Needofweed
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sureshot how much does your local government tax you for growing tabacco?
sureshot how much does your local government tax you for growing tabacco?
As long as there are middlemen, prices will be over $300 PLUS TAX. Friends in British Columbia went through the glut phase when Bushco locked up the Canadian border, stranding many tone of BC bud in Canada.
Prices dropped rapidly, but never below $2K Canadian, from the producer.
Indoor growers would be working very cheap, below that.
Say the same applies here.
Standard 100% markup makes it $4k a pound. Add another 20%(a guess) for taxes = $4800/lb.
$300/oz.
It isn't going to get cheaper.
I tried growing tobacco, once, just to see what was involved. I gave up about half way through. I don't think California is good for tobacco. The plants never really took off.
Growing pot requires about half the work. Especially the curing process which is lengthy and touchy for the real killer weed.
He says that shit because he has a motive... What? I dont know, but that is what it is... Probably more business for him defending "legal" people that get busted with a pound or something... just my opinion... who knows?
I support Prop 19 because I live in Va which still criminalizes over 1/2 oz as a Felony Intent to Distribute. I support Prop 19 not because it is perfect, but because it can become a HUGE stepping stone to additional states and even the federal government over the coming years to pass similar laws. Marijuana has been illegal in this country since the 1930's and Prop 19 has the best chance of making substantial headway towards full legalization throughout the US.
For those of you that choose to grow more than 25 square feet go for it. The state isn't going to suddenly start knocking on everyone's doors to arrest those with 26 square feet of grow space. As long as you aren't making any loud noise by selling in large quantities then no one will know. No harm and no foul. The proposition is more of a mindset changer for much of the country than just a law as it is in Cali.
I'm over in Va where weed is very expensive and can be hard to find depending on who you associate with. I work in Criminal Defense and see a lot of drug dealers but cannot exactly ask my clients to hook me up. I'm now out and my supplier got raided a few days ago so I have been looking everywhere with no success.
I have a client who got caught growing 17 plants inside for personal use. He's looking at going to prison for years. California started everything with medical marijuana in 1996. 14 years later, California has another chance to help the country move forward to a more pot friendly legal environment.
Corruption is rampant everywhere, in seemingly every market.
That's why we have massive regulating entities.
It's human nature.
Rancho Cordova is asking voters to make the city the first in California to approve a tax on home-grown pot for personal use.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/29/2990210/rancho-cordova-asking-voters-to.html
brought to you buy prop 19
Last year... Obama’s justice department said they’d look the other way if marijuana use was allowed under state laws, and they would not enforce federal prohibitions.
That policy was made with the understanding that the only legal use of marijuana was for medical purposes.
If people are growing, selling and smoking pot just to get stoned ....the Feds will probably get over their case of couch lock and start enforcing their laws....that will definatley effect medical patients
Another thought...... If California unilaterally legalizes marijuana use and cultivation, would that reduce the influence of illegal drug cartels -- as Prop. 19 supporters suppose -- or would it create a profitable and protected market for them in California?
Unless the Feds change the laws on marijuana Federally....the battle will be on if they make it legal for everyone in Cali.....I will roll a fatty and bring the popcorn for the show