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How the marijuana ‘green rush’ fell apart

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Re: How the marijuana ‘green rush’ fell apart

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Weed is incredibly easy to grow and consumers simply cannot consume all that much of it. Half of all weed users like the idea of investing in weed industries. Too much investor money chasing a small TAM.

It really isn't easy to grow at scale. There is a huge amount of work involved.

I buy that it's ~500x harder to grow 500 plants than 1 plant. But on a per plant basis, it is very very easy. And at scale you would do even less work per-plant than people trying to maximize a single plant.

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Maybe it takes some time to get to know the different strains and how they feel. I mean, I cannot tell the difference between different wines because I am not experienced in that, I can mostly say that this is shit wine and this is good wine. But with this plant, the different strains definitely have different effects, and if you compare a strong indica vs sativa, the effects are very clearly different. I mean, it is…

I've smoked almost daily for over 30 years. Can't tell any difference whatsoever between sativa and indica. It's routine now going into one of these fancy weed places and having them ask me this first and I have to find some way to politely say 'yeah, they're no different for me, sorry'. The junk science around weed is so cringey.

Yeah, I actually find it pretty unbelievable that even in legal states where the business has been around over a decade, you still get these pseudoscientific claims about potency or effects. I wonder when the industry will "grow up" (no pun intended).

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Do you think what these tweets revealed is acceptable behavior then? You don't have a problem with children in drag (where the 'drag mother' is a sex offender), or children being taken to venues to watch sexual performances and interact with the performers?

The lady in the first one is wearing a bikini (you can see it when she turns around) and (presumably) pasties, it's a little risque but not really much more so then a kid would see at the beach. The second has a fully-clothed lady in makeup and headdress doing a dance that involves flashes of her underskirt, and is far less sexed up than, say, a can-can dancer, of which I personally saw plenty growing up watching old…

Thanks, exactly what I would have replied with.

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Is there any other markets that the same hydroponic equipment could be used for that's profitable? Or maybe just the greenhouses and gardening equipment, since hydroponic has a limited set of vegetables/plants that it can grow.

Tomatoes, peppers, lettuce, culinary herbs, and many other plant species are grown profitably under hydroponic conditions. This is especially common in colder climates, to maximize the yield per square foot in expensive greenhouses. It's sometimes economic even outdoors though, like in regions with poor soil or scarce water, or to mitigate some (but not all) pests and pathogens. Here's a paper studying the economics…

Thank you for this comment, it's very insightful.

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Do you think what these tweets revealed is acceptable behavior then? You don't have a problem with children in drag (where the 'drag mother' is a sex offender), or children being taken to venues to watch sexual performances and interact with the performers?

The lady in the first one is wearing a bikini (you can see it when she turns around) and (presumably) pasties, it's a little risque but not really much more so then a kid would see at the beach. The second has a fully-clothed lady in makeup and headdress doing a dance that involves flashes of her underskirt, and is far less sexed up than, say, a can-can dancer, of which I personally saw plenty growing up watching old…

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That's why I think these edible drinks are really interesting for mass market. Pabst Blue Ribbon makes a thc beer now (no alcohol in it though). You can sip on one of these like you would a beer in a social setting, and it will be like 5-10mg which is as small as edibles go for the most part in terms of dosage. Even if that was high for your tolerance you can just cut yourself off, and safe the rest of the drink for…

Those popular Terra edibles are 5mg each and I know multiple people who prefer only half of one. I'd be interested in trying a very low THC beer, like 2-5mg. Don't underestimate the role tolerance plays. Most occasional/casual users simply have a minor overdose on what regular users consider "good" weed or "small" edibles.

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Re: How the marijuana ‘green rush’ fell apart

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The lady in the first one is wearing a bikini (you can see it when she turns around) and (presumably) pasties, it's a little risque but not really much more so then a kid would see at the beach. The second has a fully-clothed lady in makeup and headdress doing a dance that involves flashes of her underskirt, and is far less sexed up than, say, a can-can dancer, of which I personally saw plenty growing up watching old…

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This does not seem like conduct becoming of a Hacker News forum poster.

Re: How the marijuana ‘green rush’ fell apart

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I'd be interested to know if the new market for "full spectrum hemp" in non-decriminalized states is also affecting the legal growers. Here in NC, you can go into stores all over the state and buy thc edibles for a very reasonable price. And I'm not even talking about the delta-8 stuff that was popular for a while (though that's around too). Basically a farm bill loophole has made it so that processing low-thc hemp a…

How is cannabis flower legal through a loophole? Someone here in TX said they have the real thing but I was skeptical, since some D8/CBD places are trying to sell smokable hemp. That said, I must say Delta 8 and 11-Hydroxy-THC are two very different but enjoyable and legal substances in Texas. 6mg of D8 is just enough to take the edge off a day, and a full one will just totally chill you out for movies. Then THCjd, H…

Lookup "high THCA hemp" for the loophole stuff (the subreddit "cultofthefranklin" is also dedicated to it). Basically THCA occurs naturally and converts directly to THC when heated (smoked or vaped), so if you test the bud before it converts, it passes because it's not technically THC per the federal farm bill. Some state bills are different though and do count THCA towards total THC.

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How is cannabis flower legal through a loophole? Someone here in TX said they have the real thing but I was skeptical, since some D8/CBD places are trying to sell smokable hemp. That said, I must say Delta 8 and 11-Hydroxy-THC are two very different but enjoyable and legal substances in Texas. 6mg of D8 is just enough to take the edge off a day, and a full one will just totally chill you out for movies. Then THCjd, H…

Lookup "high THCA hemp" for the loophole stuff (the subreddit "cultofthefranklin" is also dedicated to it). Basically THCA occurs naturally and converts directly to THC when heated (smoked or vaped), so if you test the bud before it converts, it passes because it's not technically THC per the federal farm bill. Some state bills are different though and do count THCA towards total THC.

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