2014 Colorado and Marijuana

The world is watching you: how's it going? If you are "successful" (per ?) there is potential for other states and countries to follow. So how is it with legal marijuana? Im curious. Thank you!

I'm sure they'd reply, but their probably burnt out of their minds and can't focus on a computer for the next couple months... heh heh heh

anyone not smoke before but now that its legal will try it?

Myself and many people like me are hard at work like we always are. I don't smoke right now, and the law won't change that. But, we have already saved thousands of dollars in law enforcement by not prosecuting our citizens for harmless acts. And, we have already raised several million dollars for a school systems from the taxes in just a week of sales.

nice adam! thanks for sharing.

i think its great, but with a 30% tax, I'll keep getting it from homie. average price for 3.5g in Denver as of yesterday: $61. lmao

but with 5 mil in gross sale in the first week, hell yeah CO, go get that $$$!

David- would you pay $15 extra for 1/8th to:

-know it's legal

-know what's in it (does your homie use pesticides that you then smoke? probably)

-know it's potency and cannabinoid levels?

-know it's been produced sustainably and is guaranteed toxin free?

what would that be worth to you, price wise? just curious more than anything... but i do think a lot of people will just call their guy steve and buy a baggie of whatever he says it is, rather than visit dispensary legally. It's an interesting cultural shift going on.

Germsauce said: it's an interesting cultural shift going on.

awesome!

id pay the dispensaries going rate for sure. coming from a state where its illegal, ill gladly pay to not be committing an illegal act. the peace of mind for me would be worth it, tax me dont punish me im cool with that especially since education is getting a HUGE boost.

with that said can you legally buy from your basement dwelling local guy?

germ,

for me, no on all 4, but next time I am in CO I will gladly pay the tax to sample strains homie doesn't have.

and for my father in law with chronic pain, hell yeah, having stigma-free, carefully dosed brownie purchases available in a retail shop. awesome.

don't get me wrong, it's amazing what the fine state of CO is doing.

Adam Reke wrote:Myself and many people like me are hard at work like we always are. I don't smoke right now, and the law won't change that. But, we have already saved thousands of dollars in law enforcement by not prosecuting our citizens for harmless acts. And, we have already raised several million dollars for a school systems from the taxes in just a week of sales.

I think it's a great notion. The issue is they'll find something else to spend the revenue on. And politicians are going to end up being paid like lobbyist. They created the lottery in NY to pay for schools, yet the taxes keep rising for education, as well as budgets keep getting cut, and somehow the people that work for the NYS Lottery keep getting raises and they hire more and more people. It's starts as a great idea, until scumbag politicians and greedy people destroy the good of what it could have done. Fingers crossed that it does work out. It truly would be a good thing, I just see it as something else that will get tarnished...

The Stoned Master wrote:... with that said can you legally buy from your basement dwelling local guy?

No.

The measure was passed statewide but each individual County votes whether sale for recreational consumption will be legal or not. My county for instance voted against the legal sale of recreational pot prolly because enough taxes are generated by the 3 million legal dispensaries that are within a quarter mile radius of my home.

+1 for the homie basement dwelling local guy

+1 for the tax revenue generating machine. Maybe now we can afford some asphalt to actually pave the streets around here instead of patching holes all the time

germsauce wrote:would you pay $15 extra for 1/8th to: -know it's legal

It's illegal to sell without a licence, but it's not illegal to gift up to an ounce to a buddy. So, your buddy gives you a bag for free then you give him $100 for his birthday...

germsauce wrote:-know what's in it (does your homie use pesticides that you then smoke? probably)

I'd guess the likelihood of needing pesticides for a basement grow is pretty low. (Outdoor grows would be a different story).

germsauce wrote:-know it's potency and cannabinoid levels?

It takes about 30 seconds to figure out potency.

germsauce wrote:-know it's been produced sustainably and is guaranteed toxin free?

What does "sustainably" mean, and why would you assume any legal weed was produced in this manner? As for "toxin free", it's weed...it IS a toxin.

