Weedy Regulations
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2021
- In some states, rules for legal marijuana sales are ENDLESS.
Legalizing the plant should have reduced black markets and crime. It didn’t because bureaucrats imposed regulations that strangle legal businesses.
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The regulations go on, and on: track every plant, from seed to sale! Black-out dispensary windows! Check IDs multiple times.
Lawyer Tom Howard says getting a cannabis license costs tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees.
He covers issues like that on Cannabis Legalization News: / @cannabislegalizationnews
Illinois has a particularly absurd system. There, politicians decided to give new licenses only to "social equity veterans,” people hurt by the drug war. But then bureaucrats’ wrote such burdensome rules that even those people remain shut out.
"The whole thing is a sham!" says one man who'd like to sell (in an upcoming documentary by Anna Rose Ii Epstein called True Social Equity in Cannabis (truesocialequityincannabis.go....
The video above shows more of the ridiculous rules.
So let me get this straight, asking for an ID 3 times to buy pot is ok but requiring an ID to vote is...racist? Wtf
i just picture whoever came up with that rule, they must have been high off their face "hey man, lets like make sure they have to check their id before they let them in" "yeah man thats a good one", okay what next, errr..........." "....................oh i know, they should like totally have to check their id man. "oh yeah, good one, i'll write that rule down too.... lets see what else should we make a rule?" "errrrm.............. aw man i forgot they should totally have to check their id before they buy anything, write that down..."
Like right out of a cheech and chong movie
👏Make 👏it 👏make 👏sense
i still don't get why 3 times? It's like:
- let me see your ID
- here
- now let me see you ID
- you still holding it
- good, now let me see your ID
"I"m going to need your ID one more time"
@@mushypork2132 Well it is to make sure you don't get you know those people who can't get ID's buying it.
If you want to screw up a business just let the government in.
Government: If you think the problems we create are bad, just wait until you see our solutions.
Governments only has a chance when something is unprofitable. They usually screw it up, regardless.
They immediately go to work to make it so only the Uber rich can afford to be in teh game or the government can swoop in and take over.
@@martinlutherkingjr.5582 just look at the post office lol
Probably because so many people, in government and outside, don't understand the purpose of government. Properly, it is not here to provide for people directly. SMH.
"Government doesn't want children seeing a marijuana sale." Apparently having a bondage parade going though every town on rolling video cameras is fine though.
THIS right here..that really grinds my gears
The means the LGBT parades?
@@stephenpowstinger733 Anything that shows your body parts that smell like sweats and fish
Any law that pretends to "shield" children from reality is totally useless in the age of the Internet. The government doesn't get to ban public expression by the people on the streets, and they also don't get to argue that a kid seeing a marijuana plant will turn into an addict.
@@stephenpowstinger733 some are tame and some are not.
"legalized" means the government wants a piece of pie from it.
If they deregulated they would get more tax money, they're just retarded.
Just let everyone grow it, let them buy seeds like they can buy carrots seeds at the store.
@@G-Mastah-Fash I support legalization because I support liberty, not another government tax grab.
“Only Government can mismanage things so badly.”
Not sure why for some people this is such a revelation.
It's not a revelation. It's deliberate ignorance.
Actually makes sense when you think about how long it took and how hard it was to discover that.
And even when we have discovered the miraculous potential of enlightenment values, most people will still reject freedom for security. We're endlessly flawed.
We’re heading towards government controlled healthcare, so buckle up.
@@bostonphotographer20 Prolly an expansion of Obamacare for now, but definitely not under this admin. Hopefully, Republicans grow some balls soon.
I don't think it is the best argument. A privately run company can do worse and go bankrupt...The difference are the incentives and consequences of your actions within a free market vs a government monopoly. Within a free market, badly run companies or companies which don't please consumers with their products go bankrupt and better companies take their place. And all that without stealing money from the taxpayer. They also try to use their money much more efficiently because it is their money and if they make a mistake it will cost them a lot but government sponsored business don't care because it is the taxpayer money and the government will bailout them when they lose money...
