Reader: Marijuana prices will be at $100 an ounce before long

saul_meshach

There is a massive price war going on in Washington State as of 4/5/2013 One dispensary in Seattle has 15 strains at 100 a piece. Another dispensary in Seattle dropped all his prices for top shelf to 7 dollars a gram. Another shop has eights at 17.50 cents. This is going to be a blood bath. Seems like outdoor greenhouse growers are combining forces opening up dispensaries and forcing all the indoor growers out of business. There is no way indoor growers can get their cannabis moved if the retail price is $100.

maxbluntz

I say that we as growers be growers not pharmaceutical companies. At 2500.00 a lbs that's 4.00 a joint wholesale! retail is closer 10.00 REALLY for a joint!! Six pack Coors 6.99 These my friends are prohibition prices! not every day legal prices!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

saul_meshach

Massive Oregeon and Cali green house grows, Are dropping the prices, however there are still seasonal swings. the summer prices always go up beacase the outdoor crops arent ready yet. But still high quality indoor is still going for 2500 a pound in the pacific NW. Outdoor Greenhosue quality is around 1400 to 1800 a pound. http://dispensaryexchange.com

saul_meshach

stuka1 topcommenter

Westweed ad: $89 ANY oz, new customers. The future is now.

http://media.westword.com/8542763.86.jpg

wherethereswater

@stuka1 its crap, I promise

tony514

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but hey if someone gets rich in the proccess i say good for them as well.+ the economics would come from travlers who cant get med pot or rec pot as soon as the world is ok with weed once again like George Washington was and other founders of the country it would be worth about as much as a bucket of dirt and few gallons of water.Whats Basil Worth per gram?

tony514

Hey you can buy a kitchen table at walmart for 75 bucks but you can also buy a much nicer one at american furniture for 10000 bucks .Besides the point is for weed to be legal not to make it a job for a bunch of lazy fucks.if weed was free than great id still enjoy growing my own..i voted for a 64 becuse i didnt want to get aressted for something i enjoy doing time to time not so i could boost the economy .thats what i have a job for i dont smoke pot to get rich i work for it.

michael.roberts moderator editortopcommenter

@tony514 Strong opinion, Tony. Thanks for sharing it.

laxx1559

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This is exactly what pot legalization is supposed to do! The price drops so much, the cartels can't compete

2006KLIDstupidstoner

It is about damn time that the world is coming to it's senses. Thanx Colorado for waking up the world. The hell with spending 1000s trying to go overseas somewhere just to smoke a lil MJ in peace with some other heads. Shit, the shit should be free anyway,or just the price of a little BAT SHIT. I lived on Capital Hill for 15 yrs. and sold bud for 10 back in 2002 and paid my way thru school for electronics. It was no big deal. I bragged about Denver when I moved to ILLegal ILLinois where you have to look over your shoulder every time you light up even hidden in own home, many snitches and eager cops just waiting to take you down like the TALIBAN. It's a shame. That's why I become a DENVERITE every 420 to kick it in peace on my old stomping ground. I already have my High Times ticket.

I WAS THE LAST LETTER TO THE EDITOR IN DEC. 2012 ISSUE OF HIGH TIMES. jack420flash.com

I have a short DVD i made for you and William Breathes. How can i mail them to you guys?

Juan_Leg topcommenter

That's $100 per, here in Colorado . My buddy in Houston is paying 'only $500' per zip of the 'Kind', because he 'knows somebody, & can pick up a 1/4 lbs Mexican for between $80 - $100 . I'm unwilling to take risks w/ my freedom BUT the potential for the BIG $$$ is most defiantly available nation wide . 'Colorado Grown' is 'special' & 'respected' across the country .

tutonehcc

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@Juan_Leg Word man, nicely said! Colorado does in fact seem to be providing the lions share of cannabis to the whole country. Why else would high school grads by the bus load be coming out here and striking it rich?

stuka1 topcommenter

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I'm looking at a Westword banner ad for $100/oz right now.

http://imagec12.247realmedia.com/RealMedia/ads/Creatives/TheVoice/den_GreenMedicals_021413_728_MusPot/219546.0.gif

Yup.

DonkeysMom

"I got news for ya." The price of pot is ALREADY $100 per ounce. Why you might ask? It's because dispensaries are dumping product on the market. The current wholesale price in Denver is less than $2000 per pound. It'll drop at least $500 in the next six months.

Regulation works!

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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@DonkeysMom = ignorant cunt

What drives the wholesale price of pounds in Colorado is the MASSIVE production of California and Oregon growers who -- unregulated -- produce MILLIONS of pounds of bud per year, far more than California or Oregon consume, at prices ~ $1400 - $1600 per pound.

The overage making its way other states that have higher prices due to legal regulations, like Colorado, where 1000s of pounds of cheaper out-of-state bud arrive every MONTH, thereby FORCING the Greedy Big $$ Dispensary Cartels in Colorado to lower their prices to compete with the FAR LARGER gray market.

