15 December 2022

Weed is cheap.

Marijuana in Colorado is currently selling for $41 an ounce.

It was $100 an ounce when it was illegal* when I was in high school in the late 1980s. Adjusting for inflation, it would have been $240 an ounce in 2022 dollars when I was in high school.

And, the quality is much, much better now than it was then, even before considering the fact that you no longer have to risk being arrested.

* Yes, I know that it remains an illegal Schedule I controlled substance under federal law, although there is an official policy of not prosecuting those offenses in most circumstances in Colorado, and President Biden has adopted a national policy of not prosecuting mere marijuana possession offenses.

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