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Originally Posted by SuperSwag
Think it's more complicated than you might think. For one, big tobacco is owned by old money. Old people are still weird about mj. Philipp Morris is not based in USA so I wonder how easy it would be for them to get a license. Their usa headquarters are in NY where it's still illegal. I could be way off base though idk.
I'd be very surprised to learn that anyone in big tobacco has any moral qualms about selling weed. The whole reason they don't already dominate the market is that it's only quasi legal. Once it's fully legal they'll jump right in at the top. They'll have no problem getting licenses because they have more money and lobbying power than anyone else.
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Originally Posted by ElSapo
So, no surprise, I'm not particularly knowledgeable of tobacco and cigarette makers. ... However, my understanding is the cigarette makers are not the tobacco farmers. And particularly right now, with most all grow indoors, there doesn't seem to be a connection between cannabis cultivation with outdoor tobacco.
They may not be the tobacco growers but they've got the tobacco growers in their back pocket. The ability of tobacco growers to produce high quality weed at incredibly low cost will make all of the stoners that currently run grow operations look like fools.
There's absolutely no reason that top shelf weed can't be grown outdoors, and professional farmers who've been growing on a really large scale will be able to outproduce everyone once they know it's legal and profitable.
I'd say the reason most weed is grown indoors is due to the areas where it's currently being grown (due to being legal) aren't particularly conducive to outdoor farming combined with a culture of "hiding" what they're doing.
Places like the Emerald triangle grow plenty of outdoor top shelf weed. Once it becomes legal to grow it in the farm belt where they have the best land, best equipment, and best farmers you'll see a shift to massive commercial outdoor marijuana cultivation.