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Kjep64: Oct 3, 2013; Coffee. Cigarettes. Beer. Kimchi. Ingest.

Speaking of Washington, is the state seeing any tax revenue on marijuana? Is the state doing anything positive with it?

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Kjep64: Oct 3, 2013; Coffee. Cigarettes. Beer. Kimchi. Ingest.

Ardennes posted:

Stores open in June, so there hasn't been any sales yet. I am sure you will hear it in the papers when the first ones open. I expect there will be a place right on the other side of the i-5 bridge with a line of Portlanders waiting.

Oh, drat. I thought the stores were open. It has taken the state government this long? Ah, red tape.

# ¿ Mar 11, 2014 08:39

Kjep64: Oct 3, 2013; Coffee. Cigarettes. Beer. Kimchi. Ingest.

Mrit posted:

There is more detail in the Marijuana thread, but basically it boils down to the Colorado law was nearly a free-for-all, and the Washington law is going very slowly and very carefully.
Also, Washington sat on their hands until the Feds came out and said, "Fine, whatever." A 6-9 month delay right there.
The first growing permits just went out, that crop will be the first sold this summer(June-ish). And with a 25% tax on each stage of the process(25% for each producer, processor, seller) plus local sales taxes, it will be expensive but make Colorado's tax revenues look like chump change.

That's really too bad. When I first heard about Washington legalizing Marijuana 2 years ago I was excited to see how the Government would go about taxing it, where that tax money would end up and the social impact legalizing marijuana would have. I hope the tax isn't outrageously high, but I would like to see this new found tax revenue help alleviate some of the problems we're having.

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