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If Massachusetts dispensaries didn’t sell nothing but mids for super high prices they’d be doing much better I’m sure. Till then Traditional market babyyyy
It's early days and the black market is obviously entrenched as far as weed sales go. The legal market is the newcomer here.  Get the retail infrastructure set up, get sane support from financial institutions and keep pushing for national legalization. The industry will be OK. >

And the big thing: Make it affordable.
Seems they forgot about that part. >

$50 for an eighth of good weed is just outrageous. >

That's what we paid in the black market 20 years ago. And nowadays, it's about $20 an eighth. I can get an ounce for about $100 of 30%+. >

Prices will come down - they have in Canada - you can get good quality weed for 100 - 110 an ounce, in Canadian dollars (70 to 80 USD) at retail / legal stores. >

I would put the emphasis on ‘good’ quality. $100 ounces are usually skywalker OG or something similar. It’s good… but it’s not fantastic like the $15ish a gram craft cannabis. >

Skywalker is good quality! It’s not the AAA rapper weed but it gets the job done! >

Rapper weed is never good though smh.  It’s all marketing/branding and almost all the rapper weed is grown by the same 1-2 multi state operators who don’t care about quality. >

I’m talking about the really nice stuff that goes for 40-60 an eighth in Grey market (I’m in nyc). Jungle boys, connected co, I think something apothecary has them too. Honestly, it’s a step up and not “never good”. The smoke is better, high is cleaner, taste is better and it just looks and smells better too. >

Translation: Legal pot is overpriced. >

100%.  I would gladly buy from a dispensary and pay the taxes, but the sticker prices alone are minimum 50% higher than what I pay my guy (and that's before the aforementioned tax gets applied).  
It's a pretty clear-cut decision for most people.  Make it cheaper and easier to buy legally than illegally and the black market will shrivel and die. >

It's so stupid. Many cities out west impose a tax of $25 per square foot of space utilized for cultivation and a tax of 18% of gross proceeds. And that's just the cultivation side
They have completely lost sight of the point of the law. This isn't supposed to be a cash-cow, it's to eliminate a ridiculous law that wastes oceans of money >

It kinda is supposed to be a cash cow (at least that’s what entices lawmakers not some kind of moral standard) and it can be that even with reasonable pricing. >

Then stop calling it 'legalization' and call it what it is - Corruption >

You're coming at it from the wrong perspective. The idea of legalizing weed, taxing it, and states making bank off everyone and their brother buying legal weed was 100% a part of the public discourse pitching for legalization. In reality that isn't what the market wants, which is mainly access to weed without potential for blowback and little to no government interference or taxation resulting in increased prices. 
There's nothing corrupt about taxing a luxury good, in the same way that taxing cable TV packages, sports betting winnings, or McDonald's isn't corruption. We're just at the point as a society where we're having to come to terms with the fact that legalization proponents were either throwing spaghetti at the wall hoping any argument would stick, or massively misunderstood the industry they were arguing for. Lawmakers are just going to have to deal with it and change things accordingly if they have an interest in stamping out the black market, and making the public more aware of the issue is part of that. And having to do that, scale back taxes and potentially regulations resulting in increased prices is a pretty rare event in emerging markets in then US. Traditionally, new industries are under regulated until problems emerge, such as the internet.
It turns out that the guy saying "I'll pay higher prices if it means legal weed" really was only interested in legal weed at roughly the same price he was already paying, and if he doesn't get that, he'll gladly take not getting hassled by cops as he buys from the same dealer he had before. >

Hi, I'm the guy that pays higher prices for legal weed here.
Supply and demand is a constant. Weed is easy to grow yourself, the real issue is the market wants a monopoly on something that anyone can grow right out of the fucking ground.
It's unfair to frame the black market as the consumer's fault when we were criminalized for years and then charged highway robbery prices for the privilege to not get imprisoned for smoking something the state now makes billions on.
Maybe the issue is that progress in this country only happens if you pinky swear to enrich politicians while you're at it. >


Maybe the issue is that progress in this country only happens if you pinky swear to enrich politicians while you're at it.

