How America Botched Cannabis Legalization | Forbes

[@andrewmowen2925]

Everyone should be able to drop a seed and watch our tree grow w/o a license w/o taxation w/o any penalties at all. All people deserve to be able to grow their own medicine w/o worry about going to jail.

[@brentwalker3300]

Amen to that. House Democrats already passed legislation to decriminalize cannabis federally but the Senate has not approved it.

[@andrewmowen2925]

@@brentwalker3300 Just remember decriminalization isn't legalization tho. No matter red or blue the govt loves the tax money from it.

[@counterflow5719]

Back in the day, prior to the 60s, I used to hear about pot growing wild like a weed along side the road in the southern u.s., like Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama for instance. Now that it's legal where is the legal wild and natural weed?

[@andrewmowen2925]

@@counterflow5719 It was all cut down for the most part so people would forget about it. Back in the day those invested in timber didn't want it around for fear it would destroy their profits. The powers that be don't want use to have a plant with mutli purposes but rather to depend on them for everything we need.

[@ItzGanked]

What about the poppy plant?

[@got2kittys]

The problem with my states legalization is that the state created its own cartel, charging high prices, and a high tax. Making laws even more harsh and conflicting than they were, to discourage people from growing it. So, the black market thrives, and it's half price of dispensary prices. It's ridiculous.

[@infinite8382]

people need the freedom to grow their own, but government is all about control and taxation :/

[@westcoastadventurers8504]

Fight fire with fire. If someone wants to come after me or my medicine, my Bitcoin or my existence as a fully functioning stable intelligent adult capable of surviving on my own with needless gov "assistance" watching over us like kids, anyone who wants to play games, here's one it's called violence, Kxll people. Fk centralized banks, centralized gov and centralized corporations. De Centralized your mind De Centralized your life. People need to learn to stay the F out of other peoples business, live their lives and learn to keep quiet and shut the F up before they too wind up dead, crushed under the ignorance of their own actions. Society is crumbling, scary, society is trash. THE STRONG / WISE / CLEVER WILL ALWAYS SURVIVE. Speak softly and continue to DeFi.

[@caseroberts9863]

You must be from Illinois. We have broke records with the amount of taxes they've collected. Yet the roads are still absoult trash, and the kids seem to be getting dumber by the minute. Worst part is. The states that have legal medical, don't get to conduct any substantial research on marijuana. "The whicha why" Because the feds still have it listed as a schedule one narcotic. "No medicinal Properties" Even though, they themselves awarded a patent for marinol in 1985 for people taking chemotherapy. In the end, we're simply feeding the greedy pigs.

[@westcoastadventurers8504]

Btw, case anyone wondering, I live in Seattle.

[@caseroberts9863]

@@westcoastadventurers8504 My nefew was in Portland. He said he could buy outdoor grown ounces in a store for 60.00 In Illinois, it's all indoor. We have to pay over 300.00 & They will charge 60.00 for B.S. shake here.

[@n00n1n]

I live Arizona, I am a medical patient but if I wasn't I could still just go down to the store. That's the way it should be for everybody in every state in the union.

[@andrewmowen2925]

Agreed but I also would like to see people able to get an opiate that doesn't drop them dead on the streets like the tranq dope does in kensington, philly.

[@jerrythomas1138]

Me and my friends predicted (55 years ago) that if weed was ever legalized, corporate farms would dominate the industry.

[@russtgrower750]

Lol well that wasnt a hard one to call. But you mighta been the first lol

[@lloydharris651]

Uh yeah That’s called capitalism buddy

[@javiddun1]

corporate farms dont dominate the industry, they are losing money the fastest. they grow at scale but... they grow boof at scale 😂

[@davidsellers3639]

It always was unless you were doing it yourself

[@devilface97]

@@lloydharris651 a state restricting free market process by way of regulation and state owned monopoly, is called socialism.

[@Rooster_707]

Forbes interviewed the 2 people that are part of the problem in California. Steve Deangelo and glasshouse. The 2 people that are the root cause of of the market crash.

[@squid_fish]

Bingo! F GHF and big cannadicks

[@alexeilindes7507]

No no they need it they have to be kings or they melt. Who cares about you're pot

[@Featherless1]

In the 1950's, 4% of the worlds population had 50% of the world's wealth. 80% of that, was in the working middle class. Half the wealth of the world was in the United States and 80% of that was the middle working class. That's what Built America. Now less than 1/10 of 1% has close to that 80% of wealth. We have bigger problems 😉

[@alexeilindes7507]

@@Featherless1 we are stagnant to address this though

[@DimeBagsStorage]

Same question I would like to know. He’s been a good customer for a long time.

[@TheNursejules]

Nearly 30% tax depending on where you buy in California. Just ridiculous!

[@bradredford4846]

Seriously!!!

[@mattiemathis9549]

Wow!!! Crazy! In Az I think it’s only 16% for recreational and 9% for medical…

[@nicklasmillner101]

Yes your warehouse is better than mother nature, gtfooh! Dude 😎

[@CN45475]

In Florida is medical but zero taxes.. I love it!

[@GranulatedStuff]

Hard to feel sorry for people that live in a place where you are allowed to have SIX plants growing at home at any one time !!!!!

[@robmueller8825]

The idea that you can’t get absolutely top quality bud outside of North CA is categorically incorrect.

[@jamesbjorn6481]

Yup considering Michigan is putting it half the market share of pure fire that is actually tasting good

[@lyddiayannuzzi5564]

We have some awesome growers here in VA!

[@myprophet1]

San Juan Island in Wa has an outstanding reputation.

[@chadpreslar7152]

@@lyddiayannuzzi5564 yes you do, those guys up in the VA mountains have it figured out. Hopefully by the time the weed stores show up owned by the typical boomer gate keepers they will go bankrupt because high quality micro grows is the trend up there. My buddy is growing some of the best bud in the country rn and almost nobody will ever know except his close friends. That is the trend they are "growing" and it is the way.

[@lyddiayannuzzi5564]

@@chadpreslar7152 we have a pop up here called 757 grow club, very established now, less pop up feeling. Good security, and local growers. It really is awesome to be a part of the community here!

[@chrisguice139]

Man when I saw all of that bud going into the chipper I was about to cry.

[@DR-ju6rs]

Made my eyes red watching the video.

[@wilmorris4225]

They made it into hash oil.

[@calgaryfred]

if you think that was high grade buds you are high

[@chrisguice139]

@calgaryfred I didn't say anything about grade. I hope you feel better trying to make yourself look good at someone else's expense.

[@brushstroke3733]

Taxes and regulation: the age old way to destroy business and consumers.

[@Parker307]

I was a slogan in the fight to make it legal. "Jut legalese it, tax it and regulate it"

[@discodiffusioner]

This is how it got legalized, otherwise people would still be thrown in jail. Considering the USA is all about capitalism, how else would you have thought it got legalized? Gotta take the good w/ the bad. They're starting to make it illegal to test for it in many states now. Baby steps.

[@IusedtohaveausernameIliked]

It's not just weed, it's every single consumer product out there. Cottage industry just can't compete with the Walmarts and IKEAs of this world. This video makes it look like the problem is just about Cannabis. It's a much larger issue than just that.

