[sourpuss]

Originally Posted by 2 Legal Co

SP

Soooo.... if I understand correctly, It's too much of a pain to grow your own at the current price you are paying?

How would your 'ass' feel if they doubled or tripled that amount?
Here in Colo. they imposed a 40% tax on the retail end. If you weren't allowed to grow your own. Where would they 'level' the price out at, since they would then have a captive audience. I read on IC that at some point, Weed was bringing $5000 a pound? OUCH!

Since I don't find quality of my 'homegrown' to be an issue (nor do my friends and relatives ), I find even $250 an oz too much. lol But then again, I'm a cheap bastard, I'm retired, and all the strains that I've grown to date have grown like a weed (pun intended)..... I've never even been inside a retail outlet here, nor do I have medical card, so the Dispensaries won't even let me look at their wares.

Then again; if I liked alcohol I'd make that myself too.

Like I said if its cheap rnough and good quality id quit. Not sure what your sayin.... ????

[sourpuss]

Currently im "legal"..... still growin......

[br26]

if they didn't want us producing intoxicants , then brewing your own beer and wine should be illegal.

small grows should be ok, but beyond an amount is prohibited. like alcohol, can produce x gallons a year w/out having a license. to sell it ya need additional licensing. If this were 85 years ago, I would be a felon for brewing a gallon of devil's elixir (alcohol).

most ppl know the gov has a shit record of doing jobs. i don't trust them a bit with my tax dollars. the majority of profits would prolly make more ignorant children in skoolz. more bombs, more ignorance. . .

[2 Legal Co]

Originally Posted by sourpuss

Like I said if its cheap rnough and good quality id quit. Not sure what your sayin.... ????

What I'm saying is; IF you let them make it into a monopoly by excluding 'grow your own'. They will not only raise the tax levels, the few who are allowed to grow will raise their prices as well.

You'd have to 'adjust' your sensitivity to growing, or take it up the ass exponentially.

As long as we have the ability to grow. It places limits on not only the taxation, but the suppliers as well. JM$.o2

I don't know what the current prices are at the retail level here in Colo., but on opening day of 'retail', someone posted a picture of a cash register receipt. It showed 8 items purchased, each being 1/8th of an oz...... Total after taxes was $456. And that was for just one oz. total.

It caused me to reconsider the buying as opposed to purchasing situation.

SP: I didn't mean to seem to pick on you. Was only relating what I've seen in my lifetime (60 plus years so far).

[sourpuss]

Hey not probs. Just dont think we r talkin about the same thing... at the currrent prices I pay from the gov. Its not even an option for me.... 8 to 13 bucks a gram for crap. When I say cheap im talkin 1 to 2 bucks a gram for quality... something closer to cannabis cup quality rec weed. Thats what I mean by cheap and quality.. .

Currently I can get 6 bucks a gram for good quality from dispensary. Not bad. Good selection. Pretty good consistency.

Im all for legalization... not restricted legalization. So like you say a monopoly occurs, just like gas.... there is no real competition in gas. Or tobacco. Its like they get together and set prices together. Few big ones run the show. Telecommunications... list goes on....

Restricted legalization leads to the rape for sure. I use tobacco cause no one grows their own tobacco. That I know of.... even with the shit they put in there... no one grows their own... sure it would work in the same model...

[Scroggy B]

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[Scroggy B]

F*** this concept of legal and illegal. Legal and moral do not always correlate. Hitler exterminating people was perfectly legal by German law. Stalin executing and imprisoning millions was legal too. The only reason tobacco is legal, because it is super-hard to grow outside several very powerful countries - China, Brazil, US, India. How the hell is this devil's weed legal and Cannabis is not? Oh wait, seems weed is easy (relatively speaking..) to cultivate even for a layman, so it's hard to regulate.
Besides, prices of legal weed are TOO DAMN HIGH!! It's a basic consumer good, and should be available to all classes.
So no, legal or illegal, I will continue to grow my own.

I don't wanna buy no weed from no cop
Get knocked up and they close up my shop
That's why I buy no weed from no one
That's why they call me Dr. Greenthumb
The scientifical, mystical one
Growing my crops with the rays of the sun
-Cypress Hill, "Dr. Greenthumb"

[meowcovich]

Originally Posted by GSPfan

Not a chance. They could give it away for free and I'd still grow my own.

AMEN!

[meowcovich]

Too bad hell mutha fuckin no wasn't a choice...

[Cannabliss88]

Originally Posted by Scroggy B

F*** this concept of legal and illegal. Legal and moral do not always correlate. Hitler exterminating people was perfectly legal by German law. Stalin executing and imprisoning millions was legal too. The only reason tobacco is legal, because it is super-hard to grow outside several very powerful countries - China, Brazil, US, India. How the hell is this devil's weed legal and Cannabis is not? Oh wait, seems weed is easy (relatively speaking..) to cultivate even for a layman, so it's hard to regulate.
Besides, prices of legal weed are TOO DAMN HIGH!! It's a basic consumer good, and should be available to all classes.
So no, legal or illegal, I will continue to grow my own.

I don't wanna buy no weed from no cop
Get knocked up and they close up my shop
That's why I buy no weed from no one
That's why they call me Dr. Greenthumb
The scientifical, mystical one
Growing my crops with the rays of the sun
-Cypress Hill, "Dr. Greenthumb"

The problem with it being illegal is that in order to buy it you have to support a system of people who deal hard drugs and use violence. If it were legal you could buy it from people who run an honest business rather than supporting violent thugs.