Recreational cannabis doesn’t consistently come with higher taxes than medical
Both of us are pushing for recreational cannabis in this state so more people can get access to the plant
I’ve been mostly ecstatic with my state’s medical marijuana program, and that’s despite any genuine criticisms or frustrations I might have about packaging rules from the Department of Health. I have to remind myself how hard it was to even find marijuana in the first place when all my state had was a black market. On top of that, you couldn’t guarantee you were getting safe cannabis that wasn’t at some point along the line contaminated with something else appreciate pesticides, paint fumes, or packaging materials. Some could say I’m exaggerating, but that has not the case. I hated spending $60 on an sixth of weed in 2011 that smelled appreciate a moldy mattress. Not only that, but how could you say for sure if you were getting the strain that your supplier claimed it was? People make this joke about the strains at legal cannabis stores, but those companies spend money a lot of money to get particular genetics of the cannabis plant. I appreciate having a legal medical cannabis program because of the benefits both of us get as purchasers from the regulations and rules that are created by state legislators. Both of us are pushing for recreational cannabis in this state so more people can get access to the plant. Nowadays you have to spend money at least $378 a year to be a medical marijuana patient between dentists’ fees and the fee paid to the state to renew one’s medical marijuana card. Some say that state taxes will be outrageous with recreational cannabis, but sporadically recreational cannabis is taxed the same as medical cannabis; otherwise, the difference in some states is minimal.