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Originally Posted by GGG
How do you price the drugs so that you don’t encourage increased use? Also how potent to you make the drug to make it good enough to satisfy the addiction yet not increase dependency.
Does a person choose their opiate of choice like I want clean dose measured fentanyl or does the government steer to less addictive opiates?
I’m fascinated about the logistics of this because you need to deliver the same relief as the street drug and the same or lower cost or the market will continue to exist but at the same time still want to encourage use.
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Weed has struggled to find the right price point and still isn't even close when talking about edibles.
A pack of gummies with 10mg of THC at a dispensary costs around $15. 10mg would get most people high 1-2 times.
Online you can order a 10 pack of 20mg gummies per piece (which can easily be cut into halves or quarters) from a Canadian company with a 5 ish day delivery time for about $20.
I think this is an interesting idea BC is trying, I don't think any government is capable of running the drug trade efficiently enough to make it the preferred method. I also doubt this will be much of an issue as my gut tells me the taxpayers will be footing the entire cost, from the creation, distribution and facilitation of the drugs.