I said in High School that if they made weed legal that the average drug dealer and supplier would have to get new jobs, because no one is going to be able to compete with Phillip Morris selling them at Walmart.
Yeah, I know, big corporations bad, but cheap booze and weed is a “good” thing. Er… sorta? Anyway…
There is a reason why home brews need licenses, and that is the health and safety issues. I mean, we still have people drinking raw milk and eating bathtub cheese, but for the most part when it comes to ingesting things, there needs to be certain standards of safety.
That said, there are SOOOO many small and medium sized brews out there now it makes ones’ heads spin. Granted in some cases these are larger companies with smaller subsidiaries, but there are thousands of little micro brews all around the nation. Do they compete against Bud Lite or Pabst price point wise? No. But they do compete in other areas due to their taste or novelty or what have you.
While I am not a weed user, knowing what I know, I don’t see how weed will be different. I am sure the early adopters will get a leg up over the big corporations with both ability to make good weed, and brand loyalty. But even if 10 or 20 years from now over half the market is being produced by big companies, I don’t see the smaller growers ever going away totally. Just like beer or scotch or wine or what ever, there are people willing to pay more for something different or perceived to be “better”.
And I am fine with that. I mean, if you have a vice, may as well make it cheap if you can’t afford the good stuff. And more importantly mom or pop, or big company, we are getting rid of the black market for the stuff and the criminal element that goes along with it.
TL;DR - I think this world is big enough for the both of them.
