Pubdate: Tue, 21 Mar 2017
Source: Parksville Qualicum Beach News (CN BC)
Copyright: 2017 Black Press
Contact:  http://www.pqbnews.com
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1361
Author: John Alexander

POT SHOPS ARE OPERATING OUTSIDE EXISTING LAWS

When marijuana is legalized for distribution and sale it will be
tightly regulated and controlled and the places that are selling it
now will, in all probability, not be legally allowed to in the future.

The ones currently selling marijuana are not only operating outside
the law, but are doing so at the expense of the rest of the business
community because they are not paying appropriate contributions to the
government in the way of federal and provincial taxes. And I'm not
talking just about PST & GST.

There are more taxes than that on alcohol before it gets on store
shelves and I would assume marijuana will be taxed similarly. Current
sellers are getting rich at everyone else's expense. Any business
selling a product that is illegal should be charged and dealt with by
the courts accordingly.

John Alexander

Coombs
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