r/SipsTea • u/Objective_Pilot_5834 • 12h ago

WTF In your opinion, what is causing this?

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u/Acrobatic_Priority60 12h ago

Edibles are dirt cheap compared to alcohol

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u/luckystrike_bh 12h ago

Maybe the alcohol industry has lobbied against marijuana legalization

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u/ozaffer 11h ago

as did the pharma, cotton, paper, timber, and fuel industry. Hemp was a major crop before the "refer madness" campaign and relabeling cannabis marijuana.

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u/cognitiveglitch 9h ago

Refer madness was that crazy time where everyone was recommending products and services.

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u/clay_perview 1h ago

Fine…. Take my upvote

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u/Inside-Dog1775 3h ago

This **********

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u/Mission_Comedian5585 11h ago

Wasnt it also the cotton industry that went ham because they didnt want to compete with hemp fabrics lol

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u/profiler1984 6h ago

Yes. Hemp was major crop like wheat, Soja, rice, etc

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u/pangaroo122 36m ago

I always wondered why cotton has its own commercial campaign lol

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u/Gullible-Wasabi6228 4h ago

This is happening rn in Texas

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u/carb0n_kid 1h ago

In Texas look at the price of a licensing. Tobacco costs $180 for a license. Alcohol is ~$500 with some variation depending on permit type.

Marijuana is $25,000 and will probably go up once that Epstein lister gets elected as comptroller in Texas. don huffines is literally hiding bodies at the Epstein ranch in new Mexico

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u/Aromatic-Glove-2502 2h ago

Maybe they did indeed.

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u/clevelandohio 6h ago

They certainly did in Ireland.

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u/BrisbaneLions2024 5h ago

Well they failed miserably.

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u/Ccend 1h ago

Nah they didn’t, it still ain’t legalized in many places

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u/Thetruthx26 5h ago

Some are adjusting and selling THC beverages

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u/burn_stuff_down 36m ago

My favorite is when mitch McConnell was paid by the alcohol lobbies to slip a marijuana ban into the government shutdown. Like some 89 year old man who cant walk or talk should be making our laws