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Originally Posted by flamesfever

Some questions to consider: Great questions

1. Will we be charging the same price for pot as the present underworld? In Colorado, dispensaries are higher priced than blackmarket...mostly due to the high tax rate on dispensaries. I still buy from dispensaries on occasion because of variety and to support the business model

2. If pot substitutes for alcohol, which many proponents of change are suggesting, will the money made on pot be offset by reduced alcohol sales? Don't know, but I would guess not. My alcohol consumption has dropped from about a 12 pack a week and occasionally some bourbon or wine to maybe a 12 pack a year and a couple of bottles of wine a year. Legal pot helped me lose over 70 pounds of fat!

3. Wouldn't the vast majority of pot users grow their own, and if so how would this affect the economics? I am working on growing my own. Most people won't grow their own as it is expensive and takes some research

4. Where did the $6. billion dollar figure come from?

5. If the underworld loses the sale of pot to adults, would they focus more on kids, or much harder drugs, to maintain their income?

Maybe, not sure. Unfortunately, there has been news reports of Mexican cartel growers coming to Colorado to grow illegally.