The Center for New Revenue

Someone asked how much cannabis revenue North Carolina could bring in.

Tossing off some thoughts in advance of the North Carolina Advisory Council on Cannabis Market Structure Subcommittee meeting.

I don’t think “a $1 increase in cannabis taxes leads to a $3.91–$6.32 increase in cannabis prices.”

Draft to the authors of “The impact of taxes on prices and the demand for legally sold recreational Cannabis in the U.S.

As a practical matter, what happens to cannabis sellers when possession is “decriminalized” – when a consumer: 1.

Marijuana reading list in the public domain Analysis The most thorough technical analysis I know of still, for the State of Vermont in 2015, is at https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR864.html. 200+ pages.

What’s the precedent for retrospective tax relief like that proposed today for 280E by the federal government?

I asked Gemini A.I.: What does it take to get a license to grow hemp in GA, TN, WV, and AL — Republican states that had wide-open THC sales like NC has now?

How do GA, AL, TN, and WV prevent hemp in the field or nursery (grow house) from bypassing regulation and taxation, being sold and intoxicating people?

Pros and cons from Gemini A.I. — but first: Gemini left out at least one “pro”: It’s easy to switch from government sales to private sales; to switch from private sales to government sales is hard, because it requires demolishing an entrenched industry.