Since people are talking about legalizing cannabis...

[Solon]

I wonder what the effect would be on the retail market, would we see products like this on the market?



Obviously, this is a parody, but I wonder, while you can grow cannabis in your own backyard, if you want to, you can also, in most places in the U.S., grow lettuce and tomatoes as well, but most people don't, they instead buy it at the store because of convenience. Now, I doubt, strongly, that cannabis would be any different, and I wouldn't be surprised, that if there is a serious push to legalize it in the United States, that the tobacco makers and entrepreneurs will want to cash in on this new, legalized, product.

I would expect that we would see a variety of blends and strains of cannabis used for different markets and customers. Cigar companies will most likely make prepackaged blunts, similar to how cigars are packaged, cigarette makers will make cannabis cigarettes. Both will most likely be blended appropriately, at various different strengths, some products blended with tobacco, etc.

This isn't a slam against legalization, indeed, I support that fully, I find it ludicrous that the government has waged a war against a plant, of all things. Assuming its taxed at similar rates to tobacco products, such as cigarettes, this is a huge potential revenue stream for the government, and it'll make the snack food industry happy as well. :D