[@firstlast-cs6eg]

A issue with capitalism.

[@HnH1369]

Not a problem with capitalism but honest regulation, we don’t pass laws unless donations are made. Much like religions.

[@firstlast-cs6eg]

@@HnH1369 We'd have more democracy and honesty in government without capitalism.

[@JayBe443]

@@firstlast-cs6eg how? It would become more corrupt if anything with the lack of competition and lack of incentives to competition.

[@y0nd3r]

@@HnH1369 sorry, greed is built into capitalism. Not a bug, a feature. Capitalism actually rewards greed, so the greedier you are, the more profitable you will be. Too much regulation is obviously a problem, but to say it shouldn't be regulated is nonsense.

[@pauls4235]

"Why rich investors are mad they haven't been able to take over and milk the marijuana market"

[@soilBGuRu420]

💯💯💯💯💯💯😢

[@hootowl6354]

Very few rich investors are stupid enough to think growing a weed would yield a good return on investment, especially when consumers can grow their own in their garden and barely break a sweat.

[@pauls4235]

@@hootowl6354 Okay? But we are clowning the rich investors that tried...

[@LamLawIndy]

@@hootowl6354 Yeah, that's my thought. The barriers to entry to a commercial operation may be high, but there are almost zero barriers for a consumer to grow weed himself.

[@Dishwater_Sponge]

"Stuck up California growers throw dirt weed in the wood chipper for dramatic effect"

[@blueoval250]

Government ruins every single thing it touches.

[@barrysims9906]

85 Billion a year busness, It is in some bodys pocket

[@dflood75]

Capitalism ruins everything

[@timothythompson7750]

SO STOP PAYING TAXES!!! You can legally shift 15-33% of your income to local charities, local businesses, and local non-profits. Have them give you a receipt, to be taken with you to the IRS and at that point you're legally cleared!!!

[@brentwalker3300]

That is not exactly true. If we look at what is presented in this video it appears that the influence of large corporations and investors on politicians is the big problem. This is what has led to a corrupt Supreme Court and rampant media disinformation. Big money created a system to favor themselves. The answer is to just grow yourself or attempt to buy from smaller growers. Additionally, it is important to lobby legislator to change the laws in order to allow smaller growers back in. Just shitting on "big bad government" is lazy and incorrect.

[@jamisojo]

@@timothythompson7750 that sounds like a far cry from not paying taxes. And you just spent the money on something you don't want anyhow.

[@michaelolson571]

I started growing my own bc the prices in the stores in San Diego are too expensive. Its turned into a nice little hobby

[@steventanner864]

I bet you have a better quality product growing your own

[@kipincharge2833]

same here and it is almost more of a joy to see them grow than smoke-----but what is so sad is I grew up with feilds in my backyard but did not try because I didn't want to spend my life in the USA SLAVE PRISON SYSTEM🖕🏾🖕🏼🖕 but we are still ENSLAVED🤬🤬🤬 WHAT IF I GROW TEN PLANTS????? AM I A CRIMMINAL FOR LIFE GROWING A WEED🖕🏼🖕🏾🖕100% INSANITY🖕🏼🖕🏾🖕AMERICAN'S BEST SLAVES EVER⚒️⚒️⚒️

[@PhyteByte]

michael can you help me o.o

[@ccptube3468]

I'm from SD too, how do u grow them? I have license to cultivate n buy as well.

[@jamesseurat8679]

@@PhyteByte check out Mr Canucks on KZbin. He has videos on everything you need to know.

[@danielcurtis1434]

The issue is we haven’t legalized it!!! It’s at best heavily decriminalized!!$ it’s not even legal federally!!!

[@nomdeguerre7265]

it's Crony Capitalism, which is actually just a form of socialism, state control, not only of markets, but of persons.

[@victorpalamar8769]

The biggest problem is that once legalization happened everybody would crash into the Pot Shop and buy everything there-----did not happen! Normal neighbourhood users are still supporting their illicit suppliers due to previous service and quality and cost.

[@Egzoset]

Which is why smart meters started to deploy like rabbits.

[@anatitan5546]

My own kid defined the legal terminology differences of "Decriminalization" & "legalization". She says decriminalization is the Earth Shattering break through that is most desirable. Those are carefully crafted terminologies in courts. Cause they are as---les like that.

[@4TwentyFour20]

california is unique in the fact that the climate is good... if exports were GLOBALLY allowed then the industry has a future...

[@Liphistius1039]

@@anatitan5546 Marijuana decriminalization would be a short sighted policy that doesnt address any of the envirenmental and social ills caused by black market grow operations. Legalization is the way to go, the issue with the legalization we have now is overregulation. If you deregulate, allow civilians to legally grow their own plants, and lower the burden of taxes and fines for cannabis buisnesses legalization is the ideal solution hands down.

[@rtflone]

@@Liphistius1039 No doubt, but legalization means supporting an army of bureaucrats, politicians, and regulators. Is it ever any other way when the govt is involved?

[@iels7346]

I live in Illinois and it's a joke, they made sure no one could afford to get into production but the super rich. You need 400k in liquid assets, you need a compound with the latest security system that gets inspected. The made sure you had to have millions to start up. Craft growers licenses are at least 25k if I remember right, thousands applied, 50 got approved. Because of this our industry is controlled by 2 or 3 big companies and the little man has no chance which also impacts our prices, we have old school $20-$35 a gram prices, an ounce is around 300 dollars unless you want some trash shake, there's a 20% tax on top of that if you're not medical. Meanwhile you can go next door to Michigan and get quality ounces for half the price in certain dispensaries. Most of the people I know go to street dealers because our regulations, tax and overall prices on marijuana are rediculos. We are by far the most expensive state for marijuana. Also, not that this is on that same note, but why is all of our dispensary weed so dry and harsh? From what I've been told thc content is measured by what percentage of the flowers weight is made up of thc after curing. If that is the case, are people then over drying their weed to fluff their thc numbers for sale purposes? The weed is so dry you don't need a grinder, you can crush it to a full on powder with your fingers, what happened the bud having a slight amount of density, smooth tastes and such. I went to Colorado a few weeks back and the bud I got there was so much smoother. I've never seen weed that dry prior to dispensaries becoming a thing, never seen someone's home grown be like that. Our system is trash. They rushed in a trash system to make a quick buck on taxes and now everyone is going back to street dealers. If they approved more licenses to grow with out flooding the market, It'd be a beautiful thing. I want sub 200 dollar ounces, that'd be amazing. I think they actually see an increase in that tax revenue if they could compete with the street dealers, but that's not happening anytime soon. You can get an 8th on the street for 30-40bucks give or take, ounces for around 240ish, an 8th is at least 60+ tax at a dispensary, its absurd.

[@ability_chi_gemini]

Yeah the dispensaries in Illinois are trash everyone goes to Michigan for much better product greedy crook country will never change sir it’s a shame 🤷‍♂️

[@jeffsmith8065]

@@ability_chi_gemini here in Michigan the big dispensaries are buying out the small dispensaries

[@ability_chi_gemini]

@@jeffsmith8065I know lots of people who go to upper peninsula frequently because they are sick of the swag here lol

[@pandemicgrower4212]

Lol grow your own.

