• @meyotch@slrpnk.net
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    29 months ago

    The two industries have very little in common other than being centered around a once-and-still-prohibited substance. The regulatory frameworks are so very different.

    CO and OR prohibit commercial sale, so that is one major difference. The needs of licensed therapists for the entire state of Colorado could be satisfied in a single cultivation facility of perhaps 1000 sq ft.

    The video does point out some regulatory missteps that we could learn from. It’s important to also realize the market dynamics drive a lot of the dysfunctions in Cannabis. Lab shopping and result chasing happen when there’s a hungry consumer market waiting for product. The financial incentives drive corner cutting and fudging of results. That market is absent (legally but the black market stuff just won’t get tested).

    The only real legal market that can be regulated is the market for therapist use, but it is positively dinky compared to the market for consumer cannabis. I’d be surprised if there are more than three mushroom producers licensed for the entire state of Colorado and they will be under intense scrutiny by regulators and their small cohort of extremely picky customers (the licensed therapists).

    My two cents…