I mean, tax revenue is useful for funding things like anti-poverty programs,  education,  etc so I'll let you be the guy making this argument when people are begging for European style governance in the US.

It's unfair to frame the black market as the consumer's fault when we were criminalized for years and then charged highway robbery prices for the privilege to not get imprisoned for smoking something the state now makes billions on.

I don't think the blame is on the black market, it's just going to do what it's going to do. I think the bigger issue is with the idea that people were persuaded on this idea of weed sales being a public good because the taxes would be significant and not because of pure volume of transactions and sales tax income. The "social contract" wasn't a philosophical point, but an agreement to legalize it and tax it. Now consumers are reneging on it entirely in their own favor. It'd be like running a home depot and watching your customers ask you to price match with the rate they get buying pipes and wiring ripped out of new homes.
I fully expect it to make legalization efforts more difficult for more moderate or conservative states, as "legalize and tax it" looks a bit more like a lie, and "legalize it and charge normal market rate and normal sales tax" is a less appealing deal. >

This is a propaganda piece. New York has no open licensed stores yet, so of course everyone is buying from unlicensed sellers. Get the dispensaries open and that will start to change. Until then, stories like this aren't worth the data it takes to load them. >

The black market will ALWAYS undercut legal cannabis business as long as there are federal laws on the books disallowing these legal businesses to attach to a legitimate financial institution.  It's almost like the federal government intentionally wants Cannabis to remain a banned substance. >

I don’t know if your joking or not but that’s exactly what the federal government wants. >

I went black market for awhile, I put $750 investment into a grow kit and have been growing my own. The cost of me growing is about $40 a plant (largest harvest on 1 indoor plant was just over half a pound) vs. $250 to $300 an ounce at a dispensary. >

And the real advantage for me is that I know exactly what was put on, and in that plant - Good soil and rainwater >

It's a lie. The story is that New York legalized recreational marijuana two years ago, but then never licensed anyone to grow, sell or distribute. So they get a Wild West situation where people make their own rules.
Here in Washington they had some delays getting up and running but not that bad. Now product is regulated from production to sale for quality and legitimate business practice. The black market is practically non-existent. It boils down to family grows and tax evasion, hobby horticulture, and the major stuff is for export only because it can't get into the regulated chain. 
Because who wants to roll the dice with some shady character and get dubious product, or maybe stabbed or arrested when there's a legit state regulated store clean well lighted with a vast array of product and friendly helpful staff every city mile? To save $10? Please. No. >

i've been smoking weed for decades and the times i've worried about being stabbed or ripped off were pretty rare, i think i can count them on one hand. yeah, it's safer going to a pot dispensary and i did when i lived in cali, but it's not like i was always trying to score weed from sketchy people i didn't know or weren't introduced to. >

For real. The other guy painted a cartoonish picture of what it’s like to buy weed on the black market. >

i felt sketch buying it through a crack in a door from a rastafarian when i first started getting high in college, i got ripped off buying from random dudes in washington square in NYC. i got the heebie jeebies about getting arrested once waiting to buy from somebody who was selling for the Pope of Pot in NYC too, since there were like 5 other guys waiting to buy weed on the corner...and that's about it.
it was more just trying to connect with my dealer at the time, or trying to find one if i moved to an area, and the bullshit social stuff of interacting with them. i was once at a friend of a friend's grow house in oakland in the early 2000's. i was kinda freaked out there since the 3 bedroom huge house was full of pot plants and i was worried about the DEA.
that's about it. >

Not my fault. I buy the legal weed. Yes, it’s overpriced and I’d love to see it come down a bit, but I’m happy to pay extra to not have to deal with all the bullshit that comes with buying weed from dealers. I’m sure some people will reply that their dealer is clean, safe, always home, always in supply, never wants to talk or hold you up or smoke with you or also selling harder drugs or working with police because they’ve been busted. Awesome for you guys! But, for 25 years I had to deal with sketchy bastards just to get weed, and it was never consistent quality. I’ll pay a bit more to walk in and get wax, bud, oils, etc when I want and without any bullshit. >