[@tnmdrywall]

Literately breaking down my IL collinsville dispensary thc and its breaking up to dust as im reading this

[@sitindogmas]

I got my hands, a shovel and the sun and I absolutely love growing ! I'm 44 and they won't let us poor folks get our foot in the door. black market flower W.V.!!!

[@atomictraveller]

have fun, in AZ it's usually the plants that are black.

[@lizardjoel]

Respect. It really rubbed me wrong them mentioning every diversity checkbox but not income AND acting like California has a god given right to be the #1 weed growing state and other states should buy from them vs make it ourselves. WV has proudly grown amazing bud for decades and centuries and supplied Maryland which we are greatful for.

[@davidnyffenegger]

I live in switzerland where we're standing close before legalization. The knowledge these guys already have in farming but also in everything that comes along with legalization would be worth a lot money here I think... It's just what comes to my mind when I see these guys struggling who put so much effort and dedication in something they're passionate about but don't get anything in return because of the way the market is governed.

[@TheVisualante11]

How many people in Europe smoke weed? I mean really smoke weed daily? Im guessing most europeans smoke it maybe on vacation or festivals just a few times a year. Also-- most Europeans-- I've meet smoke weed with Tobacco which cuts down the use of weed even more. I would worry more about just trying to be a regular farmer in Europe with all of the rules about using power and all the other rules they have. I would grow indoor tobacco in Europe before weed way bigger market.

[@dplj4428]

As long as the gov wants to profit from taxation, the more the off-market gangster sales becomes a slightly cheaper but “murderously” competitive. Let people home grow. And like Deangelo said, mega farms mimic the same non-competitive pricing paralleled in other plant agriculture. If ever you get seeds from any plant, save them. Seedless grapes, seedless any is bad. Do people still do craft beer at home? Then do the same for cannabis. Commercial beer companies don’t seem to suffer too much. If you don’t want to drink… If you don’t want to smoke… Don’t. Don’t drive drunk or buzzed. Don’t go to work or be around kids whether buzzed or not. In fact, please don’t smoke heavily toxic commercial cigarettes around your babies, too.

[@TheDirtymikenation]

it was the best weed before recreational weed rip CA quality

[@fisherb1626]

I love how people think the geography for weed actually means anything when it comes to indoor grown weed.

[@DPR-GENX]

Of course Californians think they are the center of the universe and everything they do is better! 😆

[@mastergator9641]

Most people vape now adays and outdoor is mostly what distillate pens are made from

[@hj42887]

nancy reagan rolling in her grave after people started growing weed indoors and making it dank af

[@Trucker231610]

Well that guy seems to be dominating the market. So he's doing something right.

[@everydaychemistry6231]

@@mastergator9641 Vapes are good here and there but they are so much harsher than flower, and quite frankly even if they are higher in thc they never give as good a high as flower with lower thc but a larger range of cannabinoids. I'd hardly say most people use vapes over flower but the vapes are certainly more popular than ever.

[@__m37]

Prop. 64 was the worst thing to happen to legal cannabis. If people were not so blind to the blatant governmental overreach of the prop, we could have kept the "loosely regulated" medical cannabis market which was more people focused instead of profit focused. Ever since 2018 marijuana has never been the same in terms of potency, effect, and benefits which have all changed for the worse... Thanks again for that, Steve!!!

[@ecamp6360]

Dennis Peron was against the current Cali scheme. Y'all should have listened.

[@vicoilsteems9764]

Steve?

[@jackingwads7513]

I don't even smoke marijuana anymore since my state went legal it was good for a few years now I just smoke and get anxious and paranoid rather not even smoke the garbage

[@coltonconnor112]

Never would of thought government involvement would make something worse.

[@vicoilsteems9764]

@@coltonconnor112 this is corporate involvement , everything that happens today is corporate involvement.

[@bassman4201000]

Steve lobbied to lift the canopy limits allowing large producers to stack 1 acre permits. He helped CREATE the problem.

[@maneiloveyall3672]

Right

[@thesubjective]

This right here is the truth. Those that know. Snake in....

[@freddieweimann3602]

Yep.....

[@javiddun1]

canopy limits were never the problem, steve was never gonna stop vancouver and oklahoma 😂

[@ryantroy2047]

@@javiddun1 disagree. beyond being outright dishonest with the craft cannabis coalitions that only put support behind 64 because of canopy limits, it was an exercise in brand building on the backs legacy craft California farmers. by driving the price per lb to a limit that put all of the heritage “brands” out of business, eroding their ability to set quality and class at that pivotal time in the market. greenhouse industrial “california finest” can now be exported as somehow ever so slightly better than OK AK commodity mids. and guess who owns all that industrial greenhouse gmo laden pollution factories ready to export across state lines but the self appointed “king”. He did a similar move locally in Oakland closing the door on locals who had been supplying 215 collectives since 1996 but i digress.

[@luckieoleary6459]

Dude is very humble when explaining the struggles of running a legal operation in Cali. The taxes and regulations are insanely destructive.

[@alainportant6412]

9:15 what's wrong with the shape of his shoulders or something

[@andrewjustice2429]

Wonder how he voted.....

[@Jake_20011]

I think it should never be legalized recreationally. Medical seems to be the best route. From watching this video it seems that legalizing it recreationally is what fucked the market up along with oversaturation, taxes, and regulations

[@dannylujan3619]

Newshome

[@vinzclortho7766]

It's ironic that Cannabis Taxes were the selling point made by the Proponents to State Governments when they were pushing for legalization. Now those same people are complaining about the taxes.

[@tfm1449]

When I was in High School, an once of Pot was $40/ounce. Gold was $35/ounce.

[@alldud13]

gold hasn’t been $35 an oz since 1934 how old are you

[@mishaguevara]

Over time, the Quality of craft cannabis, Will proof it's value. Mass scale Quality is low, especially in the effects it gives. Craft Cannabis is the Only Cannabis to consume.

[@arkinner]

Craft cannabis is a massive factory. Meaning it's quality is low. I will never smoke anything from a dispensary or anyone if I don't know they personally grow. Good thing I grow my own award winning flowers

[@Shitstain951]

Wrong people are happy to smoke shitty $50 ounces all day. They just don’t care

[@weirdshibainu]

Not really. Using your logic, fast food wouldn't exist because it has low quality.

[@javiddun1]

craft cannabis doesnt exist the way it does in your mind, reality is 99% of growers grow boof and shouldnt be growing.

[@amsf1]

Black market will always be king because it can't be taxed.... I could go on but I'm not going to waste my breath. Peace and blessings to all. Live life however you see fit

[@joebill663]

agreed

[@FinnSwede906]

They've already botched it here in Michigan over the last few years by these dispensaries pricing growers out of the market, the average price paid per oz in MI was recently only $95! Weed on the street back in the day would be worth at least $120 all the way up to $3-4hundred per oz depending on quality and what town I was in but the last oz I picked up was only $65 and it's decent tree

[@Sideshowmanatee]

Recreational killed the industry, it’s a shame

[@joeoregano4251]

That's disgusting

[@jimmyjay689]

I remember oz's for $400..lol....just recently bought half an oz from dispensary for $115 after taxes..Boston

[@Le_Brick420]

Thank Deangello and the big money players that voted for that but did not know the structure of the rules when it came out. Now look at it. People HATE IT and can not make a living on small farms due to new regs and high price push outs and so many stupid rules. Deangello knows he helped screw that one up.

