SEATTLE – The Washington Department of Revenue has launched a statewide effort to collect sales tax from medical marijuana dispensaries.

Spokesman Mike Gowrylow says the department mailed letters to 90 dispensaries and related organizations on Friday, insisting that medical marijuana is not exempt from state sales tax and dispensaries must collect that money and turn it over to the state.

The letter also warned them that dispensaries must also pay the state business and occupation tax



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Sound good to me. Once the staet gets hooked on pot tax they will move on to the harder stuff.

So that way the state can come collect taxes from you and the fed can just ride their coattails in and shut your ass down.

Well at least pot heads will be contributing for once, even if it's just a token.

Weed Tax,........... the Gateway Tax

That is double taxation - first the pot, then your favorite munchies....

Check the totals at the end of the year and see if you agree with yourself. Are you implying that the sales tax is what will make people decide to stop buying at dispensaries? That is like saying that sales tax is the reason people grow their own vegetables.

The amount of money required to successfully grow quality canabis is a helluvalot more than a medical user will spend on sales tax for said canabis...likely more than they'll spend on sales tax for a decade.

It's not like you just run down to Home Depot and buy a Grow Operation Kit, put it together while watching TV that evening, and medical grade marijuana comes shooting out the other end of it before the Friends rerun is over...

It takes a lot of time, a lot of money, and a lot of expertise...going to the dispensary takes little time, not much money, and only enough expertise to drive a car and count to sixty by twenties.

Not to mention the fact that revenue for the state is one of the best reasons for legalizing any sort of drug.

Fish on...

Todd

If she's growing her own for less than it costs to buy it, then I suspect she's growing some serious mexican ditch weed, probably in flower pot in her closet...right?

Fish on...

Todd

Even the state has acknowledged that more than half, nearly 3/4 of medical marijuana cards are issued to recreational users. Any idiot who complains of headaches, sleeplessness, etc. Can obtain a card. How can you prove they actually have these "illnesses"? I know a guy who sits around smoking pot all day, collects disability for a back injury but can hunt and pack out elk and even climbed Mt. Hood 2 years ago. If he can do that, he can work. Medical marijuana is just an excuse to smoke pot in my opinion as I work in the EMS field and see these people daily. Im all for locking up these culls but tax the dispensaries in the meantime.

If you really feel that way BD, then why don't you turn in your friend who is ripping off the disability system?

bait dunker thinks he's in the "dumbest asshole on this bulletin board" contest, and he's really going for the win.

California
Voters in the state of California approved a “medical” marijuana act in 1996 and the law went into effect the following day. There are an estimated 300,000 to 400,000 “medical” marijuana “patients” in California. In cities like San Diego where the issue has been closely examined, only 2% of those smoking marijuana under the guise of medicine have serious conditions such as AIDS, glaucoma and cancer. A full 98% are “treating” more minor conditions such as back and neck pain, anxiety, muscle spasms, insomnia, headaches and other insignificant conditions. But even more troubling is that 12% of the users are under 21!
Source: California Police Chiefs Association. Medical Marijuana Dispensary Information, Medical Marijuana Dispensaries-San Diego (Power Point).  http://www.californiapolicechiefs.org/nav_files/medical_marijuana.html
Source: CNN Money.com How marijuana became legal by Roger Parloff. September 18, 2009

Oregon
Voters in the state of Oregon approved a “medical” marijuana act in 1998.  As of July 1, 2010, the Oregon Medical Marijuana Program has 36,380 individuals that legally hold “medical” marijuana ID cards, and of those, 89.6% are treating “severe pain” (an indefinable term that is being used to cover medical conditions such as menstrual cramps, headaches, and minor arthritis) rather than the more serious conditions such as cancer (3.9%), glaucoma (1.5%) and HIV+/AIDS (1.6%). 
Source: Oregon.gov, Oregon Medical Marijuana Program (OMMP) http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ommp/index.shtml

I'll let the numbers speak for themselves. For the record, I also feel less stress and my aches and pains go away with a little Scotch.

Winner

He's not my friend, and I have turned him in.

Dan, I could never hold a candle to you when it comes to being a dumb sombitch.

I have tons of chicken sh!t. Swing on by.

You already won, bait dunker.

You can throttle back now if you want.

I tried pot before, that [censored] flattened me like a pancake... Ain't getting no more taxes from me.....

Keith

Nothing a little streamside nap wouldn't help, Keith.

Very nice.

Fish on...

Todd