Sticker shock coming with California's new pot market

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Sticker shock coming with California's new pot market

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, ASSOCIATED PRESS LOS ANGELES — Nov 5, 2017, 10:38 AM ET

California's legal marijuana marketplace is coming with a kaleidoscope of new taxes and fees that could influence where it's grown, how pot cookies and other munchies are produced and the price tag on just about everything.

Be ready for sticker shock.

On a retail level, it costs about $35 to buy a small bag of good quality medical marijuana in Los Angeles, enough to roll five or six joints.

But in 2018, when legal sales take hold and additional taxes kick in, the cost of that same purchase in the new recreational market is expected to increase at the retail counter to $50 or $60.

At the high end, that's about a 70 percent jump.

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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/sticker-shock-coming-californias-pot-market-50942926

[Cartoonist]

1. There are already taxes on medical marijuana

It's still cheap. Thank the Gods!

[safeinOhio]

2. It will work out.

It grows like a weed.

[Nitram]

3. The marketplace will sort it out.

[msongs]

7. the market place will not sort it out, being rigged by the state and narcos nt

[enough]

4. That was the idea. NT

[questionseverything]

5. 15 or 25 bucks to live free of fear

sounds good

not to mention taxpayers not having to be paying to keep non violent peops locked up

win/win

[msongs]

6. legal MJ peddlers are just as bad as the mexican cartels price wise, no competition at all nt

[Glamrock]

8. Last year, when I could still burn.....

A 1/4 of name brand (white widow, lemon skunk, gorilla glue, etc) would run me $90-$110 in Indiana. Bring on the legal "sticker shock" I say.

[samnsara]

14. i got gorilla glue for 80 an oz during the 420 sale last yr.

...and I'm finishing up the last of my home grown White Widow now...I love living in legal land.

[Glamrock]

17. $80 an oz.????

[waddirum]

9. As long as everyone who chooses can grow their own...

... there will be no sticker shock.

[SHRED]

10. Bingo

[SHRED]

11. A small grow tent set up well

Will provide all your med needs.

[samnsara]

15. NICE...share your set up with me. we had no sun here..

due to the forest fires so my plants just didn't grow. Looking at a grow box for 3500 but yours looks like something I can afford.

[SHRED]

16. Here

I am blogging this grow.
Hope it helps.

Mephisto Genetics Autoflowers-
2 White Chem
2 Stilton

5 gal "squat" Root Trapper II pots
FF Coco Loco soil
Mephisto Super Soil mix in bottom half.
Worm castings mixed in top half at 2 cups per gallon plus I added some large sized perlite.

Sun Systems 315 LEC light at 20/4
3x3x7' Gorilla tent
6" Hyperfan on top of tent for exhaust vented to outside.
2 - 10" duct flanges with HVAC filters at intake.

https://www.autoflower.net/forums/threads/more-mephisto.61739/#post-1592440

[shanti]

18. Question:

How do you provide ventilation in one of these tents? Or do you just use those fans and no outside ventilation?

[SHRED]

19. I use this

http://www.hyper-fans.com/shop/product/hyper-fan?brandId=hyper-fan&categoryId=ventilation

There is a top port on the tent. I made a hole in my garage ceiling to the crawl space.
I duct the tent so it blows out into that space.
I’d buy an 8” next time but my 6” Hyperfan does job. Also. The air being pulled out is pre filtered through a charcoal activated filter to remove smell. No sense in overwhelming the neighbors during bloom...lol.

http://www.growweedeasy.com/smell

[shanti]

20. ahhh, i see

I have a small closet I was considering, and it has a crawl space over it, so that could work. What about moisture? Sure wouldn't want mold in the crawl space!

There must be people who make a living creating grow spaces for others.....

[yuiyoshida]

12. Thing is.. if people get mad, at the prices they will grow their own ...

No one says they can't and with up to four healthy plants, one can get in a lot of smoke on a daily basis.

[samnsara]

13. get ready for 5$ gram joints...4$ during Happy Hour..

..which to me is a deal. Took Wash state a bit to get the price down but right now the prices are so good I'm not even renewing my MMJ card.