[Tzimisce]

If norml folk could just meander down to the local store and buy it legal, I wonder if many would bother with growing it?

Because it's cheaper.

Most potheads I know don't have any money.

Of the numbers of new people that would start using marijuana I don't think many would bother with the trouble, time and expense.

Why pay a fat tax when my friend the grower charges half the price?

For those that do buy now without a medical recommendation, I can see them dumping their local channels to buy a product of consistent quality from a known commercial source.

It's actually not that hard to find quality pot. Legalization will make the good stuff cheaper and the mediocre crap sold by the government worthless.

[Nate505]

Legal pot would be ridiculously cheap even if it were taxed to the hilt. Plus, a store would have a ton of variety. Most homeless alcoholics have no money either but find a way to buy liquor. And why would stores sell crap? Washington has state run liquor stores and they sell the same poison everyone else does.