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Right on...I do remember discussing this with you.
To be honest, I think the prices up here are still way too high. I base this on both knowing the cost of growing (a...friend...told me...hehe), and the fact that a black market still thrives up here, meaning that they can still make money charging less than the dispensaries.
My hope is that eventually competition will drive the prices down, as there is miles of room in the current margins. Charging prohibition prices is bad for legalization, because it fails to realize one of the biggest benefits: the destruction of the black market.
Designer medicinal strains could be an exception, as there would need to be funding for R&D. But all the R&D for the recreational market has been done during prohibition. I haven't seen THC %'s jump up significantly since legalization, and flavor profiles were developed a long time ago.
Thankfully we're also allowed to grow our own up here, and a clone that will yield around a half pound in the hands of someone with a modest green thumb costs $25.
Down here, the price for top notch bought in a recreational facility is 70 to 80 bucks for an 1/8 oz. ( about a 1/3 is taxes )...outrageous,eh ?