Everyone should be able to drop a seed and watch our tree grow w/o a license w/o taxation w/o any penalties at all. All people deserve to be able to grow their own medicine w/o worry about going to jail.
@brentwalker3300
Жыл бұрын
Amen to that. House Democrats already passed legislation to decriminalize cannabis federally but the Senate has not approved it.
@andrewmowen2925
Жыл бұрын
@@brentwalker3300 Just remember decriminalization isn't legalization tho. No matter red or blue the govt loves the tax money from it.
@counterflow5719
Жыл бұрын
Back in the day, prior to the 60s, I used to hear about pot growing wild like a weed along side the road in the southern u.s., like Texas, Louisiana, and Alabama for instance. Now that it's legal where is the legal wild and natural weed?
@andrewmowen2925
Жыл бұрын
@@counterflow5719 It was all cut down for the most part so people would forget about it. Back in the day those invested in timber didn't want it around for fear it would destroy their profits. The powers that be don't want use to have a plant with mutli purposes but rather to depend on them for everything we need.
@ItzGanked
Жыл бұрын
What about the poppy plant?
@IusedtohaveausernameIliked
Жыл бұрын
It's not just weed, it's every single consumer product out there. Cottage industry just can't compete with the Walmarts and IKEAs of this world. This video makes it look like the problem is just about Cannabis. It's a much larger issue than just that.
@firstlast-cs6eg
Жыл бұрын
A issue with capitalism.
@HnH1369
Жыл бұрын
Not a problem with capitalism but honest regulation, we don’t pass laws unless donations are made. Much like religions.
@firstlast-cs6eg
Жыл бұрын
@@HnH1369 We'd have more democracy and honesty in government without capitalism.
@JayBe443
Жыл бұрын
@@firstlast-cs6eg how? It would become more corrupt if anything with the lack of competition and lack of incentives to competition.
@y0nd3r
Жыл бұрын
@@HnH1369 sorry, greed is built into capitalism. Not a bug, a feature. Capitalism actually rewards greed, so the greedier you are, the more profitable you will be. Too much regulation is obviously a problem, but to say it shouldn't be regulated is nonsense.
@sensorycircuits1338
Жыл бұрын
Feel sorry for all the OG growers who endured jail, fines, mountain treks, helicopters & violent competitors only to be forced to compete in an arguably worse environment.
@gibbonholder3274
Жыл бұрын
I am looking for someone to invest in the marijuana business with me am from St Lucia in the Caribbean
@Professor__S
Жыл бұрын
OG😎. Appreciate it brother✊
@SpeedyDemon1
Жыл бұрын
@@gibbonholder3274 bro i'm ngl this is probably the worst video you could've picked to advertise investing in a weed business.
@johnrossberg1719
Жыл бұрын
Don't feel sorry for us. We got paid.
@janbudin5900
Жыл бұрын
Perfect example of the mean core nature of the free market. Rich people will have the wealth to support an industry that produces such a quantity at a low cost that can lower the selling price, while small farmers will fall in the seducing trap to become big, meanwhile struggling to pay the bills. And with no other choice, will go to the black market or die. The economic free market system is based on an alien to the planet predator mindset, that brings our society out of the harmony that allows on our planet to balance the life of all and everything. A very easy way out is to limit the amount of land a producer can have. It would be basically bring to a local scale the market and cut of the possibility to the big fish to eat the small fish. Anyway the problem looks unsolvable because the law makers are those that have more power when the solution would be to fragment that power and localise it... unless a new harmonizing force that we yet don't know, takes over, Which is a wild hope in our times, but the only one that can be found using rational thinking.
@jerrythomas1138
Жыл бұрын
Me and my friends predicted (55 years ago) that if weed was ever legalized, corporate farms would dominate the industry.
@russtgrower750
Жыл бұрын
Lol well that wasnt a hard one to call. But you mighta been the first lol
@lloydharris651
Жыл бұрын
Uh yeah That’s called capitalism buddy
@javiddun1
Жыл бұрын
corporate farms dont dominate the industry, they are losing money the fastest. they grow at scale but... they grow boof at scale 😂
@davidsellers3639
Жыл бұрын
It always was unless you were doing it yourself
@devilface97
Жыл бұрын
@@lloydharris651 a state restricting free market process by way of regulation and state owned monopoly, is called socialism.
@got2kittys
Жыл бұрын
The problem with my states legalization is that the state created its own cartel, charging high prices, and a high tax. Making laws even more harsh and conflicting than they were, to discourage people from growing it. So, the black market thrives, and it's half price of dispensary prices. It's ridiculous.
@infinite8382
Жыл бұрын
people need the freedom to grow their own, but government is all about control and taxation :/
@westcoastadventurers8504
Жыл бұрын
Fight fire with fire. If someone wants to come after me or my medicine, my Bitcoin or my existence as a fully functioning stable intelligent adult capable of surviving on my own with needless gov "assistance" watching over us like kids, anyone who wants to play games, here's one it's called violence, Kxll people. Fk centralized banks, centralized gov and centralized corporations. De Centralized your mind De Centralized your life. People need to learn to stay the F out of other peoples business, live their lives and learn to keep quiet and shut the F up before they too wind up dead, crushed under the ignorance of their own actions. Society is crumbling, scary, society is trash. THE STRONG / WISE / CLEVER WILL ALWAYS SURVIVE. Speak softly and continue to DeFi.
@caseroberts9863
Жыл бұрын
You must be from Illinois. We have broke records with the amount of taxes they've collected. Yet the roads are still absoult trash, and the kids seem to be getting dumber by the minute. Worst part is. The states that have legal medical, don't get to conduct any substantial research on marijuana. "The whicha why" Because the feds still have it listed as a schedule one narcotic. "No medicinal Properties" Even though, they themselves awarded a patent for marinol in 1985 for people taking chemotherapy. In the end, we're simply feeding the greedy pigs.
@westcoastadventurers8504
Жыл бұрын
Btw, case anyone wondering, I live in Seattle.
@caseroberts9863
Жыл бұрын
@@westcoastadventurers8504 My nefew was in Portland. He said he could buy outdoor grown ounces in a store for 60.00 In Illinois, it's all indoor. We have to pay over 300.00 & They will charge 60.00 for B.S. shake here.
@n00n1n
Жыл бұрын
I live Arizona, I am a medical patient but if I wasn't I could still just go down to the store. That's the way it should be for everybody in every state in the union.
@andrewmowen2925
Жыл бұрын
Agreed but I also would like to see people able to get an opiate that doesn't drop them dead on the streets like the tranq dope does in kensington, philly.
@Rooster_707
Жыл бұрын
Forbes interviewed the 2 people that are part of the problem in California. Steve Deangelo and glasshouse. The 2 people that are the root cause of of the market crash.
@squid_fish
Жыл бұрын
Bingo! F GHF and big cannadicks
@alexeilindes7507
Жыл бұрын
No no they need it they have to be kings or they melt. Who cares about you're pot
@Featherless1
Жыл бұрын
In the 1950's, 4% of the worlds population had 50% of the world's wealth. 80% of that, was in the working middle class. Half the wealth of the world was in the United States and 80% of that was the middle working class. That's what Built America. Now less than 1/10 of 1% has close to that 80% of wealth. We have bigger problems 😉
@alexeilindes7507
Жыл бұрын
@@Featherless1 we are stagnant to address this though
@DimeBagsStorage
Жыл бұрын
Same question I would like to know. He’s been a good customer for a long time.
@robmueller8825
Жыл бұрын
The idea that you can’t get absolutely top quality bud outside of North CA is categorically incorrect.
@jamesbjorn6481
Жыл бұрын
Yup considering Michigan is putting it half the market share of pure fire that is actually tasting good
@lyddiayannuzzi5564
Жыл бұрын
We have some awesome growers here in VA!
@myprophet1
Жыл бұрын
San Juan Island in Wa has an outstanding reputation.
@chadpreslar7152
Жыл бұрын
@@lyddiayannuzzi5564 yes you do, those guys up in the VA mountains have it figured out. Hopefully by the time the weed stores show up owned by the typical boomer gate keepers they will go bankrupt because high quality micro grows is the trend up there. My buddy is growing some of the best bud in the country rn and almost nobody will ever know except his close friends. That is the trend they are "growing" and it is the way.
