Will you pay your taxes on legalized weed?

[usual suspect]

Just wondering if they legalise weed and it went to say $15.00 a 1/4 ounce but they put a 15.00 tax on it would you buy? Now without saying it would need to be something like hash cross with g13 or a little ol skunk #1 miked in. Give me indica or give me death.:)

[stinkyattic]

Inability to pay taxes on any profits made from cultivation of cannabis for bud or the clone market is one of the things that further marginalizes growers, and puts us in danger of prosecution for tax evasion.

Yes. Please legalize and tax the cannabis industry. I will willingly step up and pay my income tax, just as I do for my day job.

[ganjzilla]

yeah i agree with stinkyattic, of course these taxes need to be paid, id much rather be able to legally smoke and not have to worry bout it and pay a lil tax then the other option...and chances are if it were legal prices would drop to the point evn with a tax itll be much cheaper than what street prices are

[usual suspect]

So now the question becomes: If all of us here actualy smoked this "weed" just by using the "mans" own numbers (1 in 4) we could extrapolate the amount of tax revenue created, never mind the fact that more peopl would toke if they didnt have to worry about the poke. So i guess the next question is can we get a consensus from membership of how much weed would u smoke IF it were legal? Some jobs dont allow you to be stoned all day long every day you need o be able to function. Give me indica or give me death.

[Mississippi Steve]

I would pay my taxes in a heartbeat... I kind of have to....I get audited every 3 years whether I need it or not....so much for being a sole propriator business owner.

Keep in mind that when its legalized, that the tobacco companies are already geared up to mass production, complete with packaging, labeling, advertising, etc. All they need is the law passed.

Personally, when its legalized, we won't have to grow, and the street prices won't be able to compete with $20 for a pack of joints.

[usual suspect]

cONSIDER THIS HOW MUCH MONEY WOULD THE DRUG COMPANIES LOSE BY PEOPLE WHO LIGHT UP A COUPLE TIMES A DAY AND DECIDE HEY I DONT NEED MY PROZAC ANYMORE. sO THIS BRINGS ANOTHER QUESTION: HOW MANY "ILLNESSES" CAN YOU THINK OF THAT POT COULD POSSIBLY TAKE CARE OF? lIST THEM IF YOU CAN!!!

[usual suspect]

According to gov figs the ratio of 1 out of every 4 us citizens smoke weed so lets do the math:
302,629,020 people---us census bureau
times 25% equals==75,657,255 people smoking weed,ok then multiply by 4qrtrs a month(my estimate)==302,629,020 qrtrs a month smoked times 15. dollars per qrtr==4,539,435,300.00 dollars per monthtimes 12== so we could conceivably add an extra 54,473,223,600.00 dollars to the us economy!!!!! Talk about FLOWER POWER!! cigs would go out of vouge and weed would spread like well weeds.

[mamma puffpuff420]

no
im not paying any tax on weed
marijuana is concidered medication
i dont pay tax's on my pain med's or anyother kind of med's i take
sorry,but it's just not rite in my book's

[Paulkishi]

I would definately pay taxes on weed to smoke it legally.

As for hypothetic terms, there would definately be an age requirement, probably 18 or 21, but still it would be sweet. And for the minors, if ya can get somebody to buy you alcohol, then you can find someone to buy your weed.

[Paulkishi]

According to gov figs the ratio of 1 out of every 4 us citizens smoke weed so lets do the math:
302,629,020 people---us census bureau
times 25% equals==75,657,255 people smoking weed,ok then multiply by 4qrtrs a month(my estimate)==302,629,020 qrtrs a month smoked times 15. dollars per qrtr==4,539,435,300.00 dollars per monthtimes 12== so we could conceivably add an extra 54,473,223,600.00 dollars to the us economy!!!!! Talk about FLOWER POWER!! cigs would go out of vouge and weed would spread like well weeds.

Sorry about the double post.

That is some good thinking you got there. However, I don't think cigarettes would go out of "vogue". Not trying to be a prick or anything, but a hell of a lot of people smoke cigarettes, I even like smoking a cigarette immediately after smoking weed. Just stating that, even though now I realize there is no point arguing about this lol.

[Veratyr Star]

Do I pay taxes on alcohol? Yes.

So the same would go for weed.


But ofcourse, I would grow my own as well.


I would still buy weed tho because I would want to try all the different strains

[LIP]

If it's legal, i'd pay tax - it'd still be cheaper than it is now, but if it was legal i'd be growing my own in very large amounts [only a few at a time for now] and i wouldnt pay those wankers in Government a penny.

[HighTillIDie]

I would pay my taxes in a heartbeat... I kind of have to....I get audited every 3 years whether I need it or not....so much for being a sole propriator business owner.

Keep in mind that when its legalized, that the tobacco companies are already geared up to mass production, complete with packaging, labeling, advertising, etc. All they need is the law passed.

