Re: “Don’t let efforts to control high-potency pot go up in smoke” [Jan. 24, Opinion]:
I personal a hashish processing firm, and clearly efficiency of hashish is so excessive that it’s hurting folks. This isn’t what anybody wished once we voted to legalize hashish.
The concept that the trade can police itself on this subject is ridiculous. We want laws to unravel this.
Authorized hashish is healthier for Washington state than unlawful hashish. Authorized hashish is examined for efficiency and security by state licensed services. There could be no assurance of security with unlawful hashish.
How a lot THC is an excessive amount of? This isn’t a straightforward query. The most effective answer is to create a tax construction primarily based on efficiency stage. The bottom tier efficiency (0-20%) can be taxed on the present fee of about 30%. The following tier (20%-50%) can be taxed at 75% and the final tier (higher than 50%) can be taxed at 200%.
A tax primarily based on efficiency is perhaps the very best answer to take care of the public-health considerations. I additionally imagine that is in the very best curiosity of these of us within the trade. If the efficiency subject isn’t resolved there’ll by no means be critical conversations about legalizing hashish on a federal stage.
Erik Cullen, Seattle, Parks and Recreation Hashish
