Posted on 11/28/2014 2:08:30 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
For shoppers of age in Colorado and Washington state, the most novel deal this Black Friday isn’t a gadget like the iPhone 6. If what they’re looking for is relaxation, they’re in luck: For their first Black Friday ever, recreational marijuana dispensaries in those states are offering some great deals on weed.
“This is one of the first times in the nation that we’re going to be able to do such crazy discounts and specials on marijuana products, and have people 21 years or older be able to come in and join the festivities,” says John Satterfield, a distribution worker at Denver’s Kindman Premium Cannabis.
Kindman had its lights on for a few hours this Thanksgiving—“just in case you want[ed] to get away from the family,” says Satterfield—and will offer huge discounts all weekend to compete with other retail dispensaries. Deals will include $50 ounces for the first 16 Colorado residents per day Friday through Sunday, along with other price cuts on products like joints and edibles. Some discounts will hit 80 to 90 percent, Satterfield says.
For dispensaries, the move into Black Friday discounts represents another step into the mainstream. Sean Taggart, manager of the Green Room, said the Boulder, Colorado dispensary is also offering discounts, including pricing all of their eighths at $40—usually $50.
“People will be out and about already, so we might as well accommodate the people that are out taking on Black Friday already,” Taggart says.
Colorado and Washington state residents voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, and retailers in both states opened for business earlier this year. According to one study, the marijuana industry could be worth $8 billion a year by 2018....
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Smells like commerce!
It would be interesting to know what the average THC content in an ounce of marijuana being sold legally.
Reefer Madness Sale.
I wonder if there are brawls over weed sales like in stores.
I wonder if there are brawls over weed sales like in stores.
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Look at the behavior of Micheal Brown.
LOL, straight judgmental people can’t spell Michael?
Patriot Babe, pot smokers don’t brawl. They are too laid back.
Also, Michael Brown was not brawling, he was stealing.
Look at the behavior of Micheal Brown.
Yes, he was a choir boy before he started with the Demon Weed.
Question from an uninformed observer...is the thc content proportional to the cost to produce?
The article says they have a limited amount on sale for $50 an ounce, with the regular price being $50 for 1/8th of an ounce.
Prices like that make a grown man brawler.
I don't know about the average - it's reported that one can legally buy up to 25% to 28% THC pot. Why do you ask?
Because if I didn’t have responsibilities, a job, and a family I just might have done some green tourism.
I have this friend, and, uh, he was wondering...
I see what you mean. They have it down to a science.
Not just weed sales. It's gotten so bad this season that fights are breaking out among shoppers at Amazon!
Pot shops opened at 9AM on Black Friday. Lines started forming at noon.
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