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Simplepowa
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Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S.
#19115028 - 11/10/13 01:53 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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The Huffington Post Canada | By Daniel Tencer Posted: 11/04/2013 1:06 pm EST
The U.S.’s marijuana industry is poised to be among the fastest growing sectors of the economy, outpacing even the smartphone market’s booming growth, a new study says.
The legal marijuana market in the U.S. is projected to grow by 64 per cent over the next year, to $2.34 billion U.S., according to the second edition of the State of Legal Marijuana Markets reports.
But what about Canada? It seems despite its reputation for progressive attitudes on weed, the Great White North is falling behind its southern neighbour on the issue. One way this can be seen is in the prices people pay for pot.
A decade or more ago, high quality B.C. bud retailed on the streets of Los Angeles for as much as $600 per ounce, three times what it cost in B.C. According to PriceOfWeed.com, a website that crowdsources data on marijuana prices, an ounce of high-quality weed in California these days goes for about $249 U.S.
With the U.S. moving steadily towards more liberal policies on weed, Canada’s price advantage on weed has all but disappeared.
Below is a comparison of retail prices for marijuana in Canadian provinces and select U.S. locations. Surprisingly, even though B.C. has a reputation for being Canada’s marijuana capital, British Columbians actually pay more for weed than people in some other provinces. The most expensive weed in Canada? It's in Nunavut. At $783.86 per ounce, it's nearly double the price of the most expensive place to buy weed in the U.S. and easily the highest price on the continent.
Notably, weed is now much cheaper in the western U.S. than in the east, thanks to states like California, Colorado and Washington, who have pushed the legalization movement farther than in other parts of the country.
Twenty U.S. states and the District of Columbia now have medical marijuana programs. Another dozen or so states are debating the idea, and following Colorado and Washington’s successful marijuana decriminalization votes in the past election, more such votes are likely to take place in future elections.
But in Canada, reforms to the medical marijuana market meant to encourage the development of large-scale legal marijuana growers will actually mean higher prices for legal weed.
Legal pot currently retails at $5 per gram, well below street prices, but that price is projected to rise to $7.60 under Health Canada’s new system, and is expected to rise to $8.80 in several years’ time.
It’s not clear what impact the new medical marijuana regime will have on street retail prices.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/11/04/marijuana-prices-canada_n_4213293.html
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: Simplepowa]
#19117282 - 11/10/13 09:03 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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I'd buy and sell stuff that was ~$100 an OZ (usually 32g for good measure) in Colorado. Shit was fire and better than the other crap offered at $10 a G. But then again I was good friends with the grower in HS and he hooked it up for selling.
But do some people really pay above $200 for higher grade stuff? Geez I thought we lived in 2013.
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: Simplepowa]
#19117351 - 11/10/13 09:20 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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But in Canada, reforms to the medical marijuana market meant to encourage the development of large-scale legal marijuana growers will actually mean higher prices for legal weed.
Can't speak for all the new companies licensed to produce, but i tried a few strains from one of them this week. Not as good as the weed in your typical california dispensary. I don't think Canadian med pot users will be happy. This article also got its info from priceofweed.com and is based on user definitions of "high quality weed". Thats not exactly sceintific. Trust me the 200 dollar weed in BC is much much better than the 190 dollar PEI weed. People who live in shit places just dont know what good weed is. You can still get cheap weed in BC too, but because everyone like the good stuff the average people pay is higher.
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: Atrium] 1
#19117452 - 11/10/13 09:37 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Jamesdnh said: I'd buy and sell stuff that was ~$100 an OZ (usually 32g for good measure) in Colorado. Shit was fire and better than the other crap offered at $10 a G. But then again I was good friends with the grower in HS and he hooked it up for selling.
But do some people really pay above $200 for higher grade stuff? Geez I thought we lived in 2013.

Geeze, I thought we were older than 13 and didn't try to stroke our ego talking about prices.
Get this: they're different everywhere. Imagine that.
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: Mush4Brains]
#19119783 - 11/11/13 10:30 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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There is so much competition in California,100-150 for a top shelf oz is not unheard of at all.
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: ChinChiller]
#19119952 - 11/11/13 11:02 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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yeah in SEA top shelf is like 150-200 on a single but who the fuck crys about prices when they fuck with singles lol unless your on a pack your not gonna have that crazy top shelf for 150 on a single cuz no one needs to get rid of it for that price. the top shelf here moves itself lol.
i mean slightly below top shelf is like 25 8ths and like 100-150 OZ lol
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: nexxone]
#19120049 - 11/11/13 11:21 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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^that's what I'm saying. I moved to California and prices were way too much. I don't understand how people could smoke there. So I since stopped even after moving again.
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: Atrium]
#19121452 - 11/11/13 04:02 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mush4Brains said:
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Jamesdnh said: I'd buy and sell stuff that was ~$100 an OZ (usually 32g for good measure) in Colorado. Shit was fire and better than the other crap offered at $10 a G. But then again I was good friends with the grower in HS and he hooked it up for selling.
But do some people really pay above $200 for higher grade stuff? Geez I thought we lived in 2013.

Geeze, I thought we were older than 13 and didn't try to stroke our ego talking about prices.
Get this: they're different everywhere. Imagine that.
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: Mush4Brains]
#19129174 - 11/12/13 11:02 PM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Mush4Brains said:
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Jamesdnh said: I'd buy and sell stuff that was ~$100 an OZ (usually 32g for good measure) in Colorado. Shit was fire and better than the other crap offered at $10 a G. But then again I was good friends with the grower in HS and he hooked it up for selling.
But do some people really pay above $200 for higher grade stuff? Geez I thought we lived in 2013.

Geeze, I thought we were older than 13 and didn't try to stroke our ego talking about prices.
Get this: they're different everywhere. Imagine that.
They got nothing else to stroke 
But fo'real most of this site is probably under 18 sadly.
I think they should make an underage shroomery.
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Re: Marijuana Prices: Canada No Longer Cheaper Than U.S. [Re: dark3st]
#19134943 - 11/14/13 07:10 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
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Denver for the win!
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