@lyddiayannuzzi5564
Жыл бұрын
@@chadpreslar7152 we have a pop up here called 757 grow club, very established now, less pop up feeling. Good security, and local growers. It really is awesome to be a part of the community here!
@minivanjack
Жыл бұрын
Clearly identifying over-taxation and over-regulation as how government botched the legalization of cannabis, why would Forbes not show us the politicians and bureaucrats who caused this disaster? How can we fix a problem if we cannot see who caused it?
@rickvergara2552
10 ай бұрын
Any group photo of any federal employees going back the last eighty years
@guaromiami
9 ай бұрын
Forbes has a pro-business rather than a pro-consumer or pro-government agenda. They want deregulation and lower taxes. What that will do is create monopolies, hurt the consumer with higher prices, and deprive the government of a much-needed revenue stream.
@zack9912000
4 ай бұрын
What did they expect in liberal controlled CA. TAX TAX TAX REG REG REG
@rodneybiltman2005
3 ай бұрын
california legislature
@TheNursejules
Жыл бұрын
Nearly 30% tax depending on where you buy in California. Just ridiculous!
@bradredford4846
Жыл бұрын
Seriously!!!
@mattiemathis9549
Жыл бұрын
Wow!!! Crazy! In Az I think it’s only 16% for recreational and 9% for medical…
@nicklasmillner101
Жыл бұрын
Yes your warehouse is better than mother nature, gtfooh! Dude 😎
@CN45475
Жыл бұрын
In Florida is medical but zero taxes.. I love it!
@GranulatedStuff
Жыл бұрын
Hard to feel sorry for people that live in a place where you are allowed to have SIX plants growing at home at any one time !!!!!
@blueoval250
Жыл бұрын
Government ruins every single thing it touches.
@barrysims9906
Жыл бұрын
85 Billion a year busness, It is in some bodys pocket
@dflood75
Жыл бұрын
Capitalism ruins everything
@timothythompson7750
Жыл бұрын
SO STOP PAYING TAXES!!! You can legally shift 15-33% of your income to local charities, local businesses, and local non-profits. Have them give you a receipt, to be taken with you to the IRS and at that point you're legally cleared!!!
@brentwalker3300
Жыл бұрын
That is not exactly true. If we look at what is presented in this video it appears that the influence of large corporations and investors on politicians is the big problem. This is what has led to a corrupt Supreme Court and rampant media disinformation. Big money created a system to favor themselves. The answer is to just grow yourself or attempt to buy from smaller growers. Additionally, it is important to lobby legislator to change the laws in order to allow smaller growers back in. Just shitting on "big bad government" is lazy and incorrect.
@jamisojo
Жыл бұрын
@@timothythompson7750 that sounds like a far cry from not paying taxes. And you just spent the money on something you don't want anyhow.
@brushstroke3733
Жыл бұрын
Taxes and regulation: the age old way to destroy business and consumers.
@Parker307
Жыл бұрын
I was a slogan in the fight to make it legal. "Jut legalese it, tax it and regulate it"
@discodiffusioner
Жыл бұрын
This is how it got legalized, otherwise people would still be thrown in jail. Considering the USA is all about capitalism, how else would you have thought it got legalized? Gotta take the good w/ the bad. They're starting to make it illegal to test for it in many states now. Baby steps.
@chrisguice139
Жыл бұрын
Man when I saw all of that bud going into the chipper I was about to cry.
@DR-ju6rs
Жыл бұрын
Made my eyes red watching the video.
@wilmorris4225
Жыл бұрын
They made it into hash oil.
@calgaryfred
Жыл бұрын
if you think that was high grade buds you are high
@chrisguice139
Жыл бұрын
@calgaryfred I didn't say anything about grade. I hope you feel better trying to make yourself look good at someone else's expense.
@pauls4235
Жыл бұрын
"Why rich investors are mad they haven't been able to take over and milk the marijuana market"
@soilBGuRu420
Жыл бұрын
💯💯💯💯💯💯😢
@hootowl6354
Жыл бұрын
Very few rich investors are stupid enough to think growing a weed would yield a good return on investment, especially when consumers can grow their own in their garden and barely break a sweat.
@pauls4235
Жыл бұрын
@@hootowl6354 Okay? But we are clowning the rich investors that tried...
@LamLawIndy
Жыл бұрын
@@hootowl6354 Yeah, that's my thought. The barriers to entry to a commercial operation may be high, but there are almost zero barriers for a consumer to grow weed himself.
@Dishwater_Sponge
Жыл бұрын
"Stuck up California growers throw dirt weed in the wood chipper for dramatic effect"
@danielcurtis1434
Жыл бұрын
The issue is we haven’t legalized it!!! It’s at best heavily decriminalized!!$ it’s not even legal federally!!!
@nomdeguerre7265
Жыл бұрын
it's Crony Capitalism, which is actually just a form of socialism, state control, not only of markets, but of persons.
@ericbontheweb
Жыл бұрын
Glad you guys are promoting a cop owned boof factory. Wouldn't expect anything else
@normantaffefiny8227
Жыл бұрын
Forbes only the best
@psylopanda2841
Жыл бұрын
Ikr... As*holes.
@SunshineDayDream.
Жыл бұрын
🖕deangelo
@sitindogmas
Жыл бұрын
I thought the same thing man, fn indoor boof factory 😂😂
@syrthdr09sybr34
Жыл бұрын
Yeah cause we're supposed to be impressed by the dude's lack of integrity.
@fisherb1626
Жыл бұрын
I love how people think the geography for weed actually means anything when it comes to indoor grown weed.
@DPR-GENX
Жыл бұрын
Of course Californians think they are the center of the universe and everything they do is better! 😆
@mastergator9641
Жыл бұрын
Most people vape now adays and outdoor is mostly what distillate pens are made from
@hj42887
Жыл бұрын
nancy reagan rolling in her grave after people started growing weed indoors and making it dank af
@Trucker231610
Жыл бұрын
Well that guy seems to be dominating the market. So he's doing something right.
@everydaychemistry6231
Жыл бұрын
@@mastergator9641 Vapes are good here and there but they are so much harsher than flower, and quite frankly even if they are higher in thc they never give as good a high as flower with lower thc but a larger range of cannabinoids. I'd hardly say most people use vapes over flower but the vapes are certainly more popular than ever.
@victorpalamar8769
Жыл бұрын
The biggest problem is that once legalization happened everybody would crash into the Pot Shop and buy everything there-----did not happen! Normal neighbourhood users are still supporting their illicit suppliers due to previous service and quality and cost.
@Egzoset
Жыл бұрын
Which is why smart meters started to deploy like rabbits.
@anatitan5546
Жыл бұрын
My own kid defined the legal terminology differences of "Decriminalization" & "legalization". She says decriminalization is the Earth Shattering break through that is most desirable. Those are carefully crafted terminologies in courts. Cause they are as---les like that.
@4TwentyFour20
Жыл бұрын
california is unique in the fact that the climate is good... if exports were GLOBALLY allowed then the industry has a future...
@Liphistius1039
Жыл бұрын
@@anatitan5546 Marijuana decriminalization would be a short sighted policy that doesnt address any of the envirenmental and social ills caused by black market grow operations. Legalization is the way to go, the issue with the legalization we have now is overregulation. If you deregulate, allow civilians to legally grow their own plants, and lower the burden of taxes and fines for cannabis buisnesses legalization is the ideal solution hands down.
@rtflone
Жыл бұрын
@@Liphistius1039 No doubt, but legalization means supporting an army of bureaucrats, politicians, and regulators. Is it ever any other way when the govt is involved?
@bkl8804
Жыл бұрын
Cannabis should come from your backyard, just like your eggs, tomatoes, basil, etc.
@hootowl6354
Жыл бұрын
Yep. There is no good reason to buy it if you have a back yard. And if you have a back yard, you can supply dozens of other people who don't...for free, if you want to. This is why pot has become so unprofitable.
