BongRipkenJR.
Active member
I have a weird theory about the U.S. government and their complete abandonment of recognizing state's rights on medical cannabis. I will try to keep this short as I hate long reads.
With the economy taking a dump and the looming legalization or lack of enforcement in certain medical states the prices of the pound dropped all over the United States. Outdoor farmers were finding it tougher and tougher to move there warez. Even indoor farmers had to drop the price considerably over the last few years.
With this price plummet I feel the government had to step in. The last couple of years the DEA has left us alone, only going after illegal mexicans in the mountains and very illegal grows all together. Medical marijuana wasn't on the agenda. They knew if they don't stop the illegals a lot of that money leaves the country and goes down south to Mexico.
Now with the prices well below $2000/# of outdoor the government felt they had to step in. Now they can't impose a sales tax, but most of dollars made by a citizen pot farmer will more than likely be spent and taxed after it exchanges hands. The government eventually gets their cut. So what do they do to make a bit more money, rather than having a bunch of growers sitting on a worthless product...
RAID RAID RAID! They start raiding every medical state, including the well established California. The old inherent risk with growing comes back, driving prices up, and overall more money for the government eventually. Maybe they understand that this is a money maker and it keeps whole towns and counties afloat in certain areas. I don't know, but maybe they actually know what they are doing and they are the ones that will dictate the market by pushing out the illegals, raiding dispensaries and growers, and overall regulating the market and pushing the prices back up. They do the same thing with Cocaine. Cocaine is bigger money though and the cartels probably make them a shit ton of money! With some of the richest men in North and South America being cartel bosses, its hard to believe the government isn't making something off of them. This was just a rant, and will probably get flamed, but whatever
With the economy taking a dump and the looming legalization or lack of enforcement in certain medical states the prices of the pound dropped all over the United States. Outdoor farmers were finding it tougher and tougher to move there warez. Even indoor farmers had to drop the price considerably over the last few years.
With this price plummet I feel the government had to step in. The last couple of years the DEA has left us alone, only going after illegal mexicans in the mountains and very illegal grows all together. Medical marijuana wasn't on the agenda. They knew if they don't stop the illegals a lot of that money leaves the country and goes down south to Mexico.
Now with the prices well below $2000/# of outdoor the government felt they had to step in. Now they can't impose a sales tax, but most of dollars made by a citizen pot farmer will more than likely be spent and taxed after it exchanges hands. The government eventually gets their cut. So what do they do to make a bit more money, rather than having a bunch of growers sitting on a worthless product...
RAID RAID RAID! They start raiding every medical state, including the well established California. The old inherent risk with growing comes back, driving prices up, and overall more money for the government eventually. Maybe they understand that this is a money maker and it keeps whole towns and counties afloat in certain areas. I don't know, but maybe they actually know what they are doing and they are the ones that will dictate the market by pushing out the illegals, raiding dispensaries and growers, and overall regulating the market and pushing the prices back up. They do the same thing with Cocaine. Cocaine is bigger money though and the cartels probably make them a shit ton of money! With some of the richest men in North and South America being cartel bosses, its hard to believe the government isn't making something off of them. This was just a rant, and will probably get flamed, but whatever