no, i dont need to "rethink" my position. as a former small business owner (i was a firearms dealer and gunsmith for over 20 years, sop believe me theres NOTHING you can tell me insurance wise) i can tell you that liability insurance, rent, electricity do NOT add up to the whole ball of wax most dispensaries rake in. no, street level dealers dont try to "front" legality like the dispensaries do. even if we take the high end $50 bucks an eighth and figure it instead of the $60 ( which most charge) it still breaks down to:

8 1/8thsx$50=$400 an ounce
16 oz X $400 (an ounce)= $6400 an lb (if you worked a 40 hour week for this that would be around $120 bucks AN HOUR)

say you sell 2lbs a week+$12,800

$12,800x4 weeks=$51,200 bucks A MONTH

THATS $614,400 A YEAR

so dont try to blow smoke up my ass or anyone elses and tell me that it costs you over $51,000 a MONTH (or even HALF THAT) to operate a dispensary,thats a crock of shit. executives at general motors only make around $120,000-$200,000 a year. the figures dont lie



even if you only sold 1lb a week at YOUR prices, thats still $25,600 a month, or $307,200 a year.....

point being in all of this, dont try to lead everyone to believe your not making money hand over fist off of them. those totals above were figured off the amounts YOU posted. thing is, it scares most of you guys who are running these places when the figures come out for two reasons. one, youd rather the powers that be not realize how much your making, and second, if more people knew , there would be so much competition out there, youd be unable to stay in business