[@melsfire]

The fact that he's pretending he didn't help cause this fiasco is mind boggling.

[@nicolelanzotti]

@@melsfire and infuriating

[@janbudin5900]

Until greed will be taught in schools, movies and social attitudes it's going to be the driving force of the average human being. Which means the vast majority of people. It also means that the free market will be beneficial only to the market bullies that will abuse of their power in order to control it with the help of all the servants that "work" for them, while living in the illusion of being free.

[@damphear2]

the man steve is the whole reason the legal weed system in ca failed. you can easily see how he pushed out the smaller farms for a bigger farm and then got pushed out himself

[@bobsag]

As above, so below. As below, so above. When people like Steve violate natural law principles, thats exactly what you get. Do unto other as you would have them do unto you. Fucker had it coming and that's what I'm sayin.

[@Egzoset]

That happened to Québec's Bloc Pot representative(s) years ago on our national French-speaking TV networks that the rest of Canada can't bare to watch. The guy was facing an addictionnist-abstentionnist and yet wasted his precious speach-time to whine over pharmacists threatening to "steal" 2 decades of his own "work"... Come to my sacrificed province to meed an invisible portion of society erased from reality, 9 meters from all doors or windows, not even allowed to wear cannabis pictures...

[@janbudin5900]

Until greed will be taught in schools, movies and social attitudes it's going to be the driving force of the average human being. Which means the vast majority of people. It also means that the free market will be beneficial only to the market bullies that will abuse of their power in order to control it with the help of all the servants that "work" for them, while living in the illusion of being free.

[@tomc.4860]

Have the legacy market cannabis growers figured out that when they apply for a license and they are turned down, they are then marked as illegal growers?

[@AwokenEntertainment]

Glad to see you getting the real story out there that most don't hear or know about..

[@sterlthepearl1000]

"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal Freedom." Bill Hicks

[@gijoey5912]

You're telling me the government got involved and it made things worse?! That's never happened before ever.

[@diggysoze2897]

Your shitpost is detrimental to the conversation. It’s not “the government” it’s big businesses being allowed to raze the market, without allowing actual people to compete.

[@gijoey5912]

@@diggysoze2897 that’s also part of it, but they’re not the ones raising taxes by 50%. 3:45 sure sounds like he’s blaming over-regulation to me.

[@nobonesaboutit7639]

@@diggysoze2897 without the coalition of big business and government, it would not be possible to do what they're doing. And what they're doing is ruining things as always.

[@kost157]

Amazing how a beautiful, beneficial seed can sow such controversy.

[@tomc.4860]

This is the same thing that happened to organic farms in California. 30 years ago there were thousands of small organic farms and they've all been regulated out of existence, not to mention the word organic now has no legal meaning and the big companies use chemicals and fertilizer and just call it organic.

[@janbudin5900]

Perfect example of the mean core nature of the free market. Rich people will have the wealth to support an industry that produces such a quantity at a low cost that can lower the selling price, while small farmers will fall in the seducing trap to become big, meanwhile struggling to pay the bills. And with no other choice, will go to the black market or die. The economic free market system is based on an alien to the planet predator mindset, that brings our society out of the harmony that allows on our planet to balance the life of all and everything. A very easy way out is to limit the amount of land a producer can have. It would be basically bring to a local scale the market and cut of the possibility to the big fish to eat the small fish. Anyway the problem looks unsolvable because the law makers are those that have more power when the solution would be to fragment that power and localise it... unless a new harmonizing force that we yet don't know, takes over, Which is a wild hope in our times, but the only one that can be found using rational thinking.

[@caseroberts9863]

Growing yourself can be difficult at first. But, if you persist with patience through the cycles, and errors. It is quite rewarding 🐸

[@iGame3D]

It's so much fun, even if you don't get the best bud ever, bringing those beautiful plants to flower is a blessed experience.

[@jimmiewomble416]

I'd grow it even if I didn't smoke it. Beautiful plant.

[@dshousegenetix47]

Buy seeds grow you're own screw these clowns lol. Take things private in your hands, no middleman and no BS to deal with.

[@odin2131]

Some people don’t want to grow their own and some don’t have patience like that. For people who don’t care for growing should support these smaller farmers vs larger conglomerates

[@MoAli-wm4of]

@@odin2131 yeah and what about those people who use cannabis primarily for medical benefits and have heath conditions .. which make up keep on any decent small home grow, next to impossible? Even when you argue a couple plant tent can be intially setup by someone as a hydro with coco bucket system - all on timers ... There is still enough daily manual maintenance needed to make it difficult/out of reach for some medical users, unfortunately. However you want to cut it, there will always be a segment of the cannabis user base who will be limited to buying retail flowers or products ... And those ppl should have a safe and fair market place to participate in

[@wampaswomps3975]

Yeah go ahead and try. They can bust you because they can use your homes smart meter to detect the light cycle of the grow op. The power companies will narc when they see a pattern in power usage.

[@dshousegenetix47]

@@wampaswomps3975 I was running a seed company so you have no idea what you're talking about. Wanna buy good genetics? Hit me up

[@la7era1u54]

@@wampaswomps3975 In most states where it's legal there is a certain number of plants that each person can cultivate at a time and/or a certain amount of your own dried product that you can posses. The number of plants and weight of the product differs by state, but most states aren't going to bust your door in unless it's obvious that you are growing a large amount to sell

[@minisithunknown5568]

In my area we have too many snitches and corrupt cops. Better to get it at a store to not get messed with the local cops for me.

[@noeld9910]

I'm in maine I purchase an ounce of pretty good weed a week from my local dispensary and the total cost of that ounce is 71 dollars with tax included. I used to pay 2-300 an ounce on the street before legalization.

[@danteprice1874]

You still smokin some bullshit if yo ounce cost less than 150 out of dispo anywhere my top shelf b buds cost more than your ounce it kills me that ppl still smoke mids out of the dispo

[@BenTaylorPostProduction]

I live in Sonoma county and there are 22 dispenseries here. It is rural and not populated that much either. Something has got to give.

[@mendoblendo321]

Im in Mendocino county its ridiculous

[@weirdshibainu]

Something will. The market will decide the winners and losers and it won't care about race, gender, identity or the pursuit of generational wealth.

[@purdyboi8078]

Petaluma...P-town baby!

[@nomdeguerre7265]

Interesting to hear the California Street people highlight the very problems caused by government policies, greater government control and regulatory power, they actually support.

[@dannymack1196]

I hate when people say that it's the world's most popular elicit drug 😒😞🙄

[@justincourville2483]

I thought I heard holistic

[@nativesugarshack9328]

Nicotine and caffeine reign supreme world wide.

