Very clever headline!

But I have to say, I doubt all graduates here will be growing it for...ummmm...medical purposes.

How about a School to teach these rapper dapper fucks how to grow something to feed themselves properly...Or just how to feed themselves.....

If medical marijuana is to be taken seriously as a therapeutic modality, it need to sheds the stoner image.

This school is a step in the right direction.

This burgeoning industry needs to establish it's own regulatory standards before the politicos figure out how to placate their more hidebound constituents and climb on the gravy train.

Good.

The strategy my grow friends are pursuing out here is to provide marijuana so cheaply that the price collapses. Then hopefully the state realizes they can step in and tax it back to "normal" street prices and no more budget crisis.

There's really no reason an ounce of marijuana should cost $300 when you can get an ounce of oregano for what, $3? Obviously there are some economies of scale at work but you get my drift.

Already they sell it at their dispensary for about half the street price. Also they have cookies, tea, etc. for people whose medical conditions contraindicate smoking.

Another thing they're doing is classes like this story to empower small business and entrepreneurship.

"This burgeoning industry needs to establish it's own regulatory standards before the politicos figure out how to placate their more hidebound constituents and climb on the gravy train."

Definitely. There's too many shady fuckers out there whose behavior plays right into the hands of the prohibitionists.

This burgeoning industry

?

The cannabis industry is ancient. The legal trade of good herb is flourishing and the illegal trade whilst "shady" by nature is totally unlike blow, or heroin, or crank.

We have standards, professional brokers, traveling migrant workers (if you guys have never met the "traveling circus" up here in NorCal that does trim work for $200 a pound you're missing out on one of life's great laughs). Price is set by quality, success is measured by what you can produce and sell. What else do we need?

Taxes?
FDA testing of crops?
"Certified Organic" standards?

What is it you have in mind?

There's really no reason an ounce of marijuana should cost $300

I don't think a Ferrari FXX should cost 2 mil when you can buy a GTR for 80K, but then I don't hand-build race cars, so whada I know.
300 an ounce is a good price and there is plenty of reason it should cost that much. The main reason being, you'll happily pay it.

"Already they sell it at their dispensary for about half the street price."

Good for them, if they can make a profit, 4 out of 5 dispensaries that I've been to are comparable to street prices and even more expensive. It's getting to be an elitist thing.

OG should be way cheaper but it's not.

"Already they sell it at their dispensary for about half the street price."

Good for them, if they can make a profit, 4 out of 5 dispensaries that I've been to are comparable to street prices and even more expensive. It's getting to be an elitist thing.

They've been at it for a while, they were selling even before medical marijuana was legalized under the guise of "religious freedom." Technically they're a church. I agree about elitism though. The guild mentality prevails. Understandable considering the legal fabric in which they operate.

I serioulsy doubt they are making a profit though. These people aren't MBAs.

300 an ounce is a good price and there is plenty of reason it should cost that much. The main reason being, you'll happily pay it.

LOL, excellent point sir or madam as the case may be!

The cannabis industry is ancient. The legal trade of good herb is flourishing

Yep. Seven years ago I met a grower while visiting one of our national parks. He had been a grower for 20 years before medical marijuana came in, then he went legit. He carries a copy of the Rx for everyone he sells to, it was a stack of papers about five inches high. (That stack may have grown since the last time I told this story, by the way).

He gave me a decent sized bud he had grown. There was no scale but it would have sold on the street for $20 or so. I asked him what his production cost on that was, he said about seven bucks. Capitalism wins!

And now I realize a 3x markup from producer to consumer is typical so $300/oz is a well supported price.

Meanwhile, 800,000 peoples lives are wasting away in prison for more or less the same behavior.

There's really no reason an ounce of marijuana should cost $300 when you can get an ounce of oregano for what, $3?

Many people risk going to jail to get that ounce of marijuana into your hands. The same risks are not taken with regard to oregano. Nor are the uses for oregano the same. Bad comparison.

Can I get a scholarship?

Do they have financial aid?

When is rush week?

Can I use used books, or do I have to buy all new?

What is campus housing like?

Are they members of the Big Ten? What is the football team like?

"But I have to say, I doubt all graduates here will be growing it for...ummmm...medical purposes."

Now they will be joining the doctors, farmers pharmacist, psychiatriast, cops, border patrol agents and on and on.....whom use there profession to access or create illegal drugs.

LM

he said about seven bucks. Capitalism wins!

No doubt. It is only profitable if you know what you're doing. Like any farmer you need experience and some luck, too. Some years are better than others, some years you just work your ass off for the spider mites or thieves. I've seen budrot turn money into mush over night. Fireants, rippers, rabbits, rats (both kids), hermis, leaf mold, mildew, late-season rain, unseasonable temperatures, G-men...the hazards are many.

300 for an ounce is dirt cheap.

Then again, some years you put $800 into 12 plants and pull 17 pounds ;)

Then again, some years you put $800 into 12 plants and pull 17 pounds ;)

Now that is FESTIVUS!! Sounds like you mix some outdoor and indoor? Nothing finer than a huge outdoor bush, but that sea of green at 45 days is hard to pass up on!

reminds me of the line in role models

"Martin Gary: You know, a lot of people don't realize that bushes, just like flowers, emit a wonderful aroma especially at night. Who wants to sniff this bush? "

LM

Weed is Gay.

What is the football team like?

#12 | Posted by boojiboy

I looked it up and they haven't won a single game.

Weed is Gay.

#16 | Posted by AuntieSocial

Are you saying it is not your drug of choice

or

that every time you smoke it, you want to blow someone?

#18 | Posted by Lipzoidial at 2009-11-11 07:25 PM | Reply | Flag: Flag: (Choose)
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That was funny shit thar!!

LM

If they tax it AT LEAST as much as cigarettes, and treat things such as driving while stoned AT LEAST as harshly as driving while drunk, then I can accept it.

Yes, that means your employer will have a right to demand you show up sober, and to check for sobriety. A joint after work (420), at home, sure. Forget one in the morning before work, or while at work.

" and treat things such as driving while stoned AT LEAST as harshly as driving while drunk,"

Well that's fucking stupid. The only hazard a cannabis user presents is driving too slow.

Pretending as if driving stoned is some how not dangerous isn't the way to go (I assume you're being a tad bit facetious).

Between the day-dreaming, slow reaction time, and occasional extreme paranoia, focusing on the road can be difficult. I don't think it's nearly as dangerous as driving drunk, but it most assuredly fits the description of "Driving While Ability Impaired"

101, would you also support yearly re-qualification for drivers once they reach, say, your age? A stoned 30yo. is probably at least as safe a driver as a sober 80yo.

We're so dependent on driving and public transportation just doesn't meet our needs. I'm not sure what to do about it.

CHAIRBORNE's 40 but acts 15. Immature attention seeker. Waaaaaah

"and occasional extreme paranoia,"

But that's a good thing! A paranoid driver is a cautious driver.

" and treat things such as driving while stoned AT LEAST as harshly as driving while drunk,"

no problem dude now you just have to test for ALL prescription and OTC drugs that make you drowsy.

Way to open that can of worms.

I started a list but then gave up after I realized I would probably be here all day.

codeine
Benadril
Ambien
Trazadone
Nytol
Tylenol PM

BTW- Driving a bit stoned is not near as dangerous as driving with a car full of teenagers.

or old people