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Comments on: Cannabis and Cultural Economy http://cannabisandsocialpolicy.org/cannabis-and-cultural-economy/ Academic, Policy and Industry Evolution Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:21:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jim MacRae http://cannabisandsocialpolicy.org/cannabis-and-cultural-economy/#comment-25875 Tue, 03 Jul 2018 17:21:17 +0000 http://cannabisandsocialpolicy.org/?p=3964#comment-25875 Nice article. I tend to agree that “exchange value” will tend to dominate the regulated cannabis markets of tomorrow — certainly in Washington State. When the legislature decided to move medical cannabis into the regulated system, the barriers bought and paid for by those chasing profit were best exemplified in how the Legal definition of “Applicants” was subtly changed and how the WSLCB subsequently allowed “shake-and-bake” applications to dominate the 222 incremental access point licenses that were allocated to meet the increased demands expected by medical users.

This move basically placed well-informed and well-capitalized profit-seekers in front of most of the experienced, caring, compassionate caregivers that attempted to get a seat at the table in the new regulated medical marijuana marketplace.

It is amazing how little things — almost unnoticeable at the time — can have such profound impacts on the evolution of a marketplace.

Keep up the good work, Dr. Corva! Let us hope and work together to ensure that this regulated thing does actually reduce some of the historical stigma associated with the pre-regulated market and affords a participative role for some of the good, caring folk that created and defined much of that market.

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