Re: will marijuana ever be legal???
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:41 pm
Here you go tgb - start looking at convention centers to book.
That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons bring us some web forums whereupon we can gather
http://www.octopusoverlords.com/forum/
In WA it took a couple of years, but you can now get run of the mill weed for less than black market, and can still pay a lot more for really top tier stuff. And being able to buy by the gram is really nice.Daehawk wrote: ↑Tue Nov 07, 2017 10:49 pm Saw online where CA i think it was is ready to price pot so high with taxes that the black market will be the place to buy it. A $35 bag that gives you 5 or 6 rolled joints will go up to $50+ and a bag of cutting that usually is $7 for a garbage bag full and used by the edibles sellers will go to $44 lb. That will just make that stuff worthless.
EDIT: Also I love that name..Gov FlipFlop..lolz.
I don't know if you've had the chance to meet my buddy that lives in Aurora but he makes and sells consumables. When I talked to him about his business he told me the challenging part was not being able to ship product across state lines - even from legal state to legal state. So he had to open production anywhere he wanted to sell. The recipe can cross state lines but not the product.
Mind you, that's 10 Canabucks/gram, so about $7.80 in real money. I have no idea what the going rate is on the street.Agreement gives provinces 75% of tax revenues from legal cannabis sales, caps federal share at $100M
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has worked out a deal on sharing pot tax revenues, and says marijuana will be competitively priced at about $10 a gram to shut down the black market.
An agreement announced Monday gives the provinces and territories 75 cents of every dollar collected in excise tax levied on cannabis for the first two years. That's a significant increase from the 50-50 split the federal government had proposed last month.
Under the deal reached during a meeting in Ottawa with Morneau and his provincial and territorial counterparts, the federal portion of tax revenues will be capped at $100 million a year. That figure is based on a projected $400 million a year in total tax revenue, with any dollars collected above and beyond that shared by the provinces.
"After two years, it's time to rethink the approach to make sure we're getting it right," Morneau said.
Finance ministers agreed on a plan to keep the price low to drive out the illegal black market and move to a legal, regulated one. With one dollar, or 10 per cent taxation per gram, the expectation is that legal marijuana will be priced at about $10 a gram with all taxes included.
Down here 3.5 grams is still roughly $40. Naturally you'll pay less buying larger quantities.Max Peck wrote: ↑Tue Dec 12, 2017 9:25 am Liberals reach deal with the provinces on sharing pot tax revenue, with price pegged at about $10 a gramMind you, that's 10 Canabucks/gram, so about $7.80 in real money. I have no idea what the going rate is on the street.Agreement gives provinces 75% of tax revenues from legal cannabis sales, caps federal share at $100M
Finance Minister Bill Morneau has worked out a deal on sharing pot tax revenues, and says marijuana will be competitively priced at about $10 a gram to shut down the black market.
An agreement announced Monday gives the provinces and territories 75 cents of every dollar collected in excise tax levied on cannabis for the first two years. That's a significant increase from the 50-50 split the federal government had proposed last month.
Under the deal reached during a meeting in Ottawa with Morneau and his provincial and territorial counterparts, the federal portion of tax revenues will be capped at $100 million a year. That figure is based on a projected $400 million a year in total tax revenue, with any dollars collected above and beyond that shared by the provinces.
"After two years, it's time to rethink the approach to make sure we're getting it right," Morneau said.
Finance ministers agreed on a plan to keep the price low to drive out the illegal black market and move to a legal, regulated one. With one dollar, or 10 per cent taxation per gram, the expectation is that legal marijuana will be priced at about $10 a gram with all taxes included.
"You're doing it right" is a well respected brand.
Or did you accidentally use 3 grams?
The business of selling legal weed is big and getting bigger. North Americans spent $6.7 billion on legal cannabis last year, and some analysts think that with California set to open recreational dispensaries on Jan. 1 and Massachusetts and Canada soon to follow, the market could expand to more than $20.2 billion by 2021. So it’s no surprise that you see eager business people across the country lining up to invest millions of dollars in this green rush.
But here’s a word of warning for those looking to dive head-first into these brand-new legal weed markets: The data behind the first four years of legal pot sales, with drops in retail prices and an increase in well-funded cannabis growing operations, shows a market that increasingly favors big businesses with deep pockets. As legal weed keeps expanding, pot prices are likely to continue to decline, making the odds of running a profitable small pot farm even longer.
Washington offers a cautionary tale for would-be pot producers. The state’s marijuana market, for which detailed information is available to the public, has faced consistent declines in prices, production consolidated in larger farms and a competitive marketplace that has forced cannabis processors to shell out for sophisticated technology to create brand new ways to get high.
“A lot of people (in Washington) are surprised, and a lot of people are in denial about the price dropping,” said Steven Davenport, a researcher with the RAND Corporation. “The average price per gram in Washington is about $8, and it’s not clear where the floor is going to be.”
Max Peck wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 4:29 pm Legal Weed Isn’t The Boon Small Businesses Thought It Would Be
Local cops are easily bribed with new toys and money from the federal government.
Like same sex marriage, eventually enough states will pass these laws, forcing the federal government to catch up.Vermont will become the ninth state to legalize marijuana for recreational use if Gov. Phil Scott signs a bill that was approved today by the state Senate, which he has indicated he will do. The bill will make Vermont the first state to allow recreational use through the legislature rather than a ballot initiative.
