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-Great Cultural Revolution
New York offers convicted marijuana dealers and sellers first grabs on business licenses as Dem leaders seek to 'compensate' African-American and Hispanic communities after decades of 'disproportionate' arrests
2022-12-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • New York State is offering previously convicted cannabis dealers and sellers first dibs on business licenses to legally sell the drug after it became legal in 2021

  • The state legalized marijuana last year to anyone aged 21 and over in 2021, and made those convicted of weed possession eligible for resentencing

  • Democratic leaders argued that African-American and Hispanic communities need to be compensated after decades of 'disproportionate' arrests

  • Law enforcement is cracking down on illegal sales throughout the state as the new industry is predicted to result in $1.3 billion in sales
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Posted by:Skidmark

#7  It's a scam to map the distribution networks.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-12-19 16:16  

#6  ^ And by the time all the sky high taxes and fees are paid and the required security personnel are paid to protect all that cash and product, poof go the profits.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-19 12:25  

#5  State-Legal Dispensaries are all-cash businesses because the Feds threaten banks that will work with them
Posted by: Frank G   2022-12-19 12:23  

#4  Yeah. The original idea is a gummint creates a sound environment in which to conduct business and collects a reasonable tax in return for providing that.

What blue states have is nothing like that at all.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-19 12:23  

#3  Why would you want to buy a license to compete with unlicensed violent criminals?

Doesn't seem to be working well in California. The legislature had to allocate millions of dollars to help dealers get licenses because, let's face it, if your getting high all day and raking in the money from selling illegal pot you don't want to mess with all that paperwork and you most certainly don't want to pay the taxes.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-12-19 12:18  

#2  Somehow this opportunity seems like it will end up being every bit as golden as a timeshare. Why would you want to buy a license to compete with unlicensed violent criminals? You might think that you would be buying a franchise where you could Google Hunter Biden’s GPS location and just tail him like you are a mobile canteen for getting high, but there will be 11 other dudes with the same idea and 5 of them won’t be licensed and will have done hard time. Only one of you will win the business and it won’t be the one that made the best presentation on Shark Tank.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-12-19 11:09  

#1  Professional Courtesy - crooks both
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-12-19 06:51  

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