There is no situation that the government can’t make worse
As Reagan said, the two worst things people can hear is, "I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
Sounds like a challenge!
Yet, libertarianism is a dying ideology
Banning lead gasoline and paint definitively improved the situation in the U.S. I wonder how the libertarians will blame the ebil gubermint for this one?
@@bluehotdog2610 at least in Brazil, it's growing
So let me get this right: Requiring a valid ID to vote on Election Day is oppressing people, but requiring a valid ID to buy wine, guns, cigars or legal marijuana is not?
Or even open a bank account. You need ID for that. The dems complain that people are under banked?
@Eat the socialist I seriously doubt there is that much cheating. There are a lot of people out there that believe democrats have the peoples best interest in mind. Of course there are many people that believe republicans have the peoples best interest in mind. We really need a 3rd party.
@Eat the Soyiet every election was cheated since 1962
@Eat the Soyiet I wouldnt mind eliminating all politicians.
@@crissd8283 this republic is built around 2 parties. A 3rd wouldn't help. What we need is to remove the old money that controls literally everything. The money to be lobbies and bribes our lawmakers. All men all have a price, those who fall prey must be removed.
"We want no child to ever bare witness to a Marijuana transactions*
Middle school and on: Allow us to introduce ourselves.
some1 has an older brother or sister that smokes
It’s almost like government is horrible at running things, and would do best just to get out of the way
who would've known!
110%
ALMOST? They're pros!!
Ya think? 😒
Just imagine what will happen to healthcare once the U.S. government runs that!
So the government managed to simultaneously maintain a black market that supports the police/prison industrial complex, and also create a legal market that allows them to profit through tax revenue. If I weren't so appalled I'd be impressed.
Oh Jeezus, here's another one that doesn't believe in societal norms. If you weren't such an idiot you might understand. "...maintain a black market that supports the police/prison industrial complex..." And of course, this guy is part of the national brain trust that supports legalized weed. No surprise there.
@@markmalasics8413 You are a sad sack.
@@markmalasics8413 please refute or debate anything he said. But you won't because you can't.
@@markmalasics8413 you sound upset bro. Is everything okay at home?
@@Will_Wel Yeah, These types are like the leftists.
I live in Denver and was surprised when a friend came and visited from California and insisted we buy marijuana from an illegal dealer so we didn't overpay. He couldn't fathom that the standard prices in legal Colorado dispensaries were now CHEAPER than the street prices in California.
I’m in AZ and get 1/4 oz of quality herb for $90 from the dispensary.
CO is the only place with legitimately good prices.
Rules are anti-liberty, anti-progress. The rule should be "do not serve underage" for example, not you have to check ID 3 times as if the ID changes between checks.
I don't think the ID thing is what people voted for.
With no rules there would be anarchy and no progress, rules are really important
1:40
California regulation: you have to ask for ID @ least 3 times before they can make a purchase.
Also California: people shouldn't have to show ID to vote.
Anytime the government is involved, its a shitshow.
In case you were wondering who the incompetent women is at the 4:28 mark is, it’s Stacy Abrahams action committee CEO 😂..
These people don’t need to be anywhere near a legislature or court room.
An obviously infuriating bitz that acts like numbers r racist & b/c they have regulatory positions,all they have to do is tell u"It's this way!"w/no vetted proof & we're supposed to b head over heels that such competent cogs r there"working the problem"(insufferable normie bores)
I'm so glad you brought the lawyer on there to break down the numbers. Those are the numbers I landed on myself, making it absolutely impossible to break into that market.
And that's only to START an operation. The running cost is of-course a huge hill to climb on it's own, before ever seeing profit.
Politicians don't want citizens having power.
I don't think you understand - citizens will do something bad with power, so we need the politicians to have it all so they can do good.
