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I don t think “a $1 increase in cannabis taxes leads to a $3.91–$6.32 increase in cannabis prices.” Email sent 30 June 2026 Dear Dr. Park: Congratulations to you and your colleagues (whose email addresses I do not have) on your thought-provoking and detailed article, “The impact of taxes on prices and the demand for legally sold Continue reading "An issue with an article about cannabis taxes"
Draft to the authors of “The impact of taxes on prices and the demand for legally sold recreational Cannabis in the U.S.—An economic evaluation” (link below) Dear Authors, Thanks for your paper in Sciencedirect on cannabis taxes, a focus of the Center for New Revenue. I’m missing something here: “A $1 increase in cannabis taxes Continue reading "$1 increase in cannabis taxes leads to a $4–$6…
As a practical matter, what happens to cannabis sellers when possession is “decriminalized” – when a consumer: 1. Faces zero consequences? (There’s zero incentive for possessors to turn on sellers and turn them in.) 2. Faces minor consequences? Does law enforcement lose heart and tolerate illegal sales? Claude A.I., WHICH IS NOT TO BE TRUSTED, Continue reading "What happens to cannabis sellers…
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. Chapter 4, Supply Architecture, deals with Market Structure somewhat. A 2025 320-page report for the Mayor of London recommends decriminalization but not commercial sales.…
What’s the precedent for retrospective tax relief like that proposed today for 280E by the federal government? (Finding standing to challenge such relief would be hard.) Gemini A.I. replies: The proposal announced today (April 23, 2026) by the Department of Justice to offer retrospective 280E tax relief for medical cannabis businesses is a massive shift in federal tax Continue reading…
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? Like personal qualifications and fees? Answer for both nonintoxicating industrial hemp and regulated intoxicating hemp. Gemini s answer, which might contain hallucinations, for all Continue reading "Licenses to grow hemp in GA, TN, WV, and AL"
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? From Gemini A.I.: 1. Mandatory GPS Mapping Site Registration In 2026, the prevention of hot hemp (high-THC cannabis) from leaving the farm or nursery is managed through a Continue reading "No seed to sale for THC in AL, GA, TN, WV"
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. And it left out at least one “con”: Old-time marijuana fans think government lied to Continue reading "State monopoly retailing of intoxicating hemp…
If a state cannabis monopoly starts doing business and then runs into trouble because of federal illegality, states have considered having a backup commercial system spring into being. I asked Gemini A.I. to remind me of their ideas. Here s the answer: +++ In both Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, the debate over a state-run monopoly led Continue reading "State cannabis retailing monopoly backup…
What does it take to get a license to sell regulated intoxicating hemp in GA, TN, WV, and AL states that had wide-open THC sales like NC now: Personal qualifications and fees. +++ From Gemini A.I. Getting a license to sell intoxicating hemp products (like Delta-8 or Delta-10 [and Delta-9 PO) has become more Continue reading "Hemp THC licensing in Republican states"