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DId the prices in California go down once it became legal for "medical" use?
This is a visual answer to your question:
The Price of Weed, Marijuana, Cannabis - PriceOfWeed.com
A few other quick links of interest (I just googled "california marijuana prices" and looked at results from the first page):
Plummeting Marijuana Prices Create A Panic In California : NPR
Legal pot, under the guise of the California's medical marijuana laws, has spurred a rush of new competition. As a result, the wholesale price of pot grown in these areas is plunging.
Marijuana Prices In Medical-Pot States Like California At Low, Low Prices (Thanks To Drug Gangs And Mexican Cartels) - Los Angeles News - The Informer
Those crunchy, Birkenstock-wearing California-haters in Oregon enjoy the lowest pot prices in the country. Weed is $259 an ounce there. In Georgia and Virginia, where medical weed is not legal, bud sells for $452.
this one is unfortunate since it lends credibility to the argument that the fed can regulate because of interstate commerce:
California pot sellers pursue higher prices in other states, face arrest | California Watch
the Golden State’s burgeoning medical marijuana trade has pushed down prices here and prompted growers to seek more lucrative business across the country.
Another unfortunate link; this one underscores how it is government crackdowns and intervention that can and has led to inflated prices:
California Marijuana Prices Rising In Wake Of Federal Crackdown
A crackdown by federal prosecutors is casting a long shadow over the state's marijuana industry, but there is one bright spot, at least for some Northern California growers willing to risk prison time: Wholesale prices appear to be on the rise.
After slumping precipitously, prices for a pound of high-grade, outdoor-grown marijuana are stabilizing and in some areas are up between 20 and 40 percent, according to interviews with growers, law enforcement agents and analysts.