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Eugene

(62,658 posts)
Sun Sep 20, 2015, 07:54 PM Sep 2015

Cost of medical marijuana in Minnesota leads some to return to illegal sources

Source: Associated Press

Cost of medical marijuana in Minnesota leads some to return to illegal sources

Associated Press in St Paul, Minnesota
Sunday 20 September 2015 18.23 BST

Just two months after Minnesota launched its medical marijuana programme, some patients turned off by high costs say they are back to buying the drug illegally – because it’s the only way they can afford it.

State officials and the companies hired to make marijuana products trumpeted the programme’s medical approach of pills and oils and no leaf products when it launched in July. But some patients say the highly restricted and regulated system is costing them hundreds or even thousands of dollars a month, none of it covered by insurance.

Company executives defend their prices: a small vial of marijuana extract can run nearly $130 in Minnesota, more than double the cost of a similar product in Colorado, where recreational marijuana is legal and such companies have sold it medically for more than a decade and say costs will fall over time.

They are also taking steps to help some buyers, including raising money to cut the price for lower-income patients.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/sep/20/cost-of-medical-marijuana-in-minnesota-leads-some-to-return-to-illegal-sources
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Cost of medical marijuana in Minnesota leads some to return to illegal sources (Original Post) Eugene Sep 2015 OP
Same story different state.. pipoman Sep 2015 #1
Free the plant, not the licensed vendors with a tax number! NightWatcher Sep 2015 #2
 

pipoman

(16,038 posts)
1. Same story different state..
Sun Sep 20, 2015, 08:21 PM
Sep 2015

There is a determining of what the market will bear going on in Colorado now. Taxation, properties, and production costs are weighing in to land at a level that makes the hassle of growing it not worth the trouble.

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