Weed isn't really that hard to grow indoors. All you need it light, soil, seeds, and water. It's as easy as any other plant, really. You probably want some ventilation so your house doesn't reek, too. 90% of the labor is harvesting, which does kinda suck though...

Word on the streets is that the shit in the stores has to be less potent than the medical grade and they cannot exist in the same facility. That means its $60 an 1/8 for mid-grade, weak.

Many positives about this but now there's inspectors that don't smoke weed regulating the growers. Wonder how that will turn out.

@Ian, weed may be easy to grow indoors but growing chronic is not, I'd call it an art.

9 days of legal bud and I'm already blowing people in the alley for bath salt rips.

MC Poopy, your statement makes it sound as though all ganja is now produced by The Man. Not so, brah.

MC Poopypants wrote:@Ian, weed may be easy to grow indoors but growing chronic is not, I'd call it an art.

I agree with you, but I'm not talking about growing competition-quality bud here, I'm talking about competing with what is (or will be) available commercially. Most weed is not chronic. If you use a scale such as "scwhag - mids - top shelf/medical", for example, growing upper-end mids at home isn't difficult if as long as you still have a few brain cells (which, given the topic, isn't always the case).

Relatively speaking, if competing with the "average" commercially available products is the goal, I think growing pot is easier than home-brewing beer.

My main point is that growing at home isn't nearly as difficult as most people seem to think it is.

The store experience sounds weird. You go in, show an ID, then get let into a waiting room. That is, if the store isn't sold out completely. Ten you sit in a waiting room till it's your turn, go to the counter and place your order. This is all secondhand information from a buddy, so maybe it's not a Universal experience. But he said they were sold out completely on edibles and only had three strains in stock, with tax and all, he paid over $70 for 3.5 g of Sour Diesel.

Back before my current job when I was able to smoke recreationally, I lived in the end-hating SE, and never once paid more than $50.

The tax side is a whole different issue, that's going to naturally raise the rate. But the supply/demand ratio is all whacked out. Given that the growing of marijuana for retail requires a special license. Who knows how long it will take for the supply problems to work themselves out.

All and all, in the first week of legalized recreational sales, the only people winning are the stare government of CO.

Ian Stewart wrote: As for "toxin free", it's weed...it IS a toxin.

Then why hasn't anyone died from using just cannabis (asthmatics and allergies not included, of course) in the last 5,000 years?

Why do we have receptors for not just the THC but the CBDs and CBNs in our brains?

How can it cure cancer if it is a toxin?

Research much?

Max,

Not saying the Man is producing it but he is regulating it, right? What the hell would a state inspector know about regulating the herb having probably never seen the shit in their life? Seems about as useful as having an engineer with no real experience building stuff designing it things for others to build.

Ian,

I was just messing around but nobody should be growing anything less than chronic, it's just not right.

Ronin,

I agree that canabis is not toxic but smoking it sure produces some harmful substances.

Ronin wrote:Then why hasn't anyone died from using just cannabis (asthmatics and allergies not included, of course) in the last 5,000 years? Why do we have receptors for not just the THC but the CBDs and CBNs in our brains?

I am by every measure pro-pot...more so than my wife would like, that's for sure...but I don't believe for a second that it is "healthy". One day maybe science will actually prove that it is when vaped, but until then, and while the vast majority of pot consumption is by smoking, I think it's naive to think there aren't any negative side effects. Perhaps "toxin" isn't the right word. I'm not linguist, sorry.

Ronin wrote:How can it cure cancer if it is a toxin? Research much?

Alright Mr. Research: sources?

MC Poopypants wrote:Ian, I was just messing around but nobody should be growing anything less than chronic, it's just not right.

As long as there's a market for Bud Light, there's bound to be a market for schwag!

Don't listen to those people they don't know what they are talking about. I went to a store and bought some stuff. It was a great experience.I went to the green solution off of grape street on the first of the year and only waited about an hour and a half. the weed selection was close to 30 different kinds, not to mention all the pre rolled stuff and edibles. I got a little more than a quarter for 115 bucks. the potency on their best weed was 22% which definitely is pretty good. It's called grape stomper. The other two kinds I got were 20% and 18%. I guess you just got to go to the right store