Good News For New York

[Zeez]

The black market is so well established, it's hard to believe that consumers will abandon their connections in favor of pricey and maybe not as good legal weed.

 

[igrowone]

The black market is so established, it's hard to believe that consumers will abandon their connections in favor of pricey and maybe as good legal weed.

saw one article in MSM about the state of rec weed, taxes, and revenue
the states that have gone legal have seen initial tax receipts start low but grow slowly
which makes perfect sense, illegal street weed is the current recognized brand
and people don't change their buying habits overnight
state shops have to build up their business good will, just like any other business
and that takes time

 

[Zeez]

People who bowed to prohibition eventually decide to try taxed weed without fear of getting busted. They are probably less likely to buy black market.

 

[Safe Gardener]

Better to look at New Jersey than those two states, they are next to Canada too and the whole country almost is legal but that's meaningless, those states are fucking utopias compared to NY.

Homegrown is not on the table in their recreational plans and it won't be in NY either, cops are too strong there and it would eat into tax revenue.

I would love to be wrong on this but this is a political smokescreen.

This is exactly my thoughts on what CT will see if they ever get to talking a recreational law. It will be a total money grab just like NJ!

As you, I'd love to be wrong but only time will tell.

 

[Raho]

Dude, they used the word "marihuana" in the freaking bill.
That word is straight out of Reefer Madness. Loaded with all the racists fear mongering stigma of that era.
Forget about the part where they tell you what you can do and find the part where they detail the penalties for breaking their rules.
If anyone can go to jail for growing a CANNABIS plant (or a hundred of them), it's a bad bill.


Part of the reason states keep getting and accepting such shitty legislation is because grass roots activists tend to be shy about speaking up when the activity they advocate for can get them all thrown in jail.
Once something is passed, they are everywhere, but by then, it's too late. Blink your eyes and 10 years of bad business will have passed you by.

 

[igrowone]

i've yet to see a cash cropper that has liked any legalization measures
just saying