The title says it all. And while it's partly true, it's greed on the part of the companies and governments. High taxes and license fees are a part of the problem for sure but not the root of the problem.
Let me ask this, who spends millions to build a 2.76 MILLION square foot modern greenhouse? How much of anything can you produce in a facility like this? Now imagine trying to make money in an op like this with greens or tomatoes. Well, I got news for you, that's exactly what's being grown in such a facility! I'll guarantee you they aren't getting $1400 a pound! MAYBE $1.00/lb more likely $0.75/lb.
Now let's take Whisky. Highly regulated and taxed just like weed. Yet you can buy a quart of top shelf whisky for less than $50 a quart. I see an ounce of canna as comparable and see no justification for current pricing in many states of over $300 an ounce still. I thought part of legalization was to eliminate the black market? Sure as hell no going to at these prices! No we have a rush to legalize beginning as desperate politicians grasp at any source of revenue they can find. Mileage taxes on your car, sales tax on medicine, internet taxes, and of course the golden goose, weed!
So if you live in a legal state, your job is not done. Now that canna is legal, it's time to fight for a fair system, not these over regulated honey traps being passed off as a good thing. Boutique grows and sales formats need to be not only allowed, but encouraged. Limits on corporate access to to markets is very important or we will end up again with 2 or 3 big player who will tell you" You'll get what we give you and like it".
A key element in fighting for a fair market is home grow. Home growing isn't just about saving money for those on a tight budget, it's also about letting the big players know we don't need them and that they best play fair or look elsewhere for their income. It's about keeping our personal genetics out of their hands also. We need a public domain registry for strains that we want to keep out of the hands of those looking to steal rights to strains, as is already happening. Go look up how many strain patents Monsanto already has...........
So activists, dust off your keyboards, remember how to use a smartphone as a ........ telephone! Write your representatives, Join NORML and let's make our passion for cannabis work to better the legal market! Clip that joint and get busy!
Ohh and about tomatoes, here's the story on that almost THREE MILLION square ft greenhouse growing them! And a new just for..........GREENS!
https://www.techrepublic.com/articl...922443957380273547&mid=13177282&cid=712477751
Let me ask this, who spends millions to build a 2.76 MILLION square foot modern greenhouse? How much of anything can you produce in a facility like this? Now imagine trying to make money in an op like this with greens or tomatoes. Well, I got news for you, that's exactly what's being grown in such a facility! I'll guarantee you they aren't getting $1400 a pound! MAYBE $1.00/lb more likely $0.75/lb.
Now let's take Whisky. Highly regulated and taxed just like weed. Yet you can buy a quart of top shelf whisky for less than $50 a quart. I see an ounce of canna as comparable and see no justification for current pricing in many states of over $300 an ounce still. I thought part of legalization was to eliminate the black market? Sure as hell no going to at these prices! No we have a rush to legalize beginning as desperate politicians grasp at any source of revenue they can find. Mileage taxes on your car, sales tax on medicine, internet taxes, and of course the golden goose, weed!
So if you live in a legal state, your job is not done. Now that canna is legal, it's time to fight for a fair system, not these over regulated honey traps being passed off as a good thing. Boutique grows and sales formats need to be not only allowed, but encouraged. Limits on corporate access to to markets is very important or we will end up again with 2 or 3 big player who will tell you" You'll get what we give you and like it".
A key element in fighting for a fair market is home grow. Home growing isn't just about saving money for those on a tight budget, it's also about letting the big players know we don't need them and that they best play fair or look elsewhere for their income. It's about keeping our personal genetics out of their hands also. We need a public domain registry for strains that we want to keep out of the hands of those looking to steal rights to strains, as is already happening. Go look up how many strain patents Monsanto already has...........
So activists, dust off your keyboards, remember how to use a smartphone as a ........ telephone! Write your representatives, Join NORML and let's make our passion for cannabis work to better the legal market! Clip that joint and get busy!
Ohh and about tomatoes, here's the story on that almost THREE MILLION square ft greenhouse growing them! And a new just for..........GREENS!
https://www.techrepublic.com/articl...922443957380273547&mid=13177282&cid=712477751
