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Old 07-16-2021, 11:58 PM   #74
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The reason most people were wrong, and the lesson from that, is that the government chose to tax the ever-loving crap out of the industry before it could get established. Of course people will stick with the cheap option, when taxes are close to 30%. Taxes for vape products are 50%. The government was warned not to do this so they could stamp out the black market, but they ignored that advice, and, well, here we are. The lesson is, our government is run by morons.



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Also, comparing legalizing cannabis and operating as a marketplace for it with a program where the government is targeting people with a health problem, and using a prescription-based approach is either really dumb or disingenuous.
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