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Canada. Weed became legal countrywide on October 17, 2018, We live in a left/slightly left of centre liberal democracy and are taxed very highly.
Legality was absolute shit at first. Cost, quality, variety and actual accessibility was poor than the black market. I bought an ounce at midnight on legality day that cost me $384, taxes all in and regular free city delivery. Later that morning I went to stand in line at a wee store at 6:30 am. As expected there were several people in line in front of me, People were passing around vape carts and there was absolutely a sense of joy and optimism. And then people started arriving at. a regular pace, and shortly after the media started arriving. Police came with 2 cruisers and had officers monitoring rough perimeter around the weed store mini-block.
Got inside, by which time the crowd was a few hundred in size, Police and staff were limiting the number of people to 50 inside the store at once. And the crowds moved slowly. People were all asking questions of the bud tender at every checkout, which was really just a long counter with multiple bud tenders behind. I asked for the strongest Sativa over 20% THC. Nope. Strongest Indica over 20%? Nope. I ended up with a Leaf by Snoops @ 17-19% THC. Got a free $20 doughnut/coffee card for Tim Hortons by one of the corporate staff upon leaving. They were handing them out for one hour or so.
Both weeds that I bought that day were ok. Better than the worst black market I've bought but lesser in quality than the best BM I've had.
Then, a lot of companies started 'coming online' first at a drip and then a flood. A lot more weed was in the stores. But still shitty, dry, low variety and more expensive.At the retail level prices started declining, also slowly at first. BM replied by lowering prices. The Cannabis 2.0 (carts, concentrates, edibles and everything else other than flower)became legal. Again, slow rollout of products followed by a response by the BM lowering these prices in new product areas.
The actual production companies have and are failing with consolidation of companies beginning.Micro producers are releasing some stunning product.
Currently legal ounce as low as $70 (a bit lower on sales days), Legal carts are as low5
.
I gotta believe that if Canada can get to this state of being less than 5 years after legalization, any country can (for nation wide legalization). However I do perceive several American states as being far more advance than Canada Cannabis-wise.
The new Cannabis goodies that the legal market has given me: water soluble THC drops. This stuff hits *quick*, is re-doseable and lasts 90 minutes to 270 minutes. Sustained release tablets (say 1mg/hour for 10 hours) and Keurig K-cups are another couple of legal goodies.
Tom
(special bonus legal novelty is that it is legal to mail weed and fly/travel with it)
Canada. Weed became legal countrywide on October 17, 2018, We live in a left/slightly left of centre liberal democracy and are taxed very highly.Legality was absolute shit at first. Cost, quality, variety and actual accessibility was poor than the black market. I bought an ounce at midnight on legality day that cost me $384, taxes all in and regular free city delivery. Later that morning I went to stand in line at a wee store at 6:30 am. As expected there were several people in line in front of me, People were passing around vape carts and there was absolutely a sense of joy and optimism. And then people started arriving at. a regular pace, and shortly after the media started arriving. Police came with 2 cruisers and had officers monitoring rough perimeter around the weed store mini-block.
Got inside, by which time the crowd was a few hundred in size, Police and staff were limiting the number of people to 50 inside the store at once. And the crowds moved slowly. People were all asking questions of the bud tender at every checkout, which was really just a long counter with multiple bud tenders behind. I asked for the strongest Sativa over 20% THC. Nope. Strongest Indica over 20%? Nope. I ended up with a Leaf by Snoops @ 17-19% THC. Got a free $20 doughnut/coffee card for Tim Hortons by one of the corporate staff upon leaving. They were handing them out for one hour or so.
Both weeds that I bought that day were ok. Better than the worst black market I've bought but lesser in quality than the best BM I've had.
Then, a lot of companies started 'coming online' first at a drip and then a flood. A lot more weed was in the stores. But still shitty, dry, low variety and more expensive.At the retail level prices started declining, also slowly at first. BM replied by lowering prices. The Cannabis 2.0 (carts, concentrates, edibles and everything else other than flower)became legal. Again, slow rollout of products followed by a response by the BM lowering these prices in new product areas.
The actual production companies have and are failing with consolidation of companies beginning.Micro producers are releasing some stunning product.
Currently legal ounce as low as $70 (a bit lower on sales days), Legal carts are as low5
.
I gotta believe that if Canada can get to this state of being less than 5 years after legalization, any country can (for nation wide legalization). However I do perceive several American states as being far more advance than Canada Cannabis-wise.
The new Cannabis goodies that the legal market has given me: water soluble THC drops. This stuff hits *quick*, is re-doseable and lasts 90 minutes to 270 minutes. Sustained release tablets (say 1mg/hour for 10 hours) and Keurig K-cups are another couple of legal goodies.
Tom
(special bonus legal novelty is that it is legal to mail weed and fly/travel with it)
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