Truth. Plus in my experience, budtenders are like the best at customer service. They're honest and knowledgeable and they don't try to upsell you. >

Lol. They do. They totally do upsell, there are many that don’t give a shit. I’m glad you got a good one tho. >

I'm lucky enough to live in a recreational legal state, even if my city won't license any places. I can pick which ones I go to based on available parking. The first time I ever went to one, it felt like an Apple store but for weed. 
I'm sure there are some that aren't great but yeah, I've been very lucky in my personal experience, and anecdotally I've heard zero complaints. >


The first time I ever went to one, it felt like an Apple store but for weed.

Med men? >

You mean marijuanas “normal” market for my entire life? >

I still buy from my guy. >

We have a 34% tax rate on marijuana in Los Angeles, of course there is still a black market. >

So what they're saying is they disapprove of small business owners.  Bastards. >

We only want you buying your weed from Jeff Bezos! >

"People growing plants are hurting corporate profits" 
:-( >

In Virginia there are very few dispensaries and they’re all corporate monopolies with ties to big tobacco. Taxes and regulations out the wazoo to where it’s about as locked down as handling nuclear waste and the government is like gaaah the black market is undercutting our state sanctioned monopolies how could they?
And for the record black market includes everyone who isn’t a state sanctioned monopoly. It could be a friend helping a friend, a granny trading weed for cookies, veterans gifting and donating to other veterans, that’s all “black market”. >

I can get good weed for about 30% less than what the dispensaries are selling and I can grow it at home, maybe the capitalists shouldn't complain so much about the free market 🤷🏿‍♂️ >

Whats what happenes when you try to over regulate a plant. >

I put four seeds in the dirt outside and they grew thousands of dollars worth of cannabis for free. I'm surprised anyone's making money on it. >

Or pinched Americans don’t want to pay 50% tax when their money is with 8% less. >

I'd be perfectly happy to stop buying on the black market if y'all wouldn't charge me 300 goddamn dollars to get my medical license.
Believe it or not, poor people don't have an easy time throwing out $300 when they still need to supply themselves with the marijuana that helps them function in the meantime. I already spend about $60 a week on weed. I don't have 300 more dollars to throw down while still leaving myself enough to keep getting what I need.
So until the process gets a little more friendly for people like me, I will keep buying on the black market for as long as I have to. >

It's not really a "legal business" if they don't have access to banks. >

There are too many barriers to entry and regulations on the legal marijuana market. Simple as..... >

Legal cannabis is overpriced and the money spent on fancy boutique packaging is outrageous!  Then add on the taxes...  so the black market and homegrown weed wins hands down and always will. >

Don’t forget places like Ohio where our only ballot option was a cartel that limited who could enter the market. Still cheaper to drive to a legal state than have a med card >

Well in my state I can grow it myself. It took me a year to figure it out now I have infinite cannabis infinitely. That could be undercutting the market as well. Considering it's so expensive where I live. >

Reading prices of the dispensaries in other areas is sad. In Oregon I can get an ounce of average stuff for $35 >

In other news they’re selling fake handbags on the street corner but Bernard Arnault is doing just fine. >

Seems like some alarmist bullshit. I know two people who grow and deal in New York and they are both practically giving shit away because of the new laws. Even had to >

Medical weed is so cheap in Oklahoma. The black market for marijuana seems to have died off here. >

“Okay guys, weed’s legal now. Sorry about jailing so many poors lmao let’s just forget about it and move on. You want a half ounce? That’ll be $300 :)”
…
“Why is everyone buying weed illegally still?!?! You’re not allowed to do that!!!!!11!” >

i'd rather support the guys who've been it at it for years but can't get into a legal market due to over regulation and legal fees. Much rather they get my money then some corporation >

So entertaining. Outdoor AAA in Trinity county ca is only fetching $500/lb, not even worth trimming it for those numbers. The California legal market is taking a beating because it’s more fun to give away un-trimmed pounds to friends and family for free just to stick it to the corporate sellout growers. Think the legal market is bad now? Wait until the Feds decriminalize and everyone can and will grow plants with their tomatoes in the summer. I’d pull any and all investments from corporate weed they are not providing or doing anything the average person couldn’t do themselves at home. 
There is a place for branded retail products, but overall those will only have a small share of the total market. >

