Bugeye
Well-Known Member
Any scarcity of weed is in the licensed retail space only, and will only last for the first half of the year. Only medical marijuana facilities are being licensed for retail sales through 2016. Their Jan. 1 retail sales inventory was constrained to 15% of their medical grow. But on Jan. 1 if they had a retail license, they also had a license to up their plant counts. So LOTS of new retail weed now being grown that couldn't be started before Jan. 1.
All that being said, the seed to sale tracking system that was to be in place years ago is still not set up so I'm sure there will be lots of weed getting moved to retail against rules in the mean time.
I was dismayed to hear that WA does not allow home growers to grow legally now. Very sorry to learn that. It makes growing quite a bit less stressful, although maybe not as exciting. Still have to worry about thieves, just not thieving cops.
I'm not in the industry, just a home grower, so if I got any facts wrong, someone in the industry please correct me. Very hard to keep track of it all!
All that being said, the seed to sale tracking system that was to be in place years ago is still not set up so I'm sure there will be lots of weed getting moved to retail against rules in the mean time.
I was dismayed to hear that WA does not allow home growers to grow legally now. Very sorry to learn that. It makes growing quite a bit less stressful, although maybe not as exciting. Still have to worry about thieves, just not thieving cops.
I'm not in the industry, just a home grower, so if I got any facts wrong, someone in the industry please correct me. Very hard to keep track of it all!