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Title: People Spend As Much On Legal Weed As They Do On Alcohol
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Money
URL Source: http://time.com/money/4424547/legal-marijuana-spending-alcohol/
Published: Jul 26, 2016
Author: Kerry Close
Post Date: 2016-07-26 15:09:22 by ConservingFreedom
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Views: 3132
Comments: 20
Consumers are reaching for cannabis nearly as often as they are for a can of beer, a new report has found. The typical male customer spends about $647 annually on marijuana products, while female consumers drop about $634 each year on weed, MarketWatch reported. That’s compared to an average of $645 a year on alcohol and $1,000 a year on coffee, according to a survey from Headset, which tracks weed transactions. Perhaps surprisingly, the average age of people who are loyalty members at their local dispensary is 37.6, and 5% even fell between the ages of 65 to 95. Headset’s report surveyed 40,000 dispensary customers in Washington. Recreational marijuana use is legal in Colorado, Washington, Oregon, Alaska and the District of Columbia, while weed is legal for medical purposes in 25 states. As more states legalize weed for recreational uses, the average age of consumers is expected to decline, experts say. Read More: How Pot-Smoking Boomers Could Reduce Your Prescription Drug Costs The legal weed industry is predominantly male: Men represent 70% of dispensary loyalty club members, or those who regularly purchase marijuana and receive discounts and other incentives from their local dispensary. Other states, however, have seen different gender breakdowns. Shops in Oregon and Colorado told MarketWatch that their male-to-female ratios are more or less even. The Headset report also found that female customers are more likely to buy edible cannabis products, while men drift toward marijuana products they can smoke. Consumers in their 50s, especially those who have been consuming cannabis for years, are also more likely to gravitate toward weed products that need to be ground and packed into a smoking device. That’s because this form, called marijuana flower, is often the medium with which they were accustomed to finding weed on the black market. New customers, on the other hand, are moving toward vapor pens, a relatively new technology that requires less effort to consume. Vapor pens account for 9% of purchases for both male and female customers.
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#1. To: ConservingFreedom (#0)
Meaning what?
It weighs against any notion that legalization will lead to crazed dope fiends spending their last dime on the demon weed.
A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Was this a concern? First I've read of it.
It concerns this guy: "With job loss and economic hard times; it would seem people would spend their little earnings on something more productive as starting a new business or feeding their families then to spend their last dime on a joint or pill. Is it worth smoking their last dime and have nothing to show for it? it is a choice that a person makes, and the outcome will be of their choice as well. So if they end on the streets with nothing but the tip of a joint, no home and no money, they can look at that as I put myself here." - m.topix.com/f orum/state/ky/THBKPRPHGS4VQ177C/p25 A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Geez Louise. Your argument is based on a 5-year-old comment by a blogger posting on some obscure forum in Kentucky? How did you even find this? Wait. Let me guess. You're the blogger! You're citing yourself!
What argument do you think I've made? A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Did you forget already? That "legalization will lead to crazed dope fiends spending their last dime on the demon weed."
No, I never made that argument. Your reading comprehension is as poor as ever. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Then perhaps I misunderstood. Why did you bring it up?
I found it interesting - and I suspected it ran counter to what some anti-pot zealots would have predicted. A suspicion for which I found some evidence (using a Google search involving the phrase 'spend their last dime', to answer your question in post #5). A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. That may be true but, by posting it, you assumed others would feel the same. The rantings of an anonymous blogger on an obscure forum don't interest me at all. I haven't read about any "anti-pot zealot" making this argument. Meaning, once again, you've presented another straw man.
Very amusing example of a black kettle commenting on pot.
Give it up, teabag. All you talk about is legal weed. Grow the F up
I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
Weird comment, seeing I rarely post anything about legalizing pot. --- While you hypocritical canary clowns are obsessed with enforcing gov't prohibitions, -- on damn near anything.
Weird comment since I've OFTEN stated I support legal recreational marijuana. I'm just not gonna regress to 15 years old and stomp me feet until it happens. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
That may be true but, by posting it, you assumed others would feel the same. The rantings of an anonymous blogger on an obscure forum don't interest me at all. Oh, so when you asked, "Why did you bring it up?" you meant the blog post? Why, I brought that up in response to your post, "Was this [legalization leading to crazed dope fiends spending their last dime on the demon weed] a concern? First I've read of it." I think baseless fretting about pot users "end[ing] on the streets with nothing but the tip of a joint, no home and no money" qualifies our Kentucky friend as an "anti-pot zealot." A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Good to hear! A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. Again, the rantings of one anonymous blogger on an obscure forum in Kentucky five years ago doesn't interest me at all. For all I know, you posted this and you're referencing yourself. There are many anti-pot arguments and they don't involve anyone giving a FF about "crazed dope fiends spending their last dime on the demon weed". Just the opposite. People insist they should have that choice.
Your lack of interest doesn't interest me at all - the fact remains that now you've read about someone making the argument that pot users may "end on the streets with nothing but the tip of a joint, no home and no money". LOL! If you think that, you're more paranoid than any pot user ever got. Of what relevance is this observation? I never said nor implied that many anti-pot arguments involved that. Anti-pot arguments insist pot users should have the choice to spend their last dime on the demon weed? Sounds like a pro-legality position to me. A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them. I also support your asshole hippie buddies need to obey their states pot laws UNTIL ITS LEGAL, Dick head. I'm the infidel... Allah warned you about. كافر المسلح
People Spend As Much On Legal Weed As They Do On Alcohol
#2. To: misterwhite (#1)
#3. To: ConservingFreedom (#2)
"It weighs against any notion that legalization will lead to crazed dope fiends spending their last dime on the demon weed."
#4. To: misterwhite (#3)
Was this a concern?
#5. To: ConservingFreedom (#4)
"It concerns this guy:"
#6. To: misterwhite (#5)
Your argument
#7. To: ConservingFreedom (#6)
"What argument do you think I've made?"
#8. To: misterwhite (#7)
That "legalization will lead to crazed dope fiends spending their last dime on the demon weed."
#9. To: ConservingFreedom (#8)
"No, I never made that argument."
#10. To: misterwhite (#9)
Why did you bring it up?
#11. To: ConservingFreedom (#10)
"I found it interesting"
#12. To: misterwhite, an anonymous blogger on an obscure forum, posts his rants. (#11)
The rantings of an anonymous blogger on an obscure forum don't interest me at all. --- misterwhite claims
#13. To: tpaine (#12)
#14. To: GrandIsland, misterwhite, -- two hypocrites who love prohibitions (#13)
All you talk about is legal weed
#15. To: tpaine (#14)
Weird comment, seeing I rarely post anything about legalizing pot.
#16. To: misterwhite (#11)
"I found it interesting"
I haven't read about any "anti-pot zealot" making this argument.
#17. To: GrandIsland (#15)
I support legal recreational marijuana.
#18. To: ConservingFreedom (#16)
(Edited)
"qualifies our Kentucky friend as an "anti-pot zealot."
#19. To: misterwhite (#18)
the rantings of one anonymous blogger on an obscure forum in Kentucky five years ago doesn't interest me at all.
For all I know, you posted this and you're referencing yourself.
There are many anti-pot arguments and they don't involve anyone giving a FF about "crazed dope fiends spending their last dime on the demon weed".
Just the opposite. People insist they should have that choice.
#20. To: ConservingFreedom (#17)
Good to hear!
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