Don’t price gouge and I might consider buying from a dispensary 
I’ve been getting weed without these dispensary fools for so many years, I don’t need them, how are they gonna charge above market value for a product of equal quality and expect us to come running? >

Well duh the dealer is cheaper. For example why spend 35 and some store 45 for a 8th in the store. When I can get it for 25 from the dealer. Legalize it completely >

Because all the Cannabis conglomerates don’t care about putting out quality product - they just want a nice bottom line.  It’s overpriced and dry/little to no smell unless you go small batch which is disappearing because they can’t afford to operate at a loss like the MSO can >

The people I know all get their weed from where they got it before it was legal. Frankly it is more convenient for them. They go visit an old friend and come home with what they want or that friend stops by and leaves what they want. The nearest dispensary is over an hour away. >

Prices have cratered in Colorado and sales are way down since the pandemic induced boom. Operations are closing and the government is looking at less revenue. Most flower is terrible in Colorado for a myriad of reasons, but the biggest reason is the altitude, which makes the flower dry. Like other legal states, OZs of mids/old weed can be had for $50, and solid weed can be had for around $120-180 per oz. 
There are two brands of flower that are at the top of the legal market, but they are more expensive than black market prices (a quarter is $80 plus tax). 
I think the price for quality doesn’t make sense for most consumers who have the ability to purchase top tier black market weed or grow it themselves. The legal market has also limited strains available to consumers as most businesses seek to maximize yields (especially when making hash rosin for example). This is why we see so many of the same strains crossed. >

Good. Until they legalize federally black market will reign. >

Legal pot growth regulations have been undercutting families who have spent generations cultivating marijuana forcing them out of the business while new wealth entrepreneurs are quick to replace them. >

The states dragged their feet for too long and the taxation of it made it a hard pass for me. Support your local weed man. >

My county in CO just started allowing retail shops last year. However, they aren't allowing grow operations, so all the bud comes from out of the county. That's where they went wrong. They never let the existing growers in on the cash grab...they're required to stay in the black market.  
All the store owners are from out the county as well. This has resulted in backlash and the majority of the people I know avoid the shops altogether. There is waaaaay too much being grown out here to actually go into a store.
I hear it all the time... "dude, don't go to the shops...if you need weed, I'll give it to you for free" >

Don’t forget the moldy/old weed sitting in jars in shops still being sold because they can’t move it that fast >

Correction. Greed, politics and the federal government’s inability to pass sensible legislation keep marijuana black market thriving. >

Fuck paying for a doctor's visit, a pot card and then being on a prescription list. If a doctor gives me Xanax and Percocet I'm not on a list, but I need to be for pot. That's why I'll support the black market because it's nobody's business what I do in my own home not driving my car. >

Prohibition, taxation, and over regulation is the issue. People buy the goods and services that fit their needs. Markets form to fill the need. Change the equation and change the outcome. >

I’m not surprised. Have you seen the prices of legal weed? >

What exactly is the price for a g? I’m in an illegal country and it’s usually 20 dollars for decent weed unless you have a good contact >

It’s illegal where I live too, but I got some legal stuff in Chicago last year, and the prices were like double what I pay otherwise. Good stuff though. At least with legal stuff you know the THC content, etc. >

"Black market" for a plant. >

I just bought an ounce of fantastic flower and 2 pre-rolls for $30 at the medical  dispensary  that I go to.  Black market is definitely  not cheaper where I live. >

Good, isn’t that how a free market should behave, in order to better serve the consumer? >

an annual $90 fee to re-certify a medical card here in VA is keeping my connection with my guy going strong. >

So, just like the clothing, fashion, and electronics industries. >

Capitolism,  my dudes >

Its almost as if the taxes around legal weed are intentionally too high , only serving to incite people to remain underground and give the cops more "budget".
 obvious >

