The two following posts are on recent changes to (or proposed) Ontario’s cannabis regulations; then a ChatGPT summary. (tl;dr: allow companies to own 150 (was 75) stores, and Loblaws wants to open 3-wall outlets like the inside wine stores, not 4-wall separation):
Here’s ChatGPT’s summary of my thoughts after tonight’s coffee with Paul….
Certainly! Here’s a condensed version:
- Objective and Approach:
- Propose limiting cannabis stores to mom and pop businesses to prevent monopolies.
- Acknowledge challenges from existing business interests and seek a utopian alternative.
- Market Strategy:
- Advocate for allowing the price of illegal cannabis to drop gradually to true cost plus a sustainable profit for small businesses.
- Challenge the efficiency of capitalism and its focus on profit maximization.
- Illegal Market Reduction:
- Suggest a phased approach to reduce the minimum wholesale floor annually, making the illegal market less profitable.
- Government Regulations:
- Explore regulations promoting outdoor cultivation for cleanliness and aligning with harm reduction findings.
Note: The original text had some unclear or repetitive points, so the summary has been streamlined for clarity.
And here’s the original keyboard bashings… 
on the idea of limiting canabis stores to to true mom & pops… what if we took a chance and did this (assuming it can be done; sure, legislation can be written and p assed, but could it survive the inevitable chsallenges to business interests…. but that’s what i’m tryingh to find a utopian way around..,. since brand new indsustry, can do anything, and maybe see how thgings are better (if so) a without the inevitablr monopolies that :lqate stage capiutalism??0) makesw inevitable4. (graphic re food is not for eating, it is for profitting )
as for the illegal markey, let the price drop to true cost + reasonalbe sustainab ler profit for the moms and pops? this of course goes angainst capitalism, where maximimum must be extracte4d numbers must go up!…. and is less efficient that capitalsims which will drive doewn cots to maximuize profit; if the illegaql market has halved (per statscan) in 2019?) and has stabilized at ~$/oz (both illegal and ;legals markets are at same cost right now, so drop the min wholesale floor be 1/2 of now, forcing more of the illegal markey away. then drop again by 1/2 next year to, repeat uyntil the the reasn the illegal market srtill exists is the pri9ce floor is great enough to turn a profit illegally. reduce the fuckng floor, eventuallty to zero to the market will
liklewsie, could the govt have written the growing rules to be outdoior, to be as clean as posibel, and whatevs the science shows is lest harmful?
