If pot was legalized......

[Bombadil]

would it still cost about the same, or would it be cheaper? Higher? In the states that already have dispensaries, is it about the same?

 

[SweetTooth36]

WAY CHEAPER..... there would be no demand for it. It would be everywhere. Dealers who have steady cleints would have to get real jobs becuase everyone and their moms would be selling dubs for 5 bucks

 

[aba]

It doesn't matter since its not gonna be legalized anyways...

 

[Bombadil]

I look forward to the day.

^ I have high hopes, there's been a lot of talk going on in American politics lately.

 

[grimm420]

medical weed is still roughly the same as street prices depending on where you go, if it was legalized everyone would be growing there own few plants for themselves....but with the assembly bill 390 (legalize pot for 21+) in california, supposedly ounces will go for 50 bucks + tax....thats IF the bill gets passed

 

[aba]

I look forward to the day.

^ I have high hopes, there's been a lot of talk going on in American politics lately.

and Obama said he wasn't gonna legalize marijuana and everybody around him claped and laughed with a big smile on their faces.

 

[Bombadil]

I was talking to one of my friends about this today. Portugal has legalized ALL drugs, and it's turned out very well. The U.S. sent someone over there to look into it.

I mean this country's suffering a lot from the drug war right now. Pretty soon, something has to give.

 

[Bombadil]

and Obama said he wasn't gonna legalize marijuana and everybody around him claped and laughed with a big smile on their faces.

Then we have 4 years to convince people to vote for someone who will.........

 

[motorboater]

Supply would greatly overtake demand, resulting in extremely low prices.

Cannabis wouldn't make very much money if it was legalized. Competition and supply would make prices too low, thus resulting in a reduced industry. This is why it doesn't make sense to legalize it for the economic downturn. I read a report, and it would require $300+ billion to create an oversight system, make taxes work, and reform the laws. I'm not 100% sure about the black market numbers, but I would estimate that the market is worth roughly $50 billion a year with current prices. Now, if things were to be legalized, prices would drop even further, which would split that $50 billion in half or so. We would then be stuck trying to pay off our initial investment ($300+ billion) with an industry that only makes $25 billion a year or so.

Decriminalization is the way to go.

 

[aba]

Supply would greatly overtake demand, resulting in extremely low prices.

Cannabis wouldn't make very much money if it was legalized. Competition and supply would make prices too low, thus resulting in a reduced industry. This is why it doesn't make sense to legalize it for the economic downturn. I read a report, and it would require $300+ billion to create an oversight system, make taxes work, and reform the laws. I'm not 100% sure about the black market numbers, but I would estimate that the market is worth roughly $50 billion a year with current prices. Now, if things were to be legalized, prices would drop even further, which would split that $50 billion in half or so. We would then be stuck trying to pay off our initial investment ($300+ billion) with an industry that only makes $25 billion a year or so.

Decriminalization is the way to go.

I dont know about that cuz in Holland weed is not that cheap... and am sure there is a lot of demand with all the tourists that goes there.

 

[Bombadil]

Hmmmmm..............They might need to set the number of dispensaries allowed in each state, or something. Some way to keep profits up enough to offset the cost...... It would be kind of hard for the gov to do that though, and piss me off as well.

 

[motorboater]

That's the thing, how do you regulate a plant?

Anyone could just grow their own and not pay for shit.

 

[aba]

The Government would not tax the weed but the coffee shops that would be made which would lead to a higher price in weed.

 

[aba]

That's the thing, how do you regulate a plant?

Anyone could just grow their own and not pay for shit.

with all the coffee shops that would be available people wouldn't bother making plants
and making plants without a licence would probraly be made illegal because it would be considered traficking.
Theres a solution to every problem...

 

[Bombadil]

The Mexican Cartels killing Americans might also help. There was a Mexican Cartel related torture and killing in Alabama not to long ago. If nothing else, it might scare people into legalization to get rid of the cartel.

Sooner or later someone important will hopefully realize that the gov. violating peoples' freedoms is unconstitutional.

We should get a lot of RIU'ers to start a community somewhere cut off from any governments reign. Maybe we could conquer some portion of a weak nation's land and set up our own country. We could call it Tokeland.

 

[motorboater]

with all the coffee shops that would be available people wouldn't bother making plants
and making plants without a licence would probraly be made illegal because it would be considered traficking.
Theres a solution to every problem...

You could keep the growth of it illegal, but that doesn't make a difference, as most of the people on here know.

Although I do think the majority of users would switch to coffee shops.

 

[aba]

You could keep the growth of it illegal, but that doesn't make a difference, as most of the people on here know.

Although I do think the majority of users would switch to coffee shops.

well same thing for now you know people still smoke weed and grow even thought its illegal

 

[ANC]

You see here is the ironic part...
I forget the name now, some other memebr can complete the puzzle) but there is some work infront of legeslators now relating to the legalisation of pot, I know it was posted here...
It called for hightaxation to reduce demand through priceing, which I though was all the proof it was something intended to fail.
As it will do nothing to counter the dark side of substance supplies.... All the incentives stays there as long as you can undercut the government price and still make a good profit.

 

[Bookworm]

IMO fair market end user price for the dankest of the dank should be $10/g.



....someday

 

[Kant]

motorboater, where are you getting the $300+billion number? I can't think of any oversight system that even remotely costs that much money.

That's the thing, how do you regulate a plant?

Anyone could just grow their own and not pay for shit.

Anyone can legally brew their own beer without a license. And it doesn't take months to do. But people don't. The reason is because people like consistent quality, which novices (of any hobby) are incapable of doing but also people are lazy.