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800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
800 Maynard Ave S, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98134
(Also the voters didn't nix alcohol stores, they were sold a bill of goods by Cosco that would mean lower prices for booze, that worked out great, eh?)
So I guess those dealers will just go open their own store now, right?
Using a term like "Narcotic" is not appropriate to describe Cannibidiol or CBD's.
It is a non-psychoactive component that is believed to reduce and regulate the effects of THC. This means that strains high in THC and CBD will induce much clearer head highs than more hazy, heady strains containing very little CBD. CBD itself has a long list of medicinal properties. The main of which relieve things such as chronic pain, inflammation, migraines, arthritis, spasms and epilepsy and schizophrenia. CBD has also been show to have some anti cancer properties, and new uses are being found all the time as more research is conducted. Most products that contain high CBD's and low THC count's generally produce no "high" but still include the positive effects of marijuana on the body.
CBG, also known as cannabigerol, is an active compound in cannabis that is mostly known for its anti-bacterial effects. However, very recent research has found that, whilst not traditionally though to be very prevalent within most cannabis strains, it is likely to be the “template” or “stem cell” for both THC and CBD. This means that both THC and CBD start out as CBG. CBG has also been found to inhibit the uptake of GABA, this causes a feeling of relaxation that is normally associated with CBD. These findings have spurred new ongoing research into the cannabinoid, meaning it may have even larger implications.
Putting weed in the hands of the LCB was a huge mistake. Their purpose has always been to hinder people from getting intoxicants. How can they compete with the folks(illegal market) who want you to get high and make it easy? This is like if everything was cheaper at the convenience store on your corner than at the supermarket. No one would go to safeway again.
I just have doubts about how current the test results on Leafly are and if what I buy at SMMA are actually the same.
The continuity and fidelity are kind of important in testing medications.
I'm not interested in over medicating.
Give it some time and you'll see the prices drop to acceptable levels. If they can match the prices of your normal dealers out there on the streets, what is the benefit of buying from them anymore...especially since you know what you're getting here.
Well, to play D-A, the benefit is not having to go to the industrial district to buy weed. As far as I can recall, the only other retailers that can get away with that location are Costco and Home Depot.
If you want to see the illegal market go away, more store have to open, and be in places where people actually go.
I'm a problem solver.
If the injunction doesn't hold, I'm forced to buy from government licensed companies at a minimum price of $12/gm.
I understand that you guys are starting up and I wish you nothing but the best of luck and success. I'll pass on buying MJ in Washington state until the prices come down though.
Tom
If the injunction doesn't hold, I'm forced to buy from government licensed companies at a minimum price of $12/gm.
I understand that you guys are starting up and I wish you nothing but the best of luck and success. I'll pass on buying MJ in Washington state until the prices come down though.
Tom
if legal sales put an end to green-card fraud, the higher (initial) prices are worth it.
I don't actually think the LCB has a lot of blame to shoulder here. The Feds made it very clear, publicly, that they would not tolerate pot stores going in within X distance of schools etc. which is why Seattle has so few stores. This is Year One. Give it time, stoners.
I hope people are right when they say prices will go down when supply picks up...but a lot of the price is straight up taxation which isn't going to change.
I also hesitate to believe that prices for a commodity this controlled will necessarily lower as a result of competition. The number of stores in an area will stay limited, so I'm not so sure the store owners will feel the need to dip much lower than $20/gram...especially with lines out the door either way.
There is no reason pot should be any more expensive than cigarettes. Pot and tobacco are both plants that are about equal in difficulty in growing, both are heavily regulated, both heavily taxed. So even with the regulation and taxing structure, there isn't any practical reason for these prices. They are set that high artificially.
The state should be encouraging lower, more reasonable prices. The only way to put the black market out of business is to undercut them. If it is cheaper to buy weed legally from a licensed store than it is to buy illegally from some unknown dope with a pitbull in a park, the illegal market will evaporate overnight.
That isn't legalization, that's just another way for the rich to buy immunity and security while forcing the poor to live below the law.
Enjoy your one-percenter bud, there, Dom. Maybe it will help you avoid thinking about the class implications of the system you're telling us to buy into.
This law is obviously not being used as a tool to end the black market in marijuana. Some of us might have been under the mistaken impression that that was one of the goals of the initiative, but we've all had that misconception cleared up now, I think.
The law does serve other purposes, of course; you just need to think about it again without those previous misconceptions.
So, no, paying double or triple what my long time friend will deliver to me for doesn't interest me in the slightest. I'm not going to purchase pot from corporate entities who are mobbing the state in order to cash in on this money grab. I support my local dealer, not some guy who looks like a cop.
So, no, paying double or triple what my long time friend will deliver to me for doesn't interest me in the slightest. I'm not going to purchase pot from corporate entities who are mobbing the state in order to cash in on this money grab. I support my local dealer, not some guy who looks like a cop.
Let me guess-- you've never in all that time been worried in the slightest about the police jailing your dealer friends, or using your marijuana supply as grounds for a long prison sentence?
Why is that? Could it have something to do with your socioeconomic status, or perhaps the color of your skin?
But yeah, I am white (as are 80% of the inhabitants of our region). But, perhaps more importantly, I'm an Oregon resident. When I got my felony charge, I was able to lawyer up and that seemed to satisfy the authorities enough. After all, it seems to me that the whole "war on drugs" gambit was simply an entrepreneurial collaboration between government and industry to make money and control people. I paid my lawyer, he made the felony disappear.
Now, if I was some black kid dealing eight balls on the street? Who knows? It's all hypothetical from where I sit. And no, I wasn't really all that worried about my dealer or grower being put out of business by the cops. Have you ever been to Humboldt County? And as far as being personally busted for possession? Gad! You almost have to work at having that happen to you; at least down here in Oregon. Just another little fine. None of my employers drug tested. In fact, I smoked pot with a couple of my bosses over the years. I wouldn't work for a place that drug tested.
So, the canard of my race being the main factor in my attitude is just that: a canard. Or a red herring, if you prefer.
It's absurd to think that it would be a viable option today, but at the end of prohibition it was probably a similar situation. Eventually it will be the same thing for marijuana. Supply and stores will increase, the black market will all but disappear, and this conversation will seem silly in retrospect.
It may not be a factor for you, but it certainly is for our darker-hued brethren. The ridiculous "war on drugs" has greatly disproportionately effected minorities. Minorities are far more likely to get busted, prosecuted, and receive longer prison terms for pot busts than whites. This despite the fact that whites smoke pot at about the same rate as blacks. The war un drugs was/is undeniably racist in its enforcement. That was one of the main reasons I voted for legalization.
It sounds like the state put in some good controls over the price. I'll bet prices go up before they come down. But once the machine starts working and prices go down the state could in theory drop prices (allow more supply) if they want to crush the black market, or raise prices if they want to try to save us from ourselves.
And there's nothing wrong with that. I'd prefer tax-only controls (like we do with cigarettes), but this will work too.
Give WA a few years to figure out what they're doing, and if we're not happy then fix it with legislation. Remember, it's our democracy - we make the rules around here.
they charge $50-60 an 8th for my stuff that i can sell to friends and family for $20-25 an 8th...
save many in my crew hundreds of dollars a month...car payments.....
they double the price in the dispensary for my stuff...so no it's not better