[chepaslaaa]

The highest end concentrates are only available on the black/grey market currently, and if you have some skilled growers in your relationship circle you can access some much better stuff (more potent and/or grown with less chemical additives, not to mention a much fresher curing process and a more thorough trimming job) than whatever is the highest end stuff they sell in the stores. They have put a limit on potency and their regulations mean that the weed they sell in stores in way too dry once it reaches costumers. It's not the biggest deal to most people and better than putting people behind bars, but there could also be a much better craft cannabis culture that could be promoted by small businesses rather than the corporate consolidation the liberal party is currently encouraging. In my opinion it would make users build a healthier rapport to this drug, in the same way that getting into fancy wine as well as craft beers and spirits can lead to a more gastronomic approach to alcohol than drinking coors light and vodka.

[ehsankia]

Other than the potency limit, what limits legal stores from fixing all the other issues (bad trimming job, dry, chemical additives, craft cannabis, etc). It just seems like since it's new and everyone's jumping to buy it, there's more focus on quantity right now, but maybe as the market gets more competitive that'll change.

I don't see why it'd be different to, for example, Starbucks vs your local quality coffee shop, both co-existing.

[chepaslaaa]

Imagine a paradigm our local coffee shop isn't legally allowed to operate and Tim Hortons is ran by the government.

[ehsankia]

Again, other than the potency, I'm asking, what stops the "local coffee shop" to legally be allowed to operate? What stops from a local place charging more to do a better job at quality? If there's demand for it, I'm sure it'll eventually pop up.

[jammygit]

There are limited numbers of licenses granted in Canada, awarded by lottery I am told. When some big companies set a bad trend via race to the bottom, many who would like to do better are prohibited from growing due to the licenses issue.

The way legalization happened here is incompetent. There are even output limits: for one friends little grow op, where he is not allowed to overproduce.