Looking into possibly opening a cannibis dispensary here in Chicago

[mrplunkey]

where has complete deregulation happened? have I completely missed something? olol. I think only in Colorado and Wa can you grow a few of your own plants. Did you accidently add a 0 after that 2?

20 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC - Medical Marijuana - ProCon.org

 

[mrplunkey]

Your smarter than this statement. You know full well the cig brands compete with each other and only each other. Even in that mkts peak years there was what, the same 10-15 brands to choose from at every convenience store? And all of em were owned by one of 3 maybe 4 parent companies? That's almost communist level market competition compared to what would happen in a marij deregulation.

So exactly why would the pot growing market never consolidate, yet the food, cigarette, beverage, tire, computer, television, automobile, alcohol, airlines, fast food, convenience store, TV station, cell phone provider and just about any other market already have?

 

[jiggagold]

Terrible idea. But good luck.

 

[redsamurai]

20 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC - Medical Marijuana - ProCon.org

that's medical marijuana. You still need to be a "patient" and have a mj card. From that site....

Home Cultivation - Karen O'Keefe, JD, Director of State Policies for Marijuana Policy Project (MPP), told ProCon.org in a August 5, 2013 email that "Some or all patients and/or their caregivers can cultivate in 15 of the 20 states.
Home cultivation is not allowed in Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, or the District of Columbia and a special license is required in New Mexico.

In Arizona, patients can only cultivate if they lived 25 miles or more from a dispensary when they applied for their card. In Massachusetts, patients can only cultivate if they have a hardship waiver.

In Nevada, patients can cultivate if they live more than 25 miles from a dispensary, if they are not able to reasonably travel to a dispensary, or if no dispensaries in the patients' counties are able to supply the strains they need. In addition, Nevada patients who were growing by July 1, 2013 may continue grow until March 31, 2016."



So again with the exception now of Wa and CO you can't just grow your own plants unless your a patient, and even then there's restrictions.

 

[redsamurai]

So exactly why would the pot growing market never consolidate, yet the food, cigarette, beverage, tire, computer, television, automobile, alcohol, airlines, fast food, convenience store, TV station, cell phone provider and just about any other market already have?

This isn't hard man, all those examples of markets you give have significant barriers to entry. Airlines? Like unless you are close to snapping out a working 747 on that 5 axis thingy of yours....you realize these are markets that require "extreme" internal competencies right? Growing half way decent marijuana is almost trivial. Yes there are people who could differentiate the product and get more yields and whatnot....but if the prices get to high people will just fall back on their home grow. You think Philip Morris really wants in on this market? They'd want in only if the liscense to sell in each state cost huge sums of money so competition would be kept low.

 

[mrplunkey]

This isn't hard man, all those examples of markets you give have significant barriers to entry. Airlines? Like unless you are close to snapping out a working 747 on that 5 axis thingy of yours....you realize these are markets that require "extreme" internal competencies right? Growing half way decent marijuana is almost trivial. Yes there are people who could differentiate the product and get more yields and whatnot....but if the prices get to high people will just fall back on their home grow. You think Philip Morris really wants in on this market? They'd want in only if the liscense to sell in each state cost huge sums of money so competition would be kept low.

So exactly how are the barriers to entry for growing corn, tomatoes, carrots or any other simple plant so much higher than growing pot?

And look at alcohol. Tens of millions of Americans drink alcohol every day. People have been making their own beer, wine and moonshine for hundreds of years now. Yet that market has most definitely consolidated.

 

[-SD-]

There will always be vast amounts of people who would rather buy than make their own goods or services. Thats why grocery stores thrive despite the fact that almost anyone can grow their own garden or go hunting and fishing to get their own meat. Opportunity costs 101

 

[Headholio]

I could see the pot market turning into something like today's beer market. The big 3 used to have the total market, but the microbrews have boomed because people want quality and variety. There might be big commercial pot farms some day, selling bulk quantities of generic stuff, while smaller growers offer the good stuff.

But RS is right about barriers for entering the market. Farming wheat is not something a guy can do from his apartment, but growing pot is.

 

[bigpokey]

So exactly how are the barriers to entry for growing corn, tomatoes, carrots or any other simple plant so much higher than growing pot?

And look at alcohol. Tens of millions of Americans drink alcohol every day. People have been making their own beer, wine and moonshine for hundreds of years now. Yet that market has most definitely consolidated.

this is so fuckin stupid plunk gzus fucking cryzt

 

[Headholio]

this is so fuckin stupid plunk gzus fucking cryzt

LOL I've been trying to be nicer to him lately, but yeah.