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I wonder what kind of commercial avenues this opens up, not obviously the illegal sale of drugs, but products aimed directly and openly at heavy users. Not to m

I wonder what kind of commercial avenues this opens up, not obviously the illegal sale of drugs, but products aimed directly and openly at heavy users. Not to mention the marketing potential, "hey if you like cocaine, you're going to love X,Y,Z impulse buy!", "Hey here's Arby's with the Stoner Burger, for those with the munchies." Etc

adolph 6y ago
The differences in state and federal law will probably mute many second order commercial effects since any success will draw the attention of the feds either in the form of DEA customer scrutiny or commercial banking problems. Maybe it could lead to some additional interest in cryptocurrency but the last mile of exchange between fiat and crypto has a dependency on the feds.
- question000 6y ago
  There's already a strong market for drug paraphernalia, which technically legal because it can be used for tobacco, I think this might be a boon for eye drops for example because I noticed stoners tend to use them a lot and would likely prioritize buying a brand marketed directly to them. Not stuff which could really catch the ire of authorities. Though that's a good point about crypto.
  - TwoBit 6y ago
    In California glass shops I've seen crack pipes in addition to the cannabis water pipes.
  - adolph 6y ago
    While there is a market servicing paraphernalia demand I'd not classify it as a strong market in that many competitors such as large retailers, distributors and manufacturers cannot enter it despite persistent demand. That is great for localism/small business and it acts as a tax on paraphernalia that limits demand.
shrimpx 6y ago
This seemed like an interesting direction but nothing came of it: https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/833331/netflix-will-be-selling-strains-of-weed-to-pair-with-its-shows https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/833331/netflix-will-be-s...
ativzzz 6y ago
For fun, here's a bunch of cocaine related ads from the 70s and 80s https://themindcircle.com/cocaine-ads/ https://themindcircle.com/cocaine-ads/
adolph 6y ago
One of the user selections in the initiative is between a $100 fine or "a health assessment with a addiction treatment professional." Given responses to non-court traffic fine adjudication I would expect that there will be $89 online comedy health assessments. https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_110,_Drug_Decriminalization_and_Addiction_Treatment_Initiative_(2020) https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_110,_Drug_Decriminali...

adolph 6y ago

The differences in state and federal law will probably mute many second order commercial effects since any success will draw the attention of the feds either in the form of DEA customer scrutiny or commercial banking problems. Maybe it could lead to some additional interest in cryptocurrency but the last mile of exchange between fiat and crypto has a dependency on the feds.

question000 6y ago
There's already a strong market for drug paraphernalia, which technically legal because it can be used for tobacco, I think this might be a boon for eye drops for example because I noticed stoners tend to use them a lot and would likely prioritize buying a brand marketed directly to them. Not stuff which could really catch the ire of authorities. Though that's a good point about crypto.
- TwoBit 6y ago
  In California glass shops I've seen crack pipes in addition to the cannabis water pipes.
- adolph 6y ago
  While there is a market servicing paraphernalia demand I'd not classify it as a strong market in that many competitors such as large retailers, distributors and manufacturers cannot enter it despite persistent demand. That is great for localism/small business and it acts as a tax on paraphernalia that limits demand.

shrimpx 6y ago

This seemed like an interesting direction but nothing came of it: https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/833331/netflix-will-be-selling-strains-of-weed-to-pair-with-its-shows https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/833331/netflix-will-be-s...

ativzzz 6y ago

For fun, here's a bunch of cocaine related ads from the 70s and 80s https://themindcircle.com/cocaine-ads/ https://themindcircle.com/cocaine-ads/

adolph 6y ago

One of the user selections in the initiative is between a $100 fine or "a health assessment with a addiction treatment professional." Given responses to non-court traffic fine adjudication I would expect that there will be $89 online comedy health assessments. https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_110,_Drug_Decriminalization_and_Addiction_Treatment_Initiative_(2020) https://ballotpedia.org/Oregon_Measure_110,_Drug_Decriminali...