@1871corporationUSA
Жыл бұрын
Under 50 an oz in Michigan Lol
@4TwentyFour20
Жыл бұрын
i disagree... tomatoes are not mind altering... its more along the lines of brewing beer... imo
@Dan-hn1lx
Жыл бұрын
@@4TwentyFour20 Yeh id say this is more accurate. its like distilling and brewing your getting a superior product.
@clivewilliams9460
Жыл бұрын
Correct. 👍🏽
@TheDirtymikenation
Жыл бұрын
it was the best weed before recreational weed rip CA quality
@amsf1
Жыл бұрын
Black market will always be king because it can't be taxed.... I could go on but I'm not going to waste my breath. Peace and blessings to all. Live life however you see fit
@joebill663
Жыл бұрын
agreed
@sitindogmas
Жыл бұрын
I got my hands, a shovel and the sun and I absolutely love growing ! I'm 44 and they won't let us poor folks get our foot in the door. black market flower W.V.!!!
@atomictraveller
Жыл бұрын
have fun, in AZ it's usually the plants that are black.
@lizardjoel
Жыл бұрын
Respect. It really rubbed me wrong them mentioning every diversity checkbox but not income AND acting like California has a god given right to be the #1 weed growing state and other states should buy from them vs make it ourselves. WV has proudly grown amazing bud for decades and centuries and supplied Maryland which we are greatful for.
@iels7346
Жыл бұрын
I live in Illinois and it's a joke, they made sure no one could afford to get into production but the super rich. You need 400k in liquid assets, you need a compound with the latest security system that gets inspected. The made sure you had to have millions to start up. Craft growers licenses are at least 25k if I remember right, thousands applied, 50 got approved. Because of this our industry is controlled by 2 or 3 big companies and the little man has no chance which also impacts our prices, we have old school $20-$35 a gram prices, an ounce is around 300 dollars unless you want some trash shake, there's a 20% tax on top of that if you're not medical. Meanwhile you can go next door to Michigan and get quality ounces for half the price in certain dispensaries. Most of the people I know go to street dealers because our regulations, tax and overall prices on marijuana are rediculos. We are by far the most expensive state for marijuana. Also, not that this is on that same note, but why is all of our dispensary weed so dry and harsh? From what I've been told thc content is measured by what percentage of the flowers weight is made up of thc after curing. If that is the case, are people then over drying their weed to fluff their thc numbers for sale purposes? The weed is so dry you don't need a grinder, you can crush it to a full on powder with your fingers, what happened the bud having a slight amount of density, smooth tastes and such. I went to Colorado a few weeks back and the bud I got there was so much smoother. I've never seen weed that dry prior to dispensaries becoming a thing, never seen someone's home grown be like that. Our system is trash. They rushed in a trash system to make a quick buck on taxes and now everyone is going back to street dealers. If they approved more licenses to grow with out flooding the market, It'd be a beautiful thing. I want sub 200 dollar ounces, that'd be amazing. I think they actually see an increase in that tax revenue if they could compete with the street dealers, but that's not happening anytime soon. You can get an 8th on the street for 30-40bucks give or take, ounces for around 240ish, an 8th is at least 60+ tax at a dispensary, its absurd.
@ability_chi_gemini
Жыл бұрын
Yeah the dispensaries in Illinois are trash everyone goes to Michigan for much better product greedy crook country will never change sir it’s a shame 🤷♂️
@jeffsmith8065
Жыл бұрын
@@ability_chi_gemini here in Michigan the big dispensaries are buying out the small dispensaries
@ability_chi_gemini
Жыл бұрын
@@jeffsmith8065I know lots of people who go to upper peninsula frequently because they are sick of the swag here lol
@pandemicgrower4212
Жыл бұрын
Lol grow your own.
@tnmdrywall
Жыл бұрын
Literately breaking down my IL collinsville dispensary thc and its breaking up to dust as im reading this
@tfm1449
Жыл бұрын
When I was in High School, an once of Pot was $40/ounce. Gold was $35/ounce.
@alldud13
Жыл бұрын
gold hasn’t been $35 an oz since 1934 how old are you
@bassman4201000
Жыл бұрын
Steve lobbied to lift the canopy limits allowing large producers to stack 1 acre permits. He helped CREATE the problem.
@maneiloveyall3672
Жыл бұрын
Right
@thesubjective
Жыл бұрын
This right here is the truth. Those that know. Snake in....
@freddieweimann3602
Жыл бұрын
Yep.....
@javiddun1
Жыл бұрын
canopy limits were never the problem, steve was never gonna stop vancouver and oklahoma 😂
@ryantroy2047
Жыл бұрын
@@javiddun1 disagree. beyond being outright dishonest with the craft cannabis coalitions that only put support behind 64 because of canopy limits, it was an exercise in brand building on the backs legacy craft California farmers. by driving the price per lb to a limit that put all of the heritage “brands” out of business, eroding their ability to set quality and class at that pivotal time in the market. greenhouse industrial “california finest” can now be exported as somehow ever so slightly better than OK AK commodity mids. and guess who owns all that industrial greenhouse gmo laden pollution factories ready to export across state lines but the self appointed “king”. He did a similar move locally in Oakland closing the door on locals who had been supplying 215 collectives since 1996 but i digress.
@michaelolson571
Жыл бұрын
I started growing my own bc the prices in the stores in San Diego are too expensive. Its turned into a nice little hobby
@steventanner864
Жыл бұрын
I bet you have a better quality product growing your own
@kipincharge2833
Жыл бұрын
same here and it is almost more of a joy to see them grow than smoke-----but what is so sad is I grew up with feilds in my backyard but did not try because I didn't want to spend my life in the USA SLAVE PRISON SYSTEM🖕🏾🖕🏼🖕 but we are still ENSLAVED🤬🤬🤬 WHAT IF I GROW TEN PLANTS????? AM I A CRIMMINAL FOR LIFE GROWING A WEED🖕🏼🖕🏾🖕100% INSANITY🖕🏼🖕🏾🖕AMERICAN'S BEST SLAVES EVER⚒️⚒️⚒️
@PhyteByte
Жыл бұрын
michael can you help me o.o
@ccptube3468
Жыл бұрын
I'm from SD too, how do u grow them? I have license to cultivate n buy as well.
@jamesseurat8679
Жыл бұрын
@@PhyteByte check out Mr Canucks on KZitem. He has videos on everything you need to know.
@davidnyffenegger
Жыл бұрын
I live in switzerland where we're standing close before legalization. The knowledge these guys already have in farming but also in everything that comes along with legalization would be worth a lot money here I think... It's just what comes to my mind when I see these guys struggling who put so much effort and dedication in something they're passionate about but don't get anything in return because of the way the market is governed.
@TheVisualante11
Жыл бұрын
How many people in Europe smoke weed? I mean really smoke weed daily? Im guessing most europeans smoke it maybe on vacation or festivals just a few times a year. Also-- most Europeans-- I've meet smoke weed with Tobacco which cuts down the use of weed even more. I would worry more about just trying to be a regular farmer in Europe with all of the rules about using power and all the other rules they have. I would grow indoor tobacco in Europe before weed way bigger market.
@dplj4428
Жыл бұрын
As long as the gov wants to profit from taxation, the more the off-market gangster sales becomes a slightly cheaper but “murderously” competitive. Let people home grow. And like Deangelo said, mega farms mimic the same non-competitive pricing paralleled in other plant agriculture. If ever you get seeds from any plant, save them. Seedless grapes, seedless any is bad. Do people still do craft beer at home? Then do the same for cannabis. Commercial beer companies don’t seem to suffer too much. If you don’t want to drink… If you don’t want to smoke… Don’t. Don’t drive drunk or buzzed. Don’t go to work or be around kids whether buzzed or not. In fact, please don’t smoke heavily toxic commercial cigarettes around your babies, too.
@damphear2
Жыл бұрын
the man steve is the whole reason the legal weed system in ca failed. you can easily see how he pushed out the smaller farms for a bigger farm and then got pushed out himself
@bobsag
Жыл бұрын
As above, so below. As below, so above. When people like Steve violate natural law principles, thats exactly what you get. Do unto other as you would have them do unto you. Fucker had it coming and that's what I'm sayin.
