Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Pot glut
Local news: Grass has been legal here for about a year, and now the growers have managed to oversupply the sellers by a factor of 3 to 1.
Harry Anslinger and Bob Dylan were both wrong. Legalizing pot emphatically did NOT lead to a totally mellowed-out population. Turns out the pre-legal users (the fake "medically necessary" users) were all of the pot-ential users. Those "patients" were exclusively old hippies, no matter how loudly they proclaimed otherwise.
Must admit this is genuinely puzzling. When alcohol is legally available and socially approved, nearly everyone drinks. When tobacco is legally available and socially approved, nearly everyone smokes. Pot doesn't work that way. Its appeal is self-limiting.
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Later: Specific verification from a pot-shop owner. Says almost all of his customers are in the 40 to 80 age range.
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