of a huge surge starting first week of january? sure. i think there was a lot of expectation there was going to be lines on the first day, on january 1st. i mean, certainly there was a lot of interest among people being, you know, on the first day to be able to buy recreational marijuana in the united states. i think the sustained interest has caught some store owners by surprise. you know, there s been lines every day since january 1st. there were lines over the weekend. i drove by a place this weekend. it was sunday morning. it was 10:00 a.m. it was 10 degrees. and there was a line, probably 20 or 30 people long outside of it. so the sustained interest has i think really been a surprise. robin, where do you get your supply of marijuana? we grow our own marijuana. we have a warehouse that we grow in. and is it possible for you to get marijuana from some other method? is it required that you grow your own marijuana according to the law?
there. as you mentioned, there s taxes. the taxes are fairly hefty as far as other products would go. so there was always kind of that risk that people might choose to stay out of the legal market, stay in the black market, or there s also the possibility people will remain in the medical market or even join the medical market. they ll get medical marijuana cards now. sure. and is the robin, is the price of medical marijuana in your store different from the other prices? yes. it s $10 an eighth or $10 a quarter cheaper on the medical side than it is on the recreational side. we really haven t upped our prices and started gouging folks. we are trying to maintain that same price level. we know it s important that the marijuana stays at a price level so that we can outperform the underground at some point. so our goal is to maintain a good price range so that folks will want to come to us as opposed to the underground. the one beauty is we have 45 types of marijuana to choose from a
short supply and high taxes just might work in his favor. he said, people will get real tired of paying the taxes real fast when you can buy an ounce from me for $225 to $300. the state adds as much as $90 just for the tax. joining me now, robin hackett, co-owner of botanicare medical cannabis center in denver, colorado. and john ingold, a denver post reporter who covers marijuana. robin, i have not asked any guest on this program this question before, but do you have any weed? yes. we still have plenty of marijuana in our shop. well, plenty. so what is this talk about, you know, there s a run and by monday, which is today, some of the stores could run out? has that been happening? yeah. a lot of our competitors have run out of marijuana at this juncture, yes, sir. and john, did people see this coming, that there would be kind
an illegal dealer in pueblo, colorado told a local paper that short supply and high taxes just might work in his favor. he said, people will get real tired of paying the taxes real fast when you can buy an ounce from me for $225 to $300. the state adds as much as $90 just for the tax. joining me now, robin hackett, co-owner of botanicare medical cannabis center in denver, colorado. and john ingold, a denver post reporter who covers marijuana. robin, i have not asked any guest on this program this question before, but do you have any weed? yes. we still have plenty of marijuana in our shop. well, plenty. so what is this talk about, you know, there s a run and by
of people consuming publicly, public consumption is still illegal. so you can t walk down the street and puff a joint in denver. i think there was a lot of worries about people taking their purchases out of the store and sort of celebrating with them in the parking lot or in the parks or on the streets. and that really did not happen. i think in denver at least the city police department issued two citations for public consumption on january 1st and there wasn t any evidence that those were actually even connected to the sales. robin, is it possible that what we re seeing in the big lines is just kind of the end of prohibition and all the publicity about that and a certain excitement about that and that the customers that you have this week will not be regular customers? we re already seeing folks that are coming back. they ve come you know, they were here the first or second day, and now they re starting to return. but we believe that there is already a huge marijuana market tha