Pot is ruining Denver’s restaurant industry

http://nypost.com ^ | 04/01/2017 | n/a

[heterosupremacist]

# 27 Labor, just like soybeans, crude oil and pork bellies are commodities. Commodities tend to follow the laws of supply and demand. EXACTLY!

[be-baw]

Slightly off topic, but I’m in Michigan where medical marijuana is legal, and possession (in my town) of an oz or less for rec use is not enforced.

Now pot shops outnumber bars by at least 6 to 1, by my estimation. Restaurants that don’t serve alcohol are plenty and seem to be doing well.

Banning tobacco use in bars has pretty much killed the local tavern industry.

[Nifster]

You don’t eat at a restaurant after using. You hot a fast food joint

[Timpanagos1]

“The problem is these jobs produce nothing of real value to society.”

The lack of these jobs would produce lower wages and unemployment.

So yes, these jobs do produce something of value.

[WMarshal]

They are saying the waiters and cooks are stoned and can’t cook or serve right, not that people aren’t hungry.

Well Sir, all I can say is, if they were stoned, they would not care!

[little jeremiah]

Since mj was legalized in OR, and my county is one of the highest pot growing areas (was before, too) no one can find anyone to do any work. They make a lot more than this article says trimming, being a security guard or growing it. It’s “legal” but hardly any grow operations are permitted, so it’s still mostly black market. Crime sky rocketed, too. Lots of shady types moved in to grow it.

No LE presence out in the rural areas, I live in one, so I see it. It’s not a pretty sight.

[dowcaet]

If the pot industry in Colorado is paying workers $22 an hour with benefits then demand for their product must be sky high. Must be a run on city hall in Denver to open up 7-Eleven and AM PM franchises in the area.

[little jeremiah]

In order for there to be a mj “industry”< there needs to be an increasing number of stoners. Which means a larger pool of stupid drugged out people. Especially younger ones, so their brains get permanently damaged easier.

It’s a shame. A country with a large percentage of dopers is a society on the way down.

[Wissa]

The problem is these jobs produce nothing of real value to society.

I've often thought the same thing of the cruise ship industry.

[WMarshal]

No, I make good money so I go to a great restaurant and eat the best g-damn food I can afford and have a great time. And while I am there, I insult the shit out of the Underhills.

[cynwoody]

They are saying the waiters and cooks are stoned and can’t cook or serve right, not that people aren’t hungry.

Nope. They are saying the pot industry is hiring away the waiters and cooks, stoned or not. Higher pay, better working environment, not to mention employee discounts, five-fingered and otherwise. The restaurants are screwed.

[BipolarBob]

I would say half of the government jobs produce nothing of value to society.

[sagar]

Bet Taco Bell is experiencing BOOMING business. Munchies at 3am.

[BipolarBob]

I insult the shit out of the Underhills.

Fletch, is that you?

[sagar]

” It’s that the pot growers pay so much more.”

They do want to attract the cream of the crop, so to speak.

[firebrand]

They’re afraid there are microphones hidden in the huevos rancheros, and why are they playing that military music? Who stole my fork?

[Ken H]

Street drugs are much cheaper than government taxed and are outselling Governor Chickenpooper’s stores.

Highly dubious statement, given the numbers for 2016 =>

"Marijuana tax revenue hit $200 million in Colorado as sales pass $1 billion

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/marijuana-tax-revenue-hit-200-million-in-colorado-as-sales-pass-1-billion-2017-02-10

[cynwoody]

The problem is these jobs produce nothing of real value to society.

Obviously, society disagrees with you. Otherwise, the pot industry would be going bust, not thriving.

[Jeff Chandler]

The market will take care of this. Restaurants will have to pay their workers enough to compete with the pot growers. Then they will have to raise their prices or go out of business. If the people of Denver don't wish to pay fair market prices for restaurant fare, then they will not have as many restaurants as they used to.

I see great sales ahead for microwave meals.

[dynachrome]

I’m not in the drug game anymore (except for a beer or two), so what are these guys buying with their $22 an hour? It’s gotta be doing the economy some good. Video games maybe?