MON 20% OFF ALL Betty Products TUE $15 Eighths on all Bonsai Strains Limit of 2. WED THU Buy one Get one 50% Off for all WYLD Gummies 6 Pack 100mg Keef Cola’s for $100 OTD FRI A SK A STONER BY HERBERT FUEGO Kush Masters Live Resin Cartridges BOGO 50% Off SUN SAT Buy any tiered Flower and receive a Turbocore 1 Pack for $5 Dear Stoner: Is it even worth it to get a medi- cal card anymore? Recreational weed is so much easier to get, and it’s really cheap now. Jan Tier 3 Ounce for $99 Mix & Match COLFAX AVE & CHERRY CREEK POLICEANDTHIEVES.COM Dear Jan: Medical marijuana has been get- ting shafted in Colorado for years now, and it’s probably time to get accustomed to fewer dispensaries offering it. Cannabis prices, both recreational and medical, have plummeted over the last year, but the medical side has it worse, with sales reaching their lowest point since 2014. The shriveling market and a new state law limiting medical marijuana concentrate sales have made the MMJ business a scary trade to enter, so there aren’t many new companies popping up. Even with all of that, though, a medical marijuana card is still worth it. There are more restrictions involved and the cards cost more to attain, but they con- tinue to provide value to regular users. For starters, dispensary prices are still generally cheaper for medical patients, and patients also pay a much lower rate of sales taxes, can buy double the amount of marijuana per day, and are allowed to buy edibles with up to 1,000 milligrams of THC (as opposed to recreational edibles, which tap out at 100 milligrams). Those are all reason enough. Dear Stoner: When is Denver going to admit that no one cares about weed delivery? Stefanie Dear Stefanie: That failure goes beyond Den- ver and across the state, as Aurora is the only other city of note to allow recreational pot delivery. Although the majority of Aurora’s 24 stores offer delivery, the impact has been minor, according to both dispensary owners in that city and Aurora marijuana sales fi g- ures. In Denver, just nine of 207 dispensaries currently offer delivery, according to the Department of Excise and Licenses. State rules have created a complicated process for customer transactions while also banning deliveries from hotels, creating real obstacles to a delivery business’s viability. But Denver’s biggest holdup could be the initial requirement that dispensaries partner with transport services — which, until 2024, would have to qualify under social equity rules to get delivery licenses. Since so few dispensaries opted in to the program, apparently waiting until they could apply for delivery licenses on their own and keep all the cash, the city has proposed making that social equality partnership arrangement permanent. We’ll see how that plays out, but hopes aren’t high. 34 Send questions to [email protected]. JULY 28-AUGUST 3, 2022 WESTWORD | REAL ESTATE | RENTALS | HEALTH WELLNESS | SERVICES | EMPLOYMENT | ADULT | MUSIC | CLASSIFIED | westword.com Now accepting EPC Patients $700/lb
