Maryland's proposed cannabis tax hike sparks fear of black market resurgence
Maryland's proposed cannabis tax hike sparks fear of black market resurgence
Located in Canton’s central retail district, a unique weed dispensary is gearing up for its grand opening. Besides a bustling city, The Forest offers a serene and welcoming environment for those seeking safe, legal cannabis.
“I wanted it to feel like nature,” said owner Christina Betancourt-Johnson, “It’s peaceful.”
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I find it hilarious they wanna tax weed when I can go to my weed man get a tax free lol
And fox loves that ,don’t they?
Democrats = Tax and spend!!!!!!
Tax imports not locals.
Good to finally got some real control over marijuana and now you want to return it back to the streets good job governor
Democrat got self’s a tax base pot junkies how convenient.
Remember, everyone who enters a dispensary is reported to the federal NICS database.
Weed is still federally illegal. Use of weed makes one banned from possessing firearms and bans one from getting any permit in Maryland.
Why do they always require more money?
“Not off the backs of the middle class”.thats exactly where it’s coming from. Everything he says with that “gotcha” smerk. Typical democrat.
He needs audited before even proposing another tax on anyone. Get ready for the shake down folks, empty all your pockets.
The Black Markets in the city is still booming. I think it’s a major reason for the drastic drop in homicides in the city, because guys are actually making major profits off of what they sell. Plus, you can get as much as want to buy at certain spots ls in the city.
That’s the point to knock the black market out
It’s time for governor " MOORE " to be recalled ……..he’s turning out to be trash !!
This guy loves added fees
The black market is always gonna make their profit over everyone else 😂😂😂😂
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Trying to extort the drug dealers
Yeah, because Wes Moore is a waste of money. Bring back Hogan
i wish they just legalized it we never asked for dispensaries. Politicans are such leaches
This is so wrong! That’s exactly what it will do push it back to the black market
Why is it always the same people who get to open up the dispensaries
Where is state funding for any infrastructure ? Where is the funding for highways from transportation fund ?
Why is SHA cutting 30% of projects for 2025 and uncertain for 2026??
Where are our tax dollars going !?!?!?
Hogan had 2 billion in surplus gut is gone with nothing to show. Where the Money go?!?
TAX , TAX , TAX the DEMOCRAT WAY !!! Your getting what you voted for
Lol its 20 percent in az for recreational weed and you would be hard pressed to find a black market here lol😂 its cheaper BECAUSE they can produce in mass so stop lying about how basic economics work…sellers just dont want to pay their share..this is not about the customers who already pay merchants taxes aka SELLER TAX ..sales tax is offensive to push off on customers in the first place because they are not the merchants
Drug dealers crying cause they gotta pay more taxes 😂
They’re proposing raising the sales tax on marijuana, the real question is, where has all that $64 million gone that’s already been collected gone? Which unfortunately leads to another question, where’d the $5 billion surplus go? The dems love to deflect and tell us where that surplus supposedly came from, but the question remains is where did it all go? Also why are we the tax payers bearing the brunt of it all?
Smoking weed this uncoolest thing you can do, nothing about it is appealing or exciting anymore. Now its nerds and housewives buying literal corporate pot. You cant even drive on the highway without smelling some tard smoking in their car.
😍 good
Demorats and their BRAIN DEAD mentality. They do not care about the citizens. People must see this.
There is NOTHING safe about marijuana.
This is why i only go to the dispo as a last resort or if i need edibles fast
The state kept it illegal for decades but now want to make money off of it??
Wes Moore’s friends are all in the marijuana game. Shocker.
Drug prices go up everyday B
I guess cutting wasteful spending is never an option when you can just raise taxes on something.
I BEEN BUYING FROM BLK MARKET AND ALWAYS WILL. THEY LEGALIZE IT BECAUSE THEY CAN TAX IT 🖕🏾. ITS FAKE CANNABIS ANYWAY👎🏾
Maryland legal weed is just laced junk. To many unnatural additives, flavored weed sucks. 😂
This is a colonial Economy red-line state.
Less Moore is looking at NY and CA for tax rates to see how much people will pay before they flee. This state is done.
I never did cannabis store thing , because why should i pay a tax for my personal relaxtion ……..I kept my good weed connections and I enjoy the better pricing on the black markets.
If only there was as much attention paid to marijuana as there was to education.
What a shame.
If they removed the recovery programs maybe they can make more money
Yeah the government is the legal drug extortioner
If I have to spend 40 on an 8th of some bs weed I will just save myself the hassle and go to the boys on the corner and grab my grass again.
I have learned that the most powerful medicinal benefits of cannabis come not from ingestion of the plant, but from cultivation of the plant. There is no tax on gardening.
Wes moore was and is the biggest threat to maryland. Black people always vote in black people they dont even look into policy. This guy could have owned slaves and none of his voters would have known because black people for the most part do not look into policy or character they only see skin color.
WTF is that man talking? Let it come from the red light camera, speed cameras. Where tf do all of that money goes? Baltimore leaders are greedy, selfish, ain’t worth a dame, liars etc
Too much weed people are either drunk or high on weed
Lol…. "The Black market" been around longer. With no inflation. 🤔
SURPRISE!!! The black market never left. It’s a cheaper alternative already. But there are some people who are afraid of what they might get on the streets and most of those people will pay what they have to for peace of mind.