Pubdate: Fri, 24 Jan 2014
Source: Daily Sentinel, The (Grand Junction, CO)
Copyright: 2014 Alexander G. Walker
Contact:  http://www.gjsentinel.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/2084
Author: Alexander G. Walker
Note: Title by newshawk

PRICE OF POT

Several articles concerning marijuana have appeared recently in The
Daily Sentinel. One said the price of pot in state-approved marijuana
stores is up to $400 an ounce. Add to that the 25 percent tax, and the
price is up to $500 an ounce.

The main reason I voted to legalize pot was my natural libertarian
tendencies, but another reason was to get pot off the street. Of
course, the first thing politicians saw was just a new way to tax us,
for a good cause, of course. We'll tax for schools, for kids, for
parks, for "puppies and kittens." Tax for things that nobody can
seriously oppose. Tax, tax, tax! It seems that all our elected
officials ever give a damn about is extracting money from our wallets
and purses. Solving a real problem? They seem to be incapable of
dealing with that.

I am asking (challenging) The Daily Sentinel to do a real article on
marijuana. Tell us what the street dealers are selling pot for. That's
the secret subject that nobody wants to discuss. Selling pot in our
approved marijuana stores for more than it goes for on the street will
not end our marijuana "problem."

The real marijuana problem? Street dealers have a built-in incentive
to "push" their clients onto hard drugs where the profits are greater.
It's why they are called "pushers." Getting casual pot smokers out of
the clutches of the pushers is another reason I voted to legalize marijuana.

Please, investigate this subject and inform your readers as to what
the real street price of marijuana is today. This is the only way we
can judge how effective these state-approved marijuana stores will be
in getting pushers off the street. This is the "untouchable" subject
we need you to report on.

ALEXANDER G. WALKER

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