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Warren DeMontague

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6. I agree with all you've written, still some of the stuff I've read about the WA pot taxes in

Reply to MaggieD (Reply #5)

Tue Apr 21, 2015, 05:48 PM

Apr 2015

particular go beyond just sin taxes, which I also support.

I was reading a piece which stated the taxes on legal MJ in some areas was something like 20% state plus 20% "producer fee" plus 20-30% local, adding up to like 60% or 70%, which seems a bit onerous.

Once people can get a better deal by crossing the river into PDX, a lot will.

It sounds to me like more of an issue is tightening up the regs on who can get a medical exemption, but that in and of itself might be a large and expensive nut to crack from a regulatory stdpt.

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Drastic Changes Are Coming to Washington State's Medical Marijuana Industry [View all] jtuck004 Apr 2015 OP

After reading the article, I don't see a problem with this.... MaggieD Apr 2015 #1

"there are a lot of people who don't actually have a medical need." yeah, and it's legal Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #2

It is a problem... MaggieD Apr 2015 #5

I agree with all you've written, still some of the stuff I've read about the WA pot taxes in Warren DeMontague Apr 2015 #6

I think the excise tax is 25%.... MaggieD Apr 2015 #7

I wonder how many of the businesses have home delivery. . B Calm Apr 2015 #3

Lots MaggieD Apr 2015 #4

There is a major fucking problen getting the CBD rich strains and oils eridani Apr 2015 #8

The medical sellers deliver MaggieD Apr 2015 #10

You didn't read the OP--medical sellers are about to be eliminated in WA eridani Apr 2015 #11

Yes I did read it MaggieD Apr 2015 #12

if you lived here, you'd actually have a clue about how many medical users there are eridani Apr 2015 #14

I do live here MaggieD Apr 2015 #16

Do you need high CBD strains? Where the bloody hell are medical users supposed to get them? eridani Apr 2015 #17

They can get them MaggieD Apr 2015 #25

No--it merely guts the list of possibilities n/t eridani Apr 2015 #27

Okay, you can believe the sky is falling if you want MaggieD Apr 2015 #30

Every organization of medical MJ patients says otherwise n/t eridani Apr 2015 #31

Not the people I know MaggieD Apr 2015 #32

The way to get medical pot adequately tested is to legally require such testing-- eridani Apr 2015 #33

You are woefully ignorant AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #18

And again the medical sellers are top of the list... MaggieD Apr 2015 #24

"Recreational stores don't give a shit about anything but THC" is nowhere near true. tridim Apr 2015 #13

Do you shop for MJ at WA recreational stores? I do. eridani Apr 2015 #15

Huh, what? AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #19

I lived in Denver for 12 years. tridim Apr 2015 #20

Irrelevent AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #21

"nor do you know anything about using marijuana as medicine"... tridim Apr 2015 #22

You know nothing about Wa State AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #23

I do MaggieD Apr 2015 #26

I wasn't replying to you AgingAmerican Apr 2015 #28

Yes I do MaggieD Apr 2015 #29

They're trying the same fredamae Apr 2015 #9