@@smicksmookety You mean the politicians that think they are so far above the rules they make, they don't even bother reading them?
@@smicksmookety Democrats are mad with power you hear it the way they talk
@@smicksmookety I seriously hope you're being ironic or satirical but it's damn near impossible to tell nowadays with this crazy world and it's stupid people.
Yup, socialist countrys want to keep the poor people dragging himself by a need created by the same government
Not a huge cannabis user, but I hate when people say, “legalized it, and tax the crap out of it!” NOOOOOO, legalize it and tax it appropriately like all other taxes on goods and services. And don’t let Democrats make the policies, they suck at it!
Based
When it comes to Marijuana its not just a Democrat thing. Republicans have been trying to suppress legalization of weed far longer and harder than the Democrats because the Right is more than willing to use the violence of government against anything deemed immoral
@@NeverForget1776 The Republicans in my state block a bill on Marijuana, even though public voted for it.
My addict son is really happy about legalization. He *seems happy* but his eyes are glazed over.
Both sides are so deep in bed with big Pharma that it's picking which horrible outcome to choose. The GOP has blocked legalization at every turn, and the DNC wants it under the control of their donor buddies, not regular citizens. Neither represents a good path forward, just another excuse to tax, grift and exclude innovators to favor the donor class. What's new?
John Stossel is great ! He's not afraid of any topic and knows how to present them. I wish more people comes to know this channel.
I smell skunk weed everywhere. They didn’t buy it from a dispensary.
"There is nothing so good that politicians can't make it bad. And there is nothing so bad that politicians can't make it worse." Thomas Sowell
If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.
Milton freidman
And yet none of you are concerned about nasty ass corporate weed. Many, many companies would happily sell you bud rot and eagle 20 if there weren't some testing regulations.
@@WanderingExistence Here is the simple solution to that problem don't buy it write a review on them if you did and they will not last in a free market.
@@Barskor1 lmao, of course you don't understand about information asymmetry... Without lab testing how are you going to know if your weed has lead in it or if it was sprayed with eagle 20?
@@WanderingExistence Lmao as if the government is the only organization capable of finding that out. Did you know without the government you could grow your own and then you would not have to worry about such things?
I love how the politician blamed everyone else but themselves for the failure of Marijuana sales rollout. The person conducting the interview should have rebutted those statements hard and not just nodded. It turned the interview into a political ad.
It's delayed but somehow also happening real time.
That's what I love about JS's interviews. Even the people representing the side that he agrees with get asked the hard questions. He is a true journalist looking for the truth. One of the few left.
@@johns7734 I completely agree! JS is one of the last true journalists left.
Im Proud of the legislation that helped absolutely zero of my people
Vice are socialist political hacks. He just nods his puppet head and asks for forgiveness from his public official master.
As long as prices stay like they are the underground will thrive
I just came from Illinois. $35 a gram and $450 an ounce! 🤦🏻♂️ PLUS HUGE TAXES!
Which takes it to nearly $600 an ounce!! It's outrageous.
New York City OTB was the only bookie operation in the history of the world to lose money.
I bet a lot of that lost money was going right into the pockets of all the bureaucrats and politicians
@@Will_Wel Exactly. I should've said "claimed to be losing money" but there was incredible corruption. They asked then Mayor Giuliani for a bailout and he laughed at them.
What? It almost feels like Government overregulation is burdensome. 😲
What? No way! That can't be it.
Lol !!!!!!!!!
Legalize everything like drugs, alcohol, and gambling. Just don’t ask me to pay for your healthcare or welfare.
The "practice" is already this way: People consume things that hurt them. If they don't hurt others, then I don't care...
But they also feel entitled to health care! It is like politicians intentionally encourage risky behavior.
I'm all for government funded healthcare... if the champagne socialists are the ones paying... which they won't
Same with all the California panhandlers. I hope they all starve to death or overdose on skid row to get rid of them guilt free. These people refuse to do honest work and drown their brain in chemicals that make it impossible to escape their situation.
