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With vape pens and prerolls welcoming new users with simplicity and flashy branding, the entry bar of the boutique market is where it all starts for many of the consumers who have been the backbone of the market for the last 20 years. That’s not to say the price of boutique cannabis should remain $60 an eighth. There is a valid argument that consumers still pay gray-market prices at legal outlets, even after the disappearance of much of the risk they were originally compensating cultivators for.