It's a morality tax similar to cigarettes. California has always charged too much for weed on the idea that they have the best. As someone from Colorado hell no. We have high tax on recreation too but not like that. Long after a nice oz testing at 20-25% THC was $100 for anyone over 21 here they still wanted $50 1/8th for medical patients.
^ He's working towards it. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s move: Not yet health care for all, but health care for more