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it would of been nice is they contrasted the "no rise in serious crime" with the number of drug related arrests.

for me the biggest reason to have gange legal is it frees policing resources up from processing fairly ridiculous prosecutions of people dealing in what is basically just plant material.

so while it is nice to see there is no real impact on "other crime" the fact they missed the impact of freeing up resources directly related to weed is a major ommission.

and also.

god damn you americans pay a lot for it. $250 an ounce. that's ridiculous. like more than three times the price I used to pay as a teenager for prime amsterdam skunk.



prime amsterdam stuff in official coffee shops is pretty expensive these days. it's also so powerful that unless you are regular die hard pothead, it might be too much to handle and enjoy.


http://www.amsterdamcannabis.co.uk/amsterdam-coffee-shops/ The general prices range from about €6,- (£5.13) to €11,- (£9.41) for a gram of weed or hash.

->28.3495 grams in an ounce

Prices in the coffee shops range from about €168/$188 to €280/$340 an ounce.

So yeah - gotta agree with that "pretty expensive" in the same way US at $250 an ounce is expensive.

iirc we used to pay around $50 for a half ounce of green (Been a decade or two since I bought any though), or 9 ounces of resin was $325

I was in Egypt a month ago or so and they were trying their luck at $25 a gram.

I wonder how long until wholesale prices pop up in the commodities indices :p




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