Good. >

Who could have possibly seen this coming >

The people back then who said "if they legalize it and tax the shit out of it the government would make billions" are all mad that the government did indeed tax the shit out if it and have stuck to their black market dealers instead. >

Well no shit when you tax it so heavy that it is twice the black market cost it will thrive doesn’t take a genius to figure that shit out >

In CA we apps to deliver it like Uber. It’s so convenient, the markup is worth it. >

Drop prices then. The black market dies when prices are at reasonable lvl. Some places in states it’s 80 a quarter…. That’s rediculous >

I'm really curious as to what weed sells for across the country in the illegal and legal markets. Here in the Washington DC area Top Notch weed can run anywhere from $400 to $200 an ounce depending on your connection in the illegal Market. In the legal dispensaries it seems like weed of almost any quality is $400 an ounce >

I know several people who grow professionally as a main source of their income. The price of weed has seriously cratered massively over just the last couple of years. A pound of good quality weed used to get sold bulk at $1200 easily. It’s now going for around $800 thanks to all the commercial scale grows being set up and running. >

Sheesh.  I'd say around 1990 I used to sell an ounce for $400. I could drive 15 minutes, pick up a quarter pound for 1200, take it home and have 4 friends waiting to buy for 400 per ounce.  Making $400 for a quick drive one town over >

It is the state government's fault for not opening up licensing to all. >

‘NY state govt craps it’s pants and loses money because of its own incredibly inefficient roll out of store licensing/distribution network.’ Fixed that headline for you. >

Just wait for national tax >

Until my local Despo prices come down and offer a better product then my guy down the street has I’m not going. Why would I? >

Shocking… 😂 >

Central California dispensary $10 1/8th’s.
Local guy I know $200 1/4 lb.
Both better than when I was a kid. Life is good >

If it's too expensive, then the dealers can still make money. That's what's happening very often in legal states. Over $60 w/ taxes for an 8th in some stores out of their minds. >

I know this doesn't factor into it, but the legal buying process sucks.  I want to shop for it like I do alcohol. Aisles stocked.  I can wander around and look and touch the product before I make my decision. Budtenders are often complete assholes and there's too much pressure when it's your turn.  I'm in a pseudo-med only state, so it only affects me when I travel, but I'm not a fab of how it's all set up. >

Good! Bring down the prices the government sets! >

Trust me, once supply catches up with demand, few people will go to the black market. Here in Colorado, you can buy a gram of top-shelf cannabis for $7 including taxes. Nobody on the black market is going to sell you a gram. >

i had a dealer in college who would sell you any amount you wanted. if you only had $5- he'd sell you $5 worth. his name was ty, so we called it ty-weed. >

Dispensaries charge more for weed then my college dealers.  Then you have to deal with the hassle of showing your id, getting treated like a criminal.  
I'd much rather call my dude up and have me deliver some fire for 1/3 the price.  
Oregon is only legal state i've been to with rational legal prices. >

I’d say the government pretty much made this bed. >

State taxes destroying legal cannabis retail Market. FIFY >

I have been saying this since before CA had medical marijuana.
If legal marijuana is more expensive than what the black market can... then there will be a black market for it. I don't understand how this is not understood more widely. 
Now does that mean legal sales will go to 0? Hell no, but as long as there are people out there that have limited access to funds there will be pressure on reducing prices and if a black market can fit that need at a cheaper price then so be it. 
Also even if marijuana was legal across the US or hell all drugs. That doesn't mean the cartels in Mexico would go bankrupt. They will just move to other areas. Either smuggle into countries where it's illegal. Or smuggle into the country where it's illegal if they can still make a profit because the legal price has some room to be undercut while still making a profit. 
If drugs were available at or below black market costs and legal... then they'd find other means to make money. >

Yes. Because I don’t Need to be on a list to buy alcohol and I refuse to be on a list to buy bud. So gray market it is. >

Safety first for me. Remember the ‘wet’ weed Ethan Hawke gets in “Training Day”? Cheaper sometimes isn’t always better even though govt regs cost more. Of course lots of people will choose the street versions and that’s their choice. >

