'We Won" .. Recreational cannabis use becomes legal in California

[Sour Wreck]

The high price is a good thing and i support that about legal weed. This thing should be sensible and if you really want to price and stuff wont be an issue plus will keep some idiots away.

high price is good for who?

black market dealers for sure. if taxes are too high the black market still thrives

 

[xtsho]

Well, what about the growers and processors then? OR is a seed to sale state; dispensaries can't buy off the black market.

It wouldn't take many raids to shut down every grower. How do dispensaries operate without cannabis?

I don't know what they will do. I just see what they can do, and what they have done.

What have they done?

The high price is a good thing and i support that about legal weed. This thing should be sensible and if you really want to price and stuff wont be an issue plus will keep some idiots away.

The price will drop significantly in California just like it did in Oregon and Washington. In Portland you can get grams for $4. Most dispensaries have special events, with freebies and giveaways to get people to come to them. I've even seen them having free barbecue with a grill out front with a bunch of stoners standing in line to get a free bratwurst. There are almost as many dispensaries in Portland as there are Microbrew Pubs so it's a pretty competitive industry. It's a consumers market. The prices in California will go down in time.

 

[Kingrow1]

What have they done?


The price will drop significantly in California just like it did in Oregon and Washington. In Portland you can get grams for $4. Most dispensaries have special events, with freebies and giveaways to get people to come to them. I've even seen them having free barbecue with a grill out front with a bunch of stoners standing in line to get a free bratwurst. There are almost as many dispensaries in Portland as there are Microbrew Pubs so it's a pretty competitive industry. It's a consumers market. The prices in California will go down in time.

This is wrong though, it should be more structured not open market.

Worrying what the long term will see

 

[Kingrow1]

What have they done?


The price will drop significantly in California just like it did in Oregon and Washington. In Portland you can get grams for $4. Most dispensaries have special events, with freebies and giveaways to get people to come to them. I've even seen them having free barbecue with a grill out front with a bunch of stoners standing in line to get a free bratwurst. There are almost as many dispensaries in Portland as there are Microbrew Pubs so it's a pretty competitive industry. It's a consumers market. The prices in California will go down in time.

Fuck id be first at that barbecue, stoned as fuck and belly bursting.... what more does a middle aged pothead want

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

4$ a gram for garbage weed. I’m in central Oregon . In a university city where there is a pot shop or 2 every corner. I see deals for $4 grams of weed and it garbage. Embarrassing to put on display. When I see a shop try to hustle out obvious crap like that I make a note to never patronize from them. All the so called deals at rec pot shops always seem to be the stuff they can’t moved, just like at most retail stores. Paying the extra few bucks for top shelf is def worth it. You won’t need to smoke as much because it gets and keeps you high longer.

 

[Kingrow1]

4$ a gram for garbage weed. I’m in central Oregon . In a university city where there is a pot shop or 2 every corner. I see deals for $4 grams of weed and it garbage. Embarrassing to put on display. When I see a shop try to hustle out obvious crap like that I make a note to never patronize from them. All the so called deals at rec pot shops always seem to be the stuff they can’t moved, just like at most retail stores. Paying the extra few bucks for top shelf is def worth it. You won’t need to smoke as much because it gets and keeps you high longer.

Can get 3euro a gram moroccan or somthing in amsterdam, i know its solid/hashish or what ever the fuck you call it but there has been some cheap weed about for years.

Most in Amsterdam ditch the skunk for the solid after enough time, i myself find it a far better smoke if you want quality

 

[xtsho]

4$ a gram for garbage weed. I’m in central Oregon . In a university city where there is a pot shop or 2 every corner. I see deals for $4 grams of weed and it garbage. Embarrassing to put on display. When I see a shop try to hustle out obvious crap like that I make a note to never patronize from them. All the so called deals at rec pot shops always seem to be the stuff they can’t moved, just like at most retail stores. Paying the extra few bucks for top shelf is def worth it. You won’t need to smoke as much because it gets and keeps you high longer.

I didn't say it was good. I don't buy from dispensaries because I grow my own. But there are many people out there that don't and the $4 garbage weed is good enough for them or it's all they can afford. Regardless, there is a glut of pot in both Oregon and Washington which is driving the prices down. Even the good stuff is cheaper than what it was on the black market and that was one of the reasons for legalization. There really isn't a black market that I know of. All the illicit pot dealers have had to find other sources of income. The same thing will happen in California.

 

[Dr.Amber Trichome]

Rec stores in my area don’t sell bubble hash . I would pay $25 for a gram of good bubble hash, 75 micron Gold , if it was available. Once cali stabilizes I doubt they will get lower then what Or charges a gram for top shelf flower. cA loves to charge higher prices then ave across the board for Everything it seems.

 

[Dr. Who]

Since we are essentially just guessing what they will do here, my guess is they will just start with cease and desist letters to the dispensaries. They will have some grace period to shut down. The raids and seizures will be against the grow ops.

Their typical MO is one of shock and awe; essentially terrorism - fear and intimidation. They can get a LOT of tv and print coverage as they chop down thousands of plants and seize tons of product. At the same time, they will seize property and bank accounts. And of course, they will conflate all of this with cartels and diversion of product to the black market.

Then they will move against the dispensaries.

None of this will take thousands of people; a few dozen case workers and small teams of field agents would do it. They will surely find guns and other drugs at some of the locations, which they will tout as evidence that not all is peaceful or just "a legal business".

You can almost sit back and write their script.

#1: NO, they won't! Not at all! The notice of Sessions rescinding the Obama directive, is the warning.

#2: Dispensaries first and commercial grows at about the same time......

They will not find guns and "other drugs" at dispensaries! Not at compliant commercial ops either.

 

[ANC]

At least you don't have to hide your pot too much anymore.

 

[greg nr]

They will not find guns and "other drugs" at dispensaries! Not at compliant commercial ops either.

You might be right, but you hear it here and on youtube all the time. People protect their grows with guns. Some of those are "legal" growers.

As for other drugs at dispensaries, I got that part from our neighbors up north. I think I also heard about it in MI. Both Canada and MI cracked down on dispensaries. There were several reports of other drugs being found, though no specifics. So maybe a budtender had some personal use drugs in their pocket or locker and that made headlines. Who knows. But it does show you how they will spin what they find.

You are correct though, if they are "compliant" operations, they won't have guns or other drugs. That by definition would put them out of compliance.

It is all propaganda at that level. And they will maximize it.