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  • Who wants to get high?

    Not me, but my fellow Illinoisans seem to want to.

    Illinois' legal pot sales reach $3.2 million on first day.

    Some waited in line in cold weather up to as much as 7 hours to make their purchase.

  • #2
    well if our experience up here is any guide, it'll pass ... the general reaction is that there are a small handful of people that are regular consumers but for the vast majority, not so much (lots of year end stories about how much money the producers have been losing)
    It certainly feels that way. But I'm distrustful of that feeling and am curious about evidence.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by TranaGreg View Post
      well if our experience up here is any guide, it'll pass ... the general reaction is that there are a small handful of people that are regular consumers but for the vast majority, not so much (lots of year end stories about how much money the producers have been losing)
      Ontario's marijuana financial disaster was entirely predictable from the beginning. They want to regulate it so that only the government is selling to people, and yet they have less than 20 pot shops to service 10+ million people. The pricing is horrible, approximately 2 to 3 times more expensive than non-governmental weed. The government product has been suspect as well, often improperly processed or stored, old and dried out. Terrible.

      I order my weed from BC, which is supposed to be illegal, buying out of province. I get it around $4.50/gram. To order from the government, the cost would be $10-$14/gram. So my monthly spending would go from $250/mth up to $600/mth. Seems insane to me to even consider the legal route.

      The best way to legalize is to allow limited licenses for shops like they do with liquor licenses, by municipality not by provincial rule. Bureaucracy has meant shutting out 95% of would be pot entrepreneurs and kept them underground. If only they were free to operate and taxed on sales for a legal product. The key is to let the industry build upon itself and simply tax it. The way the Ontario government insisted on becoming the dealer themselves was silly. Stick to what you're good at. Regulate and tax, but stay out of the industry.
      Larry David was once being heckled, long before any success. Heckler says "I'm taking my dog over to fuck your mother, weekly." Larry responds "I hate to tell you this, but your dog isn't liking it."

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Gregg View Post
        Some waited in line in cold weather up to as much as 7 hours to make their purchase.
        That's insane. Were they high?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Ken View Post
          That's insane. Were they high?
          Right!?

          I wouldn't stand in line for 7 hours for a pair of Bears Super Bowl tickets or Cubs World Series tickets. Ok maybe if they were free.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Teenwolf View Post

            I order my weed from BC.
            The comic strip character?
            “There’s no normal life, Wyatt, it’s just life. Get on with it.” – Doc Holliday

            "It doesn't matter what you think" - The Rock

            "I borked the entry." - Some dude on the Internet

            Have I told you about otters being the only marine animal that can lift rocks?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Ken View Post
              That's insane. Were they high?
              No but Gregg was......Bears Super Bowl Tickets...HA...HA...
              “There’s no normal life, Wyatt, it’s just life. Get on with it.” – Doc Holliday

              "It doesn't matter what you think" - The Rock

              "I borked the entry." - Some dude on the Internet

              Have I told you about otters being the only marine animal that can lift rocks?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Steve 2.0 View Post
                The comic strip character?
                The paleo strands of marijuana are the best.
                "Jesus said to them, 'Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the kingdom of God ahead of you.'"

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                • #9
                  https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/...s-in-2019.aspx

                  THE 10 TOP-SELLING MARIJUANA STATES IN 2019
                  1. California $3.1 billion
                  2. Colorado $1.6 billion
                  3. Washington $1.1 billion
                  4. Florida $1 billion
                  5. Michigan $1 billion
                  6. Nevada $770 million
                  7. Oregon $752 million
                  8. Arizona $705 million
                  9. Massachusetts $484 million
                  10. Pennsylvania $298 million
                  Last edited by madducks; 01-06-2020, 03:21 PM.
                  “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

                  ― Albert Einstein

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by madducks View Post
                    https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/...s-in-2019.aspx

                    THE 10 TOP-SELLING MARIJUANA STATES IN 2019
                    1. California $3.1 billion
                    2. Colorado $1.6 billion
                    3. Washington $1.1 billion
                    4. Florida $1 billion
                    5. Michigan $1 billion
                    6. Nevada $770 million
                    7. Oregon $752 million
                    8. Arizona $705 million
                    9. Massachusetts $484
                    10. Pennsylvania $298
                    Whoa, Dude!
                    “There’s no normal life, Wyatt, it’s just life. Get on with it.” – Doc Holliday

                    "It doesn't matter what you think" - The Rock

                    "I borked the entry." - Some dude on the Internet

                    Have I told you about otters being the only marine animal that can lift rocks?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Steve 2.0 View Post
                      Whoa, Dude!
                      I wonder who bought California? Seems pretty cheap, even if they have marijuana.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Ken View Post
                        I wonder who bought California? Seems pretty cheap, even if they have marijuana.
                        Whoa, Dude!
                        “There’s no normal life, Wyatt, it’s just life. Get on with it.” – Doc Holliday

                        "It doesn't matter what you think" - The Rock

                        "I borked the entry." - Some dude on the Internet

                        Have I told you about otters being the only marine animal that can lift rocks?

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Ken View Post
                          I wonder who bought California? Seems pretty cheap, even if they have marijuana.
                          Pennsylvania for $298?
                          “There’s no normal life, Wyatt, it’s just life. Get on with it.” – Doc Holliday

                          "It doesn't matter what you think" - The Rock

                          "I borked the entry." - Some dude on the Internet

                          Have I told you about otters being the only marine animal that can lift rocks?

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Steve 2.0 View Post
                            Pennsylvania for $298?
                            Yeah, but who wants Pennsylvania?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Ken View Post
                              Yeah, but who wants Pennsylvania?
                              I might if it came with a baseball team.

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