Taxing the heck out of it thinking it'll bring in a ton of money in tax revenue is a joke. Well it's a 509 million joke on Wa. state then.

And now, everything in Washington is just sunshine and happiness. Right?

Some of y'all plainly want a nanny state where the government dictates what you and others can buy and consume.

Freedom can hurt a bit. Some of us are OK with that.

Missouri is looking to eliminate property tax....Let that happen to a few states and y'all will be weeds biggest cheerleaders, Lol.

If you are smoking the right stuff. lol

Making it legal didn't change the user's it just let them come out in the open. Now they are seen more. Thay were there all along. Stop saving them whan they od and the problem will solve its self.

Name one thing that making them illegal had had a positive benefit on. Maybe you like assit forfeiture, prissions full of non violent offenders so thay let the rapest and murders out early, the militarization of the police force, or any of the other million things the war on drugs has created. It sure has not stoped drug use . The war on drugs is really a war on you. Travel with 10k cash on you or ever 5k and see how you like trying to get it back after the cop that pulls you over for a burnt out light when he sees it in the glove box when you get your registration.

Drugs are bad for society but giving up your freedom is much worse.

Good post PF. I wonder what guns the Nanny State types on TMan think I should be prohibited from buying.

Guns can be misused. Guns can be dangerous. Guns can kill people. Come on--protect me!

Recreational gun use doesn't hurt society. It makes it stronger.

Let us know when they get past the looking stage.

Freedom is messy and people are imperfect (drug use being the imperfection at hand). We can either try to legislate people's imperfections away and live under tyranny, or we can except that freedom comes with some things we don't like.

"Most State governments collect little property tax revenue. It is a local tax primarily and will never be eliminated by pot smoking, gambling, drinking, or tobacco smoking sin taxes.

"State governments collected $19 billion from property taxes in 2020, or 1 percent of state general revenue. In contrast, property taxes are one of the largest sources of revenue for local governments. Local governments collected $581 billion in property taxes in 2020, or 30 percent of local general revenue."

Source: Urban institute

That's good info Dirt.

I'm not a huge fan of sin taxes. I sin too much!

Lol, don't we all!

And there are tons more that don't.So now you have a thriving legal AND illegal drug industry.Legalizing didn't solve a thing.

Buck now they don't fill the prisons up with people for pot. That does solve a problem .

Just what we needed, another class of crap faced idiots on the nations highways.

Ok. If a marijuana dispensary gets robbed for 100000 cash and 50 lbs of pot . How is the robbers caught and sent to prison? It's federally illegal to have 50 lbs of pot ? So HOW do you file report? Asking for a friend ?? LloL!

Violated State law. I'm still wondering, if the State collects these taxes in cash, where do they keep all this cash and how do they pay for stuff with the cash?

P.S. Where do I apply for this State cash collecting job?

Do you truly believe they are not allready out there. If so your very sheltered or just native.