[@kipincharge2833]

@@nativesugarshack9328 😮😝😜🤣 YOU DO KNOW SUGAR IS A DRUG😝😜

[@beaudeeley]

What does it elicit that bothers you so much? 😂

[@nativesugarshack9328]

@@kipincharge2833 wrong kind of Sugar Shack 🤣👍 but correct nonetheless ✌️

[@Hoosierdaddyjones812]

Even when it becomes federally legal growers in the emerald triangle really believe people in the other states would want that sun grown over the fire quality I seen now is baffling.

[@jeannettewhite3682]

I've always said "support your local small businesses" but also have said "leave growing to the pros in the green triangle"

[@TommyChongPvt-fc]

Hey 👋there Are you also one of my comic movie fans out there?

[@janbudin5900]

Until greed will be taught in schools, movies and social attitudes it's going to be the driving force of the average human being. Which means the vast majority of people. It also means that the free market will be beneficial only to the market bullies that will abuse of their power in order to control it with the help of all the servants that "work" for them, while living in the illusion of being free.

[@ianbattles7290]

How do you outlaw something that anyone can grow in their backyard/basement?

[@alostbard]

'It's just a plant' is always a bad arguement. Most poisons come from plants, so most deadly plants are illegal to purposefully grow and cultivate... as it should be. If I may make a kindly suggestion; include some verbage that separates cannabis from deadly poisonous plants.

[@brentwalker3300]

@@alostbard Have you been asleep for the past fifty years? There is a growing body of research showing the numerous health benefits of cannabis, and its many cannabinoids and terpenes. It's hardly poison.

[@waderowland9758]

Watching the 1M sq ft "weedbro" struggle through his complaint about how no one but people like him can prosper in the cannabis market . . . priceless. Also painful.

[@joesmith4821]

IN THE HEART OF KZbin. IS THAT NEW YEARS OR IS IT OPPOSITE NEW YEARS ? a real man forbes ? i hear that all the time.

[@Bubinek1]

I don't understand where this entitlement to build generational wealth comes from when you are doing something that others can easily do as well. You have to do something special that benefits society to stand a chance.

[@francofrogg]

I'm from Washington State and I love legal weed. The prices are great, the quality and selection are amazing and it's easy, convenient, and always available. What's wrong with that. I have no desire to go back to the black market.

[@uncledutchy1750]

Cool if you are happy bro that is all that matters. But in Cali the stuff is way over priced and doesn’t hit the shelf for 8months I worked in the industry . now a days you might as well be flipping burgers. The 215 days were the best. We didn’t know how good we had it.

[@westcoastadventurers8504]

@ Dutchy, I've worked on illegal farms and in the legal industry for a decade. I no longer am in the industry bc of to much B's. I agree which is why I moved north from Socal to the bay area, but Cali bud isn't even cheap in Norcal so I move again here to Seattle. It's better here all around, ...........for the most part.

[@davidherbella9411]

I've been to several legal states. Washington was my favorite.

[@bilhamcobbly2957]

Exactly!!!!! I’m tired of the crying!! I would never go back to the illegal trash I used to buy for 50$

[@EmpressCreopatraOmega]

@@uncledutchy1750 it's funny that you said that because I am from California and the first time I had marijuana was definitely California and I actually do know that the black market was the best but I'm in Washington state now but we don't have the best but we do have quality we do have a good price I went there today I got a 7 G for $12 and his blue dream which is my favorite strand which is fire for what I'm doing now but I do have a CBD of Blue Dream which is also powerful so it's all depends on your need and your funds but things are never how they work before absolutely 💯

[@Ziffel22]

Marijuana should be treated as any other plant business such as potatoes, corn or tomatoes. Plant it, tend it, harvest it and then get it to market. The only restriction should be attaining the age of majority to consume it.

[@saammahakala]

The place I recently stopped working for, paid $5 an eighth and sold 'em for between $40 - $75 and the crapiest of pre-rolls they got for free, were sold for $10 - $20!!! Humans that are all about illusory wealth, fame and power need to be rounded up and forced to live like aboriginals/natives so their souls can learn more quickly about empathy, compassion, appreciation and the effort it takes to just survive if there's no modern cities/technologies around!

[@phackqu]

Maybe it's time to hold them people who dictate where , how much and to who american taxes should go to accountable and reevaluate who should receive

[@sweatnosweat]

in the end it's the consumer that has the power, but he doesn't know it, so producers do what ever they want

[@DgurlSunshine]

SO DO THE COPS

[@normantaffefiny8227]

the consumer can be easily lied too / manipulated

[@atomictraveller]

that's the big thing about the masonic republic. everyone's convinced they can't be run. mkultra rape can throw you around some

[@down-to-earth-mystery-school]

This just occurred to me, it's likely occurred to others, but how much does the alcohol industry have invested in lobbying for cannabis regulation? They are the top recreational drug in the nation, they have a lot to lose if many of their customers decide to use marijuana instead - which in my experienced opinion is a much better buzz and has less negative side effects...

[@Egzoset]

I heard last night that Québec's SQdC has administrators from the alcohol and "medical" (addictionnist-abstentionnist) indu$try, and of course it praise for *MONOPOLIES* of the state, just a few year after loosing this major justice cause: « Free-the-Beer », which means even the Supreme Court distorted out founding Confederation of 1867... My bet is USA ain,t much better served than Canada by it's self-serving predatory politi¢ian$.

[@TommyChongPvt-fc]

Hey 👋there Are you also one of my comic movie fans out there?

[@thehoboman]

Like most issues in the US ignorance is at the root.

[@andrewgarner3106]

That wood chipper will haunt my dreams.

[@belenkas]

Old landrace cannabis strains had balanced THC/CBD levels as God intended. Also many important terpenes! Only recently man has hybridised cannabis to have 20-30% THC and almost no CBD, hence all the side effects, that many people experience. This is why we must return to the original landrace strains.

[@easternacademy]

I'm old enough to remember illegal stills producing moonshine, primarily along "Thunder Road" in "dry" counties of North Carolina. Governments got it right neither with Prohibition nor its repeal. "Revenuer" was a common word with special meaning. I have no reason to believe that governments would do any better with cannabis.

[@g.p.b.growpressbake3807]

Maybe the industry is failing because more and more people are realizing how much easier it is to just grow your own.

[@uncledutchy1750]

The smart stoners

[@Comeback.king.]

@@uncledutchy1750 the broke stoners lol

[@uncledutchy1750]

@@Comeback.king. true

[@ronaldmikelee7026]

Lol have you ever tried growing good quality weed yourself. It's a sh*t ton of time and you have to spend a few grand to set up the right equipment. Better just to buy it.

[@g.p.b.growpressbake3807]

@@ronaldmikelee7026 actually I do grow and have been doing it for 2 years now. And you don’t have to spend thousands to do it, you need a good light, good genetics, and a controlled environment which I got from items that I already had at home, like an a/c, humidifier, and dehumidifier. It’s not rocket science.

[@nicklasmillner101]

In Santa Rosa new shops keep.popping up, I'm waiting for the major close downs . There are 60 shops now around here. I predict 60% gone this year or two.

[@mcozy333]

making shops based on street prices ( black market ) is nothing but set to fail

[@kylen4701]

Hasn't been much better in Canada. We had similar problems up here and even more regulations with packaging, sales, and a slow gradual "legalization" on different products. Pretty much a text book case of how not to legalize something.