Actually if heroin was legal healthcare expenditure would drop signifigantly.
@@EgadsNo Same goes for aids medications. Most aids tests and even stuff like PrEP are behind receipts. Only if you catch it they care about you.
The same situation exists for Vaping now, after the regulations went into effect, PMTA and PACT act. These regulations quite literally killed small businesses, as a vaper myself, my preferred online vape juice vendor went out of business in March 2021 citing the PACT act. Please do a video about this as well.
~ The gov really screwed the pooch on vaping!!! Now in my state the local cannabis shops have cartridges out numbering the buds 3 to 1, when I bet most people don't realize they're just trying to get rid of product (carts) that won't be restocked.
California cannabis worker here. I can 100% second this.
A product that sells itself requires a $100,000,000 taxpayer bailout??? That takes *SERIOUS INEPTITUDE.* Great job, California.
there is a 30% tax
As he pointed out they can't even run gambling successfully. A literal money printing scam the government cannot make money at? This is almost as bad as not being able to make money on ice cream or ice pops this time of year.
Politicians and bureaucrats = The blind leading the blind.
Thats a good one lol
No. The evil leading the ignorant.
I would say the blind leading the poor sighted, I don't believe citizens are as bad
They’re taxing the heck out of it that so many should just buy it illegally
I’ve always enjoyed you as a journalist! You are, the real deal. Liked, and Subscribed!
The government doesn't want kids to see the marijuana plants through their windows but it's totally ok for kids to be read questionable books by transgender-men.
You misspelled "women"
Also what I commented separately - the leftist government officials are also ok with killing the human child while it's still in the mother's womb, but as soon as it's out it's up to the government to protect them. That's how ass-backwards our government is right now.
It is because it doesn’t fit the demoshit/communist/socialist regimes narrative that’s why
What exactly is wrong with a man who identifies as a woman? Is it just you don't want to explain it to your kids? You're lazy, is that it?
@@jimlovesgina No, nobody said that, at least in this section,we were talking about Drag Queen story hours,a transtender problem.
California: $100 million bailout for the weed industry? What’s next a bailout for the bailout industry? Oh yeah we already have that.
The people of CA and other over-regulated states should PUT FORWARD A BILL TO ELIMINATE ALL REGULATIONS except those VOTED ON AND PASSED BY THE PEOPLE! LET INDUSTRIES AND COMMUNITIES POLICE THE REGULATIONS THEMSELVES. IF-it becomes apparent that something needs to change in an industry, such as selling to minors, (remember when people were selling cigarettes to minors?) The COMMUNITY and Industry can come up with WORKABLE regulations ON THEIR OWN, AND THEN, IF NEED BE, THE PEOPLE CAN VOTE ON IT. Maybe, the problem isn't a problem EVERYWHERE, but only in a small community, so, THAT community puts the NEW regulation up for a vote, not necessarily the entire State or Country. Maybe, it's only 1 County, or 1 city in that area, then THAT area can put that regulation up for a vote in a referendum at the NEXT ELECTION! Too MUCH GOVT CONTROL IN OUR BUSINESSES!! AND OUR PERSONAL BUSINESS!
Government approach to any business: "if it moves tax it, if it moves more regulate it, if it stops moving bail them out"
@@gabunnie1 best idea ever!
@@ps_pol_xbox9036 ha! So true.
Another bailout for the rich & definitely engineered.
Absolutely LOVE to see You covering all these controversial topics nobody wants to call the government out on!!! Keep up the good work John! Too few in the media actually get to the truth without politics clouding the facts!
Canabis legalization went to referendum here in New Zealand and almost passed. I was always suspicious of politicians trying to control the narrative over who gets licences though.
