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think what the feds could collect,
but also consider the number of
drug cartels that could be put
out of business, the jail cells that
would open for violent criminals
(federal laws on marijuana are
pretty hefty), think of the money
saved on the war on drugs,
imagine farmers finally making
good wages, and the number
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of people saved from opioid
overdose.
Currently, 44 percent of
American adults use marijuana
regularly and a little over 100
years ago, marijuana was a
common ingredient in a lot of
medications as well as used
openly.
Of course, the overall issue
of whether the U.S. should
make marijuana legal at the
federal level has roadblocks,
but nothing insurmountable. It
should be tentatively accepted
at the federal level for a one
percent tax just to see what the
financial gains could do for the
national economy.
marijuana; plant debris of the plant of the
genus cannabis, including dead plants and
all unused plant parts and roots; and any
https://oksenate.gov/senators
wastewater generated during growing and
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***SB307 deserves your attention now,
or you’ll be paying later. A LOT more. We
**Medical Marijuana Waste, def. (from
now pay a 7% ‘THC tax’ above and beyond
omma.ok.gov): “Medical Marijuana Waste”
means unused, surplus, returned or out-of- the 9-10% state and local taxes. NOW,
date marijuana; recalled marijuana; unused Oklahoma wants to go further with adding
Stick with The Buzz, we’re
going to cover legalizing:
hallucinogenic mushrooms,
recreational use, legalizing all
drugs and even look at a case
study.
Let us know what you think:
[email protected].
a whole new tax, which would exist ON
TOP of the 16-17 percent we now pay. The
argument being made is that people pay tax
for other OTC pain meds, so why not MM?
We checked, there was no 30-35% tax on
Aleve. Making marijuana recreationally
legal and charging a pleasure tax to buy
it for fun makes sense, but to gouge
pain patients, homeless vets and cancer
patients?