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City police department issued two citations for public consumption on january 1st and there wasn't any evidence that those were actually even connected to the sales. >> robin, is it possible that what we're seeing in the big lines is just kind of the end of prohibition and all the publicity about that and a certain excitement about that and that the customers that you have this week will not be regular customers? >> we're already seeing folks that are coming back. they've come -- you know, they were here the first or second day, and now they're starting to return. but we believe that there is ...

Monday, which is today, some of the stores could run out? has that been happening? >> yeah. a lot of our competitors have run out of marijuana at this juncture, yes, sir. >> and john, did people see this coming, that there would be kind of a huge surge starting first week of january? >> sure. i think there was a lot of expectation there was going to be lines on the first day, on january 1st. i mean, certainly there was a lot of interest among people being, you know, on the first day to be able to buy recreational marijuana in the united states. i think the sustained interest has caught some st...

Medical market or even join the medical market. they'll get medical marijuana cards now. sure. >> and is the -- robin, is the price of medical marijuana in your store different from the other prices? >> yes. it's $10 an eighth or $10 a quarter cheaper on the medical side than it is on the recreational side. we really haven't upped our prices and started gouging folks. we are trying to maintain that same price level. we know it's important that the marijuana stays at a price level so that we can outperform the underground at some point. so our goal is to maintain a good price range so that folk...

Of a huge surge starting first week of january? >> sure. i think there was a lot of expectation there was going to be lines on the first day, on january 1st. i mean, certainly there was a lot of interest among people being, you know, on the first day to be able to buy recreational marijuana in the united states. i think the sustained interest has caught some store owners by surprise. you know, there's been lines every day since january 1st. there were lines over the weekend. i drove by a place this weekend. it was sunday morning. it was 10:00 a.m. it was 10 degrees. and there was a line, proba...

There. as you mentioned, there's taxes. the taxes are fairly hefty as far as other products would go. so there was always kind of that risk that people might choose to stay out of the legal market, stay in the black market, or there's also the possibility people will remain in the medical market or even join the medical market. they'll get medical marijuana cards now. sure. >> and is the -- robin, is the price of medical marijuana in your store different from the other prices? >> yes. it's $10 an eighth or $10 a quarter cheaper on the medical side than it is on the recreational side. we really...