To me this question has been rolling around for sometime now. Wondered if anyone else has wondered why the price of "medi" herb equals the price of "street herb?" Street herb is grown beyond the eyes of the law, and as thus a huge RISK is taken to get anything in the bag. Less that 1/3 of all herb planted outside makes into a bag. 1/3.
Thus the price is whatever they say it is, as only they understand the problems it took to bring the herb to you. By the way, where do you think herb came from for 40 years before the legal stuff? Now, herb grown beyond the law is shunned upon by many Medi users. They are now seen as criminals, not at all like us Medi users. A case of revisoinist history being played out in front of our very eyes.
Outdoor growers have been fighting in the trenches for many decades, and have brought you many wonder hours of pleasure and pain relief through what they've risked their freedom for. They fought the war, Medi user are marching in the victory parade! How quickly we forget! I'm proud of being a Black Dirt Warrior, and believe i've done my best to grow the very best herb possible under the conditions allowed to me.
How do you feel about the things I've brought out here?
Pile in?

Are you saying price is determined by risk?

Regardless of the risk, price is driven by supply and demand, and production costs.

If more states legalize medical herb, then the demand will go up along with the price. and as taxes and energy goes up, so will the price.

There's plenty of competition on the street, so prices can only go up as much as people are willing to pay.

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"If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so." - Thomas Jefferson my grow

Thanks Green, interesting view. Yes, I am saying that "risk" is the biggest player in outdoor grows. What other product in your daily life is produced outside the law?
LOL dude, i'm not looking for a fight, just want to get some air on this subject.
Let hear some more from you?

The thing that erks me about how the clubs run is the claim and advertise that they are a not profit org. yet they will continually mark up there prices 20-50% I know clubs that get clones for 8 bucks a pop and sell them for 20 a piece. How is this compassionate?

if they pay 4k per lb

1/8 = 60
1/4 = 120
1/2 - 240
1 oz = 400 (depends)

1lb = 6,400

I know they have some cost they have to cover (wages, rent, elec, advertising ect.) but I still think they are a touch to pricy. Just my opinion though.

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up here in nor cal u will pay 18 dollars a gram at a med shop. i get it for $10 a gram on the streets. thats 63 an 1/8 thats fucked, they say its cheaper because "we took out the middle man", bull shit. the state is telling these guys to open up and a lot of counties are hating it but they cant do shit about it. there is a lot of old fokes that have little to know income and they are suppose to pay more because they dont know any better. makes me sick.

I havent heard of the state wanting them to open then up, from what I heard most places dont even know they are there.

There was a good article in the OC register saying how in Lake Forest the buissness arent require to register with the city, so thats why there seem to be alot popping up there, but a high percentage of them are not even foloowing the state guidlines, like making you have your orginal recomindation when coming in, verifying all patients as sson as they come in ect..

I think they should get to 10-15 per g and 45-50 per 1/8

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That was a tad rambling but here we go.

Nothing is ever over-overpriced. The market sets the price. I think the $50 per 3.5 is a solid precedent and hope it stays there for a while.

Medi users shunning black market ganj? Of course. They just want safe access to regulated, quality controlled herb. No need to taint their cause by getting involved with us criminals when they can legally grow their own or employ a caretaker to do so.

The only war growers have fought is to keep themselves out of jail. Does the outdoor group want legalization or decriminalization? Not me, or anyone that is profiting from the legally inflated price of fine ganj truly wants that.

Black dirt warrior? Kind of infringing on a semi-famous weed forum hero's trademark aren't we now?

Do you really grow the finest herb you can muster? Are you really full organic outdoor? Kudos if so. Though I imagine you make concessions on quality(organics) to gain yeild, like the vast majority of for profit growers do.

You seem to think outdoor growers are due some kind of recognition for the current medi laws in place. I disagree. The only reward for that kind of work is the cash in hand at the end of the season. There are intangibles one gains, and they are certainly valuable, moreso than even the cash, but these things come from within, not from the recognition of others.

Right on thats the way it should be, i live in a small town and when the city had there meeting there was a lot of pissed off people. the city cant do shit because the state and lawyers are with them, in fact the lawyers told them to put up shop before a biss licence was issued. dud tells everyone call my lawyer, they cant beat the state. same shit happened in Redding California, city bitched lawyers said pretty much shut the fuck up state says its ok.

according to the law, care givers are not allowed to charge more than it take to produce the bud. this might seem obvious, but i can never get any of you lucky MediCal people to tell me what this price is. your not supposed to make any profit off of it, but how much dose a caregiver charge?

i also envy you people who can just walk into a store, look through 100 different buds, chose the one you want, not to mention some canna-snacks and clones and all that marijuana related good stuff. you dont need to deal with any shitty drug dealers and never have to worry about being stiffed.

$63 for an 1/8 of top shelf premo bud? well seeing as i pay $55-60 for top of the line the extra $3 dosnt seem worth complaining about when you can get it legally

on another note, do they sell subpar midgrade or kind bud grade marijuana at dispensaries?

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I grow only tomatoes and for my personal use. Any inference otherwise from my posts is completely false.

No fight, just good old fashioned debate

Isn't herb that's grown outdoors cheaper than medical quality herb?

Risk hasn't increased since the war on drugs, in fact I think the laws have eased a little.

Crack is a good example of risk vs price. Even after they passed mandatory minimum sentences for dealers selling crack cocaine crack, the price stayed the same.

If people are willing to spend $20 a gram, that will determine the price. Supply and demand.

The biggest reason prices are up is inflation. The price of everything is up. It's $80 for a carton of smokes in the city, and 2 years ago it was more like $40. Gasoline, food, energy have nearly doubled in 10 years. I'm pissed about having to pay $10 for a cheeseburger, but I can't blame the guy who prepares it, because his costs are passed on to me.

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