@Egzoset
Жыл бұрын
That happened to Québec's Bloc Pot representative(s) years ago on our national French-speaking TV networks that the rest of Canada can't bare to watch. The guy was facing an addictionnist-abstentionnist and yet wasted his precious speach-time to whine over pharmacists threatening to "steal" 2 decades of his own "work"... Come to my sacrificed province to meed an invisible portion of society erased from reality, 9 meters from all doors or windows, not even allowed to wear cannabis pictures...
@janbudin5900
Жыл бұрын
Until greed will be taught in schools, movies and social attitudes it's going to be the driving force of the average human being. Which means the vast majority of people. It also means that the free market will be beneficial only to the market bullies that will abuse of their power in order to control it with the help of all the servants that "work" for them, while living in the illusion of being free.
@mishaguevara
Жыл бұрын
Over time, the Quality of craft cannabis, Will proof it's value. Mass scale Quality is low, especially in the effects it gives. Craft Cannabis is the Only Cannabis to consume.
@arkinner
Жыл бұрын
Craft cannabis is a massive factory. Meaning it's quality is low. I will never smoke anything from a dispensary or anyone if I don't know they personally grow. Good thing I grow my own award winning flowers
@Shitstain951
Жыл бұрын
Wrong people are happy to smoke shitty $50 ounces all day. They just don’t care
@weirdshibainu
Жыл бұрын
Not really. Using your logic, fast food wouldn't exist because it has low quality.
@javiddun1
Жыл бұрын
craft cannabis doesnt exist the way it does in your mind, reality is 99% of growers grow boof and shouldnt be growing.
@sterlthepearl1000
Ай бұрын
"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal Freedom." Bill Hicks
@luckieoleary6459
Жыл бұрын
Dude is very humble when explaining the struggles of running a legal operation in Cali. The taxes and regulations are insanely destructive.
@alainportant6412
Жыл бұрын
9:15 what's wrong with the shape of his shoulders or something
@andrewjustice2429
Жыл бұрын
Wonder how he voted.....
@Jake_20011
Жыл бұрын
I think it should never be legalized recreationally. Medical seems to be the best route. From watching this video it seems that legalizing it recreationally is what fucked the market up along with oversaturation, taxes, and regulations
@dannylujan3619
Жыл бұрын
Newshome
@vinzclortho7766
Жыл бұрын
It's ironic that Cannabis Taxes were the selling point made by the Proponents to State Governments when they were pushing for legalization. Now those same people are complaining about the taxes.
@Nphen
Жыл бұрын
In Michigan there's grower networks, concentrate & edible manufacturers. Dispensaries are busy, providing jobs far more satisfying than average retail. Top quality extracts & edibles are available at affordable prices. Homegrow is legal. The bud itself is mostly overpriced at dispensaries, at least compared to your buddy's homegrow. What's missing everywhere is truly is the "microbrew" experience where a grower can have a session lounge & retail store. This would allow boutique growers to capture retail profits and turn into resorts, like wineries. Of course the banking and Federal nightmare have been well-known in the industry in every med-or-rec legal state. Congress & the Feds are the true demon.
@Mega_trippsonInstagramsellspsy
Жыл бұрын
All psychedelic products 💊🍫available (See channel name) Lsd, DMT trip, shrooms🍄🍄🍬 variety 💊 gummies, chocolate bar 🍫and more available 🌍🌍
@Egzoset
Жыл бұрын
The orphaned kid of William Reddie might have liked that.
@robertcollins8621
Жыл бұрын
I wished someone would show how much Law Enforcement profited from The War on Drugs as well as the many ways they profited. The legal and illegal ways they benefited.
@bryanhoffman7401
Жыл бұрын
We'll one big way is like a speeding ticket Law Enforcement only would got 50 to 60 percent of that ticket that would go back to there department.But any kind of drug ticket they get 100 percent and can take everything house and car and in alot of cases auction it all of and 100 percent of that goes to the department.
@robertcollins8621
Жыл бұрын
@@bryanhoffman7401 Stop cops policing for profit. In fact raise the standards for Law Enforcement. Most are mentally, morally, and/or physically UNFIT to wear a uniform. They serve the Department’s not The People. Higher standards for ALL Public Servants should be demanded immediately. We need to change the laws to read If your a Public Servant and Charged with a crime, you should be terminated immediately. If you’re a Public Servant and are convicted of a crime ( jay walking to murder) you should be executed in Public for all to see. Public Servants committing crime will be a thing of the past. I know this kills many serving now, We need accountability from these people, unless their finances or asses are on the line they will continue as usual. There is a whole lot of dirtbags out there as judges, da’s, constables, sheriffs, and city officials.
@bryanhoffman7401
Жыл бұрын
Look we all need to start in or towns or city's. Than work or way out.Just like the rich get richer the poor go broke.Every town has a odd fellows or a Masonic Lodge or a eagle's bar that is where all there cops and judges hang out at one way or the other and if your not in the click than your out!!!! They all have body cameras now.But if there is something they do not want the pubic or the judge to see and they say it went off on its own so say 10 cops where there just so happen all 10 cameras went on and off at the same times every time in every town and city.That is what needs to stop for one thing.We all need to know are propers.What we can and can't do or say.A cop can lie to us to get the answers they are seeking.But the best thing to do is just stay off the radar and the grid.We are in a time now and moving toward to where there is always some kind of I in the sky!!!! That is the new law
@whenimmanicimgodly4228
Жыл бұрын
I've read so many comments of people saying we won the war on drugs which Is ridiculous, everyone lost on every side and the government ended up just supporting the drug problem in America.
@jamisojo
Жыл бұрын
Law enforcement isn't a business nor an industry. It is a public service that we need. Normalizing getting high isn't good for society. That's why we didn't just roll over and let idiots do it.
@__m37
Жыл бұрын
Prop. 64 was the worst thing to happen to legal cannabis. If people were not so blind to the blatant governmental overreach of the prop, we could have kept the "loosely regulated" medical cannabis market which was more people focused instead of profit focused. Ever since 2018 marijuana has never been the same in terms of potency, effect, and benefits which have all changed for the worse... Thanks again for that, Steve!!!
@ecamp6360
Жыл бұрын
Dennis Peron was against the current Cali scheme. Y'all should have listened.
@vicoilsteems9764
Жыл бұрын
Steve?
@jackingwads7513
Жыл бұрын
I don't even smoke marijuana anymore since my state went legal it was good for a few years now I just smoke and get anxious and paranoid rather not even smoke the garbage
@coltonconnor112
Жыл бұрын
Never would of thought government involvement would make something worse.
@vicoilsteems9764
Жыл бұрын
@@coltonconnor112 this is corporate involvement , everything that happens today is corporate involvement.
@FinnSwede906
Жыл бұрын
They've already botched it here in Michigan over the last few years by these dispensaries pricing growers out of the market, the average price paid per oz in MI was recently only $95! Weed on the street back in the day would be worth at least $120 all the way up to $3-4hundred per oz depending on quality and what town I was in but the last oz I picked up was only $65 and it's decent tree
@Sideshowmanatee
Жыл бұрын
Recreational killed the industry, it’s a shame
@joeoregano4251
Жыл бұрын
That's disgusting
@jimmyjay689
Жыл бұрын
I remember oz's for $400..lol....just recently bought half an oz from dispensary for $115 after taxes..Boston
@Le_Brick420
Жыл бұрын
Thank Deangello and the big money players that voted for that but did not know the structure of the rules when it came out. Now look at it. People HATE IT and can not make a living on small farms due to new regs and high price push outs and so many stupid rules. Deangello knows he helped screw that one up.
@melsfire
Жыл бұрын
The fact that he's pretending he didn't help cause this fiasco is mind boggling.
@nicolelanzotti
Жыл бұрын
@@melsfire and infuriating
@janbudin5900
Жыл бұрын
Until greed will be taught in schools, movies and social attitudes it's going to be the driving force of the average human being. Which means the vast majority of people. It also means that the free market will be beneficial only to the market bullies that will abuse of their power in order to control it with the help of all the servants that "work" for them, while living in the illusion of being free.
