RoninSoul t1_j9l9sy3 wrote
Let me guess: People with prior marijuana convictions won't be given priority to be owners/operators, there will be limited licenses to get, they'll cost too much for 95% of average americans to afford without a loan, which they can't get from a bank due to the fact growing/selling cannabis is still a federal crime. I bet they even got rid of any chance for people to do home growing, so that people are forced to buy it from the dispensaries.
>There are no provisions to allow home cultivation or annul prior cannabis convictions.
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>A separate legalization that’s still being considered, HB 544, sponsored by Rep. Daniel Eaton (D), would create a system where the recreational marijuana market would consist of government-run stores, with the Liquor Commission tasked with regulating and administering the “cultivation, manufacture, testing, and retail sale of cannabis statewide.”
I'm sure the rich friends of the lawmakers are very happy about this news, it's hard to be optimistic when it's this obvious. Even Colorado being a leader in cannabis decriminalization and legalization, doesn't have protections for employees, so you'll still be drug tested for cannabis there. At least NH did the right thing and provided protections to cannabis users to prevent that from happening there. Federal Legalization is the only solution to the problem were everyone gets a fair chance.
vasya349 t1_j9lw89u wrote
Federal legalization won’t override state rules on sale or production.
RoninSoul t1_j9m1jdc wrote
Do you know what it will do? Allow people to get loans from a bank to open up a cannabis business, making it no longer an exclusive business to people with wealth.
One of my good friends owns a 12 million dollar brewery, want to take a guess who was able to get multiple loans from different banks to start their business, without needing to rely on investors who expect more returns back on their investment, than banks ever would?
vasya349 t1_j9m1wfc wrote
That would require there to be more licenses to get at the point.
RoninSoul t1_j9m7cig wrote
Like I said before, if regular Americans could get loans from banks to start their own cannabis business, it wouldn't be exclusive to people who are already clearly very well off, that includes getting any of the limited available licenses.
Don't get me started on the necessity for cannabis cultivation unions for workers.
vasya349 t1_j9m880w wrote
At least in my state there isn’t a single available license.
MortaLPortaL t1_j9mcsrx wrote
I said the same thing.
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Nobody should be celebrating this.
RoninSoul t1_j9mg0mc wrote
Lots of people don't realize how undervalued and underpayed cannabis industry workers are, they desperately need to unionize.
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