H. 511, which the state House of Representatives passed last week, allows adults 21 or older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana (currently a civil offense punishable by a fine up to $500) and grow up to six plants, two of them mature, at home. Growing one or two plants is currently a misdemeanor, while growing more than that is a felony.
Vermont joins Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington in legalizating nonmedical use of marijuana. Unlike the legalization initiatives in those states, Vermont's law does not allow commercial production and distribution for the recreational market. Scott, a Republican elected in 2016, has appointed a commission to study that issue.
Texas Wesleyan University says it is investigating after a controversial email was sent to a possible recruit from the school's head baseball coach.
The email was sent from Mike Jeffcoat's university email account:
"Thanks for the interest in our program. Unfortunately, we are not recruiting players from the state of Colorado. In the past, players have had trouble passing our drug test. We have made a decision to not take a chance on Student-athletes from your state. You can thank your liberal politicians. Best of Luck wherever you decide to play."
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A university spokesman confirmed the existence of the email to the Houston Chronicle. The university said in a statement that it doesn't condone discrimination, including on the basis of the "political legislation of one's home state."
NBC 5 spoke with Texas Wesleyan students as well who think the coach's actions amount to discrimination. They worry it could reflect badly on their school.
Texas Wesleyan University responded with the following statement:
We are aware of the email sent by our baseball coach, and the comments he made are in no way a reflection of Texas Wesleyan University, its values or its recruiting practices.
This is a personnel matter and it is currently under investigation. It is our University policy to not discuss personnel matters, but we want to reiterate that this email does not reflect our values and we do not condone discrimination. This includes discrimination on the basis of race, color, origin, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, disability or sexuality; or the political legislation of one’s home state. We are committed to providing an inclusive campus for all of our students, faculty, staff, visitors, potential students and their families.
Texas Wesleyan has a long tradition of excellence in athletics and we are committed to recruiting student-athletes who will excel at our university. Like the NAIA’s core values, we are focused on building and recruiting champions of character.
Texas Wesleyan University -- a private liberal arts university in Fort Worth -- announced Thursday that head baseball coach Mike Jeffcoat was "no longer an employee" after the contents of the email he sent to the high school senior went public.
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"This university and its athletic program does not discriminate on the basis of the public policy of any state," Texas Wesleyan University President Fred Slabach said in a press conference Thursday. "We look at the individual student. We care about those students."
In addition, a National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics violation "took place under Jeffcoat's watch," a school statement read, but it did not disclose the details of the violation due to the ongoing investigation. The university self-reported the violations, which have to do with player eligibility, to the NAIA.
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Bell's former high school baseball coach, Allan Dyer, told KMGH that he decided to make Jeffcoat's email public after he said he complained to the university and did not receive a response. Dyer described Bell as a "great kid" and a leader both on and off the field.
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The university received Dyer's email on Monday afternoon, and it immediately triggered an investigation into Jeffcoat, John Veilleux, Texas Wesleyan University vice president for marketing and communications, told ABC News.
Jeffcoat is a former pitcher for Major League Baseball, ESPN reported.
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-enviro ... al-productSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced a new bill on Monday that would legalize hemp as an agricultural product.
The Hemp Farming Act of 2018 would legalize hemp, removing it from the federal list of controlled substances and allowing it to be sold as an agricultural commodity, according to WKYT.
Medical marijuana appears to have put a dent in the opioid abuse epidemic, according to two studies published Monday.
The research suggests that some people turn to marijuana as a way to treat their pain, and by so doing, avoid more dangerous addictive drugs. The findings are the latest to lend support to the idea that some people are willing to substitute marijuana for opioids and other prescription drugs.
Y'know what would amplify that effect? Insurance coverage for cannabis. I gotta think that a non-trivial number of people allowed to choose a Rx for a covered drug vs. a non-covered drug will opt for the covered drug out of simple financial necessity. Just one more good reason to end federal prohibition.Skinypupy wrote: ↑Mon Apr 02, 2018 9:28 pm Shocking exactly no one, opioid use lower in states where marijuana is available.
Medical marijuana appears to have put a dent in the opioid abuse epidemic, according to two studies published Monday.
The research suggests that some people turn to marijuana as a way to treat their pain, and by so doing, avoid more dangerous addictive drugs. The findings are the latest to lend support to the idea that some people are willing to substitute marijuana for opioids and other prescription drugs.
After years of being “unalterably opposed” to the legalization of cannabis, former Republican speaker of the House and Ohio congressman John Boehner has changed his mind.
Earlier today, Boehner said “my thinking on cannabis has evolved” and announced his new role on the board of advisers of a large if little-known American cannabis company called Acreage Holdings, previously known as High Street Capital Partners, which holds plant-touching licenses in 11 U.S. states. Acreage also announced that former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld will join its board of advisers, and both Boehner and Weld have committed to join Acreage’s board of directors once it is formed.
This seems like a natural fit.Second Cup wants to serve up a different kind of buzz by converting some of its coffee shops into cannabis dispensaries and, when legal, pot lounges.
Shares in the Canadian restaurant operator rose as much as 31 per cent before closing up 28.73 per cent at $3.54 on Thursday after it announced that it has signed an agreement with marijuana clinic operator National Access Cannabis to develop and operate a network of recreational pot stores.
However, neither currently has a licence to sell marijuana, so the deal is contingent on approval from the government, as well as from franchisees and landlords.