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multigraincracker

(34,083 posts)
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 01:58 PM Nov 2022

Amid steep inflation, one thing is getting cheaper: marijuana

Those Free Markets are taking over.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/amid-steep-inflation-one-thing-is-getting-cheaper-marijuana-11667587413?mod=mw_latestnews

Officials launch Buy Legal campaign amid price wars as cannabis defies inflation


Amid price rivalries — not only between legal cannabis companies but also against sales from the illicit market — the cost of wholesale pot has plunged and supply has climbed.

The evidence is clear in the country’s largest legal cannabis market, California, which notched a whopping $1 billion in sales in the past year.

California has seen cannabis prices as low as $100 a pound, a fraction of the average cost of $786 for an untrimmed, dried pound in the state, according to a report released Tuesday by Leafly.

As farmers in California increased pot production by 63 metric tons, the value of the state’s weed harvest has dropped in the face of price competition.

“Consumers are seeing unheard-of-bargains in 2022, with $20 retail eighths [of an ounce] now the norm,” Leafy said in its Cannabis Harvest Report.


go to link to see market chart.


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Amid steep inflation, one thing is getting cheaper: marijuana (Original Post) multigraincracker Nov 2022 OP
hahaha! FirstLight Nov 2022 #1
I pretty much don't buy unless it's buy one get one AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2022 #3
... Faux pas Nov 2022 #2
"prices as low as $100 a pound". Holy crap...dems are 1960's prices... and it's wasn't half as good. mitch96 Nov 2022 #4

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,600 posts)
3. I pretty much don't buy unless it's buy one get one
Fri Nov 4, 2022, 02:20 PM
Nov 2022

And I can almost always find deals at one of the nearby dispensaries. I have also noticed cheap vape carts in Phoenix were running 30-35 last year, and are 20-25 now. And all the dispensaries seem to be offering introductory discounts for new customers - usually BOGO for the first few visits.

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