“A federal marijuana tax would also disrupt the existing tax structure in the 19 states that have legalized the drug for recreational use.”
from below;
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Most American are so willing to accept tyranny these days…why on earth would we accept federal taxation on weed? The majority of cannabis people are already on the black market and have no intention of leaving 
Vicki Christophersen, executive director of the Washington CannaBusiness Association, said that if taxes become too high they’ll undermine the legal market and send consumers back to the black market, which doesn’t have safeguards to keep products safe and out of the hands of minors.
She said she’s grateful that Congress is seriously discussing legalization and expects there to be some taxation.
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Sadly, New Jerseyans won’t be able to legally grow cannabis in our lifetimes. Several of the biggest Pharma corporations in the world are headquartered in the state of New Jersey. Elected officials work for their bribe money. There is no ballot initiative process. That leaves only judicial relief, i.e. filing a lawsuit against the state, that is the way gay marriage got legalized. To my knowledge there hasn’t been a single instance of judicial reform on cannabis laws anywhere in the USA to date.
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Cops are the most organized criminals in the country.
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With homegrow, it may be possible because of pressures from CT and NY, but still an uphill battle.
You need to read the CREAMM Act… There’s a bunch of stuff that favors entrepreneurs in there, including limits on the licenses available to big pharma, but NO license limits on micro-businesses, there ARE license lotterys for those few big pharma licenses, etc No more than $200k previous years income for entrepreneurs looking to start a micro (ie the rich dont just get to jump in), and license fees for microbusinesses are just about $1k. Still lots of hoops to jump, but at least its progress in one way or another.
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He’s been standing strong since he started. I respect Gopals convictions, many of NJ’s lawmakers jump ship after receiving little support, yet he’s stayed the course.
I’d vote for him on that principle alone…
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The Pharma corporations don’t want to open dispensaries themselves, they’re all developing cannabinoid-based prescription meds to be sold at CVS - they just want to keep the price of cannabis very high.
Prohibition never eliminated the availability of cannabis, it just drove the price up. With these heavy regulatory burdens and taxes Pharma gets what they want - price of cannabis remains high. They couldn’t hold back legalization anymore due to public opinion changing and referendums, they’ve settled for keeping the price high. People sharing homegrown weed with each other or growing it themselves is their worst nightmare.
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Oh I agree with that. But I see cannabis going the way of alcohol. There will be those who buy it in CVS, and there will be those who chose to grow their own. Just like tomatos in my garden vs. the supermarket. The laws for the marketplace are interesting, theres no vertical integration allowed except grandfathered dispensaries. New licenses being issued (even the High $$ large corp ones) prohibit cross ownership of anything other than a retail and a curbside delivery license. Cultivators cannot manufacture, cultivators and manufacturers cannot retail sell, etc.
The entry costs for a micro-business are not prohibitive, but they do have a TON of hoops (its almost overwhelming what I see currently required in the application packet, but the official application hasn’t been posted yet and is now 4 days late GRR)
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How could they not include Skunk#1?
Hmmm?
Oh well.
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especially over something like gelato, i wouldnt consider hybrds essential strains 
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Big yup on that.
It’s an amusingly inaccurate piece.
I have seen an abundance of ill informed articles about ganja over the past few years.
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I disagree. I don’t think it will be any time soon but I see home grow as inevitable, at least for medicinal.
What you’re saying about pharma is correct except you’re missing on thing- Corey Booker is pushing for legalization. Why this is important to note is that he’s been big pharma’s little lap dog from day one and he wouldn’t act against their interest.
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Is that the same Cory Booker that signed onto a 25% federal tax for weed? The entire Democratic party is one big lap dog for Pharma, along w/ the Repubs of course.
The orders for the Dems are to feign like they want to do MJ reform while blocking it. Those orders are slightly different than the ones Pharma gave to Repubs. Sort of like two actors in a movie, they both have roles given to them by the oligarchy. I see there is still quite a bit of gullibility with the political system here on these forums.
The Dems have done absolutely nothing for cannabis reform, they won’t even pass banking or tax reform, and just yesterday they officially abandoned doing anything on reform of police brutality as well. Just keeping the seat warm until President DeSantis comes in.
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Sorry to be cynical - Never give up! as Jimmy V used to say - anything can happen - but the only 2 states to “legalize” w/o home growing are Washington state (2012) and Nevada (2016). Neither has legalized home growing since.
In Nevada there is zero movement towards that goal - you’re legally allowed a small grow if you’re 25 miles away from a dispensary - that’s the same as no growing IMO. In Washington state, which has a very strong activist community, they try every legislative session to get home growing. It’s been 9 years and they’re not even close. As I said above, the ACLU-WA and Drug Policy Alliance ignored pleas from the grass-roots activist establishment that did all the work in WA and refused to include growing in their referendum in 2012.
Here is this year’s bill in Washington. As you can see, it died in committee, again, and never even got close to a floor vote. I do see one area for real hope - the federal Supreme Court strikes down prohibition, and somehow home growing is included. I’d bet on that happening before NJ does anything. It seems implausible but this is way gay marriage was legalized in the US and Clarence Thomas recently spoke about striking down Prohibition if they get the chance on the SJC.
https://crosscut.com/news/2021/01/growing-pot-home-could-become-legal-washington-state
https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=1019&Year=2021&Initiative=false
HB 1019 - 2021-22
Allowing residential marijuana agriculture.
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it’s not much to go on but it’s something - their gay marriage decision struck down all state laws prohibiting it - maybe the same could happen w/ cannabis - the only difference is Pharma doesn’t care about marriage like they do herbal medicine
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Greener pastures: Marijuana jobs are becoming a refuge for retail and restaurant workers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/09/24/marijuana-dispensaries-jobs/
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Rep. Mike Garcia (R-CA) tweeted, “A few months ago, the largest illegal drug bust in LA County History was conducted in #CA25. While progress was made to combat the illegal marijuana grows, there is still more work to be done to eradicate this problem. I promise to continue to work to combat this problem.”
LEGALIZE GROWING AND PROBLEM SOLVED. KISS- Keep it simple STUPID
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Tuesday Sept 28, 7pm-9pm ET
NJ CRC Recreational Cannabis Statewide Informational Webinar (nj.gov)
Many topics to be brought up, and you can submit questions in advance… Info on rules, applications and expectations will be discussed amongst other things. For sure I’ll be tuning in to this!
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