I remember in California, as the IT guy for a dispensary, I had to be licensed to sell it, just in case I accidentally made a sale while fixing a system. It was asine.
People use to question me when I said I wanted decriminalization, *NOT* legalization.
This
“I’m from government and I’m here to help”.
The most dangerous saying in history.
Quoting the person who strengthened the drug war??? Y'all are suss.
What about "pleasant aromas prevent the plague"?
@Anonymous Guy well fucking said
There’s only one sign I ever see in illinois. “Pritzker Sucks”. I have no idea how he won or wins. I’m talking thousands of miles travelled. I only seen that sign of him
Spent several years growing, producing a better product than can be purchased from dispensaries and sold it for 25-40% less, the legal cannabis industry is a bad joke.
The information for growing plants was readily available here on RUclips (lot of old Dutch grower VHS tapes). Home grown plants are fun and way superior to the crap in the coffee-shops.
@@sbbosch can you provide a link to the Dutch videos?
I can only find videos made by stereotypical stoner idiots.
@@MrPland1992 The keyword in my comment "was". RUclips has removed these videos.
@@MrPland1992 Go on Reddit
California: We'll spend a 100 million dollars to bale you out.
Average person: Will you change the rules?
California: No.
I see what you did there. Bail vs bale.
But we've hired another 500 government employees to manage that bailout!
80% of the money will be used for” administrative fees”
Just like most “ charities” I’ve looked into.
Complete scam
@@jabreck1934 Clinton Foundation
Keep up the Good work John.
The #1 REAL reporter we Americans can still trust
I hate when people say “rules are rules”. They’re the first to bow to government demands.
I'm a grower in Oklahoma. Oklahoma made a change to our state constitution, which gave all the power to us the people.
Did the part about growing and being a resident for two years, refer to legally selling to dispensaries? You can home grow legally as a resident right?
@@sbbosch well, we got in on the first year, whe d e the rules didn't need a business address, it was crazy, then they passed it for residency... but yes I'm a commerical grower and yes you can legally grow 6 mature plants and 6 clones at one time
@@KlemoTheGreat Thanks for the clarification.
In Canada it's crazy. You can't even see the product before you buy it and you have to buy it from the state. I've seen tons of examples of people getting way less than they paid for or garbage quality and having no recourse. Your local dealer had better service than that before legalization. Such a joke, everyone buys it gray market now
Dude that sucks. In our dispensary they have containers just sitting out in glass display cases (like jewelry cases) and bring a whole selection of different jars or bags for you to choose from. The only stuff you *can't* see inside is the prerolls. And even some of them come with a little bit of flower to fill in the rest of the space between the preroll and the end of the tube.
What in the hell is a $200,000 security system, it sounds like the legislators are the ones that are high!
John, PLEASE run for President! You are the most rational reporter I have ever seen. I have been following you since the 80's. I can see the headlines now John Stossel and Rand Paul. You two can save our country and really make us great again.
It’s all about doing favors for their friends while pretending to do favors for everyone.
“If you don’t smoke this, then you ain’t my son”
-Biden jOe
Oh my gosh! I almost spit out my cereal! I've seen so many of these, but this one was hilarious!
I think that would be CRACK COCAIN
@@hmsdemolition8588 nahh my native friend that was parmesan cheese.
Please help this poor poor man! Send trump all your money!!
LMFAO
Government Regulations, while sometimes good (getting rid of additives in food), has destroyed more businesses that anything else in America.
The bureaucracy is expanding to keep up with the expanding bureaucracy.
The irony that more freedoms and equalities could be given if the government did less sometimes.
Most times.
It shouldn’t be legalized. It should be decriminalized. Pine trees, tulips, and wheat aren’t “legal”. They just exist.
True , also shrooms should be decriminalize as it’s a fungus .
Yup. Look what marijuana done to our country?!😡
Weed is just different.
It should be legalized, tax free, and unregulated.
