You brought it up. Legalizing and taxing weed will bring in revenue (hopefully we agree on that much) so the question is then which system will be the most effective. I think private ownership is better (in part because it can be implemented now), you appear to be on the side of eventual state ownership.

Dismissing the debate with hyperbole and arguments that I never made is lame and unproductive.

ME is closer for me.

I'm not quite sure what your point is. The status quo works fine for me, but we could be bringing in more revenue (and supporting local businesses) by making a change that has massive public support.

Adults in other states have figured out how to sell and tax weed without a state monopoly on sales. I think holding out for federal changes is just giving money to other states; money that could be improving our roads, schools, etc. right now.

There's room for both. IME in Mass, Maine, and Colorado there are both large chains and independent stores (just like every other business). Besides, that's still not a compelling reason to have a state monopoly. That's just picking who gets control.

That doesn't make it any better...

There's no guarantee it will work as well as liquor stores since production and distribution don't work the same. Prices are more variable and there's more local production so there's no Coors or Jack Daniels that we can always sell for cheaper.

In the absence of national brands, people are building loyalty to stores instead. Some of them even have loyalty programs and give away weed when you hit a certain mark. The longer we wait, the stronger the loyalty.

The state can still tax weed sales just like every other state. We are actively losing out on that revenue. It doesn't make sense to keep waiting on the basis that it might generate more revenue for the state.

It robs local entrepreneurs of the chance to open a dispensary and start a business. I would rather see the economic benefit go to people than government.

I've also never seen a quote or official statement that this is why they are waiting. Reddit seems pretty convinced, but idk.

The best reason still isn't a good one.

That's not a good reason to ignore a majority of constituents.

In most cases this is probably all they can prove. I kinda prefer fines to prison though. Most aren't dangerous (just easily misled) and it costs us a lot of money to lock them up. The ringleaders better get prison time, but the rest can just pay through the nose.

We could use more funding and support for mental health in NH. I'd support a bill to give people more access to mental help.

Someone's going to have to throw out all of the un-purchased goods produced by robot factories.

The link in the article is open access. I'll take your bet though.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05523-1

Given the scope if what they were measuring, this is huge. More or bigger sites would have taken an army to process the images and check all the traps.

Yeah, it doesn't actually affect anyone's ability to get weed, just where the money goes. In the end that's not enough to motivate voters to show up.

Also, red tides often end with a virus outbreak. The dense population and biological stressors make the algae very susceptible.

I wonder what it would look like if they mapped resudents' desire for other people to leave the state. I feel like NH would rank pretty high.

There's not much big pharma can do in this case. It's a test for specific molecules so the most they could do would be patent a specific method or instrument.

It was a thing for me in grade school (I think that's what they mean) because the books had to last for at least a decade. We had to have paper covers to protect them (or maybe just hide years of damage idk).

It's good for your T-zone they say.

Also, you never actually even said you have evidence to the contrary (let alone provide any). Just straight in with the personal attacks. You had the chance to win the argument with one link, but here we are instead.

Just accept the L dude. You made bad assumptions and got called out on it.

The only thing you did was enter your number into a form online somewhere.

I read something about new regulations around call spoofing being the cause. They aren't actually in NH, but they can disguise their number to look like it. If you lived somewhere else, they would look local to that area.

Depends on the call, but I think this usually works. Back in the day I worked in a call center and we loved people that would stay on the line. Sales calls are rated by how long they keep you on the line (the assumption being that more time is more chances to sell) but scammers want gullible people.

Yeah

The time for rehabilitation would have been around 1989 it seems. The goal of reform being to avoid cases like this one.