thatguyjrod you say "The only difference is a grower providing the optimum environment for it to flourish rather than some drug lord using workers in a field to grow brick pack crap". That PROVIDING THE OPTIMUM ENVIRONMENT is the key those are a huge cost the numbers you give are fine and dandy for a home grow but what if the producers were only producing lets say 4 oz.s a plant and you will have a hard time doing that with the equipment you mentioned above.The producers have to produce for at a min of 1000 patients all year long.The producers are running a business and there are many many things that have to be paid so they charge what they have to to make it work.