"Dealers don’t want legalization because their business will naturally go elsewhere."
True, up to a point where the government taxes the newly-legalized drugs so much, that there becomes a parallel black market for said drugs. Its happening here in California with marijuana
Can confirm. The taxes they slap onto recreational cannabis is crazy, the only way to avoid the outrageous taxes is to get a "hard" medical card that shows a recommendation from a physician. You can no longer use a paper recommendation from any old Joe Shmoe clinic like you used to. It has to be from an actual doctor. Black market prices are much better for the same quality and quantity.
Yeah I lived in Washington when it was legalized and I just kept going through the same dude I always did. In fact, I didn't even set foot in a dispensary until I went to Colorado on vacation.
That depends on the amount of taxation weighed against the quality of the product. if government licensed product is safer and more pure(i.e. not cut with filler) then it will tend to accept taxation, provided said taxation isn't democrat level taxation.
"Dealers don’t want legalization because their business will naturally go elsewhere."
True, up to a point where the government taxes the newly-legalized drugs so much, that there becomes a parallel black market for said drugs. Its happening here in California with marijuana
Can confirm. The taxes they slap onto recreational cannabis is crazy, the only way to avoid the outrageous taxes is to get a "hard" medical card that shows a recommendation from a physician. You can no longer use a paper recommendation from any old Joe Shmoe clinic like you used to. It has to be from an actual doctor. Black market prices are much better for the same quality and quantity.
Yeah I lived in Washington when it was legalized and I just kept going through the same dude I always did. In fact, I didn't even set foot in a dispensary until I went to Colorado on vacation.
That depends on the amount of taxation weighed against the quality of the product. if government licensed product is safer and more pure(i.e. not cut with filler) then it will tend to accept taxation, provided said taxation isn't democrat level taxation.
Same here in Canada. You effectively pay 6-12x more when buying legally, in comparison.