Personally, when its legalized, we won't have to grow, and the street prices won't be able to compete with $20 for a pack of joints.

i agree. as a buisness owner, i would definately/have to, pay taxes on it... and i would probably still grow... definately outside AT LEAST, i have been growing off and on since i was 12, ya know... hard to stop... but i could let my plants grow as tall and bushy as their genetics want

[Dude2013]

Paying taxes as a cost to enjoy cannabis legally?

Oh hell yea!

- Dude -

[make it legal]

Yeah but the tobacco company weed would probably be shitty. There would probably be the mass produced brand name weed, which would be sold everywhere, but only special stores would have real, natural, good weed.

[Dude2013]

Still more available than it is now. I can't even find a decent contact yet...

- Dude -

[silkyblue]

I can envision fields of it //////\\\\\\ acre after acre such a beautiful site \\\\\\\\\/////////

why tax it?? dont say that! shhh :hippy:

they dont tax lettuce, tomatoes, or brussel sprouts
sell dandylions and tax them :smokin:
they have nutrtional value, ice burg lettuce has no nutrtional value.



If I read write Las VegasNevada lets you carry quit a bit on your person, and its legal in Alaska? or have they changed that since its warmer in Alaska?

:rasta:

[Dude2013]

Actually, yes they do. It's called sales tax when you buy groceries.

- Dude -

[Mr.Blue]

i know this is kinda off topic on the taxes thing...but if it was legal i think that it would have to be monitored by the city, or somthing. I just cant see everybody going to work high n stuff being very well for the economy i would love to see it happen but will it?

[Dude2013]

How different is that from regulating alcohol? They'll just have the same phrase:

Don't smoke and drive.

- Dude -

[Oh My High]

I would happily pay taxes on weed purchased from conventional businesses, but I wouldn't pay taxes on any other transactions (buying from friends, etc). Tax evasion is not so much a problem if you are not a business owner and don't keep records. If you were living in a really expensive home or a high scale apartment, and driving a BMW, and there's no way your regular job could afford you such lavish lifestyle, then maybe that would bring on the scrutiny.

[Ganja Dude]

If it's needed to get high, then I would suck it up and pay the taxes. As a grower I wouldn't be worried about such things anyhow. They would probally have some sort of tax system for growers as well so if it becomes legal a lot of people will still grow illegally if it was taxed im sure.
:smokebong:

[thcbongman]

i know this is kinda off topic on the taxes thing...but if it was legal i think that it would have to be monitored by the city, or somthing. I just cant see everybody going to work high n stuff being very well for the economy i would love to see it happen but will it?

What would be the difference than today? You can't go to work drunk either.

[make it legal]

How different is that from regulating alcohol? They'll just have the same phrase:

Don't smoke and drive.

- Dude -

Toke and drive.

[Oneironaut]

no
im not paying any tax on weed
marijuana is concidered medication
i dont pay tax's on my pain med's or anyother kind of med's i take
sorry,but it's just not rite in my book's
That's actually a good point. At least here in the States, the government is not allowed to tax medicine. That's what's going to make legalized cannabis more of a difficult thing for the government to deal with than tobacco or alcohol. If fully legalized to the extent that we want, it would be the only popular drug marketed for both pharmaceutical and recreational uses. My guess is that if it were legal, we would be paying taxes on it at the convenience store but not at the pharmacy.

[Unknownfigure]

To tell you the truth... I probably wouldn't pay them if they were rediculously high. But if they are reasonable, then yeah, since those little dollars are alot better than the big dollars of a possible need to pay your own bond.

[Oneironaut]

Another problem the government would have with legalized weed is the fact that it's so easy for anybody to grow it in their own house. The government can't tax you on plants you're growing in your basement or on your windowsill, so my guess is a lot of people would go that route, especially if they already have a set-up.

[Quinn The Eskimo]

I'd pay them, in the end the legalized price plus taxes would most likely be significantly less than what one pays now (when its illegal).

[DaPolarBear]

I would gladly pay taxes on it to eleminate the risk of it, legality wise.

[O. G. ganja smoker]

no because the U. S. was always against Marijuana. why let them benifit from it pluss then they would try to arrest the growers for tax evasion or sum dumb shit like that. Let them keep taxing thier holy tobbacco and see how much profit they make from it once weeds legal.

[chaliceburn]

so... I guess I'll be shoplifting it from 7-11 and using my premeracard at the pharmacy, sweet. Still get to stick it to the man!


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[Oneironaut]

Like cigarettes, I doubt any store will have it on the shelves where it can be shoplifted by kids.

[king of the world]

paying the taxes is not really the problem it is getting it legalized. dont build the roof before the foundation.

[AmazinGrace]

I think we would see much the same set up as the ABC stores. Though not necessarily ON the shelf, but Top shelf is the best and great for smoking. bottom shelf would be for butter and hash maybe....(sort of a grade of smoke system) hmmm That could work.

They could use all the new tax revenue to build new prisons for the perverts being caught online trying to solicit children and teens. What a wonderful plan. anybody with me on this one?:jointsmile: