i’ve thought a lot about the place that i used for a year before i grew some.
the image does not match the reality; i pressed them for proof that they tested some “durban poison”(probably an OG) and was handed to a manager by a frightened & confused girl, who reluctantly printed a lab report for the supposed bud. “we don’t normally do this.” trying to not be a dick but just requesting honesty when i’m an ACTUAL medical user, not the college-aged kid i was, and politely said so. she told the budtender to give me a free gram, probably just to make me leave less upset.
the reality is that the 3rd party they advertise for supposedly testing everything they carry just sold them a contract, some equipment, and trained their freaky bud-buyer to use it. and we can safely bet only a few batches going in are tested, by very imperfect & unregulated labs.
the place(s) offer “freebies” variously, like yoga, peer-groups, grocery-bags, etc., and while that seems ‘compassionate’ & generous, it’s just more advertising, attached to shadyish non-profit wing of the “collective”. Of course, they don’t have to do that stuff, but it’s relatively cheap image polishing, positioning them ahead of others by default. As for taxe$, this is a potential tax-write off.
the pre-recreational(CA) prices were pretty high, now they’re INSANE! seeing ^^^600/oz!
supposedly due to taxes, right? in an ALL CASH industry? OK.
on a busy weekend, i estimated that particular spot to take in 30-50k per day. i deduced this from: observation of average daily store traffic, guessing average transaction, receipt #s over time.
very rough science, i know, but bear with it.
total daily overhead/operating cost for: 5000sqft location(combo grow/dispense) & all equip, inventory, 3-5 jokers @ 15/hr 1 senior joker @ 40k/yr + bennies.
and this place is one of 2 in this metro area, almost certain they have others in the others.
so, fwiw, fuck the taxes… it’s the whole damn proposed framework & regulatory clusterfuck.
all about redirecting the cash stream away from Hippie Joe & Pedro Narco to Mr Politician, nothing about helping sick people, public health, or even basic science. this has been demonstrated since the 1970s. if public welfare were a prmary concern of the assholes involved in our daily lives’ mess, a whole lot would be different.
the crux of the issue is people making rules who don’t know enough or care properly.
the artificial tax imposed by the insanity of prohibition is what has generated the 7-8000$/lb. potential on a “weed” that can be produced for maybe $50/lb.
my weekly newspaper(rag) had a segment claiming NorCal growers are taking product to the southern border to get the 1500$ they need/want, instead of the 400$ it’s dropping past as we speak.
so at present, "legal weed"s future is McWeed: cheap, plentiful, toxic, gmo with happy politicians.
damn this coffee’s bitter! sorry yall
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