@nomdeguerre7265
Жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear the California Street people highlight the very problems caused by government policies, greater government control and regulatory power, they actually support.
@nadsomt9198
Жыл бұрын
Alcohol and pharmaceutical companies lobbied every day against it it's always about their MONEY
@gijoey5912
Жыл бұрын
You're telling me the government got involved and it made things worse?! That's never happened before ever.
@diggysoze2897
Жыл бұрын
Your shitpost is detrimental to the conversation. It’s not “the government” it’s big businesses being allowed to raze the market, without allowing actual people to compete.
@gijoey5912
Жыл бұрын
@@diggysoze2897 that’s also part of it, but they’re not the ones raising taxes by 50%. 3:45 sure sounds like he’s blaming over-regulation to me.
@nobonesaboutit7639
Жыл бұрын
@@diggysoze2897 without the coalition of big business and government, it would not be possible to do what they're doing. And what they're doing is ruining things as always.
@kost157
Жыл бұрын
Amazing how a beautiful, beneficial seed can sow such controversy.
@ManuelGarcia-ww7gj
Жыл бұрын
The best argument for legalizing all drugs that I have ever heard.
@JohnRogers0014
Жыл бұрын
Nothing is a coincidence, Lawyers and judges run the dope business on all levels 💯
@Egzoset
Жыл бұрын
"Kids-for-Cash"...
@skrills09
Жыл бұрын
this
@andrewmowen2925
Жыл бұрын
Love this comment 💯 It's a rigged system
@janbudin5900
Жыл бұрын
Until greed will be taught in schools, movies and social attitudes it's going to be the driving force of the average human being. Which means the vast majority of people. It also means that the free market will be beneficial only to the market bullies that will abuse of their power in order to control it with the help of all the servants that "work" for them, while living in the illusion of being free.
@caseroberts9863
Жыл бұрын
Growing yourself can be difficult at first. But, if you persist with patience through the cycles, and errors. It is quite rewarding 🐸
@iGame3D
Жыл бұрын
It's so much fun, even if you don't get the best bud ever, bringing those beautiful plants to flower is a blessed experience.
@jimmiewomble416
Жыл бұрын
I'd grow it even if I didn't smoke it. Beautiful plant.
@tomc.4860
Жыл бұрын
This is the same thing that happened to organic farms in California. 30 years ago there were thousands of small organic farms and they've all been regulated out of existence, not to mention the word organic now has no legal meaning and the big companies use chemicals and fertilizer and just call it organic.
@janbudin5900
Жыл бұрын
Perfect example of the mean core nature of the free market. Rich people will have the wealth to support an industry that produces such a quantity at a low cost that can lower the selling price, while small farmers will fall in the seducing trap to become big, meanwhile struggling to pay the bills. And with no other choice, will go to the black market or die. The economic free market system is based on an alien to the planet predator mindset, that brings our society out of the harmony that allows on our planet to balance the life of all and everything. A very easy way out is to limit the amount of land a producer can have. It would be basically bring to a local scale the market and cut of the possibility to the big fish to eat the small fish. Anyway the problem looks unsolvable because the law makers are those that have more power when the solution would be to fragment that power and localise it... unless a new harmonizing force that we yet don't know, takes over, Which is a wild hope in our times, but the only one that can be found using rational thinking.
@AwokenEntertainment
Жыл бұрын
Glad to see you getting the real story out there that most don't hear or know about..
@tomc.4860
Жыл бұрын
Have the legacy market cannabis growers figured out that when they apply for a license and they are turned down, they are then marked as illegal growers?
@bryanstellfox8521
Жыл бұрын
One of my buddies said something cool to me about weed. He said it's like beer. You've got your Coors, which is sold everywhere and tastes exactly the same every time. Then you've got craft brews, microbrews, etc that are more expensive, but also higher quality, and contain an infinite amount of flavors, aromas, and textures. 20 years ago, craft beer was non existent...today, little companies find a niche, and people are happy to pay for it!
@noeld9910
Жыл бұрын
I'm in maine I purchase an ounce of pretty good weed a week from my local dispensary and the total cost of that ounce is 71 dollars with tax included. I used to pay 2-300 an ounce on the street before legalization.
@danteprice1874
Жыл бұрын
You still smokin some bullshit if yo ounce cost less than 150 out of dispo anywhere my top shelf b buds cost more than your ounce it kills me that ppl still smoke mids out of the dispo
@Alknight7
Жыл бұрын
Pot was never meant to be a cash crop. That's the real issue. It's god's gift.
@dannymack1196
Жыл бұрын
I hate when people say that it's the world's most popular elicit drug 😒😞🙄
@justincourville2483
Жыл бұрын
I thought I heard holistic
@nativesugarshack9328
Жыл бұрын
Nicotine and caffeine reign supreme world wide.
@kipincharge2833
Жыл бұрын
@@nativesugarshack9328 😮😝😜🤣 YOU DO KNOW SUGAR IS A DRUG😝😜
@beaudeeley
Жыл бұрын
What does it elicit that bothers you so much? 😂
@nativesugarshack9328
Жыл бұрын
@@kipincharge2833 wrong kind of Sugar Shack 🤣👍 but correct nonetheless ✌️
@dshousegenetix47
Жыл бұрын
Buy seeds grow you're own screw these clowns lol. Take things private in your hands, no middleman and no BS to deal with.
@odin2131
Жыл бұрын
Some people don’t want to grow their own and some don’t have patience like that. For people who don’t care for growing should support these smaller farmers vs larger conglomerates
@MoAli-wm4of
Жыл бұрын
@@odin2131 yeah and what about those people who use cannabis primarily for medical benefits and have heath conditions .. which make up keep on any decent small home grow, next to impossible? Even when you argue a couple plant tent can be intially setup by someone as a hydro with coco bucket system - all on timers ... There is still enough daily manual maintenance needed to make it difficult/out of reach for some medical users, unfortunately. However you want to cut it, there will always be a segment of the cannabis user base who will be limited to buying retail flowers or products ... And those ppl should have a safe and fair market place to participate in
@wampaswomps3975
Жыл бұрын
Yeah go ahead and try. They can bust you because they can use your homes smart meter to detect the light cycle of the grow op. The power companies will narc when they see a pattern in power usage.
@dshousegenetix47
Жыл бұрын
@@wampaswomps3975 I was running a seed company so you have no idea what you're talking about. Wanna buy good genetics? Hit me up
@la7era1u54
Жыл бұрын
@@wampaswomps3975 In most states where it's legal there is a certain number of plants that each person can cultivate at a time and/or a certain amount of your own dried product that you can posses. The number of plants and weight of the product differs by state, but most states aren't going to bust your door in unless it's obvious that you are growing a large amount to sell
@brbadge
Жыл бұрын
I paid $15 for my first ounce of weed. I stopped smoking weed in 1990, when side effects were taking over, and I was suffering from panic disorder. ( yes, probably because of my abuse). I am interested in getting some again, but all of this " weed speak" leaves me confused.
@bradyelich2745
Жыл бұрын
Dr. Oh has some advice: kzitem.info/news/bejne/so950YqgnZl1pIY
@ScottyBeen1000
Жыл бұрын
People over complicate EVERYTHING. Where's the regular stuff at
@djack915
Жыл бұрын
$ 15 dollars ??? When , in 1932 ?
@chuckleberryfinn1992
Жыл бұрын
Lol.. 1932 no ounces... it was lids that you bought , then more folks had letter scales , got more official late 70's &80's
@dwightmansburden7722
Жыл бұрын
@@chuckleberryfinn1992 we all used carburetor float scales and zeroed them out with a nickel
@BenTaylorPostProduction
Жыл бұрын
I live in Sonoma county and there are 22 dispenseries here. It is rural and not populated that much either. Something has got to give.
@mendoblendo321
Жыл бұрын
Im in Mendocino county its ridiculous
@weirdshibainu
Жыл бұрын
Something will. The market will decide the winners and losers and it won't care about race, gender, identity or the pursuit of generational wealth.
@purdyboi8078
Жыл бұрын
Petaluma...P-town baby!