@@invaderzim1265 look at what religion has done to this country, doesn't mean you get to ban it. We want freedom here in America, not tyranny and government control.
Washington seems to be doing ok. There’s practically a shop on every corner. Don’t remember the prices but definitely a lot cheaper than California.
As an Illinois resident now I understand why I have only seen a few different named cannabis stores. But not shocked, we’re a crap hole of bureaucracy
As someone who works in this industry in CA I can absolutely say they've done NOTHING but screw it up and make it an absolute headache.
The business pays taxes to the city, the county, the state AND the feds.
It's insane.
I got laid off along with the rest of those who I worked with for a company that was trying to do it the correct way. Too many regulations for things to be profitable.
That's because marijuana supposed to be illegal....
It's doing more evil than good.😒
@@invaderzim1265 Who are you to tell people what they can and cannot consume. And how exactly gas cannabis done to worsen the country?
But you losers keep voting Democrat. California used to be the place everybody wanted to move to, California is now the place everyone wants to escape from.
@@davidhay3417 yeah I'm not one of those losers. And the county I live in just voted entirely republican. That being said, if the republican agenda were to maintain, there's no way cannabis would be anywhere near legal at the moment. It's a double edged sword
Everyone: this will be so easy you can’t screw this up!
Big government: hold my gravity bong
I have a better idea for John Stossel. Instead of making a world where people like him encourage homo sapiesn to escape reality ... how 'bout we make a world where reality isn't a Rod Serling nightmare that every weak person needs to escape from ?
Great video John! Keep exposing the corruption!
John thank you for intelligent and unbiased journalism. You are truly appreciated.
This is what happens when California gets involved.
California is why the rest of us can't have nice things.
all government not just CA. stop the trumpist crap its crooked from the top down. red and blue.
@@swamphunt Government, correct, and which state loves bureaucracy and big government the most? Get that TDS treated, buddy. It's doing you no good.
@@swamphunt trumpist crap? No one mentioned trump, Biden, democrat, Republican. It’s no secret California is a shithole....
@@chesshooligan1282most republican states have not even legalised it lol
In the dispensary, an once is 400 dollars. On the street, it's 150, and it's better quality. I grow my own. Fuck taxes.
Ok then
@@HateTheIRS just doing my part to prevent money going to authoritarians.
I get it almost free from my Latino food truck friends..LOL
I can just imagine the dirt weed that they're giving away free.
@@harrysachs2274 Don´t listen to these cry babies, listen to the likes you get. Your doing good!
Thank God for Stossel!
The legal weed is literally 3x the price of illegal weed in Illinois
same in California
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' - Ronald Reagan
That’s 11
True
@@Hyperdrive If you want to get technical, it's twenty-one, however, I'm from the government and I'm here to help, is only nine.
'Just say no to drugs' - Nancy Reagan
Got to love the irony of quoting Ronald Reagan here, who not only lied about not raising taxes, but also framed the drug war as 'helping' protect communities.
And people want them to take over health care!
Yep, same thing. They forced me to buy overpriced insurance that I could barely afford and was too expensive to use BUT somehow they still lost money every year.
@@GeneralChangOfDanang dont try and file a claim, they will do what they can so you pay more or sit on the phone for hours,
"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help." Ronald Reagan.
Boy, was he right when he said: "government *is* the problem."
Ironically, he was the government during his time as the governor of California and when he was the president back in the late 70’s and through the 80’s
@@WizenedFalcon3_9_1 There's no irony here. Government is necessary for the basics. Big Government is the problem. Regan stood for smaller government - and you can't make it smaller from the outside.
@@BrianBellia let me ask you something, if he advocated for smaller government, why did he sign the Mulford Act, the same bill where the black panthers were barred from owning a firearm because they were protesting? Why did he ramp up the war on drugs? Why did he advocate for the censorship of heavy metal bands and pornography (yes, you hear me right)? If I were you, I’d research why he wasn’t for smaller government
@@WizenedFalcon3_9_1 Yes, you're perfectly entitled to point out where he failed. All I'm saying here is that his original observation has proven to be correct time and time again, and at least he had the right attitude going in.
