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What a shame. I imagine the revenue from a dispensary could cover the cost of the new water system and avoid those tax bills. Plus many other things.

Imagine a business on the edge of town serving people with disposable income who are happy to pay higher prices than illegal drug dealers charge, but to have a legal, convenient (albeit expensive for all the taxes) transaction. Dispensary users aren't drugged out zombies - they're people who prefer a healthier alternative to alcohol. Once marijuana is federally legal, we'll see it become very mainstream, just like alcohol has done post-prohibition, with any stigma quickly fading into the past. Now is the time for the town to capitalize on the potential tax revenue, before Big Marijuana acts like Big Alcohol and Big Tobacco, fighting against those taxes.

It's economics, not a social issue.

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