Official Smoking/Weed Thread

[Mr. Martinez]

Don't know how you'll save money if it was legalised.

You'd probably end up paying more for your weed. This country's tax systems are crazy, imagine 75% tax on 1 gram of weed and a gram already costing 10 quid (What it roughly costs in Amsterdam). It's probably why legalisation is so far out, tax evasion will always be a problem...

[Guest Esquilax]

I'd rather pay extra for easily accessible high quality stuff though

Think of the benefits

[Dat Boy B]

Don't know how you'll save money if it was legalised.

You'd probably end up paying more for your weed. This country's tax systems are crazy, imagine 75% tax on 1 gram of weed and a gram already costing 10 quid (What it roughly costs in Amsterdam). It's probably why legalisation is so far out, tax evasion will always be a problem...

Course it would be

How can you possibly think it wouldnt save you (as a smoker) money?

You would be paying for fluff , you would be paying £10 for a gram that is consistently going to be piff.

At the moment the street prices are worse then that , and your not garunteed to get something PIFF either.

Would u rather keep picking up your wet 8ths , that weigh 1.7 OR Pick up some nice fluffy 8ths that are 2g.

[Mr. Martinez]

At £10 a gram the total price would probably be £18 a gram.

2g's of peng amnesia or whatever the in ting happens to be, will probably cost £15 which will bring the price of 2g's to about £50 including tax.

[Dat Boy B]

Do you honestly think the government is THAT stupid ?

iF they legalize weed , they will have to sell it at a price , that is better then street price , or whats the point.

i cant see then putting that ammount of tax on a product , even though it wouldnt cost much to grow.

[Mr. Martinez]

A bottle of JD priced at £12.99 (or whatever they cost) is 80% tax.

A packet of cigs at £3.49 (or whatever they cost) is 85% tax.

Petrol is 75% tax.

There's dons making 100 bags a week importing alcohol and cigs into this country evading tax, straight into cash and carries. It's a huge problem. Legalising cannabis will only add to this.

[spiderman]

I'd rather pay extra for easily accessible high quality stuff though

Think of the benefits

this

if i have to pay an extra couple of quid to avoid dodgy dealers and poor quality/contamination i would happily do so.

[Dat Boy B]

Thats an interesting assumption , but i dont think they will follow in them same footsteps if they was to legalize weed. Im guessing it would all be regulated properly with street prices being completely out of the competition.

What would be the point in legalizing weed , if smokers were still encouraged to pick up weed from dealers in the street.

Makes no sense to me.

[Mr. Martinez]

Exactly. That's probably why the argument isn't even discussed in Parliament.

It's a no win for government. They could never legalise it and not put an 60% + tax on it, but if they did legalise it, the tax evasion market would just see another opportunity.

[Mr. Martinez]

Also it's not a couple of quid.

It will be around 50 quid for 2g's of the peng.

[Guest Esquilax]

Tourism would double

Amsterdam is nice and scenic and sh*t, but doesn't have nearly the same cultural attraction as London

[Mr. Martinez]

[spiderman]

your assuming that they would tax it as a percentage of the current price...

which is basically determined by demand, supply and the cost of risk...

IF its legal, the risk cost gets chucked out. the supply cost also goes down because ppl will be able to mass produce more easily. generally it will become a more economical market if its regulated properly...

THEN the tax gets put on. after all that i cant see it being much more than the prices in dam tbh.

[Mr. Martinez]

Why would it be taxed differently to cigs and alcohol?

[Black.]

If any one from here touches we should link up for a blaze

[Mr. Martinez]

safe for that spiderman will check it out

[spiderman]

Why would it be taxed differently to cigs and alcohol?

i'm not saying it would be, i'm just saying the percentage of the cost that makes up the tax will have a smaller overall value because the cost (before tax) in a legal system would be lower. then the cost + the tax wouldn't be as high as you make out and the government would still get there high tax percentage.

because weed is illegal the price is inflated a lot.

[Mr. Martinez]

lool you're actually right. I'ma take the L on this one

The concept of seeing weed as just a plant that shouldn't cost more than £3 per gram wasn't really registering.

[Skola]

At £10 a gram the total price would probably be £18 a gram.

2g's of peng amnesia or whatever the in ting happens to be, will probably cost £15 which will bring the price of 2g's to about £50 including tax.

I doubt they would base their pricing on current street prices + tax

but yeah

it will be better but more expensive

edit - i see the above has already been covered

ask the americans - its great - you can get a prescription for all sorts of bullshit like appetite disorders, sleeping disorders, anxiety along with the more serious conditions

the weed is even more expensive than sh*t here

but its BOOM

[Guest Sun Tzu]

i reckon the most we can hope for is decriminalisation in the next 10 years; cannot see an American style system here

chro is get is nice anyway and i don't get bumped so i don't really mind

[Guest Esquilax]

Well, as it becomes more widespread/ its usage more commonplace, the people wanting to prohibit it will eventually die out

[spiderman]

Well, as it becomes more widespread/ its usage more commonplace, the people wanting to prohibit it will eventually die out

sounds like a sample i'd hear on a tune

[Guest Esquilax]

Skola, get on it

[o-guy]

back from dam last night there was some amazing sh*t on show. woke up with my throat killing.

pink kush

sasimilia

red diesel

tangerine dream

super ultra lemon haze

vanilla kush

laughing buddah

amnesia hazemorroccan hash

isolator(killer)

G 13 haze420 haze

oz kush

chocolope

what i f*cks with

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does anyone think that their memory (be it short term or long term) has been worsened due to weed

a couple of my guys were saying something like this and it put my off blazin tbh

[O.Man]

its not about major changes or making it publicly available

its about letting smokers grow their own smoke, letting adults trade behind closed doors.

There can be even stricter punishment for those who break the regulations, but a person could obtain a grow license for up to say 3 plants per head in a household.

The card would only be given to a person who has passed certain background checks, such as medical checks for any genetic predispositions, and cognitive check to see whether cannabis would be detrimental, and criminal check to see if there any any links to suppliers.

if any criminal activity takes place and they supply gangs or grow more then quota there could be major repercussions, but if the law is abided then people can happily smoke their own grow/smoke some of their friends grow.

as for smoking it you should have to prove your age minimum age should be 21 if u are smoking it younger then then then u are breakin the law just like drink

theres alot i hvnt addressd n alot im thinkin about but yeh