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Maybe you don't have enough friends who smoke pot. Not only will marijuana consumers judge by flavor, they will also judge by harshness, and, probably most impo

by garply 16y ago

Maybe you don't have enough friends who smoke pot. Not only will marijuana consumers judge by flavor, they will also judge by harshness, and, probably most importantly, by the style of intoxication the strain creates (for example racing, innovative thoughts vs. warm, bodily comfort).

dagw 16y ago
Oh they discuss harshness and intoxication. However I imagine that those two aspects will be a lot easier to control and manipulate via simple chemical means if marijuana productions ever becomes properly industrialized and placed in the hands of smart and educated engineers. I just don't see a pot smoker paying $20 for a joint that tastes a bit different from $2 joint assuming they both get him equally intoxicated.
- garply 16y ago
  No, I don't think taste is the biggest selling point, but just as there is a dizzying array of potential flavors in nature, so too is there a dizzying array of marijuana intoxications. Just because most types of 'drunk' are similar does not mean most types of 'marijuana high' are similar - thus while a wine type might trade on its flavor, a marijuana strain would almost certainly trade on its style of intoxication. That is, you can make niche highs just as you can make niche wine flavors.
  - dagw 16y ago
    It has admittedly been several years since I smoked pot and things may have changed, but within markets where the sale of marijuana was open and legal (or at least tolerated) I simply don't recall seeing any significant price differentiation. Sure there where countless variations, but they all cost more or less the same, and certainly nowhere near the price differences one sees in wine. Now perhaps once the major PR and ad companies get behind the concept we'll see luxury pot brands charging premium prices, and perhaps we'll even see pot snobs who look down on anyone paying less then $15 a joint. With the right marketing campaign you can sell basically anything for basically any price, so I suppose the $500 oz. will probably become a reality if pot is fully legalized, and there will no doubt be plenty of suckers lining up to buy it. In fact, I was probably wrong when I said that legal pot won't see the same prices as high end wines. The reason we haven't seen those sorts of prices is because the semi to illegal nature of it has meant a lack of fully protected brands and trademarks and advertising. Once we have those then there will be real money to be made.

by garply 16y ago

dagw 16y ago

Oh they discuss harshness and intoxication. However I imagine that those two aspects will be a lot easier to control and manipulate via simple chemical means if marijuana productions ever becomes properly industrialized and placed in the hands of smart and educated engineers. I just don't see a pot smoker paying $20 for a joint that tastes a bit different from $2 joint assuming they both get him equally intoxicated.

garply 16y ago
No, I don't think taste is the biggest selling point, but just as there is a dizzying array of potential flavors in nature, so too is there a dizzying array of marijuana intoxications. Just because most types of 'drunk' are similar does not mean most types of 'marijuana high' are similar - thus while a wine type might trade on its flavor, a marijuana strain would almost certainly trade on its style of intoxication. That is, you can make niche highs just as you can make niche wine flavors.
- dagw 16y ago
  It has admittedly been several years since I smoked pot and things may have changed, but within markets where the sale of marijuana was open and legal (or at least tolerated) I simply don't recall seeing any significant price differentiation. Sure there where countless variations, but they all cost more or less the same, and certainly nowhere near the price differences one sees in wine. Now perhaps once the major PR and ad companies get behind the concept we'll see luxury pot brands charging premium prices, and perhaps we'll even see pot snobs who look down on anyone paying less then $15 a joint. With the right marketing campaign you can sell basically anything for basically any price, so I suppose the $500 oz. will probably become a reality if pot is fully legalized, and there will no doubt be plenty of suckers lining up to buy it. In fact, I was probably wrong when I said that legal pot won't see the same prices as high end wines. The reason we haven't seen those sorts of prices is because the semi to illegal nature of it has meant a lack of fully protected brands and trademarks and advertising. Once we have those then there will be real money to be made.