[@markhirstwood4190]

You can't get wrecked off legal Canadian weed. It's been secretly altered in some way behind the scenes, intentionally, so you can get a nice smoke, a nice buzz, 7/10 maybe 8/10 but never 10/10 like you can get off any other herb.

[@nathanvannatto9310]

Yup, and also the goverment was going up against an industry that had been doing it black-market for decades. When they started putting all the taxes and restrictions in, the smart money went to pumping that grey-market BC bud all over the country.

[@Thanos88888]

It was a learning curve, but it's mostly worked itself out now. I just found it ridiculous how 1 gram would be sold in the same glass jar that 10 grams would be sold in. At least they are now using bags. I do find it ridiculous that all packaging looks the same and finding the name of your weed on your package is done by deciphering a code. You can't beat the prices though. There's no way that I would be able to find an ounce of weed for $100 twenty years ago. If you could get it at that price, it was never consistent. Now I can just go to the store and I know there will be good weed at a good price and I won't have to deal with a buddy of a buddy that might have sprayed it down with Dr. Pepper in order to increase it's weight for sale. We don't all have best friends who deal weed and are willing to give us a deal. There's also the recent problem of some weed being laced with fentanyl, etc. It might not be incredibly common, but it does happen. I have seen multiple people go down from overdoses from laced weed. Store weed is safe.

[@StephanBuchin]

Lots of discussions and controversies here in Europe about legalization. This excellent video sheds a very different light on this matter and reveals unsuspected side effects and downsides. Not as straightforward as I thought it would be.

[@motterbe]

This video is actually quite narrow in scope. Different US states have regulated it in different ways both medically and recreationally, with different results. Some ways are better than others but there is always a downside. In this video they talk about "over taxing and over regulating" and in the same breath mention "over saturation of the market". Completely lax regulation leads to even more over saturation of the market with makes small growers poor (see Oregon). Stringent regulation and high taxes lead to higher profits for small growers, but limits the number of growers. (See Washington state) This video only talks about things in California, but it is a complicated situation because along with the black market there is the grey market (what some people call "legal" operations selling to the black market) as well as the black market (grow operations not licensed in any way). All in all it is extremely complicated (speaking as someone who was involved in the industry in Colorado for five years)

[@StephanBuchin]

@@motterbe Thank you for this info and it doesn't make things less complicated :-)

[@janbudin5900]

Until greed will be taught in schools, movies and social attitudes it's going to be the driving force of the average human being. Which means the vast majority of people. It also means that the free market will be beneficial only to the market bullies that will abuse of their power in order to control it with the help of all the servants that "work" for them, while living in the illusion of being free.

[@brandonshurn4227]

IMO growing on that scale is impossible to truly dial in

[@jaydover346]

For sure not growing anything super high quality like that

[@dougm275]

They do it with some grapes and very high end produce, but the price reflects that.

[@theylookcrazytv]

"Free the weed f the greed"

[@pauls4235]

fr

[@atomictraveller]

you misspelled masons

[@eesymonds]

Without cracking down on the black market in Canada and the USA this will continue to be a sh*t show for the hard working people doing it the legal way

[@mcozy333]

hard working people are Now just setting up framework for the massive conglomerates to come in and take over operations at some point in time . when cannabis is legal expect huge corporations to control the market like any other commodity ever .. look at legal cannabis states . the huge corp got a monopoly , you need millions to buy in and grow in that State while just any guy walking around cannot grow it or attain it at all , still illegal

[@diggysoze2897]

Do not support legalizing weed - We need to Deregulate Cannabis IF YOUR GRANDMA CAN’T SELL IT AT THE FARMERS MARKET; IT’S NOT LEGAL.

[@CP-qx2ff]

yes

[@mariopuzo4509]

That bud looks " ok" at best. Great or the best is a huge stretch.

[@Van_Wildr]

For perspective. Oregon dispensaries, at least in my town, pay $4 less an hour than McDonald’s workers. Despite the market size, and the cheaper cost of taxes and licensing. In California the licensing to start a dispensary is over $100k, in Oregon it costs the same as a liquor sales license, about 10k.

[@mikec4308]

too many people live in California

[@weirdshibainu]

So you're advocating for low wages?

[@californiapoontappa]

Saw this coming and that's why I left the business years ago. I ran a grow for a big company spent years perfecting the grow house just to walk away and work a regular job lol. It's a crazy life man

[@cheezeball6109]

Too bad, they didn't value you....

[@joebill663]

way to go. think im gonna call it quits. anything else would be better at this point

[@californiapoontappa]

@@joebill663 I agree it's tough cuz I don't know how to translate the knowledge of running a grow and running the company into another job. Like I was 2nd In charge for the company running all the day to day and keeping the shop straight while my partner handled a lot of the big picture things and used his name and connections to help move the company to the next level. I am very capable of running a business but a lot of people don't understand this they just think it's weed and I'm afraid to tell people the level I was at mainly cuz they think it would be a lie and I'm trying to brag to look cool lol

[@californiapoontappa]

@@cheezeball6109 now I'm in another job where I'm not appreciated. Glad I left the business since they got raided shortly after I walked away

[@KrustyKlown]

Future of the Weed industry, is making & selling the growing equipment to home growers. Home growing isn't hard, it's a fun hobby... and it's a DIRT CHEAP way to grow HIGH Quality Cannabis.

[@picklesthecat177]

As one who has been involved in the black market and is currently in the legal cannabis market, I feel this video falls short of explaining what is really happening. The only reason there once was a thriving cannabis industry was because it was illegal and therefore cannabis prices have been over-inflated for almost the last century. Just because it became legal doesn't mean everyone who enters the market is entitled to have so called "generational wealth". We can't forget that cannabis is a plant/weed, it is very easy to grow and once legal, can be done on a massive scale, creating over supply and full saturation, leading to cheaper wholesale/retail prices and much slimmer margins. In states with less regulation and cheaper startup costs, we are seeing even lower prices and much higher saturation. What it all boils down to, is that Cannabis is no longer the "cash crop" that it once was, due to legalization. When lbs. of cannabis can be produced for under $300/lb, in the legal market or traditional market, one cannot expect to become rich quick with that business model. Even a small scale, independent farmer, with low overhead and startup costs, can produce quality flower at these prices, they always have been able to. The problem lies in the fact the end retail price of cannabsi has fallen so drastically, so its no longer worth the over-inflated prices it once was. It's the over saturation that have severely hurt the profitability of the industry.....but I'm not sure how everybody could not see that coming. The larger multi-million multi state operators are feeling the same hurt as the small independent growers. Nobody is really making money nationwide on any level anymore. The ones who are benefitting most from legal cannabis are the customers, who now can very affordably buy cannabis at a fraction of the cost it was even 5 years ago. In my opinion, these shifts should have all been expected when a once illegal crop becomes legal and is mass produced. Ultimately, cannabis should have never been the cash crop that it was, its prices have been manipulated and higher than they ever should have been, strictly due to it being illegal. For those who were around during those golden years, there was money to be made. Unfortunately for those still in the industry or trying to get in, the money just isn't there anymore due to the saturation and ease to grow cannabis. Genetics are also more widespread than ever, so its really easy to get your hands on some quality strains. The times have changed but the plant has stayed the same. Its really no different than growing another vegetable as a farmer....and basically, if your growing cannabis, your just a farmer.....and most farmers are not very wealthy. I feel for the old school growers the most. They have dedicated so much to this industry and have really helped this amazing plant flourish into what it is today. Coming up with evolving growing techniques, breeding amazing genetics we all can appreciate today, while putting their own freedom on the line. But for those opportunists, who think they can just simply come into the industry, regardless of gender or race, expecting that they are entitled to life changing wealth....I don't have much pity and they are just simply late to the party!

