I think there&#x27;s a benefit to allowing a liberal allowance of licenses but a fee regime in place to attain one.<p>In Colorado, you can just give or trade cannabis in its various forms.  Selling it requires some bona fides and a legitimatized operation but that&#x27;s just another small-business opportunity added to the local jurisdiction.  The tax benefits are outrageous as well, while still being cheaper than via the black-market if your are so inclined as to visit a legitimate retail operation.  The only problem with Colorado is a historically problematic amendment to the state constitution requiring tax surpluses to be &quot;returned&quot; to the citizens, which is an artifact of a particularly troublesome period of zany (some would say completely insane) libertarianism in Colorado&#x27;s history.