@Hoosierdaddyjones812
Жыл бұрын
Even when it becomes federally legal growers in the emerald triangle really believe people in the other states would want that sun grown over the fire quality I seen now is baffling.
@ATOPP20
Жыл бұрын
Should be called “How California Botched Cannabis Legalization”
@sircharlessinderhorn3452
Жыл бұрын
According to this video content, the licensed growers costs are roughly $200-$300 per pound. Googling the prices per pound in California, it ranges from $300-$1100 per pound ranging from small to large buds. How is it then that growers in CA struggle financially?
@nathanvannatto9310
Жыл бұрын
Taxes and restrictions on selling.
@saammahakala
Жыл бұрын
The place I recently stopped working for, paid $5 an eighth and sold 'em for between $40 - $75 and the crapiest of pre-rolls they got for free, were sold for $10 - $20!!! Humans that are all about illusory wealth, fame and power need to be rounded up and forced to live like aboriginals/natives so their souls can learn more quickly about empathy, compassion, appreciation and the effort it takes to just survive if there's no modern cities/technologies around!
@stevenkembro5891
Жыл бұрын
I was so interested by this video because I'm thinking about going to school for this sort of thing and opening a dispensary in my home town for help with some addiction recovery. There is a lot to take in as far as this is concerned. I can understand why a business would start with one thing, perfect it, then continue on with other gray area products, which seems an awful lot like the neighborhood shaman's routine. I like it. I think I could enjoy honoring the botanist that helped settle this community. That may beg for more help....
@g.p.b.growpressbake3807
Жыл бұрын
Maybe the industry is failing because more and more people are realizing how much easier it is to just grow your own.
@uncledutchy1750
Жыл бұрын
The smart stoners
@Comeback.king.
Жыл бұрын
@@uncledutchy1750 the broke stoners lol
@uncledutchy1750
Жыл бұрын
@@Comeback.king. true
@ronaldmikelee7026
Жыл бұрын
Lol have you ever tried growing good quality weed yourself. It's a sh*t ton of time and you have to spend a few grand to set up the right equipment. Better just to buy it.
@g.p.b.growpressbake3807
Жыл бұрын
@@ronaldmikelee7026 actually I do grow and have been doing it for 2 years now. And you don’t have to spend thousands to do it, you need a good light, good genetics, and a controlled environment which I got from items that I already had at home, like an a/c, humidifier, and dehumidifier. It’s not rocket science.
@minisithunknown5568
Жыл бұрын
In my area we have too many snitches and corrupt cops. Better to get it at a store to not get messed with the local cops for me.
@andrewgarner3106
Жыл бұрын
That wood chipper will haunt my dreams.
@eesymonds
Жыл бұрын
Without cracking down on the black market in Canada and the USA this will continue to be a sh*t show for the hard working people doing it the legal way
@mcozy333
Жыл бұрын
hard working people are Now just setting up framework for the massive conglomerates to come in and take over operations at some point in time . when cannabis is legal expect huge corporations to control the market like any other commodity ever .. look at legal cannabis states . the huge corp got a monopoly , you need millions to buy in and grow in that State while just any guy walking around cannot grow it or attain it at all , still illegal
@francofrogg
Жыл бұрын
I'm from Washington State and I love legal weed. The prices are great, the quality and selection are amazing and it's easy, convenient, and always available. What's wrong with that. I have no desire to go back to the black market.
@uncledutchy1750
Жыл бұрын
Cool if you are happy bro that is all that matters. But in Cali the stuff is way over priced and doesn’t hit the shelf for 8months I worked in the industry . now a days you might as well be flipping burgers. The 215 days were the best. We didn’t know how good we had it.
@westcoastadventurers8504
Жыл бұрын
@ Dutchy, I've worked on illegal farms and in the legal industry for a decade. I no longer am in the industry bc of to much B's. I agree which is why I moved north from Socal to the bay area, but Cali bud isn't even cheap in Norcal so I move again here to Seattle. It's better here all around, ...........for the most part.
@davidherbella9411
Жыл бұрын
I've been to several legal states. Washington was my favorite.
@bilhamcobbly2957
Жыл бұрын
Exactly!!!!! I’m tired of the crying!! I would never go back to the illegal trash I used to buy for 50$
@EmpressCreopatraOmega
Жыл бұрын
@@uncledutchy1750 it's funny that you said that because I am from California and the first time I had marijuana was definitely California and I actually do know that the black market was the best but I'm in Washington state now but we don't have the best but we do have quality we do have a good price I went there today I got a 7 G for $12 and his blue dream which is my favorite strand which is fire for what I'm doing now but I do have a CBD of Blue Dream which is also powerful so it's all depends on your need and your funds but things are never how they work before absolutely 💯
@ianbattles7290
Жыл бұрын
How do you outlaw something that anyone can grow in their backyard/basement?
@alostbard
Жыл бұрын
'It's just a plant' is always a bad arguement. Most poisons come from plants, so most deadly plants are illegal to purposefully grow and cultivate... as it should be. If I may make a kindly suggestion; include some verbage that separates cannabis from deadly poisonous plants.
@brentwalker3300
Жыл бұрын
@@alostbard Have you been asleep for the past fifty years? There is a growing body of research showing the numerous health benefits of cannabis, and its many cannabinoids and terpenes. It's hardly poison.
@jeannettewhite3682
Жыл бұрын
I've always said "support your local small businesses" but also have said "leave growing to the pros in the green triangle"
@TommyChongPvt-fc
Жыл бұрын
Hey 👋there Are you also one of my comic movie fans out there?
@janbudin5900
Жыл бұрын
Until greed will be taught in schools, movies and social attitudes it's going to be the driving force of the average human being. Which means the vast majority of people. It also means that the free market will be beneficial only to the market bullies that will abuse of their power in order to control it with the help of all the servants that "work" for them, while living in the illusion of being free.
@sweatnosweat
Жыл бұрын
in the end it's the consumer that has the power, but he doesn't know it, so producers do what ever they want
@DgurlSunshine
Жыл бұрын
SO DO THE COPS
@normantaffefiny8227
Жыл бұрын
the consumer can be easily lied too / manipulated
@atomictraveller
Жыл бұрын
that's the big thing about the masonic republic. everyone's convinced they can't be run. mkultra rape can throw you around some
@down-to-earth-mystery-school
Жыл бұрын
This just occurred to me, it's likely occurred to others, but how much does the alcohol industry have invested in lobbying for cannabis regulation? They are the top recreational drug in the nation, they have a lot to lose if many of their customers decide to use marijuana instead - which in my experienced opinion is a much better buzz and has less negative side effects...
@Egzoset
Жыл бұрын
I heard last night that Québec's SQdC has administrators from the alcohol and "medical" (addictionnist-abstentionnist) indu$try, and of course it praise for *MONOPOLIES* of the state, just a few year after loosing this major justice cause: « Free-the-Beer », which means even the Supreme Court distorted out founding Confederation of 1867... My bet is USA ain,t much better served than Canada by it's self-serving predatory politi¢ian$.
@TommyChongPvt-fc
Жыл бұрын
Hey 👋there Are you also one of my comic movie fans out there?
@Ziffel22
Жыл бұрын
Marijuana should be treated as any other plant business such as potatoes, corn or tomatoes. Plant it, tend it, harvest it and then get it to market. The only restriction should be attaining the age of majority to consume it.
@Tonyb7195
Жыл бұрын
I live in SoCal and I get eights of glass house for 26 bucks out the door I use it as medicine you might not get rich but you're helping people
@squid_fish
Жыл бұрын
Gross. Coors Light of cannabis.
@Tonyb7195
Жыл бұрын
Tested 33 per cent
@lizardjoel
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for appreciating weed farmers I thought of medical patients every harvest when I felt tired or sore and it was worth it :)
@Bubinek1
Жыл бұрын
I don't understand where this entitlement to build generational wealth comes from when you are doing something that others can easily do as well. You have to do something special that benefits society to stand a chance.
@kevingeiger1140
Жыл бұрын
So he's trying to control the market but also feels bad for struggling growers? 🤡🤡🤡
@cheezeball6109
Жыл бұрын
This mentality is the problem. There needs to be a control on supply.
