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It’s because the “Medical” side of the market doesn’t actually exist. Want CBD heavy bud? Nope, not, “enough demand”. Just higher and higher concentration of THC for the medical patients.
It’s fake as hell. Not every medical patient has the same needs, so why the hell is it all the same weed?
Nowadays the hemp/CBD flower shops are more “medical” than any of the “medical” shops.
For here in Tucson, I recommend Healthful Flowers over on Speedway and Craycroft. The only legit “medically valuable” hemp/cannabis dispensary in town.
So yeah, to the “medical” dispensaries out there, it’s adapt or die, and most are choosing to just make “medical cannabis” into “discount recreation cannabis” and wondering why their medical patients stop showing up.
Fair point. But I also know a few of examples to the contrary. My sister and my father both had medical cards. They’ve stopped renewing them, because for them the recreational side is sufficient. It’s just less stress. Although I’m very much not sure about the prices. It seems like they are making short-term decision on the expensive paperwork and in so doing paying a lot more long-term in excise taxes.
I don’t even have a medical card. But I am just incredibly tired of ever increasing THC percentages in the products. I need a substantial amount of CBD in the product to not be stuck in a mind-racing, anxious hell. So a majority of the recreational market just does NOT appeal to me.
I lived in Portland, Oregon for about 7 years after they legalized. Their market was so different. I could find almost any combination of cannabinoids that I would want. Even on the recreational side. I wonder if it has anything to do with the markets maturity in a given state? Perhaps people trend away from high THC strains after a few years?