[@MoreBud-Angel]

A+

[@cheezeball6109]

I agree with what you stated, but it will all come down to the state regulating supply of the plant in order to keep the businesses profitable, otherwise it's a race to the bottom.

[@weirdshibainu]

One of the better posts on YT regarding the subject. "if your growing cannabis, your just a farmer.....and most farmers are not very wealthy." illuminates the issue completely. Pot is subject to the same economic laws all farmers have struggled with for centuries-if you have a bumper crop, it's likely all the growers of the same crop did as well, driving the price down. I don't use, but had looked into buying stock in producers a couple of years ago and that dictum is what kept me from doing so. Throw in competition from the cartels and while I admire the tenacity of the legit growers, unless it's a passion, there are easier ways to make money. Good luck.

[@nathanvannatto9310]

Very well stated. However, the grey-market middlemen are still doing ok due to wholesale prices tanking, so even though you can only charge $100 for top quality oz, you are only paying $50-$55 for that when you buy it by the pound. There will be a point though that even at the same margins, your local grey-market dealer will have a hard time paying the bills when a month's supply of there heavy users is only $100 and there margins are 30-40% on that. I am always amazed how much some people can smoke in a month, but there is a physical limit for how much a person can smoke. Most heavy users smoke 3-4 g a day, which results in them going through a quarter pound a month. If that QP is only $100 you need a lot more heavy users to pay the bills. Some dealers will survive due to them being able to move a lot of volume, but it will not be like the golden days (well besides risking your freedom etc.) of pre-legalization.

[@alvingray-el8527]

All of the small weed growing businesses should network together, form an alliance so that they do not get left behind, most of all work together to keep from being manipulated by the much larger companies. Unify regardless of the time, and/or effort, in the long run you will benefit from the effort. Guaranteed!!! Start today!!

[@dillionchatman5010]

Not botched. Dispensary's charge at least 50 an eighth and up. And signing up gets your 2nd amendment voided, sounds perfectly like America too me.

[@Jumalten001]

Your 2nd amendment right isn't voided by signing up lol

[@dillionchatman5010]

@@Jumalten001 under federal law you waive your ability to purchase firearms. In some states even a purchase can be rejected if the seller has any indication that the buyer is "impaired" or "under the influence" of Marijuana, medical or not. You can word it however you want, these are the facts.

[@PatrickPierceBateman]

@@dillionchatman5010 Seems like you've been smoking too much and are paranoid. There's nothing stopping you from buying a gun, medical marijuana cards do not show up on a federal background check. I have a medical card and never had to sign away my 2nd amendment right lol. Medical records are protected and kept private under HIPAA.

[@scottthompson5800]

75£ 8th for cali in uk..top shelf UK is 40£

[@dillionchatman5010]

@@PatrickPierceBateman then your not following the law lol. Which is fine by me, espically if they are not enforcing it that is encouraging I guess. The law was wrote this way on purpose I dont understand how it means anything else. Throw a seed in a pot and Go grow your own.

[@robertrinehart629]

Same thing happened in Florida. Voted to legalize overwhelmingly 3 times. So a moritoriam was passed till the big money took over. But it’s still against the law for you & me plus it’s still against the law to grow your own. On top of that you have to buy a medical card yearly which cost about 500.00. Duh tell me what’s wrong with this picture?

[@davidchoe2813]

Steve Deangelo the man who never met a camera or recording device he didn’t like getting in front of.The man who fought so hard for the Land cap the growers were forced to operate under.There’s a big part of why things are the way we are.

[@atomictraveller]

john quincy adams was antimasonic party.

[@russtgrower750]

There deleting all the replys to your comment. Lol

[@pauls4235]

Facts David

[@CP-qx2ff]

He fought to remove the 1 acre cap and had one of the first mega ops. the whole first round was a bust because of failed test results because the sight was contaminated from the previous cut flower operation.

[@bufordteejustice1119]

Maryland finally passed recreational this year. Dispensary prices around here in Baltimore are cheap. They have great products and the price is right. We'll see how it changes next July 1 when recreational kicks in.

[@FusionDeveloper]

Blacklist the "other social media websites" from usernames. They are spam-bot replying to everyone with their stupid emoticons in their name and in their messages. Everyone please do your part and report then block the spam bots.

[@doobiedoo7623]

I live in LA County and walked into a dispensary in my city to buy edibles. I had not bought any in years. I bought two packages of edibles. Each pack had 10 candies with 10mg of thc each. Each pack was $20.00. When the girl rang my purchase up, I expected my bill with sales tax (10.25 in my city) of around $44.50 cents. My bill was almost $53.00. $40.00 for the edibles, about $4.10 in sales tax, the rest was local and state cannabis fees/taxes, on top of the sales tax. So basically I al most paid 30% tax on $40.00 worth of product. I cant imagine what these producers re experiencing trying to do this legally.

[@loadedfun4764]

In Florida we call it “supporting your local growers”. Instead of refining the processes and making it a better more efficient experience the folks in Tallahassee want to keep taking steps in the other direction. My grinder hasn’t seen any oil in 5 years here. Not sure how they’re purging the flower and still having residual thc however I know it’s being done. You can see it in the color and crispness of the bud. So I say.... until the legal Eagles get it sorted “keep supporting your local growers “.....

[@kevingeiger1140]

So he's trying to control the market but also feels bad for struggling growers? 🤡🤡🤡

[@cheezeball6109]

This mentality is the problem. There needs to be a control on supply.

[@raydubbstep4424]

All about greed. Always has been.

[@weirdshibainu]

Welcome to the free market

[@CF1091]

As long as you can grow it for yourself at home and smoke it in public, it isn't botched 😉Eventually it'll open up more as the culture of society changes to become more accepting of drugs

[@cheezeball6109]

Most people wont grow anymore when it becomes cheaper and readily available.

[@95LuisRamirez]

But it sucks you cant grow it everywhere in California the cities or counties can ban it. The city i live in you can grow 6 plants only indoors and not every one has money or space to setup a indoors grow room/tent

[@atomictraveller]

AZ, no A/C you let me know how those home grows work out. i'm usually fighting microscopic issues magnified by the conditions and lucky if i yield a quarter pound a year in the three grows i can squeeze into the winter.

[@cheezeball6109]

@Johndoe you obviously have not grown quality weed. Why don't people grow tobacco or make their own whiskey?

[@iGame3D]

Just in time for climate change to kill us all. yay, freedom!