Regulation Works! .... for the Regulators ... and the underground markets that can always profit from avoiding those costly regulations.

Grow a brain you simpering fuckwit.

DonkeysMom

@DonkeyHotay Nioce try Aaron, but as has been pointed out many many times the price didn't start to drop until Dispensaries became licensed in 2010. After that point the price began to drop and has continues, all the while the cartels are losing market share. It must be hard to be as dumb as you are.

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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*** Marijuana Smoking Could Double Your Risk Of Stroke ***

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/2013/02/marijuana_stroke_double_chance_young_adults_university_auckland.php

mywindow

@DonkeyHotay This story is "Regurgitated Garbage"; This BS study shows nothing of the sort. It did say

"The study included 160 ischemic stroke/TIA patients 18-55 years old who had urine screens upon admission to the hospital. Among the patients, 150 had ischemic stroke and 10 had TIAs. Sixteen percent of patients had positive drug screens, mostly male who also smoked tobacco. Only 8.1 percent of controls tested positive for cannabis in urine samples. Researchers found no differences in age, stroke mechanism or most vascular risk factors between marijuana users and non-users." and "it MAY lead to stroke" --- Since the study is not posted online.

http://newsroom.heart.org/news/smoking-marijuana-associated-with-higher-stroke-risk-in-young-adults

150 patients does not make scientific fact. Without a study in hand and details about the funding this is just another "Theory".

instntkrma

@DonkeyHotay study is flawed. see cigarettes - most every patient that tested positive for cannabis, also tested positive for nicotine. 9 out of 10 cannabis smoker I know don't smoke cigarettes.

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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@instntkrma ... feel free to PUBLISH your own refutation of this Scientific Study in a Peer Reviewed scientific journal.

[ cue crickets chirping ]

barbarian.bob1

@DonkeyHotay @instntkrma if this was true it would be front page news you blouse wearing poodle walker

DonkeysMom

@DonkeyHotay @instntkrma I have many. Let's start with the one from 1998 where THC was demonstrated to KILL cancerous cells in a glioblastoma.

D0NKEYH0TAY

Once again, you mislead with your skewed vision of reality. There are no shops selling in CA for $100 oz. There are no underground dealers selling for $100 an ounce. Now if you want to spend $10 grand and buy a few packs, you might get it under $100 for mids.

I can't believe how sick of your incessant spewing of shit the normal folks are...

instntkrma

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@D0NKEYH0TAY There are shops selling Z's for 125 now. This isn't much of a stretch.

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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@instntkrma @D0NKEYH0TAY

And the Dispensary (cooperative) display ads in the OC Weekly and LA Weekly have had $100 ounces for YEARS now.

DonkeysMom

@DonkeyHotay @instntkrma @D0NKEYH0TAY That's so weird, Aaron, because above you said "There are no shops selling in CA for $100 oz.". Weird how you can't keep your lies straight even on the same page.

Billy303

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@D0NKEYH0TAY The Westword Online Troll strikes again.

I would pay good money to live your life for one day, just to see exactly how much BS you spew across westword and the rest of the interwebs on a regular basis. You pretend to be an expert but continually act like a third grader.

Your posts are a fascinating case study in being a troll master and all around dumbass. Good luck with that.

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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@Billy303 = as dumb as @D0NKEYH0TAY

DonkeysMom

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@DonkeyHotay @Billy303 @D0NKEYH0TAY Wow what a comeback!

DonkeyHotay topcommenter

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They've been ~$100 / oz in California for YEARS ... without the unnecessary bullshit of Big Government REGULATION, CONTROL and massive Taxation.

It's not the commercial shops -- with massive $$ overheads, regulation, taxes, fees, and other burdensome government mandated expenses -- that drive the price/market for marijuana. It's the 10's of THOUSANDS of FREE INDIVIDUAL Growers who produce the vast majority of marijuana consumed in the U$A.

DonkeysMom

@DonkeyHotay Aaron, as you well know these 'INDIVIDUAL Growers' who all break the law that you mention have tried to keep the price of one ounce above $500 for the last decade. The reason the price is dropping is simply due to overproduction by the licensed dispensaries.

wherethereswater

@DonkeysMom @DonkeyHotay I think thats to simplistic. The $100 oz is crap, might as well by swag and save $50. I can't even find a decent oz $150. For $225 and up I can get fire at 10 places. The individual grower never tried to keep the price anywhere. It was what it was because of the law. Now everyone grows, tons of pot everywhere and the dispensaries have started a price war with each other. What nobody want to acknowledge is that the price war is being fought in all markets. But the home grow will always win because the dispensaries have to sacrifice quality to offset overhead. While the unencumbered home grower skirts the regs/taxes and focuses on quality. In the old day the fear of law prevented this but now everyone is protected by safety in numbers. I think this is why the state is trying to crucify caregivers...they make just as much money if the dispensaries sell crap or fire but the CG is in the way.