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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 03:43 PM
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Question: How will high gas prices affect the price of pot?
I mean think about it - even if the pot is grown organically, and outdoors...transportation, fertilizers etc...

I shit thee not - I was once given the explanation that the price of 1/8 oz went from $50 to $60 overnight because of "9-11"
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 03:48 PM
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1. It never occurred to me to wonder.
That's one area of the economy that really doesn't affect me. :P
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 03:48 PM
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2. Holy crap.
The last time (admittedly a number of years ago) that *anyone* I know bought an eighth, it was $20! :crazy:
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 03:51 PM
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3. Inflation, my dear Lara....
Strangely, the Medical Marijuana clubs in CA and easy access did not lower the price...
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 03:53 PM
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4. It hasn't been THAT many years!
Although I suppose cigarettes have doubled in price since I started smoking, in '94.
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 03:54 PM
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5. I've wondered that, too
But then I realized that if I were buying drugs and if someone gave me that excuse for a reason why prices were so high I could ask them what the gram/gallon/mile ratio was. It's not like pot is top soil, bricks, or sandbags. It's weed. If it's any good it's light and fluffy
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JohnKleeb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 03:55 PM
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6. I didnt know there was a corellation
Disclaimer: I am no economist.
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Tyrone Slothrop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 03:58 PM
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7. I don't know about a price correlation
However, I do know that (non-indoor hydro) supplies would tighten up around here whenever they'd jump the terror alert from yellow up to orange. (Of course, this is purely anecdotal evidence from *ahem* people.)

Apparently, a fair amount of the "normal" NYC pot comes from Canada; when the alert goes up, I guess it's harder to get drugs across the border.
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Nikia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Apr-25-06 04:48 PM
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8. Big busts usually raise the price more
Everyone who touches the stuff makes money on it though. I am sure that some people somewhere along the line will use every oppurtunity to have an excuse.
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