The AMT Marijuana Thread

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

PJ_Soul said:

I actually WANT it to be a tax "grab". I think this is a fantastic way to increase tax revenue, which we need. Frankly, I think they should raise the taxes on it a bit. It's still a super cheap product - lots of bang for its buck.
BC only just legalized booze in grocery stores recently, and almost none have gone ahead with it - I think it's really hard to get licensed even now that they changed the law. It's fucking stupid. But BC's liquor laws have long been the worst in the country. They're only just now starting to see reason, and it's a slow change.

I recall being in Vancouver in the 90's visiting my buddy and we had to get all our beer before 11pm. I was like "what? what if we run out at midnight or 1 or some shit?". NOPE. 11pm. that was crazy to me. Winnipeg is 2am, 2:30 for some vendors, and extended to 3am during Festival du Voyageur. because those frenchies nead their late night beer run. LOL

Yeah it's nuts, and that is still the case. Even in bars that have off-sales, they have to shut those down at 11pm even though the bar is open way later. It's so fucking stupid.

it's STILL like that? holy shit! 

PJ_Soul said:

oftenreading said:

I had almost forgotten about the whole liquor in grocery store thing, because I’ve never actually found liquor in any grocery store. 

I am also fine with marijuana being taxed. Almost everything  is taxed, and I think it will be a good source of revenue. 

I actually haven't really found liquor IN a grocery store yet either, but there is a brand new Safeway near me that has a full on, completely stocked private liquor store attached to it, and it is Safeway's. It's staffed by Safeway employees and they do airmiles and take the Safeway airmiles coupons and everything, which is awesome (seriously, if all liquor stores did airmiles all this time since I was legal, I probably would have flown around the world several times by now ). I was surprised by this store, because I was under the impression that grocery stores were only allowed to sell beer and wine... But I guess they got around that by building it so the store is truly its own structure, down on street level, while the actual grocery store is upstairs and attached by an escalator - I guess their flower department is in between. I love it!

HughFreakingDillon said:

I don't give a shit if it's a tax grab or not. I'd much prefer to go into a store to buy it and know what I'm getting as opposed to the alternative. Especially with all this fentanyl shit going around, no thanks. 

we still don't have alcohol in any grocery stores. you are allowed to operate a wine store outside of government involvement, there are a couple in winnipeg, but beer stil needs to be bought at a beer vendor or liquor mart. 

PJ_Soul said:

Meltdown99 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

I don't give a shit if it's a tax grab or not. I'd much prefer to go into a store to buy it and know what I'm getting as opposed to the alternative. Especially with all this fentanyl shit going around, no thanks. 

we still don't have alcohol in any grocery stores. you are allowed to operate a wine store outside of government involvement, there are a couple in winnipeg, but beer stil needs to be bought at a beer vendor or liquor mart. 

I really don’t care about it being a tax grab, however, I believe medicinal should be exempt...

Agreed - medicinal shouldn't be taxed... Or at least the base price should be way lower somehow, like subsidization for production or something. Whatever, as long as it's cheaper than recreational.

oftenreading said:

It is pretty chilly here today.