, so it’ll be way AOC-Omar-Brandon better than the Colorado-run opium den!!!
Like…..cool!!!
/sarc
There's no more Probable Cause for law enforcement when stopping drivers or pedestrian.
The high taxes on legal marijuana serve to discourage competition to the local crime bosses moving illegal weed while paying off the politicians.
...just like cigarette taxes were put in place to facilitate the local crime bosses running of unstamped cigarettes.
Washington’s scheme didn’t allow for individual cultivation for personal use, as I understand it. That makes it much different from most State schemes.
We all learned that Alcohol prohibition, passed by an amendment to the Constitution in 1920, caused organized crime to skyrocket.
I also learned that with the amendment to rescind prohibition in 1933, organized crime faded away.
My question is, why not the same for marijuana?
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