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Alcohol Retailers Say Only They Should Be Able To Legally Sell Marijuana Products

Chock Full o Nuts

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Alcohol Retailers Say Only They Should Be Able To Legally Sell Marijuana Products

A new policy memo from an American alcohol retail industry group argues that marijuana should be regulated more like booze—including by requiring that intoxicating cannabis products be sold only by businesses licensed to sell alcohol. “States should restrict the sale of intoxicating THC products...
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Dispensary has not failed yet to request my ID, and scan it(transaction recorded in the system, even if I paid cash?). Hell, they ask for it twice! Once walking in, and again when at counter for purchase. Can't recall the last time I was carded for alcohol.

The group contends that alcohol retailers, “with many decades of proven compliance, are best positioned to sell these products.”
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Pretty sure that is already the case. Or maybe I'm just so baked every time I read about non-existent requirements, I'm completely misunderstanding?

Wait for it....
The alcohol industry in recent years has been increasingly involved in lobbying on marijuana issues. That’s in part due to expanding marijuana markets that are competing with alcohol sales.
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There it is! Knew it was coming. Why didn't you just say so, instead of two pages of shit?

“We also anticipate that increasing US consumer access to recreational marijuana will be a significant threat to all alcoholic drinks, particularly beer and wine, given their lower price points relative to liquor.”
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Offer you some cheese with that whine?

I know... All the DUI fatalities, liver disease, etc... It's just terrible. Oh wait, that's tied to alcohol.
Weed is terrible, therefore we should be the only ones allowed to sell it.
 
They are just hurting since liquor has been made available in supermarkets in many states. I don't blame them, hard to support your local small business when the prices are higher and driving to another location is needed. Lots of changes made over the years, some good and some bad for certain people. I don't want cannabis to be sold in liquor stores only, the dispensaries are doing fine on their own.
 

NY really made a mess of things. Only criminals can get a license to sell it!
I kid you not. What could go wrong?
 
“States should restrict the sale of intoxicating THC products to businesses licensed to sell beverage alcohol and that are regularly inspected for compliance with laws aimed at preventing sales to individuals under 21,”
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Anyone should be allowed to sell weed to anyone else, even minors. It's one of the safest drugs known to man, as it is virtually impossible to overdose on, with an estimated LD50 of around 70,000 mg for humans. I’ve been smoking weed since I was 12, and there has never been a legitimate reason for the state to get involved.

If you disagree, go ahead and tell me that a teenager should be put in jail for selling a bag of weed to another.
 
Eew.

No thanks.

The dispensaries near me are clean, well staffed, well stocked and have an entirely different “vibe” than liquor stores.

Liquor stores- by and large - are stale, almost warehouse like, sparsely staffed and all around somewhat gross.
 
The biggest problem faced by marijuana retailers these days is that it is an all-cash business. They and banks can't process credit cards else they run afoul of FEDERAL drug enforcement laws. Consequently, cash deposits have to be hand delivered to bank accounts. Since banks are closed on weekends, this means any given retailer might have a quarter million dollars cash or more on hand during a weekend. Retailers have to hire well-trained and armed security to discourage armed robberies.
 
Every dispensary I’ve ever been at has armed security
 
Not true here. For a short while, it was cash only. But now they can accept debit. No credit of course.
But still, yes, lot of cash on hand.
 
I've on
BirdinHand said:
Every dispensary I’ve ever been at has armed security
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I've only visited one dispensary. I was with a friend who indulged. It was well appointed, nicely laid out, but I was shocked to see bullet-proof glass where the products were dispensed to the customers.
 
Stealers Wheel said:
I've on

I've only visited one dispensary. I was with a friend who indulged. It was well appointed, nicely laid out, but I was shocked to see bullet-proof glass where the products were dispensed to the customers.
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I’ve not seen glass inside the dispensary - I’ve seen what I presume are bullet proof locked doors - typically 2 sets.

One when you first enter and a 2nd after you hand your ID over at a counter and are then buzzed into the room with product.
 
Chock Full o Nuts said:
My local one did for a couple months or so when rec sales first opened up. Decked out with all. Sidearm, taser, mace...

Gone now.
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I’ve only seen one per location. Typically opening the first door and doing an initial ID check.
 
Stealers Wheel said:
I've on

I've only visited one dispensary. I was with a friend who indulged. It was well appointed, nicely laid out, but I was shocked to see bullet-proof glass where the products were dispensed to the customers.
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Mine is glass at the front desk. Check your ID and send you back through double locking doors to open sales room. One door must lock before other opens. Product is sent out of a 'vault' room through a little tray pass-thru.
 
I don't agree. Seems like a money grab because it is.
 
Is that like when cigarette maker RJ Reynolds started buying up food companies?
 
BirdinHand said:
Every dispensary I’ve ever been at has armed security
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Wow. Never saw that here.
There's dispensaries all over the place but the black market is thriving still. We grow our own out here in the sticks but our son in the suburbs of Vancouver still calls up the guy he's dealt with for years who shows up on his doorstep an hour later with price and quality comparable to the legal dispensaries.
 
They are all cash businesses in the US.
 
All dispensaries nationwide operate in violation of federal law.

I guess politicians running for federal posts don't think they'll win if they support legalization? I dunno. it's stupid.
 
Stealers Wheel said:
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I've only visited one dispensary. I was with a friend who indulged. It was well appointed, nicely laid out, but I was shocked to see bullet-proof glass where the products were dispensed to the customers.
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Well, in this day and age of gun nutters, maybe that particular location warranted it, perhaps there was an incident there. I've never seen the bullet proof glass, I've only seen clean, well run dispensaries where the customers and staff are polite, efficient and friendly.
 
This was in a relatively upscale neighborhood. And the staff were polite, efficient, helpful, and friendly. The other clientele were also appearing to be quite middle class. Could have been in any boutique retail outlet in suburbia. Only the bullet proof glass seemed to set it apart.
 
Well, somebody wanted it, felt they needed it, or maybe it came with the building.
 
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