@raydubbstep4424
Жыл бұрын
All about greed. Always has been.
@weirdshibainu
Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the free market
@waderowland9758
Жыл бұрын
Watching the 1M sq ft "weedbro" struggle through his complaint about how no one but people like him can prosper in the cannabis market . . . priceless. Also painful.
@diggysoze2897
Жыл бұрын
Do not support legalizing weed - We need to Deregulate Cannabis IF YOUR GRANDMA CAN’T SELL IT AT THE FARMERS MARKET; IT’S NOT LEGAL.
@CP-qx2ff
Жыл бұрын
yes
@Philo-Rides
Жыл бұрын
Anyone seen Jamaican 🇯🇲 licensing laws will be SHOCKED 😲
@Lime.-.Leaf.
Жыл бұрын
It’s a real shame, we are just limiting the amount of potential for great products like what’s good with these lawmakers??
@brandonshurn4227
Жыл бұрын
IMO growing on that scale is impossible to truly dial in
@jaydover346
Жыл бұрын
For sure not growing anything super high quality like that
@dougm275
Жыл бұрын
They do it with some grapes and very high end produce, but the price reflects that.
@pipestone67
Жыл бұрын
Because most communities don't allow cannabis sales. Not enough legal shop to sell it. So the legal supply grows. Same thing is happening in Michigan. They thought they would be getting 400 an ounce forever and then the price leveled out.
@weirdshibainu
Жыл бұрын
Shocking that if people can grow a plant that prices would actually decline.
@uncledutchy1750
Жыл бұрын
So many had blinders and were just happy about it being so called legal. I have less freedom regarding cannabis after legalization. The medical days in Cali were epic.
@shari9721
Жыл бұрын
Don't destroy it, make edibles, make infused coconut oil, make tincture etc.
@easternacademy
Жыл бұрын
I'm old enough to remember illegal stills producing moonshine, primarily along "Thunder Road" in "dry" counties of North Carolina. Governments got it right neither with Prohibition nor its repeal. "Revenuer" was a common word with special meaning. I have no reason to believe that governments would do any better with cannabis.
@relax-ez1jm
Жыл бұрын
In iowa people are still going to prison for weed. If you have a medical card you can only get 4.5 grams every 90 days. A one gram cart cost 80 dollars. It's completely fucked up.
@Alex-rl4uy
Жыл бұрын
I live in Mississippi and people hide it here big-time. The cops don't play, they routinely do roadblocks and If they smell it or you look like you're a pothead, they are ripping that vehicle apart and you're going to jail. This state is so Barney
@M3PH11
Жыл бұрын
only 4.5 grams every 3 months? i can smoke basically that in a day
@depweg1092
Жыл бұрын
Just come up to Michigan and get it.
@uncledutchy1750
Жыл бұрын
Damn that’s a only enough for one good session.
@weirdshibainu
Жыл бұрын
Do you vote? If not, you're the problem. If you do, you need to back people that want to legalize. Not tough.
@mariopuzo4509
Жыл бұрын
That bud looks " ok" at best. Great or the best is a huge stretch.
@jackkadaka9020
Жыл бұрын
Good information. Labor theory of value vs subjective(market) theory of value in a nut shell. How do we stop chiquita maryjuana? We need good paying employment, not more plantations. When we are the consumer we love how the market cheapens the value of labor and pushes down our prices but at what cost? Eventually the drive for efficiency and lower cost produces a lower quality product. We need a cannabis consumer reports that evaluates dispensaries and growers labor practices so we can purchase our buds in good faith.
@jebstewart666
Жыл бұрын
back in my youth that used to be the magazine, high times. perhaps they r online now?
@joesmith4821
Жыл бұрын
IN THE HEART OF KZitem. IS THAT NEW YEARS OR IS IT OPPOSITE NEW YEARS ? a real man forbes ? i hear that all the time.
@picklesthecat177
Жыл бұрын
As one who has been involved in the black market and is currently in the legal cannabis market, I feel this video falls short of explaining what is really happening. The only reason there once was a thriving cannabis industry was because it was illegal and therefore cannabis prices have been over-inflated for almost the last century. Just because it became legal doesn't mean everyone who enters the market is entitled to have so called "generational wealth". We can't forget that cannabis is a plant/weed, it is very easy to grow and once legal, can be done on a massive scale, creating over supply and full saturation, leading to cheaper wholesale/retail prices and much slimmer margins. In states with less regulation and cheaper startup costs, we are seeing even lower prices and much higher saturation. What it all boils down to, is that Cannabis is no longer the "cash crop" that it once was, due to legalization. When lbs. of cannabis can be produced for under $300/lb, in the legal market or traditional market, one cannot expect to become rich quick with that business model. Even a small scale, independent farmer, with low overhead and startup costs, can produce quality flower at these prices, they always have been able to. The problem lies in the fact the end retail price of cannabsi has fallen so drastically, so its no longer worth the over-inflated prices it once was. It's the over saturation that have severely hurt the profitability of the industry.....but I'm not sure how everybody could not see that coming. The larger multi-million multi state operators are feeling the same hurt as the small independent growers. Nobody is really making money nationwide on any level anymore. The ones who are benefitting most from legal cannabis are the customers, who now can very affordably buy cannabis at a fraction of the cost it was even 5 years ago. In my opinion, these shifts should have all been expected when a once illegal crop becomes legal and is mass produced. Ultimately, cannabis should have never been the cash crop that it was, its prices have been manipulated and higher than they ever should have been, strictly due to it being illegal. For those who were around during those golden years, there was money to be made. Unfortunately for those still in the industry or trying to get in, the money just isn't there anymore due to the saturation and ease to grow cannabis. Genetics are also more widespread than ever, so its really easy to get your hands on some quality strains. The times have changed but the plant has stayed the same. Its really no different than growing another vegetable as a farmer....and basically, if your growing cannabis, your just a farmer.....and most farmers are not very wealthy. I feel for the old school growers the most. They have dedicated so much to this industry and have really helped this amazing plant flourish into what it is today. Coming up with evolving growing techniques, breeding amazing genetics we all can appreciate today, while putting their own freedom on the line. But for those opportunists, who think they can just simply come into the industry, regardless of gender or race, expecting that they are entitled to life changing wealth....I don't have much pity and they are just simply late to the party!
@MoreBud-Angel
Жыл бұрын
A+
@cheezeball6109
Жыл бұрын
I agree with what you stated, but it will all come down to the state regulating supply of the plant in order to keep the businesses profitable, otherwise it's a race to the bottom.
@weirdshibainu
Жыл бұрын
One of the better posts on YT regarding the subject. "if your growing cannabis, your just a farmer.....and most farmers are not very wealthy." illuminates the issue completely. Pot is subject to the same economic laws all farmers have struggled with for centuries-if you have a bumper crop, it's likely all the growers of the same crop did as well, driving the price down. I don't use, but had looked into buying stock in producers a couple of years ago and that dictum is what kept me from doing so. Throw in competition from the cartels and while I admire the tenacity of the legit growers, unless it's a passion, there are easier ways to make money. Good luck.
@nathanvannatto9310
Жыл бұрын
Very well stated. However, the grey-market middlemen are still doing ok due to wholesale prices tanking, so even though you can only charge $100 for top quality oz, you are only paying $50-$55 for that when you buy it by the pound. There will be a point though that even at the same margins, your local grey-market dealer will have a hard time paying the bills when a month's supply of there heavy users is only $100 and there margins are 30-40% on that. I am always amazed how much some people can smoke in a month, but there is a physical limit for how much a person can smoke. Most heavy users smoke 3-4 g a day, which results in them going through a quarter pound a month. If that QP is only $100 you need a lot more heavy users to pay the bills. Some dealers will survive due to them being able to move a lot of volume, but it will not be like the golden days (well besides risking your freedom etc.) of pre-legalization.
@belenkas
Жыл бұрын
Old landrace cannabis strains had balanced THC/CBD levels as God intended. Also many important terpenes! Only recently man has hybridised cannabis to have 20-30% THC and almost no CBD, hence all the side effects, that many people experience. This is why we must return to the original landrace strains.
