this is not an original observation but it does really speak to the decadence of speculative capitalism that all these giant weed concerns are hemorrhaging cash because they focused entirely on selling ideas to investors and not selling weed to people

if you spend $40M building the world’s fanciest oil derrick, you’re not $40M better at pumping oil than a rando with a shovel and the will to dig

“Make 50% or more of your board held by budtenders and production techs who actually create value and interact with corporeal customers” challenge

lol just kidding no critical mass of MSOs would do this without being forced, so time to force ‘em

this is one of the bigger reasons why cannabis workers need unions - along with providing protections against the usual exploitations that tend to accompany a boom market, it appears that the higher-ups have no fucking clue how to sustain a business