Do Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Gouge Patients Ala Big Pharma?
"Pot pharmacies," or dispensaries in the U.S., similarly to Big Pharma, can get away with gouging an entirely new patient population.
One such business, Med Men, wants to perpetuate a reputation as "The Apple Store of Weed," which implies its products are luxury items, rather than medicine, as its name suggests.
As Javier Hasse writes in Forbes, "An overcrowded retail location selling one brand of high-priced products is not an ideal setting for consumers, especially medical cannabis consumers, who need variety and affordable prices."