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Dave Yost: “We've got to have a de minimis tax on cannabis because if…”

Featuring: Dave Yost, Republican | Attorney General of Ohio

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Episode 2,532 Dave Yost.

Published | Video Starts at 23:42

In order for the market to transition into a safe, regulated market that the voters voted for, not this voter, but the people have spoken. We've got to have a de minimis tax on cannabis because if the price differential is too great, people just keep, you know, getting their hookup on the street. By the way, for those of your listeners who are doing that, please be aware that we frequently find fentanyl in marijuana. I'm not saying people are lacing it. (23:42–23:52)

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Asserts that a minimal tax on cannabis is necessary to prevent black market purchases.

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