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Not entirely true. If I can't get a license, I have to buy off the black market; meaning I have to go through dealers who traffic under the risk of arrest and p
by coryl 16y ago
Not entirely true. If I can't get a license, I have to buy off the black market; meaning I have to go through dealers who traffic under the risk of arrest and prosecution. That creates the premium price that drugs have today, everywhere. Thus it makes sense for a drug dealer to charge more than the price available legally, because buyers without licenses have no choice.
However, there are also demand and supply side things going on that we might not know about that is affecting the price.
- jrockway 16y agoNot entirely true. If I could buy pot at the dispensary and my friend couldn't, I'd just buy it for him and split it down the middle.
- coryl 16y agoYeah, but you have to look at the big picture. Not everyone has friends with licenses. Your still doing a favor for a friend and breaking the law, meaning you deserve a premium on the resale (not that you'd take anything from a friend).
- Alex3917 16y agoIn California illegal weed is cheaper than legal weed. That's just an empirical fact. It doesn't matter if you think it shouldn't be this way, that's just how it is.
- coryl 16y agoSource of empirical fact?