Quote Originally Posted by killerweed420
Absolutely it would end up more expensive. Because government will require a whole host of new laws regulating, taxing and controlling the market, just like they do cigarettes. That will mean a lot of extra expenses for a legitimate business. If we get the new intiative passed, a big if, Prices will drop some for a temporary period until our legisalture gets there hands on drafting new regulations and taxes. If there was some way to completely remove any government intervention then I would agree, costs would come way down.
I agree that the state should have minimal anything to due with cannabis. They can sell a license to grow for a nominal fee, and to maybe sales tax recreational cannabis. But, to run it like they do the government itself would only fuck it up!!