{"componentChunkName":"component---common-build-question-tags-template-js","path":"/question-tag/prop-64/4","result":{"data":{"allQuestion":{"edges":[{"node":{"id":"Question_6817-markdown","title":"When will I be able to buy marijuana without a doctor's recommendation?","slug":"when-will-i-be-able-to-buy-marijuana-without-a-doctors-recommendation","content":"\"Assuming Prop 64 passes.\"\n_____________________\nThere will be no recreational sales until January 1, 2018 contingent on local government licensing. Local governments will need to issue licenses to all dispensaries.\n\nPerry Solomon, MD","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_6816-markdown","title":"If Prop 64 passes, will all dispensaries offer both MED and REC? ","slug":"if-prop-64-passes-will-all-dispensaries-offer-both-med-and-rec","content":"\"If so, how can I be sure that I will still be able to get my high CBD strains? Most REC consumers aren't necessarily looking for high CBD in their cannabis.\"\n_____________________\nIts a very good question that no one knows the answer to. If people can purchase cannabis without a doctors recommendation, why pay the fee to get a evaluation? \n\nIf we look at Colorado the answer is quite clear, its all about taxes and money. The tax rate in CO for medicinal cannabis is 2.9%. The tax rate for recreational cannabis is 25%. In the years since CO passed their recreational cannabis laws, medicinal cannabis sales have remained relatively stable. With the low tax rate people have a chance to see a physician, become evaluated and if appropriate obtain a cannabis recommendation to purchase lower priced cannabis to help them heal. There are politicians in CA who feel that all cannabis users should be taxed the same since if not, the \"sick\" people will remain sick. Of course the state loses out on the revenue.\n\nIn WA where there are no more medicinal dispensaries, all cannabis is taxed the same and there is less and less availability of certain types of cannabis for patients to use. \n\nWhich way CA goes it Prop 64 passes will take a lot of lot effort in the coming years to make sure that the medicinal dispensary remains a option for people who depend on that type of cannabis to help them.\n\nPerry Solomon, MD\n_____________________\nYour concern regarding patient access to much needed medicine is one that I've heard throughout the cannabis community in California lately.  First, know that Proposition 64 will not automatically create adult use dispensaries should it pass.  This means that the existing medical community will still be in play (provided they are in compliance with MCRSA and other regulations) until at least 2018.  \n\nSecond, this poses an opportunity for patients (and providers) to advocate for sensible regulations around the medical program as its being developed in the coming months.  To make sure patients have access to the types of strains, forms of ingestion, and other means of obtaining medical cannabis we must advocate as a community during the MEDICAL cannabis regulatory process.  Hopefully we will not see high CBD fall aside in favor of high THC strains post-legalization.\n\nsunshinel","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_6815-markdown","title":"Where is the tax revenue generated by Prop 64 going to be spent?","slug":"where-is-the-tax-revenue-generated-by-prop-64-going-to-be-spent","content":"\"How much tax revenue is expected, and will this be put to good use like funding education?\"\n_____________________\nIt is estimated that the revenue could be 1 Billion dollars or more. As per Prop 64 it is planned on being spent like this:\n\nRevenue would be deposited in a new California Marijuana Tax Fund. First, the revenue would be used to cover costs of administrating and enforcing the measure. Next, it would be distributed to drug research, treatment, and enforcement, including:[1]\n\n$2 million per year to the UC San Diego Center for Medical Cannabis Research to study medical marijuana.\n\n$10 million per year for 11 years for public California universities to research and evaluate the implementation and impact of Proposition 64. Researchers would make policy-change recommendations to the California Legislature and California Governor.\n\n$3 million annually for five years to the Department of the California Highway Patrol for developing protocols to determine whether a vehicle driver is impaired due to marijuana consumption.\n\n$10 million, increasing each year by $10 million until settling at $50 million in 2022, for grants to local health departments and community-based nonprofits supporting \"job placement, mental health treatment, substance use disorder treatment, system navigation services, legal services to address barriers to reentry, and linkages to medical care for communities disproportionately affected by past federal and state drug policies.