If you don't happen to live in one of the states where weed is legal, perhaps you've wondered what the process of buying it from a legal vendor is like. It varies enough that popular depictions of it, seen in South Park for example, aren't quite accurate.
For example, here in Oregon you need this big dumb envelope to transport your newly bought weed in. The idea being to prevent your kid from getting into it while you're driving, I guess. Who takes their kid to the weed store though?
Inside there's a nice variety of different strains in little jars for smelling. Irrelevant to me as I never smoke, got to keep my lungs in good condition for diving. Still, A+ for presentation, and the layout feels less "medical" than some I've been in.
Plenty of knicknacks to buy, as well as a selection of different perishable edibles. Much of it liquid, something I've not tried yet. THC will bond to fat molecules so I'm surprised we've not seen any weed infused dairy beverages yet.
Merch. Gotta have merch. Another way to suck the dollars out of our pockets, while they've got our attention. I am not a "weed guy" and don't see the need to advertise it on my clothing, but I see the business sense in offering this stuff.
I meant to bring a $20 bill, as they only accept cash. Normally I get it from the ATM of my own bank to avoid fees, but I forgot to stop at the bank on the way. As a consequence I got charged a $3 transfer fee. $3, to withdraw $20. That's on me, though.
Got a jar of THC sour watermelon gummies. Each one says on it to eat only half, but who eats half a gummy? One whole gummi is about the strength I like anyway. The flavor and consistency as a candy are also surprisingly good.
Whoops, gotta put it in the friggin envelope, to keep it away from the kids I'll probably never have. Thank goodness I remembered in time. Anyway, that's about the full extent of it. They did card me on the way in, then again at the register, but it's no more burdensome than being carded at a bar.
I'd say the only part of it I don't like is that they only accept cash payment. Everything else is quick, logical and works fine. I'm in, I'm out, I'm blasted out of my mind. I imagine they must do that deliberately, to make some extra cash off their in-store ATM. I'm only mad I didn't think of it first.
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I've tried it years ago, before medical MJ was out. Guess you need it for medical reasons... I know a lot of people that use it to get into altered states, at least around here...
The giant envelope is pretty weird. In Cali most shops don't even label stuff anymore. Shop looks really nice too. Cool look inside.
Must be pretty good! A friend of mine from LA brought me these hard candies with sugar powder on them. They looked like regular hard candy, but when I opened the case it smelled like cannabis intensely ha!
Hited pretty hard too after 40 mins..
Wow thank you for the information. I live in Quebec Canada and our government is in the process of legalizing cannabis for next summer. Everyone keeps trying to figure out what the distribution system will look like. It's interesting to see how it is for you guys. However, I think here it will be sold by the state and merchandising will not be accepted. I actually like the idea of the envelope. I get you don't have kids, but I work with young kids and some parents well let's just say some parents need to be told to put it in an envelope lol. Anyways thanks for the info!
Jesus, they have watermelon THC gummies now? My girlfriend would be so fucking hyped to be able to go into a pot shop like that. I don't partake because I've had bad physical reactions to smoking pot before, but she would lose her mind at a place like that, haha.
Hope you enjoyed your gummy, suckah.
You know I did (⌐■‿■)
Nice one. Those gummy's do their job yeah? :P
Hahhaha ... You are really being racked by the Store sales system by forcing customers to pay cash. They already know that today is no longer a lot of cash payments. you have fallen into their trap. hahhaha .. $ 3 dollars for $ 20 ??? wakakaka .. really capitalism
I can't feel edibles no matter how much I eat...
Thanks @alexbeyman, very interesting to learn. can you tell me more about this:
"THC will bond to fat molecules so I'm surprised we've not seen any weed infused dairy beverages yet."
What did you mean by this?
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If it wasn't legal, you could smuggle it around in your hamster's sidecar as the padding (if your pet won't eat all of it and be high out of their mind on a motorcycle). All cops would totally buy that, especially if they're Super Troopers.
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I'm from Texas and, as far as I know, they have not approved the wild weed yet. I'm still hoping. However, at this time, I am living in the Philippines and I seriously doubt it will ever be approved here.
Found out, they leglized weed in Vegas too during my last trip. The smell in the streets made me giggle :D
Cool post buddy, cheers!
Love the 'childproof bag', but usually, the stuff is more adult proof, the kids figure out how to do anything and everything.
Thanks for this very interesting "walk-through" of what it's like in Oregon...
It's pretty clear to me why they only accept cash, although my conclusions on that are based on "bits and pieces" of direct information that I've received.
Although Mary Jane may be perfectly legal in Oregon and several other locales, that doesn't mean that it isn't still the target of massive persecution by the "powers that be."
I personally know of one company whose ability to accept credit cards was been pulled out from under them by more than one financial organization. They attribute it to the fact that they carry and promote completely legal extracts of the plant - i.e. cannabis oil.
Furthermore, when I recently applied for a business account at Comerica Bank, I was grilled in excruciating detail to verify that the business had no connection with weed.
We live in interesting times.
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Wow, it looks like the "childproof container" requirements are even tougher in Oregon than they are here in Colorado.
Luckily, we don't have to use the envelopes anymore. But everything has to go out the door with a billion labels and in a "childproof" pop-top container. I'm actually a manager of a recreational dispensary.
Compliance is key. I always tell people, "At least they're letting us do it, though."
ATM's are funny too. Dispensaries aren't actually allowed to have them in the same location, so most shops have a second "dummy" biz connected to their dispensary, like a grow store or something.
Ahh, growing pains of a budding industry!
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STOPHi @alexbeyman, I spent two weeks in Portland (about 3-4 years ago) and never once saw a weed store... Next time I visit it will be on my to-see list, very informative.