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I use marijuana as a pain killer alternative to opiate based pills. I can not stop using it, I have a chronic pain condition. My consumption exceeds the top 10

I use marijuana as a pain killer alternative to opiate based pills. I can not stop using it, I have a chronic pain condition. My consumption exceeds the top 10 of my friends casual use. I don't think marijuana revenue will decline as much as you do.

Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago
I would think that your anecdotal evidence wouldn't map to the actual circumstances very well. A strong majority of marijuana users in Colorado are recreational, and they can give it up without any physical consequences like you would face if they had to deal with difficult financial times.
- justinator 11y ago
  According to [0], $326,716,273.59 sales were made for medical marijuana, $246,810,599.03 sales were made for recreational marijuana. Recreational marijuana is also a little less than 30% more expensive. [1] I guess that means that more pot is being sold with a medicinal marijuana card than recreational. Or, did you have other numbers? [0] http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/12/26/pot-sales-taxes-statistics/26031/ http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/12/26/pot-sales-taxes-statis... [1] https://www.coloradopotguide.com/colorado-marijuana-blog/2015/april/09/marijuana-prices-in-denver-and-colorado-spring-2015-update/ https://www.coloradopotguide.com/colorado-marijuana-blog/201...
  - Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago
    Nope, I don't have different numbers. I retract my point in the face of this evidence.
  - chimeracoder 11y ago
    Medical marijuana is not subject to any special taxes (aside from normal sales tax on all goods, which is 2.9% across the state + any local sales tax). That amounts to less than $10MM, and it dosn't count towards the tax revenues from Amendment 64, which was the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana. It's also worth mentioning that because it is relatively easy to access a medical marijuana card in Colorado, heavy recreational users have an incentive to get a medical card.
  - jlarocco 11y ago
    The line between medical and recreational is (or at least was) very fuzzy, though. Before recreational was legal there were a lot of more or less healthy people getting licenses for silly symptoms, like nausea or difficulty sleeping. There was a very low burden or proof and it was pretty well known that a lot of people were making up problems just to get the license. I don't know of anybody actually doing it, but it's entirely possible that a lot of the not-so-serious medicinal users are now just keeping the license for price discounts and better availability. It'll be interesting to see those numbers in a few years as the licenses need to be renewed.

Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago

I would think that your anecdotal evidence wouldn't map to the actual circumstances very well. A strong majority of marijuana users in Colorado are recreational, and they can give it up without any physical consequences like you would face if they had to deal with difficult financial times.

justinator 11y ago
According to [0], $326,716,273.59 sales were made for medical marijuana, $246,810,599.03 sales were made for recreational marijuana. Recreational marijuana is also a little less than 30% more expensive. [1] I guess that means that more pot is being sold with a medicinal marijuana card than recreational. Or, did you have other numbers? [0] http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/12/26/pot-sales-taxes-statistics/26031/ http://www.thecannabist.co/2014/12/26/pot-sales-taxes-statis... [1] https://www.coloradopotguide.com/colorado-marijuana-blog/2015/april/09/marijuana-prices-in-denver-and-colorado-spring-2015-update/ https://www.coloradopotguide.com/colorado-marijuana-blog/201...
- Sir_Cmpwn 11y ago
  Nope, I don't have different numbers. I retract my point in the face of this evidence.
- chimeracoder 11y ago
  Medical marijuana is not subject to any special taxes (aside from normal sales tax on all goods, which is 2.9% across the state + any local sales tax). That amounts to less than $10MM, and it dosn't count towards the tax revenues from Amendment 64, which was the constitutional amendment that legalized recreational marijuana. It's also worth mentioning that because it is relatively easy to access a medical marijuana card in Colorado, heavy recreational users have an incentive to get a medical card.
- jlarocco 11y ago
  The line between medical and recreational is (or at least was) very fuzzy, though. Before recreational was legal there were a lot of more or less healthy people getting licenses for silly symptoms, like nausea or difficulty sleeping. There was a very low burden or proof and it was pretty well known that a lot of people were making up problems just to get the license. I don't know of anybody actually doing it, but it's entirely possible that a lot of the not-so-serious medicinal users are now just keeping the license for price discounts and better availability. It'll be interesting to see those numbers in a few years as the licenses need to be renewed.