[@lovefortheplant6997]

I completely understand what they were saying about access to capital. Remember that many white males like myself also do not have access to capital. It's a tiny slither of the entire population that have the capital to survive this fast moving corporate takeover 💚🌱💨

[@acme_tnt8741]

Being a Cannbis connoisseur for nearly 26 years but a fiscal conservative libertarian. I have always scratched my head when the "Leagalize It" crowd always said," Just regulate it and tax it!" Legalize it like tomatoes and oranges. Sure you have Delmonte and Libby's but you also have farmers markets and your garden.

[@yrsofpain]

Price did jump crazy right after legalization but now its even cheaper then before. Half an oz for $75 of some good stuff.

[@raydubbstep4424]

Cali is down to 75 an OZ 😆 might as well give it away.

[@mendoblendo321]

Outdoor pounds for 400

[@shari9721]

Don't destroy it, make edibles, make infused coconut oil, make tincture etc.

[@davidconn3222]

with the inflation of everything we buy ,how soon do the growers start to produce food again ?

[@nomaddux]

What

[@hokeywolf3416]

A lot like what happened with Wal mart and small specialty stores.

[@335alien335]

At the rate they're going, one day soon they'll harvest it in Nebraska using a combine. Imagine a field from horizon to horizon like the way they do corn.

[@JessieA15]

That would be awful. Quality would be terrible

[@DanielleFoster.]

Like Canada farms hemp for concrete-hempcrete & heating oil, paper, etc

[@lows6427]

This isn’t corn that would be terrible

[@raydubbstep4424]

Sorry I don't want to imagine it. It's becoming worthless to grow

[@dpatrick813]

All boof

[@rufiorufioo]

All I have to say is some Oregon buds I bought here were super high quality. Some of the best I've ever had and I've had it all.

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[@jsmythib]

No offense to the legalization crowd BUT...Cannabis was cheaper and easier to obtain when it was illegal. This year growing for personal use will be legal in my area....Dispensary prices will skyrocket as tax revenue falls.

[@tommygun4721]

Very educational vid thx. Question I noticed the flowers you have growing at the base of the plants what are they? I can only guess they are for natural pest control.

[@zebrapleco7895]

Downvote for your BS politics section at 11:00 in an otherwise informative piece. Black market will always reign supreme while you focus on nonsense like that.

[@gas481]

Michigan has it sooo good. You can buy for awesome prices and grow your own supply

[@nickclark18]

Source: *trust me bro* You couldn't PAY me to step one foot inside of Michigan. Most ratchet people with chips on their shoulders and sob stories ever

[@Ziffel22]

What does it matter if one is black, or LBGTQ, or female? All businesses have the same problems that the black woman was complaining about. She was lucky to have won the California marijuana lottery and that can be taken away at any time. As part of the system she should know that.

[@jimr203]

The best way to fix this taxing and regulations is to vote those politicians out.

[@kennethjackson3727]

Its called government thats how everything gets botched.

[@atomictraveller]

it only takes five letters, why can't you spell m, a, s, o, n?

[@gregkramer5588]

Multiple issues. 1. Feds need to legalize cannabis and allow businesses in the industry have the same treatment from a tax and banking perspective as other businesses. 2. State and local taxes should be no different than other products. 3. It looked like some of the growers thought it would be easy or extra lucrative. It will end up being a low margin commodity like other farm products. That is the real world. 4. Regulations need to be simple and not favor large or small growers. Adding extra overhead because of the old cannabis fear mentality and extra taxes just makes the black market that much more successful.

[@peterthomson6161]

That wasn't kind they were chipping.

[@SamHelmuth]

Yeah that looked like hay 😂😂

[@squid_fish]

Last years.

[@tomtyl6902]

I live in Minnesota. Only 2 legal medical cannabis companies and very few dispensaries. Patients of Minnesota's medical marijuana program say it is unaffordable and inaccessible. More than half of the patients who signed up for the program in 2017 did not re-enroll the next year. Prescription has to be renewed every year. The VA can not prescribe because federally illegal. I will not re-enroll. Producers are losing millions even with the high prices, saying tax structure hurts them. Patients who can't afford it either buy marijuana illegally or take addictive opioids that are covered by insurance. An ounce of flower can cost $480.00- Edibles 100 mg $30.00- No wax. The flower THC content is low, but higher CBD. Colorado recreational costs are about half the price of Minnesota. Medical marijuana is cheaper than the rec but is only available to CO. residents.

[@mcozy333]

blocking peoples access to plant medicine is the most horrific , evil act we have come up with yet ...

[@jontomas2271]

The problem is much simpler than described here. Two main problems must be fixed. The first one is allowing communities in LEGALIZED states to ban sales. The people of those communities want sales, but the town councils are made up of local business owners that don't want the competition for their alcohol and pharmaceutical sales. ---- The main problem is the completely wrong business model and pricing of legal marijuana. You don't need a whole building dedicated to marijuana sales. It will be logically end up being sold everywhere more harmful beer and wine are available. The biggest problem is the price. IT"S JUST A PLANT. After the collapse of the fraudulently enacted federal prohibition, national and global markets will quickly develop and the price will descend to its natural level a little higher than fine tobacco at $25 to $40 an ounce. Professional growers have admitted it costs about $6.00 an ounce to produce good quality, sun-grown marijuana. -- STOP THE PRICE GOUGING. -- Give us our Walmart Weed! You can also have your boutique stores if you do them right.

[@wisdomfox857]

I live Colorado and True theyre a couple towns near mean banned sales these town conceals ruining thing for everyone else because theyre made up ritch store owner thrse are same tyoe of people that dont want affordable housing in they're community

[@weirdshibainu]

You don't know that everyone in a given community wants legal pot sales. If enough people in a city or county wanted legal weed, they'd vote out the governing councils. Welcome to representative government. For those that allow legal sales, do you really think that government isn't going to tax it to death? Look at the taxes on cigarettes....federal, state and local. Welcome to the real world of business dealing with government.

[@cheezeball6109]

So is opium from a plant, and cocaine from cocoa leaves? Your point makes no sense. In order to keep regulations stipulated from states onto growers, and retailers, then dropping the prices too steep would crash the alcohol, cannabis dispensary business style....just saying. Just like alcohol, weed should not be in grocery stores or Walmart.

[@jontomas2271]

@@weirdshibainu -- With such flimsy excuses, you sound like one of the Greedy Sellers Against Legalization (GSAL). We have had to fight them in every state that has re-legalized marijuana. -- We know that 68 percent of ALL Americans want to completely end the fraudulently enacted marijuana prohibition. 75 percent want to leave it up to the states and more than 90 percent want medical marijuana. We have no problem with a community deciding to opt out of sales, but it must be done by a vote of all the citizens, NOT by town councils who have conflicting interests. as described. -- We have 19 states and D.C. that have completely legalized marijuana, and we'll have more in two days with the elections. All states are happy with the re-legalization. - It's absurd to suggest that marijuana is the one product in the world that can't be sold legally, especially when it's FAR less harmful than alcohol or tobacco.

[@jontomas2271]

@@cheezeball6109 - That doesn't make sense, since alcohol IS sold in grocery stores and Walmart with no problems.