Will Pueblo please pot producers? (Denver, Colorado Springs: houses, buy, warehouses)

[GWTJ]

The cannabis dispensaries offer many different jobs requiring different skills, so going up the ladder is a real possibility.

Originally Posted by debbie at bouontiful

You see growth but will it be in other areas other than Pot! I was just in Trinidad and saw 10 pot shops for a town of 6000 and lots of beggars out there. Some with dogs asking for money to feed their dog. I would want other growth like the golf course being restored or just jobs that you can go up the ladder in. These pot smokers probably are never going to be able to afford a Colorado house of any quality. Now the growers and sellers is probably a different story. A car dealer turned his dealership into a pot store. Obviously making more money selling pot and selling cars. My favorite pizza parlor has been renamed Strawberry Fields. They say the town is really reaping in the money but I didn't see it in the town. Still lots of empty store fronts. I saw the same problem in but Pagosa and Cuchara.

[GWTJ]

Why haven't any knocked on my door, offering to sell me some? None of them even approached me when I sat at the picnic shelter in the park with disc golf course. Doesn't seem like their nationwide marketing is very effective.

Originally Posted by McGowdog

How about a more liberal rag?


https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usato...tory/83623226/


Here's a corrected pic wrt that story.

[GWTJ]

Of course, the position of our Federal gov't is the small towns should die and farmers near them should be bankrupt.

Originally Posted by Josseppie

The county's economic recovery is ongoing. But county officials say the industry generates almost $4 million in annual tax revenue, which funds 4H and Future Farmers of America efforts, medical marijuana research at Colorado State University Pueblo, and a first-of-its-kind scholarship program that will send graduating high school seniors to local universities this fall.

Small towns saved from ruin by the booming legal marijuana industry - Business Insider[/url]

[GWTJ]

I guess if they've intercepted so much of it my best bet would be to walk into my local police station and ask how much for an ounce?

Originally Posted by McGowdog

How about a more liberal rag?

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.usato...tory/83623226/

Here's a corrected pic wrt that story.

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by Raddo

Unlikely. This industry is still in its infancy, whether you want to believe that or not.

I'm not sure you realize how much more money other industries contribute to these local economies. Craft beer kicks in nearly $2B to the state's economy, but none of you guys are saying craft beer is driving the economy or pushing up rental rates. Pot is having an impact on the economy no doubt, it just not driving the entire economy the way you want to think it is. There is a disconnect from reality.

[Mike from back east]

Originally Posted by SkyDog77

I'm not sure you realize how much more money other industries contribute to these local economies. Craft beer kicks in nearly $2B to the state's economy, but none of you guys are saying craft beer is driving the economy or pushing up rental rates. Pot is having an impact on the economy no doubt, it just not driving the entire economy the way you want to think it is. There is a disconnect from reality.

I want some of whatever they're smoking....

[GWTJ]

Gov't knows alcohol kills maybe 88,000 Americans a year and thinks that is better than 0 deaths cannabis? Also tobacco and pills each kill at least 250,000 a year, so they are even better? But now they've got drug-laden foods killing about 500,000 a year so that is best? If it isn't a conspiracy, what do you call it?

It seems the gov't would rather protect us from imaginary threats than real ones. One just has to look up the bribes from various industries to pols to see why.

I've read about 20,000-25,000 pages about cannabis from hundreds of sources so I feel I have an unfair advantage over those who don't have the time of a permanently disabled person to study this.

It is true most who use most other drugs don't die from them, bit it is hard to beat 0 deaths cannabis, which has been proven to help dozens of conditions in smoked form and hundreds of conditions in oil form. The oil can be vaporized (heated somewhat) for quick effect. My best guess is 95%-98% could be helped if legal. I don't feel certain the medical/recreational divide should exist as in both it's about feeling better.

While cannabis is about getting an effect, taste and aroma can be a consideration which is part of why there are over 1,700 strains, which also offer different effects.

Alcohol does have "caloric value" as you say and some find it helpful in other ways.

Ideally (IMO) everyone would be allowed to decide what is best for them. Best wishes, all.

Originally Posted by McGowdog

But to be a pro-cannabis person who spouts off about alcohol being poison and a government conspiracy is laughable.

To some people, alcohol is food. Some folks drink alcohol and don't get drunk.

How many people smoke weed because they like the smell or the taste, but not to get high?

I'm of the believe that it's more than a consideration but a fact. Alcohol is food. It has caloric value. To an extent, it's good for many, to the tune of 80 to 90% of us.

But boy, that 10 to 20% of us sure make a lot of noise.

[Raddo]

Originally Posted by SkyDog77

I'm not sure you realize how much more money other industries contribute to these local economies. Craft beer kicks in nearly $2B to the state's economy, but none of you guys are saying craft beer is driving the economy or pushing up rental rates. Pot is having an impact on the economy no doubt, it just not driving the entire economy the way you want to think it is. There is a disconnect from reality.

Yes, there is, lol.

[Raddo]

Hopefully this thread will hang around for a while, so that we can continue to revisit predictions, like this one from almost a year and a half ago:

Originally Posted by McGowdog

I think weed ought to be legalized at the fed level. Make smoking weed like drinking a beer. But until then, Colorado will only see huge problems with this state-wide legalization.

Huge problems? Right.... Can we say foot-in-mouth?

In another year or two it will be interesting to revisit some of the current predictions being made, don't you think?

[SkyDog77]

Originally Posted by Raddo

Yes, there is, lol.

Glad you agree. Awaiting your next post about craft beer driving the economy.

Screw the 12 Fortune 500 companies that a headquartered here. It's about pot!

Oil and gas contributes $30B to Colorado's economy. If I believed you, our economy is now more dependent on pot than oil and gas.

I live in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in the city. 3 of my immediate neighbors are involved in oil and gas, a few lawyers, a few doctors, an engineer, a real estate developer, zero in pot.

Again, pot is having a positive impact on the economy but you seem to think that anyone who doesn't believe it is the most important thing to happen in Colorado since the gold rush is anti pot. I'm not. I just understand that there is a lot more happening here. I have plenty of friends involved in the pot industry. Three childhood friends all owned dispensaries and have all since sold out. One is actively involved in consulting work now. Pot has been good for the state, it's just not the end all be all that you think it is. It's not surprising to me that a pot head thinks pot is all that matters though. When you allow yourself to become singularly focused on a thing, you lose perspective. Look at the broader economic data, then look at the pot numbers.

Colorado's GDP is $300B. Look at the trending. Where is that massive pot bump?



Look at the economic trends in all these other states. They must have legalized pot too! In fact, our angle of growth is lower than the others since rec became legal. That's interesting.