@Eat Shnitzel Why would I bother telling that to someone in Norway when it's exactly the same where I live in Australia? But sorry to burst your bubble - it ain't that great. There's *so* much that the people who promote socialised medicine tend to leave out. Thankfully, it's only the foolish who are likely to swallow it hook, line and sinker. It's great that the majority of Americans are able to see through it and reject it - the knowledgeable ones at least :)
“Liquor does more harm, yet liquor stores can have windows” This is exactly why we need to get the facts straight on these drugs. The fact we treat alcohol (more dangerous drug) less strictly in terms of publicity than cannabis shows how upside down it is. And I’m not even a person who would smoke weed.
John Stossel is a national treasure
Great video. Everyone just focuses on legalization, but Classic Stossel is exposing the hard reality of the unjust and ridiculous laws!
You can all whine about ID checks and taxes, at least it's illegal to sell eagle 20 and lead filled weed.
Keep up the great work John.
Great reporting as always John
History will look back on this time the way we look back on the lobotomy.
If we still did lobotomies liberals wouldnt be an issue
They don’t need to jail people for weed anymore they can destroy peoples lives for not taking experimental drugs they just replaced one thing for another
This is starting to sound like prohibition of the 1920s
Dont "poke holes" on the only medicine nobel prize that Portugal ever got
I'm waiting for a trans woman to get the first trans hysterectomy
Mr Stossel Your investigative journalism is always very entertaining thanks you for your diligence 🙉🙈🙊 respect
Love the videos John !
If you want LESS of something or a "black market", regulate it. Another words get the GOVERNMENT involved.
The problem is, as soon as it's "legal" it gets taxed.
That to become legal we had to pay a tax is the root of the problem.
You had me at "we are tagging plants"
"I'm good...another day in paradise" --Sorry not convinced lol
JOHN STOSSEL YOU ARE THE BEST! I’m 29 and really enjoy watching your stuff. My fam are starting to watch it too. Keep making these RUclips videos! You’ll gain support the more you make and they’re useful
You didn't pick up on the irony?
@@gergc4871 more like sarcasm
I've honestly never heard that phrase in a serious tone lol
Reminds me of that South Park episode. Gotta have some Tegridy, am I right?
Band in China!
Here in California taxes drive the price to twice what should be.
its 200$+ for 14grams in illinois
I can buy an ounce for a $100 I don,t know what they charge at the store because I would rather have my money go to the little guy if you have several million dollars to start a legal grow operation or a legal store you don,t need my money
@@sandycharlton8669 what kind of weed you getting 100$
@@gregoryeverson741 from a scale of 1 to 10 it,s probably an 8
I saw this out east where multiple states were "controlled" by a marijuana company with a politician as one of the owners, and the police would actively find ways to shut down competitors!
Thanks John.
There's a scene in the wire, where a reformed criminal wants to open a gym for the youths. It's pretty much the same situation. It has been this way for a very long time. Imagine how good our countries could be, if only doing things was legal.
The whole point of these rules and regulations is to squeeze out the small guy so BIG business can take over! Thats all these regulations do, Make it so hard/expensive only the wealthy get the make real $$$. Standard M.O. for the government.
Another example of this malicious false altruism is when the big oil companies lobbied for more regulations on underground gasoline storage tanks. They could afford to retrofit their gas stations, but the little independent gas stations often couldn't. If you ever wondered where all the cool little mom and pop gas stations went, that's where, and in that crippling position many were bought out for criminally low amounts.
Totally true!
Yep. Legalized in Oregon the only shops in business are headquarted out of Seattle and California.
Good, the only businesses that have the power to innovate and help society is the wealthy ones.
