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quickesst

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15. Louisiana..
Wed Apr 20, 2022, 09:17 AM
Apr 2022

.. finally introduced actual flower on January 1st assuring everyone the cost would plummet because of how cost-effective it is growing marijuana rather than producing the alternatives. It is now April 20th, and nothing has changed. I still have to pay anywhere from 70 to $100 for 6 grams. Seems any inquiry into the reduction in cost is pretty much met by a brick wall. The marijuana grown by the only two producers is not that great either. They have different names, and different levels of claimed THC, that to be honest, after trying multiple strains produced here, whether sativa, indica, or a hybrid, there's not much difference in its effectiveness to me. . I had access to much better stuff back in Arkansas, and the most I ever paid was $30 for a quarter of an ounce, or approximately 7 grams. Somebody's getting rich by targeting those who can least afford it, but need it the most. If you have ever been in a pharmacy, it is obvious that for the most part, it is not a high-end clientele, but rather mostly working class, and lower income people such as myself. They don't mind selling us marijuana as long as the payment is a pound of flesh. Vultures.

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$$$d interests don't give a fuck aocommunalpunch Apr 2022 #1
Happy 4/20! Emile Apr 2022 #2
Same to you!!!!! obamanut2012 Apr 2022 #14
Decriminalization allows me to not care what moneyed interests think tirebiter Apr 2022 #3
It is definitely genuinely therapeutic and it is shame it has not yet been decriminalized jfz9580m Apr 2022 #6
Schedule 1 is such BS Unwind Your Mind Apr 2022 #23
Won't be surprised when big pharma someday monopolizes legal cannabis Auggie Apr 2022 #4
Or Big Tobacco. Marcuse Apr 2022 #26
Pharmaceutical companies are why we don't have legalization. sarcasmo Apr 2022 #5
Politicians who I blame. They are the ones Emile Apr 2022 #7
I do here in California. My wife preferred medicalization tirebiter Apr 2022 #8
BINGO! OldBaldy1701E Apr 2022 #10
In Texas it is because of ignorance and supporting backwoods law enforcement. walkingman Apr 2022 #17
Now we're getting to the root of resistence to legalization. Joinfortmill Apr 2022 #9
+1000 roamer65 Apr 2022 #24
Legalizing marijuana probably lowers demand for alcohol as well. sop Apr 2022 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Apr 2022 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Midnight Writer Apr 2022 #22
And that's why it's still illegal Federally and in many states. lagomorph777 Apr 2022 #12
Exactly Calculating Apr 2022 #21
K&R PatSeg Apr 2022 #13
Louisiana.. quickesst Apr 2022 #15
.. Strelnikov_ Apr 2022 #18
K&R ck4829 Apr 2022 #19
Big pharma will fight legalization until they can find a way to profit IronLionZion Apr 2022 #20
Happy 4:20 and this is why Pharma has been very effective in keeping it illegal MagickMuffin Apr 2022 #25
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