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The high times in Colorado are coming with high costs for cannabis consumers.Hemp hunters who waited for hours early Wednesday to be among the first to legally purchase marijuana from state retailers found sticker shock at cash registers.
“I think people were a little bit surprised at the price,” said Rachel Gillette, executive director of the Colorado chapter of NORML, a national nonprofit seeking to make marijuana use legal nationwide. “We are concerned about that.”
On the first day of legal weed sales, Gillette said she found retailers selling top-shelf marijuana to recreational users at prices close to $400 per ounce, not including taxes.
For comparison, medical marijuana users, who’ve been able to buy weed from Colorado dispensaries since 2010, are currently paying around $250 an ounce plus taxes, she said.
High Demand: Price of legal marijuana soars in Colorado - U.S. News
Good Lord! That's expensive....It's true, people will waste their money if given half a chance....I wonder how many of these people have paid their premium for their O-care? heh, heh....