\"\n\nThe remaining revenue would be distributed as follows:[1]\n\n60 percent to youth programs, including drug education, prevention, and treatment.\n\n20 percent to prevent and alleviate environmental damage from illegal marijuana producers.\n\n20 percent to programs designed to reduce driving under the influence of marijuana and a grant program designed to reduce negative impacts on health or safety resulting from the proposition.\n\nPerry Solomon, MD\n_____________________\nThis is actually a fascinating look at what \"values\" we place on various categories in the special fund.  By taking the estimated $1 billion in revenue, we can see what percentage each of the buckets in the Tax Fund receives of the overall take.  \n\nHere's how it breaks down:\n- 4% of the tax $ will go to the costs of the program\n- 1% of the tax $ will go to the universities for research \n- 0.3% of the tax $ will go to CHP for DUI research\n- 1% of the tax $ will go to communities most impacted by the war on drugs\n- 0.2% of the tax $ will go to UC San Diego\n- 56% of the tax $ will go to youth programs\n- 18.7% of the tax $ will go to environmental restoration \n- 18.7% of the tax $ will go to law enforcement\n\nCheck out Section 7 of the initiative or The Motley Fool's article on this very subject for more information.\n\nsunshinel","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_6804-markdown","title":"If Prop 64 passes, what will happen to the price of marijuana in California?","slug":"if-prop-64-passes-what-will-happen-to-the-price-of-marijuana-in-california","content":"\n_____________________\nInitially go up by around 20% due to excise and state taxes from what I understand.  But then you have the indirect effects of the costs of compliance which will probably drive prices up just after that, but increases in volume, investment, and the willingness to trade profits for market share might drive it back down....I suppose it's anybody's guess in the mid to long term.\n\nmariakonner\n_____________________\nOne thing that will change with respect to the price is that it will include STATE TAXES for the first time since prohibition. While patients in the medical system will be exempt from these taxes (provided they get a specific form of ID) the current taxation scheme will add $9.25 per ounce on cannabis flower and $2.75 per ounce on cannabis leaves (which is an ambiguity CalGrowers is working to fix...).  \n\nIn addition there will be a retail tax of 15%.  These taxes combined, along with the implementation of a new robust regulatory system will surely drive the cost to consumer up.  \n\nin case you want to read more, The Motley Fool has done analysis of where the taxes collected under Proposition 64 will go. The Motley Fool also estimates that costs for compliance may run as much as $20,000 to $100,000 per farm.\n\nsunshinel","image":null}},{"node":{"id":"Question_6803-markdown","title":"What will the impact of Prop 64 be on recreational users of marijuana?","slug":"what-will-the-impact-of-prop-64-be-on-recreational-users-of-marijuana","content":"\"What changes should be expected when purchasing products, and when would this all occur?\"\n_____________________\nThe prices will almost certainly go up in the short term by about 20% due to taxes.  However, the ability to have additional friends join you in the dispensaries (without having the get their cards) will probably increase their traffic, and initially the novelty will be exciting for a lot of newcomers I should think.  My brother is a good example of a huge market of people who live in the 'burbs with kids and come into the city occasionally, and might want to hit up a dispensary for an evening with a hotel.I find it funny that a lot of folks would rather meet people at a dispensary rather than a bar which is full of douche-bags.\nLonger term, more cool new products will come out - (e.g. bubble baths, lip balm, more variety of candies and innovative dabs) - a lot of these are available, but will likely have broader distribution and hit newer markets in much larger volumes.  \n\nThen there will probably be price wars, new channels, etc.\n\nmariakonner\n_____________________\nIt sounds as if cannabis for adult use won't be available for purchase in a legal store until 2019. The medical and recreational framework will need to be developed in a process called \"reconciliation\". The impact to the consumer will be profound. With standard operating procedures in place, consumers are surely going to see more professional products available on the market. Consistency is dosing will no longer be a marketing platform as it is now, but  will be standard across the industry.\n\nkristikiva","image":null}}]}},"pageContext":{"limit":12,"skip":36,"numPages":4,"currentPage":4,"id":5661,"name":"Prop 64","slug":"prop-64","country":"US"}},"staticQueryHashes":["3949754563","4179947113","4202924991"]}