Looking into possibly opening a cannibis dispensary here in Chicago

[mrplunkey]

Drugs are bad, m'kay?

Exactly!

 

[bigbassturd]

Mob or gang connections to source legally-sold pot?

I thought legalization was supposed to kill-off the illicit drug sources and bring the pot industry out of the shadows and into the sunlight.

What gives?

sunlight isn't the optimal source of energy for growing most tweeds anymore rob

 

[-SD-]

Drugs are bad, m'kay?

liberals love drugs

 

[mrplunkey]

sunlight isn't the optimal source of energy for growing most tweeds anymore rob

Oh great. So we're going to destroy Mother Earth with energy expenditure on a plant that doesn't respond well to natural sunlight?

 

[TableFun]

But hey, we'll all be high as fuck while we do it!

 

[bakemeacookie]

i have NO idea how you'r gonna make money - when there's tons of shops around you. Supply & Demand should work in the weed business too. Everyone wans to get the cheapest weed, so how can u markup something nice? Esp if everyone is getting from same suppliers.

 

[mrplunkey]

i have NO idea how you'r gonna make money - when there's tons of shops around you. Supply & Demand should work in the weed business too. Everyone wans to get the cheapest weed, so how can u markup something nice? Esp if everyone is getting from same suppliers.

1) Wouldn't potheads be very price-sensitive? I'm sure there are some rich potheads, but wouldn't the average pothead be lower than average income?

2) How would you even convey the quality/price relationship? I'd think in the absence of quality indicators, people would simply buy the cheapest (acceptable) product they can find.

 

[Headholio]

liberals love drugs

Pretty much everyone loves drugs of one type or another.

 

[Headholio]

Oh great. So we're going to destroy Mother Earth with energy expenditure on a plant that doesn't respond well to natural sunlight?

One of the best reason for legalization is for hemp cultivation which is so environmentally positive, it could save the frickin world!

An acre of hemp can produce as much paper as 4 acres of trees.
An acre of hemp would absorb 4 times the CO2 of those trees.
Hemp is the most oil rich crop which can be used for food or biofuel.

Hemp fabric is a super material that could replace many petro based synthetics for many applications.

Hemp - for fuel, food, and fiber!


Hemp Facts

 

[Headholio]

1) Wouldn't potheads be very price-sensitive? I'm sure there are some rich potheads, but wouldn't the average pothead be lower than average income?

2) How would you even convey the quality/price relationship? I'd think in the absence of quality indicators, people would simply buy the cheapest (acceptable) product they can find.

1) A customer of a pot store would not necessarily be a pot head. I don't think there would be much difference compared to the economics or clientele of a liquor store.

2) Pot quality is reasonably easy to judge by smell and appearance. And just like with any other product, good quality brings return business. Back to the liquor store analogy, you will have customers who want the cheapest buzz possible (Old Milwaukee), and some who consider themselves connoisseurs who want the $40 bomber of some Belgian ale or a $100 bottle of wine.
Pretty much all the pot smokers I know fall into the latter category.