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Did you know that in the great state of Michigan—where I just spent almost two weeks—you can get an ounce of weed for just $50? It’s true!

I was discussing this with my brother Paul, who was also in Michigan for the holidays, and he ended up writing about it over at his blog.

I’m in Michigan with family, and one of my brothers, a historian who has written a book about marijuana’s journey from Mexico to the United States, tells me that the price of the product here has collapsed in the five years since recreational use became legal. He says it’s possible to get an ounce of high grade cannabis for $50 — it was $516 in December of 2019, when licenses for legal production were first issued.

Another sibling who has a less professional expertise in the product informs me that an ounce of high grade cannabis can easily last a moderate recreational user close to a year, which of course means that high grade cannabis in Michigan is now al…