Aaron Thomas wrote to All <=-

That's logical. But here's the problem: Democrats.

That's usually the root of most problems.

They legalized marijuana (fixed a problem) then people started selling
it illegally (caused a problem) and now Democrats have allocated $5 million dollars to crack down on illegal sales (fix a problem they created.)

Standard operation.

To me it's insanely contradictory to hear news of the state "cracking
down on illegal marijuana sales." What's illegal about it? It's
marijuana and it's legal. No license? Big f'n deal. Who cares?

Because it was never about legalization of weed. It was about putting more money in Elitist bank accounts.

Why
don't they spend $5 million dollars cracking down on illegal immigrants instead?

Because that goes against their other plans.


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Why
don't they spend $5 million dollars cracking down on illegal immigran instead?

Because that goes against their other plans.

It sure does. But we'll fix that problem for them ;)

Another option they should consider: If marijuana legalization is such a "big problem" and they need to "allocate 5 million dollars to crack down on illegal marijuana sales," then why not just re-illegalize it then?

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That's logical. But here's the problem: Democrats.

They legalized marijuana (fixed a problem) then people started selling it illegally (caused a problem) and now Democrats have allocated $5 million dollars to crack down on illegal sales (fix a problem they created.)

Weren't all sales illegal, and therefore a problem, before they legalized
it? Not sure about NY but here illegal sales have always been illegal and
have always been a problem with money allocated to combat it.

Weed is too expensive in the recreational stores. It's like $40 an 1/8th, and they charge a whopping 15% excise tax on it. Who's gonna pay that much for weed? Not me! And not anybody else who is accustomed to paying $10 a gram.

When weed was not legalized here, there was still a tax on it. If you were possession of a tax stamp and got busted selling it, your punishment was supposedly less because they couldn't tack on tax evasion.

To me it's insanely contradictory to hear news of the state "cracking down on illegal marijuana sales." What's illegal about it? It's marijuana and it's legal. No license? Big f'n deal. Who cares? Why don't they spend $5 million dollars cracking down on illegal immigrants instead?

The whole purpose of legalizing it in most states was to make money on
taxes (if they didn't already have one like us), license fees, and
application fees, which here I think are not refundable if your appication is rejected.

I am not sure there is a state who just legalized it for the users.


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illegally (caused a problem) and now Democrats have allocated $5 million dollars to crack down on illegal sales (fix a problem they created.)

Weren't all sales illegal, and therefore a problem, before they legalized it? Not sure about NY but here illegal sales have always been illegal
and have always been a problem with money allocated to combat it.

Don't you mean "drugs" in general though? Or do they have a focused approach on marijuana enforcement?

The whole purpose of legalizing it in most states was to make money on taxes (if they didn't already have one like us), license fees, and application fees, which here I think are not refundable if your
appication is rejected.

That's a good point and that should be made clear to everyone, but it's being promoted as "We're no longer putting black people in jail for marijuana" instead of "We're doing this to put more money and power at Democrats' disposal."

Weed has always been a part of culture in New York. For anyone to say "We're going to crack down on illegal sales," they're omitting the fact nobody has ever been able to crack down on illegal sales before, and they're delusional if they think that they're going to start now.

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