LOL! It definitely isn't. I can get 1.5g already rolled at the store for 7-12 bucks. Show me a dealer anywhere that's gonna sell anyone a 5 dollar gram. >

The 1.5 prerolls are absolutely always shake and the worst quality bud possible that you can pay for, atleast at Green Dragon and Starbuds in Colorado that is how its done. 
Id also rather pay a minimal up charge for legal weed that is top shelf with thc tests than take my dealers word for it even if my dealer has been my homie since we were 8 >

I buy legal, bricks-and-mortar-storefront weed because illicit weed can be (and sometimes is) laced with chemicals, some of them (fentanyl, for example) very dangerous even in small doses. Most people who have been smoking weed for many years have had at least one bad experience from drugged-up marijuana. Yes, the legal stuff costs more. For most people, the cost is not unreasonable ... about like the cost of buying a bottle of Scotch and having a drink or two most every day. Not everyone can afford that, obviously. >

When i've been to dispensaries in nevada the prices were relatively on par with what I was paying on the street 20ish years ago.  So I consider that entirely reasonably given the consistent high quality, and availability of edibles vapes etc.... >

That is going to be the main difference between  the dispensaries and homegrown.  Getting a consistent potency and effect will have a real value.  Knowing that you like a joint worth of a certain strain and can get that easily is a good thing.  With homegrown you may get some Budweiser one day, and some vodka or rum the next.
Consistency is king. >

I fully agree that it is price related. Luckily, I have a dispensary nearby that sells 15 - 20% eighths for $20. With my senior discount, I pay $18. And our taxes are less than 10% on medical. I like the ability to change it up, rather than buy whatever my guy hands me and am stuck with it till the next purchase. I can buy an 1/8th or 1/4 of something different and it isn't a loss. But when they started, it was $60 an 1/8th. Fuck that. >

Once dispensary’s lower prices the black markets will cease to exist. They are there to make some money, so when dispensary’s sell an 8th for $45 and the black market sells for $30, people who are okay with buying from sketchy sellers will continue to do so. Once the prices match up, the black market will dry up as there won’t be enough profit for it to make much sense >

Could that even happen though? Like a legit business pays taxes, staff, retail space, etc. Seems like no matter how low they go the random guy who sells you weed can likely go lower and still make money. >

I’m sure someone will keep the black market alive but the way I look at is is if someone is out there growing their own stuff, they’ll make profit selling. But once those profits get so low thanks to dispensaries going low, most of these dealers will stop selling as the reward doesn’t outweigh the risk. Making $20 profit every 8th is decent for a highschooler/college dealer, but if the profit goes to like $5 an 8th they’ll likely grow for themselves or hit up the dispensaries themselves >

*surprised Pikachu face* >

It's about New York. I guess in New York they have a cultural thing where buying booze, cigarettes, power tools, electronics, weed out of some rando's car trunk is just how you do things. >

Last time I bought the ganja in Oregon it was cheap. Its been awhile so prices coulda gone up. I would still entertain the illegal market because, I love legal pot, but the shit they got in the pot store is like that shit they smoked in Vietnam. No one sells just good mids. Instead, it is all stuff that'll put your ass on pluto after two hits. I don't wanna be on pluto, I just wanna get a good stone and still be functional with the added benefit of sleeping like a baby later on. >

Nice thing about pot shops though is that they test so you can see what % you’re getting. I can get buds as high as 39% or low as 15%, or even 5% with higher CBD content. My dispensary sells 25ish% $5 grams which is pretty cheap..and yeah I’m in OR. >

In Michigan, our market get bottomed out. We can get 10g of concentrate for $100 or less. It’s just as cheap here to go to the store as to a dealer. >

Here’s an idea, make legal weed cheaper and compete with the black market. >

the politicians want to keep the taxes intentionally high for weed, pushing people to go underground isnt a coincidence >

I’m in jersey with the lowest tax rates in the country but still 55 an 1/8 >

Are you sure? I live in WA state and pay $30 for  1/2 oz after tax and tip at the dispensary 🤔 >

