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Originally Posted by Agamemnon
People pay gobs of money today for convenience, we live in a culture of convenience. LP's will be convenient. Terry will never be convenient (except for those that work with a Terry and have it brought to work, bravo).
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Dealers today deliver, and they deliver fast. The average wait for their customers is less than they wait for a pizza, and presumably they deliver when the pot store is closed. And of course, they deliver to minors. Those are the dudes keeping the black market alive in places like Colorado. They beat the legit retailers on price and on convenience.
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Pot delivery services could be 'cockroaches' of marijuana legalization, experts say
...Direct delivery and online distribution in particular are likely to continue operating on the edges of the law, said Ian Dawkins, acting president of the Cannabis Commerce Association of Canada.
"They are like the cockroaches of this biosphere. You will never destroy a dude on his bicycle with a cellphone delivering weed,'' he said.
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Booming California cannabis delivery businesses running afoul of law
Nearly two months after California legalized cannabis sales, the black market for marijuana continues to flourish as communities and law enforcement struggle to crack down on door-to-door couriers delivering cheaper, unregulated weed.
Only 25 percent of the cannabis consumed in the state is purchased from government-approved brick-and-mortar retailers, according to a report released this week by the Cannabis Growers Association.
Much of the rest is sold door-to-door by hundreds of unlicensed, small and independent couriers — like DoorDash delivers carnitas from your favorite taqueria.
In the Bay Area, there are about 60 unlicensed delivery services — usually, a ‘dispatcher’ on the phone and a fleet of drivers — advertising on websites like WeedMaps and Wheres Weed.com. They lack permits and insurance. It isn’t clear how many of them verify the source or safety of their cannabis. And it’s also unknown if they require customer IDs to prevent minors from buying their products. Their weed is typically cheaper than what’s sold by licensed dispensaries...
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