Spungo
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- Jul 22, 2012
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Is that the way Canada does alcohol sales? Last time I bought vodka in Alberta it cost something like $25. I couldn't believe how expensive it was. The same bottle in Washington would cost maybe $12.For me, the problem is financial cost. Not of weed, but of the bureaucracy that will need to oversee the regulation and sale, and increased funding to police forces countering black-market sales. I don't see the finances adding up. Canada would create an LCBO-style regulatory body, which means brick-and-mortar stores and unionized employees demanding high wages citing control of a substance similar to alcohol. Could be the same union I suppose but that doesn't get away from having cashiers making $25+/hr plus benefits. Couple that with a 1-year surge in legal purchasing followed by an expected decline in both volume and price as was seen in Colorado: (http://fortune.com/2015/06/22/marijuana-prices-colorado/)
I think Canada has the right idea when it comes to giving basic medical care to everyone, but getting $25/h to work a cash register seems odd. There's not much reason to take up a trade or skilled profession if one can make a very comfortable living doing unskilled labor. My brother went back to trade school because he hated making $10/h with no benefits. Now he's making a hell of a lot more than $10, and he owns his own business. He wouldn't have gone down that path if he wasn't forced to.