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Originally Posted by Gravdigr
Having partaken since the early eighties, I can assure you that weed has only gotten stronger/better. Infinte Monkey needs to find a different dope slinger.
Here's what will be interesting to see:
1. Will the dope sold by the state-licensed pot stores cost more, or, less than what's sold 'on da street'?
If it's more expensive than 'street-weed', I think they're (WA & CO) pissing up a rope. Ain't no pothead gonna pay extra for weed just 'cuz it's all legal n shit. Unless it's like primo herb, of course.
2. Will 'street dope' survive?
I think it will, if for no other reason, cuz there's always the 'I ain't supportin tha gubmint' types.
3. Will the state sponsored weed be as good as 'reglar dope'?
I think it'll have to be at least as good...nobody'd buy 'bunk weed' twice.
4. How will it be sold?
By weight, like sugar? By the pack, like cigs? Loose? Pre-rolled?
5. The acceptance/non-acceptance by employers' drug testing, will this change?
I don't see it happening. Drug testing by employers is driven not by laws, but, by insurance companies.
Also, the NFL has already said 'You still can't smoke pot in the NFL.', although I believe it's overlooked to some extent already.
Of course, we may all already be ahead of ourselves:
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I can tell you how it works with medical marijuana in Colorado. What UT said about the different varieties. The legal dispensaries sell pot that has a quality which is as high, usually higher than what you find on the street. Pot in smokeable form is sold by weight. You can also buy oils and ingestible forms of pot. The price is competitive with what you would pay your local dealer.
The beauty of legal pot is that it's legal. You can grow your own plants and not get busted by the cops. You can hop in your car and drive over to the nearby dispensary and browse through a variety of different strains. The dispensary is not going to burn you like a dealer might. You show the dispensary guy your medical card - easily obtained with the blessing of an MD who actually makes a living just authorizing patients to get medical mj. You pay your money, grab your smoke and go down the street singing a song. No Colorado law enforcement official is going to bother you. That's pretty sweet. When it's so easy to obtain legally, why bother getting it illegally and potentially having to pay some stupid consequence?
As far as drug testing - this is my personal experience - all you have to do is show your medical card to prove that it is legal for you to use pot. The employer will then just let it go. I guess maybe some big corporation might get in a snit about it, but I'm not aware of any in Colorado that has.
Now that Colorado has legalized recreational as well as medical marijuana, I think illegal growers will become fewer and fewer. Again, why risk what could be a pretty heavy duty bust when you don't have to? Why always have to worry that someone might come across your crop and rip you off while they turn you in? Just become that American icon - the owner of a small business that pays a nice living. It beats having to do deals with Mexican thugs down some back ally. Just my opinion.