Dan Kone
Well-Known Member
There is a serious risk involved with opening a dispensary. It also costs quite a bit of money to even open. People who do open a dispensary risk their freedom and all their money. To expect them to do so and operate as a charity is unrealistic. Without that profit motivation there would be about 2 dispensaries in the whole state.
I agree many dispensaries take it too far, are too greedy, and are an all around rip off. 60 an 1/8 is too much considering the price of a pound. The standard of what is "fair pricing" IMO is double the wholesale price of a pound. So $60 an 1/8 would come out to a wholesale price of $3840 per pound and I don't believe anyone pays that wholesale. But $50-55 an 1/8 is pretty justifiable as long as they are paying their vendors accordingly. Hash isn't even worth making at $6 a gram. I'm surprised anyone sells it at that price.
Expect dispensaries to be in it for the money. It is a business.
Also remember that 95% of people who walk into a dispensary don't really have a debilitating illness that requires charity. As long as the dispensary takes care of those other 5% I'm fine with them making money. "I want cheap top shelf hydro that's purple and tastes like blueberries" is not an actual medical condition. The difference between top shelf and mid/low shelf is generally cosmetic, not medical.
Every dispensary that I've ever been in has some bud available @ around $25 an 1/8. I'm unaware of any dispensary that only has $60 1/8ths. Sure, the $25 dollar 1/8s might not taste as good and the buds might be smaller, but it's just as effective as a medicine.