@benjaminlandaverde1779
Жыл бұрын
Started as safe access, then access for all. It seems like this was created by design to have local and state governments to come up as much as possible on taxes. Those who have bigger financial backing or resources will last before everyone else
@Growingwiser550
Жыл бұрын
Yeah. Like the cartels
@benjaminlandaverde1779
Жыл бұрын
@@Growingwiser550 how so?
@julianshepherd2038
Жыл бұрын
@@Growingwiser550 it's all capitalism.
@julianshepherd2038
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's how corporate capitalism works.
@TheRealWickedMelon
Жыл бұрын
My dispensary and their farm are local. Benefits of living in a small town and a county that saw some form of legalization before the rest of Cali.
@theylookcrazytv
Жыл бұрын
"Free the weed f the greed"
@pauls4235
Жыл бұрын
fr
@atomictraveller
Жыл бұрын
you misspelled masons
@jimr203
Жыл бұрын
The best way to fix this taxing and regulations is to vote those politicians out.
@californiapoontappa
Жыл бұрын
Saw this coming and that's why I left the business years ago. I ran a grow for a big company spent years perfecting the grow house just to walk away and work a regular job lol. It's a crazy life man
@cheezeball6109
Жыл бұрын
Too bad, they didn't value you....
@joebill663
Жыл бұрын
way to go. think im gonna call it quits. anything else would be better at this point
@californiapoontappa
Жыл бұрын
@@joebill663 I agree it's tough cuz I don't know how to translate the knowledge of running a grow and running the company into another job. Like I was 2nd In charge for the company running all the day to day and keeping the shop straight while my partner handled a lot of the big picture things and used his name and connections to help move the company to the next level. I am very capable of running a business but a lot of people don't understand this they just think it's weed and I'm afraid to tell people the level I was at mainly cuz they think it would be a lie and I'm trying to brag to look cool lol
@californiapoontappa
Жыл бұрын
@@cheezeball6109 now I'm in another job where I'm not appreciated. Glad I left the business since they got raided shortly after I walked away
@thehoboman
Жыл бұрын
Like most issues in the US ignorance is at the root.
@dillionchatman5010
Жыл бұрын
Not botched. Dispensary's charge at least 50 an eighth and up. And signing up gets your 2nd amendment voided, sounds perfectly like America too me.
@Jumalten001
Жыл бұрын
Your 2nd amendment right isn't voided by signing up lol
@dillionchatman5010
Жыл бұрын
@@Jumalten001 under federal law you waive your ability to purchase firearms. In some states even a purchase can be rejected if the seller has any indication that the buyer is "impaired" or "under the influence" of Marijuana, medical or not. You can word it however you want, these are the facts.
@PatrickPierceBateman
Жыл бұрын
@@dillionchatman5010 Seems like you've been smoking too much and are paranoid. There's nothing stopping you from buying a gun, medical marijuana cards do not show up on a federal background check. I have a medical card and never had to sign away my 2nd amendment right lol. Medical records are protected and kept private under HIPAA.
@scottthompson5800
Жыл бұрын
75£ 8th for cali in uk..top shelf UK is 40£
@dillionchatman5010
Жыл бұрын
@@PatrickPierceBateman then your not following the law lol. Which is fine by me, espically if they are not enforcing it that is encouraging I guess. The law was wrote this way on purpose I dont understand how it means anything else. Throw a seed in a pot and Go grow your own.
@bmwocanada3989
Жыл бұрын
Wow, nice video! Thanks for sharing that real story with us. It feels so nice having an idea about this.
@FusionDeveloper
Жыл бұрын
Blacklist the "other social media websites" from usernames. They are spam-bot replying to everyone with their stupid emoticons in their name and in their messages. Everyone please do your part and report then block the spam bots.
@phackqu
Жыл бұрын
Maybe it's time to hold them people who dictate where , how much and to who american taxes should go to accountable and reevaluate who should receive
@CornOnTheCop
Жыл бұрын
What worries me most about the black market for marijuana, is that buyers have no idea if the growers are using pesticides or other dangerous chemicals on the plants. I would not want to ingest those chemicals in any way. It’s not like fruit or vegetables which can be washed. Also, most black market growers don’t know how to handle and use pesticides properly.
@victasweet9490
Жыл бұрын
lol clearly you never been to a dispensary but you are right about the black market using things like sprays to make it smell good smh that are harmful to you but thats a new thing by these young dumb niggas
@finnmcginn9931
Жыл бұрын
That last line of your comment is ridiculous. You love government overreach and wish they would control every aspect of your life.
@CornOnTheCop
Жыл бұрын
@Archamedes I would like the marijuana industry to succeed. Weed is way less dangerous than alcohol in terms of addiction and disorientation. Two things should be done. Keep marijuana growing out of the hands of corporations and make it safer and easier for growers to grow their product and also to make it more profitable for growers. Legitimate growers are having a really tough time.
@Jim54_
Жыл бұрын
What shocks me as a European is that most Americans were more willing to support the legalisation of pot, as opposed to essentials like universal healthcare. Priorities people 😅!
@davidchoe2813
Жыл бұрын
Steve Deangelo the man who never met a camera or recording device he didn’t like getting in front of.The man who fought so hard for the Land cap the growers were forced to operate under.There’s a big part of why things are the way we are.
@atomictraveller
Жыл бұрын
john quincy adams was antimasonic party.
@russtgrower750
Жыл бұрын
There deleting all the replys to your comment. Lol
@pauls4235
Жыл бұрын
Facts David
@CP-qx2ff
Жыл бұрын
He fought to remove the 1 acre cap and had one of the first mega ops. the whole first round was a bust because of failed test results because the sight was contaminated from the previous cut flower operation.
@perryreasch1209
Жыл бұрын
MY LITTLE TOWN IN IDAHO HAS BEEN BUILDING A HEMP PLANT, THAT IS THE BEST THING TO DO, FOR THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT
@chaneginger1637
Жыл бұрын
What town
@GhengisDhad
Жыл бұрын
we want to be legal but make way more money!! i get quality weed for a reasonable price from a grey market cottage industry dealer. i hope nothing changes. and i dont care all about self identified niche business. if you can't compete, you can't compete. has nothing to do with colour, sexuality or made up pro nouns. get in and compete or dont bother.
@kylen4701
Жыл бұрын
Hasn't been much better in Canada. We had similar problems up here and even more regulations with packaging, sales, and a slow gradual "legalization" on different products. Pretty much a text book case of how not to legalize something.
@markhirstwood4190
Жыл бұрын
You can't get wrecked off legal Canadian weed. It's been secretly altered in some way behind the scenes, intentionally, so you can get a nice smoke, a nice buzz, 7/10 maybe 8/10 but never 10/10 like you can get off any other herb.
@nathanvannatto9310
Жыл бұрын
Yup, and also the goverment was going up against an industry that had been doing it black-market for decades. When they started putting all the taxes and restrictions in, the smart money went to pumping that grey-market BC bud all over the country.
@Thanos88888
Жыл бұрын
It was a learning curve, but it's mostly worked itself out now. I just found it ridiculous how 1 gram would be sold in the same glass jar that 10 grams would be sold in. At least they are now using bags. I do find it ridiculous that all packaging looks the same and finding the name of your weed on your package is done by deciphering a code. You can't beat the prices though. There's no way that I would be able to find an ounce of weed for $100 twenty years ago. If you could get it at that price, it was never consistent. Now I can just go to the store and I know there will be good weed at a good price and I won't have to deal with a buddy of a buddy that might have sprayed it down with Dr. Pepper in order to increase it's weight for sale. We don't all have best friends who deal weed and are willing to give us a deal. There's also the recent problem of some weed being laced with fentanyl, etc. It might not be incredibly common, but it does happen. I have seen multiple people go down from overdoses from laced weed. Store weed is safe.
@abouttime5000
Жыл бұрын
I laugh at this one. Where I live in Canada it is illegal to pick naturally occurring magic mushrooms for personal consumption. Yet every year when they bloom you will see pickers picking away on the grounds of the front lawn of the very legislature building that declares them illegal. Power to the people. Love it.
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