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Disclaimer: This post is not medical advice. It is simply my opinion and observations.
If you know anything about me, you know or likely have guessed I love weed (shocking I know given my handle lol). I am a medicinal user but I also consider myself a recreational user (or at least I was) I believe it should be legal for all adults regardless of whether or not the government thinks you are sick enough to qualify for a medical marijuana card.
Dispensary prices in my state have gone down significantly. There is no home cultivation here so dispensaries are the only legal option to acquire cannabis. Our dispensaries are strictly medical- patients are required to get a permission slip from their doctor and pay the state a fee for the privilege of using natural medicine without risk of jail time.
When I say prices have gone down I mean the regular prices have all fallen 20-45% (at least for flower. I do not pay attention to prices on extracts. Edibles have not moved much in terms of price). Most dispensaries have a few days a week where the discount is also an additional 20-25%.
For reference I am in the East Coast of the US.
Untrimmed flower is what I mainly buy for everyday use. Though it says untrimmed there are no big fan leaves on the buds but the buds tend to be smaller and do have some smaller leaves to be removed before using(in most cases).
At the beginning of the pandemic mid-high grade untrimmed flower was $25 an 1/8(usually not qualifying for any additional discounts). Now it is $15 (regular price) and does qualify for the sales/ discounts. Even if I were to buy "dirt weed" on the black market I couldn't get prices that low.
Trimmed (regular flower) has also seen a huge discount in price. One of my favorite strains used to be $50 for "top shelf" 1/8. Now the base price is $40 minus discounts/ sales.
In my house we joke about the great weed de-flation. Though the prices had been steadily going down, the past few months was when we saw the huge shifts.
This is not just happening at one dispensary or dispensary chain. It seems the prices in general are all going down.
I am curious if this is happening anywhere else in the world. Feel free to write about your experience in the comments.
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