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In Seattle, a fully legal 10mg THC edible can be had for $2 dollars. Higher quality ones for $3. And that will get an average person pretty solidly high for se

In Seattle, a fully legal 10mg THC edible can be had for $2 dollars. Higher quality ones for $3. And that will get an average person pretty solidly high for several hours. Contrasted with the cost of alcohol, this is dirt cheap.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> In Seattle, a fully legal 10mg THC edible ...does not exist, as it is still banned by federal law. Federal legality will probably drive prices up compared to the current “technically a major crime subject to run, invest in, or play any leadership role in a major business in, though that's not currently actively enforced” [0] condition as the current condition encourages lots of small operators while preventing consolidation, without the high added risk premium of an actively enforced probibition. [0] because drug kingpin laws apply to marijuana
- BizarroLand 5y ago
  Laws only count if they are enforced, and the federal government would have to deploy the military on American soil to police states that have legalized marijuana. Therefore, if you are over 21 years of age and can prove that with official documentation, you can walk into any of hundreds of official retail establishments in several states that are publicly advertised on billboards and purchase marijuana with cash. As long as you do not operate a motor vehicle under the influence or cause a public nuisance, there will be no legal consequences of that action. Furthermore, you can buy stocks in companies that grow marijuana for sale and distribution in the United States. If it were really illegal, why are companies that do that and pay taxes on the commerce allowed to operate and be publicly traded on the stock exchanges?
  - dragonwriter 5y ago
    > Laws only count if they are enforced The thing is, the drug kingpin statute has a long statute ot limitations, and there is no federal policy making current violations relating to marijuana not criminal, only a law prohibiting the executive branch from spending money prosecuting marinuana-related offenses related to medical use consistent with state law which the executive branch has also mostly treated as applying to other use permitted by state law. But the boundaries of the legal policy are somewhat fuzzy, and were it to be repealed tomorrow, there would be no bar to the Feds rounding up people who had been openly engaging in the marijuana trade and charging them under drug laws, including the drug kingpin law, subject to the applicable statutes of limitations. And/or filing forfeiture actions (civil and/or criminal; though the latter requires criminal charges against the individual) against property used in or derived from the business. The risk does affect the who enters the industry, who supplies the industry, and how people in and around the industry conduct business. > the federal government would have to deploy the military on American soil to police states that have legalized marijuana AFAIK, the DEA, FBI, and other federal law, and the people who have openly been conducting marijuana business don't take that much effort to identify and round up. The military would not be required to do policing, though DOJ’s Criminal Division might want to get some military JAG lawyers assigned on temporary duty to handle the caseload surge.
vorpalhex 5y ago
What makes an edible higher quality versus lower? Is it taste, consistency of dose, etc? Are some edible form factors more desirable than others?

dragonwriter 5y ago

> In Seattle, a fully legal 10mg THC edible ...does not exist, as it is still banned by federal law. Federal legality will probably drive prices up compared to the current “technically a major crime subject to run, invest in, or play any leadership role in a major business in, though that's not currently actively enforced” [0] condition as the current condition encourages lots of small operators while preventing consolidation, without the high added risk premium of an actively enforced probibition. [0] because drug kingpin laws apply to marijuana

BizarroLand 5y ago
Laws only count if they are enforced, and the federal government would have to deploy the military on American soil to police states that have legalized marijuana. Therefore, if you are over 21 years of age and can prove that with official documentation, you can walk into any of hundreds of official retail establishments in several states that are publicly advertised on billboards and purchase marijuana with cash. As long as you do not operate a motor vehicle under the influence or cause a public nuisance, there will be no legal consequences of that action. Furthermore, you can buy stocks in companies that grow marijuana for sale and distribution in the United States. If it were really illegal, why are companies that do that and pay taxes on the commerce allowed to operate and be publicly traded on the stock exchanges?
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > Laws only count if they are enforced The thing is, the drug kingpin statute has a long statute ot limitations, and there is no federal policy making current violations relating to marijuana not criminal, only a law prohibiting the executive branch from spending money prosecuting marinuana-related offenses related to medical use consistent with state law which the executive branch has also mostly treated as applying to other use permitted by state law. But the boundaries of the legal policy are somewhat fuzzy, and were it to be repealed tomorrow, there would be no bar to the Feds rounding up people who had been openly engaging in the marijuana trade and charging them under drug laws, including the drug kingpin law, subject to the applicable statutes of limitations. And/or filing forfeiture actions (civil and/or criminal; though the latter requires criminal charges against the individual) against property used in or derived from the business. The risk does affect the who enters the industry, who supplies the industry, and how people in and around the industry conduct business. > the federal government would have to deploy the military on American soil to police states that have legalized marijuana AFAIK, the DEA, FBI, and other federal law, and the people who have openly been conducting marijuana business don't take that much effort to identify and round up. The military would not be required to do policing, though DOJ’s Criminal Division might want to get some military JAG lawyers assigned on temporary duty to handle the caseload surge.

vorpalhex 5y ago

What makes an edible higher quality versus lower? Is it taste, consistency of dose, etc? Are some edible form factors more desirable than others?