Nope, you can homebrew all you want–taxes only apply if you go into the business commercially. Most people choose not to homebrew because it’s a hassle, I imagine the same would be true for the hypothetically legalized pot. Produce your own all you want, give it away to friends, serve it at parties, but if you want to go into business, the government takes their cut. I know it’s easy to grow pot if you’re into it, but many people don’t have the time, skills, knowledge, or patience necessary. Plenty of people would want to be able to walk into a store, plunk down their cash–taxes included, and walk out with their weed.
The last two responses confirmed what I suspected. My guess is that if we tax it around as much as we tax cigarettes, it would turn out to be only slightly more expensive at the store, since it’s easier to make than tobacco once everything is taken into consideration but the demand for any one joint is, errr, higher, so you’d get some people growing their own but most people buying it taxed at the store.
Yeah, well, right, so…like…it has been…what? a few years maybe or something like that…like, long time no see and some shit. So, anyway, say, you got any cold beers? I could use one…I’m parched…like desiccated. How about a smoke? I got some great shit from Fred the Head…you remember him, right? Big, tall, skinny feller? Kind of looked like Phil Lesh but only not so much…more like a cross between Phil and…hey, man, how about that beer? So, yeah, right, anyway…a cross between Phil and that guy that used to play for the Sonics…tall, white guy…NO! Dumb ass, he played for Portland…I’m telling you…Bill Walton played for UCLA, then Portland…We saw him in Egypt, remember? I’m still waiting for that cold one, bud. So, yeah, like, anyway…the guy looked like…Jack Sicma…that was his name. Who? The guy I got the weed from…No, man…Who’s on First! Oh, thanks…oh, man…Budweiser? I can’t drink this swill man…Nothing else? Well at least get me some snacks to go with it…yeah, some guac and chips would do…Wait, here, hit this before you go get it…Hey man, did you hear that Obama dude is going to legalize dope if he’s elected? Obama…you know…black guy running for mayor or some stupid shit like that…How the hell would I know man? No, I think that’some other Obama guy…Yeah, well, what do you know? No, man…she’s running, too. Clinton…she gave the guy a hummer in the round room or whatever they call his office or something…Man, this dope is pretty good, no? I’m fucking baked…Where are those chips? Ow! Man, I dropped the match in your sofa…So, like I was saying…this black guys going to legalize pot when he gets to be President…Obama…yeah, he’s probably got some pretty good hash…Afghani Building Blocks or something…Yeah…hash under glass…maybe we’ll get invited to dinner or something…we could send him a campaign contribution or something…got any cash? Me neither…hey man, about those chips…
Or brewing more than 100 gallons per year, I believe. That’s for wine, not sure about beer but I would suspect the same.
Well, if the store is offering home-grown weed from local merchants, I’ll buy it. If it sells packs of marijuana cigarettes made by Phillip Morris and mass produced in a factory, fuck that.
Since I love gardening, I’d grow my own either way.
Am I the only one wondering which way to take that statement?
Why do you you think it should be illegal to sell? It has to come from somewhere, doesn’t it? Not everyone is going to grow it.
Since a lot of the markup in its street value is due to its illegality, it would probably still be considerably cheaper, even with taxes. So there would be less incentive to traffic in it outside the law.
Well, there are dopers and there are Dopers. But mainly there are doper Dopers. 
It costs next to nothing to grow. Mostly you’re paying for the risk they’re taking by providing it, so you’re right. Eliminate the risk and $300/oz becomes laughable.