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Colorado Stores Throw Open Their Doors to Pot Buyers

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Re: Colorado Stores Throw Open Their Doors to Pot Buyers

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Post by Alex3917 »

mynameishere wrote: post #52

According to this the price will initially go up: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/12/30/high-prices-f... ...but since marijuana is literally a weed, why wouldn't the price eventually drop to something like that of tea? I mean, tea is harder to grow, process, and ship, and you can get it for 6 dollars a pound. Even the overpriced teavana stuff can go for as little as 40 dollars a pound.

> since marijuana is literally a weed, why wouldn't the price eventually drop to something like that of tea?

It will, plus whatever extra for taxes and regulatory compliance. But it will be the same as with fruit, where what you see in stores are the A-grade products, and the B- and C-grade products get turned into food, beverages, industrial materials, etc.

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Post by Multics »

More acceptance would presumably result in more clinical trials of cannabis.

I'm aware of some small scale studies which have shown promise for diseases such as IBD (Crohn's/ulcerative colitis). How it stands presently some sections of society (global) suffer unnecessarily.

I'm lead to believe that some substances in cannabis are neuroprotective; This contrasts to something like alcohol, which causes neurological damage.

And from what I've read, it can also inhibit angiogenesis within tumours. Thus, may be legitimately useful against cancer.

It's hard for me to make assertions with sources, as this is merely what I've read over the years. It simply hasn't been worth the time to investigate further, given its legal status. But from what I can gather, outlawing of a drug with low toxicity and potential medical benefit is an absolute travesty for humanity! It's tantamount to low-grade torture by the state on people who have an illness that can be, to some degree, ameliorated. There also seems to be a pandering to special interests (alcohol, tobacco, and the prison industry). And a disregard for people's freedom.

Some may not like the idea of Cannabis being legal, but if it becomes a substitute for alcohol and tobacco, it could turn out to be a health boon (given its low toxicity). Not to mention the saving of lives via a reduction in organised crime.

It's a shame this didn't happen earlier, and in more places!

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Post by ItendToDisagree »

MWil wrote: post #79
ItendToDisagree wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Arn't even the highest grades of tea only about $40 an ounce though? Or am I missing some 'Primo Stuff' somewhere?

That still represents a 20x premium over cheap name-brand tea at the store.

You get what you pay for!

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Post by bgentry »

squintychino wrote: post #65
lotharbot wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The "tea" you get for 6 dollars a pound in the US is, generally speaking, the crumbs and fragments leftover from making actually good tea. Wouldn't surprise me if you could also eventually get crumb-and-fragment grade pot for 6 bucks a pound. There's still a market for legitimately high grade tea (not Teavana). I'm interested to see what sort of market develops, over time, for legitimately high-grade MJ here in Color…

Could you recommend a good place online to order good "tea"? I'd seriously like to try some to get a sense of what real tea is suppose to taste like.

I love Red Blossom Tea: http://www.redblossomtea.com/

Also, the Hacker's Guide to Tea is a great resource: http://www.worldoftea.org/hackers-guide-to-tea/

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Post by shalmanese »

mynameishere wrote: post #52

According to this the price will initially go up: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/12/30/high-prices-f... ...but since marijuana is literally a weed, why wouldn't the price eventually drop to something like that of tea? I mean, tea is harder to grow, process, and ship, and you can get it for 6 dollars a pound. Even the overpriced teavana stuff can go for as little as 40 dollars a pound.

The difference that will be interesting is that the relative potency of the two drugs is completely different. At $6 a lb weed, the cost of a joint will be about 4 cents (3 cents for the rolling paper, 1 cent for the weed).

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Post by ItendToDisagree »

hollerith wrote: post #80
oinksoft wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is medical grade tea a thing? It takes a lot of skill and either great weather or a big investment in indoor growing equipment to grow a single medical plant. Comparing tea and cannabis prices doesn't make much sense.

Now stop that right now! :) I strongly doubt there is any such thing as "medical- grade " marijuana. "Medical marijuana" refers to pot sold in such as way as to shield the buyer and seller from criminal liability (by requiring a prescription from a health-care provider). No official or semi-official body is holding this medical marijuana to any standard. Heading off a potential nit: in the last year or two a new stra…

Doesn't 'Medical Grade' just mean high quality? IANAS but there are lots of different levels of quality right? Like in Pulp Fiction? "That one's a Wild Man."
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