$55 before tax my guy >

Honestly I never thought I'd ever be the guy pulling up to the curb and handing money to a guy and getting weed in a brown paper bag.  But then my wife's migraines turned into chronic migraines.  Given the options between nothing, too many nsiads, opioids, or weed I've supported weed.  Heck I made the appointment with the sketchy weed prescription mill my self. Then California legalized recreational weed and the pandemic hit.  Now my preferred legal place literally lets you drive up the front curb and order. I'm literally buying weed from my car in a parking lot in full view of the busiest street in the county.
Honestly I don't like the stuff.  The smoke seems to give me major sinus issues.  Given a choice between a beer and an edible/tincture I'll take the beer.  Although it worked pretty well for my kidney stone pain.
But I understand the back market.  It's expensive.  So much that I grow some every summer.  My homemade green dragon saves us thousands of dollars every year as it supplements the pricey RSO pills. >

Have you ever considered a dry leaf vaporizer? A user above made a pretty good comment on why it's such a better method of intake than just lighting it up. The vape I linked above is probably the best value on the market, imo. It's super reliable, too. Mine has been working for 3 years without a hitch. >

Vaping is bad for your lungs no matter how you do it even if a vaping method is better than others.   Also that device seems impossible to use in the dark when motion, and light hurt.   My wife use to use a pax, but uses RSO, tinctures, and tablets now. An alcohol based tincture or an RSO will absorb through the skin of the mouth or under your tongue.   This is great when you want a quick hit for immediate pain relief.  The tablets/pills made by vendor with a medical/pain focus will release slowly over 2-3 hours.  This is better if you just want to try to sleep out a migraine, which is why it makes sense to have a tincture and tablet for her 3-5 day migraines. 
Also I'm not a fan of a weed high.  It's likely something to do with my endocannabinoid system as I don't get an enjoyable runners highs either.  My runners high isn't bad I just feel less horrible.
PS- Technical the commercial "rso" are actually feco  "full extract cannabis oil". >

My, how the turntables turn… >

My, how the turntables turn… >

Black Marketed started long before it was legalized, this isn't anything special? >

Seems backwards. >

Bro who’s hand is that, it’s like they got death to model for the picture. >

Are the pot taxes too high? Yes. Do I give a shit about that? Not really, no. For one, I’ve mainly switched over to edibles, but also, I’m willing to pay a premium for guaranteed quality and reliability. I don’t blame others who don’t want to do that, but for me, it’s worthwhile. >

Now govt has a reason to reignite the war on drugs, it’s cutting into their own profit. >

Obviously. When it's not legal in half of the states amd some states Tax hell of out of them. >

When prices of store bought weed aren’t what people will pay buddy will continue to have customers. When kids come into the stores with fake ID the prices are better than buddy on the corner. Stores will sell more and make more money. Business 101 is a really easy concept to understand. >

Aren’t there still more states where it’s illegal than not? Your answer may be there >

You couldn't legally brew your own beer at home, until 1978. >

I said this very think on the stocks sub 8 months ago when everyone was asking why weed stocks were tanking. I got down voted and told I didn’t know what I was talking about. >

The industry got colonized and now those who don’t follow the new rules are considered the “problem “. 
Who ruined the industry first? >

Getting a 'weed license' is an overly expensive and over complicated process - the black market suppliers, who let's face it are not doing anything ethically wrong, maybe only illegal (and that only means it's illegal for people who can't afford licenses), and the obvious solution here is to fix all that and make the market fair game, and not just rig it to let rich people get richer. >

Idk if I believe this especially for states like Michigan and Colorado. I just went to Michigan and an 8th was like 30$. The carts were like 10$ a pop shits cheap af. In newer states that just legalized like Illinois it’s still very expensive so I can kinda see it. Although I don’t think I’ve of heard of anyone hitting up “their guy” for weed in many years. >

Yeah, part of the problem. >

Boo hoo. >

Because the government refuses to legalize it! They get slave labor out of criminals when they go to prison >

Cause the legal businesses decided to price gouge people instead of providing ethical quality.