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Board Politics & Society
Re: Legal Marihuana banking problems - solution, bitcoin
by
Lewis2
on 13/01/2014, 10:00:53 UTC
They should have installed proper financial support for this business before legalizing the trade, but indeed maybe good news for Bitcoin. But still a hassle for the shopkeeper.

But that would mean changing federal laws.

I'm not from the US so I am not familiar with this state law - federal law system. I'm from the Netherlands where having weed in small amount is not illegal, buying is nor legal or illegal (grey area) but buying weed as a coffeeshop is illegal. This creates a backdoor system of supply to coffeeshops that comes with a lot of criminality. I believe in full legalization, with the laws to support or criminalization. Legalization has the benefit, tax income, less criminality, controllable quality of substance. (disclaimer: not a user myself)