Cannabis Advocates Push For Cannabis Tax Reform After Security Failure

[doitvoluntarily]

Due to the recent string of burglaries against cannabis businesses around California and the alleged security failure in the community, cannabis advocates are now pushing for cannabis tax reform and demanding that the City of Oakland and State of California reduce their cannabis taxes so that those businesses will have more capital to invest in security services.

At what point does a failure in service prompt a refund?

If money is taken under the guise of providing security and that security isn't afforded, wouldn't some sort of refund seem reasonable at the very least?

Cannabis is taxed significantly higher around California than many other types of businesses.

The same is the case in other states as well when it comes to a high cost added on to the product, cannabis patients and users have to suffer with extreme taxes linked to their products as this market has become a gold mine to contribute billions of dollars to state budgets around the country.

Cannabis dispensaries in places like Oakland California have said they are essentially under attack recently with a string of burglaries and there are allegations that there isn't enough being done as far as security to help protect those businesses.

This is turning into one of the worst places to buy cannabis as far as price and security goes.

Previously, Oakland Council had voted to reduce some of those taxes for certain cannabis businesses etc, but they didn't seem to be any rush to do it and those changes were expected to be implemented slowly and over several years.

The attempt at reform previously to try and reduce price isn't good enough, meanwhile patients and other cannabis customers suffer with those high prices.

If their intention was to introduce a legal market to weed out the black market they certainly aren't going to do that in this manner by keeping prices high.

Taxes on cannabis in Oakland California have been found to be more than 400%+ higher than those taxes on other products like guns or ammo.

A great deal of businesses in that region might pay 1% or less in taxes on their gross revenue but it is a completely different story for cannabis.

This market has been unfairly discriminated against this way with officials thinking it is more justified to issue excessive fines to cannabis customers. This means seniors, veterans, patients, and all others who look to buy from this market.

Sources:
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/california-marijuana-businesses-seek-tax-amnesty-after-spate-of-robberies-in-oakland/
https://www.sfchronicle.com/eastbay/article/Oakland-cannabis-merchants-say-they-re-under-16661181.php
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/east-bay/oakland-council-votes-to-reduce-taxes-for-cannabis-businesses/2194628/
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/kcrw-features/this-week-in-weed-cannabis-taxes-la

Comments

[tonytrillions]

Dope content.

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[world-travel-pro]

"If money is taken under the guise of providing security and that security isn't afforded, wouldn't some sort of refund seem reasonable at the very least?"

The entire thing wreaks of Idiocracy. Unreal how far we have come.