I was arguing with this about my husband and he still didn't realize how bad regulations are
I just hope your is concerned about the corporatization of cannabis as you are about overregulation....
Here in Nevada, the state government promised that taxes from all the marijuana sales would go to the school district. Immediately after Nevada residents passed the legalization of marijuana the state took the money away that was allocated towards the schools and put it in the rainy-day slush fund of the state. It's unreal.
Only the government could mess up a drug sale.😂
Fun fact, these types of rules don't only affect weed stores, the same thing happens in every industry. It's just normalized in other industries.
They make you show I.D. 3 times in what other industry to buy the product? Do you know which cow your milk came from because of individual tracking numbers? Do they not allow kids to see a car being sold? Did the state have to bail out your grocery store due to black market carrot sales? Does it cost 150 million dollars to get licenced to open 6 Jimmy John's? Can you go into detail how this is just like every industry out there? Because your "fun fact" doesn't seem super factual.
@@mattschmitt9924 I said these types of rules. Meaning not these exact rules. But yeah I can give you some examples of regulations crushing normal industries. One example is how a company created 3d printed prosthetic limbs that take a few hours to make and are very inexpensive, but the FDA won't let them sell their products because it takes several million dollars and at least a decade to pass their excessive testing process. How about the firearms industry, there's an additional 25% tax on every rifle and if I remember correctly pistols too. Firearms would all be literally 20% cheaper if not for this one regulation. How about all labor performed by employees? Every worker in the country could get an average of about a 25% raise if the federal government would stop the social security tax, income tax, and the medicare/medicaid taxes. In many states if you want to start a moving company you have to have a "letter of need" which states that the other moving companies are so overburdened that they need another moving company in the mix. Signed by the other moving companies. Now I don't know if you know anything about common sense, but they're not gonna sign that paper, which means that in states with such a requirement it's illegal to start a moving company. I could go on for months about how worthless regulations are killing industries. There are more restrictions on the books than anyone could even stomach to read, especially when you include state laws. The majority of which do nothing to help society and are only there because government got in bed with businesses and created said laws literally for the express purpose of stifling competition.
I don’t have to show my Id 3 times to buy a sports car or 3 mickeys of everclear or an sks with an 80 round drum magazine all those things are a lot more dangerous than a joint.
@@samueljardine3402 "but the FDA won't let them sell their products because it takes several million dollars and at least a decade to pass their excessive testing process."
And yet an experimental mRNA gene therapy vaccine gets fast-tracked to the market in only a few months
@@kilobyte8321 It's not FDA approved. The only reason it's allowed is because of "emergency authorization."
As an actual libertarian and not a sell out LP hack, this channel is a blessing at times. This video especially.
Thanks!
What’s new. Politicians always seem to make things worse.
I wish right-wing libertarians would apply this to corporate boards as well...
5:30 and THERE lies the problem. Politicians aren't supposed rule over us. When did we give them so much power?!?!
We didn't, they just took it. They are daring us to take it back...
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great vid as always, keep it up Jonh you're killing it ^^
Thank you
Just out of curiosity my wife and I were going to check out a dispensary while in Illinois a couple months ago. We don't even smoke weed, but wanted to check it out out of sheer curiosity. The insane level of security and scrutiny before being allowed in was such a turn-off that it made you feel as though you were doing something wrong just by walking in the door. It was an unpleasant experience but I really expect nothing less from the state of Illinois. Lol
Really? You expected something else from an industry that caters to a clientele that has NO other desire in life than to get and remain high? So what WERE you smoking?
@@markmalasics8413 lot of assumptions in that comment.
Agreed. Shopping in a dispensary is not like buying liquor, it's more akin to visiting someone in prison.
Imagine what the Gov could do for Healthcare??
We’re from the Federal & State Govt. we are here to help.
These are things I am aware of John.
Thank you.
Legalized, but with more rules/regulations than flying & maintaining an aircraft. How crazy is that???