Captives of Cannabis: Marijuana black market tied to international organized crime?
Captives of Cannabis: Marijuana black market tied to international organized crime?
NBC News’ Jacob Soboroff takes an in-depth look into the illegal marijuana industry across the U.S. and its potential ties to international organized crime and human trafficking. This report follows Jacob’s year-long “Captives of Cannabis” investigation.
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These people are still criminal because they are still making more money than the legal sales. 😊. Because the people are tired of the frigging TAX to make it legal . Only the poor and disabled are actually getting the weed paid through Medicare or crime. The workers still can’t afford that BS. The ones who actually work are denied services, food stamps, and medical care. Especially if your normal. Just go, Federal. Are you still Jailing people and trying to make a profit from it NOT being under a Federally Funded program? Na cause We the American working people don’t matter.
just deregulate it. make licenses more obtainable. the market will work itself out and weed out all the illegal grows
Black market will always be here until they legalize it completely so they can have decent prices I use cannabis everyday most of mine comes off the street because I cannot afford those jacked up dispensary prices. I’m in Mississippi should I say more.
Legal Herb? What a joke. Wish it were true. Here in Texas disabled vets get locked up for smoking herb for medicine.
Ive never had legal weed in me life so I cannot compare it to fed regulated weed.😊🇺🇸✌🏻🍻
Illegal weed is better, cheaper and easier to purchase.
The truth is migrants are categorised by the system as slaves behind the scenes
so sad to see them ripping the plants out of the pots 😢😢😢
Freedom!
its what ya get when them borders be wide open boy.
the reason why they’re not saying that they’re human trafficked is because they arent.
Im pretty sure every teenager in america would tell you that these "chinese trafficking victims" are living their dream rn.
they are getting to be abroad, make large sums of money, and not need a bit of education or training to be able to do so.
anyone out there that thinks that a 2000 dollar a month paycheck, free room board, no qualifications.
anyone who thinks that that is something you’d have to be forced to do, has never looked for a job, has never experienced adulthood, and isn’t a real human.
I have a feeling you’re all aliens if you come from a world where a paycheck larger than 60% of those watching, travel to another country, and free place to live is bad?
omg? did any of you have to work to get where you are? Im pretty sure every teenager in america would tell you that these "chinese trafficking victims" are living their dream rn.
They aren’t captives of cannabis, of course. They are captives of the FRAUDULENTLY enacted, monstrously destructive cannabis prohibition. If it weren’t for that illegal ban, none of this would have happened.
Keep "regulating and taxing" cannabis and this is what you get… complete legalization at the federal level is the only answer!!!
It’s so funny they sabotaged the industry with taxation and banking regulations😅
The black market is the only free market.
Court system nor law enforcement is burdened over the other corporate bs they guard
I really feel left aside hearing and seeing several testimonies from people on profits they make from crypto/Forex investments. Can someone please recommend a good expert that can trade on my behalf and generate profits for me🥺🥺🥺
Who is buying their weed?
Soldiers should wash thoroughly their uniforms, the smell of it may stay 😮
The laws, taxes, and regulations were designed to keep the marijuana business in wealthy corporate hands. it also make it so expensive that people start looking for more sanely priced alternatives. That is why the grey market has appeared, because of the ham fisted pro corporation regulations the poobahs in parliament, in their great wisdom and corrupt worldliness, foisted upon an industry that already existed.
I think people should avoid the government regulated stores when they can. It is a big scam that is creating the current issues.
There is no need to deal with any international criminals when you give a tiny bit of thought to how much weed is grown in Canada. People who have been growing weed and developing strains for decades are not suddenly going to stop because the government wants only corporate owned growers? No, they aren’t going to stop. The scare stuff about international criminals is scare BS, to get you to trust government’s grossly over priced stores. The government made it so expensive to do biz that only corporate criminals, the real international criminals involved, can control the market and the prices. NBC is part of that dishonest game.
oklahoma ….. could not figure out this would happen ?
Biden could just have it take off the list of controlled substances.
Legalize and we wont have organized crime in cannabis
Look at all the organized crime linked to alcohol. Oh wait. There isn’t any anymore. Hmmm, maybe we should legalize weed in the same way we legalize alcohol. Over regulation and this propaganda fueled illogical fear surrounding cannabis needs to end. Smoke an 8th instead of drinking a 5th.
When legal weed prices are at $100 per quarter ounce or more, the black market becomes a competitor.
A crime ?? To relax ??? Well i never did it …. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤😂😂❤😂❤❤ no legal beadle ere officer. Xx 😂😂😂
Sheriff should relaxs lol the town looks dry they could use the tax money
In illinois, to become a grower you must pay $150,000 a year to keep your grow license. Not counting the $1 – $2 million dollars it costs to set up the building and keep in line with regulations. Only corporations own and run dispensaries in illinois. It’s too expensive for a person who ACTUALLY CARES about the plant and doesn’t produce mid bud at insane prices like the dispo
I smoke and it is such an expensive affair. I want out but it just keeps pulling me back. How do I completely quit this thing?
Only criminals are the police
Im only 2:38 into the video and i see the problem.. while legalizing they have made it impossible to become a farmer or grower unless you already are wealthy enough to afford the loopholes and line the right pockets.. lets see if im still near dead on by the end
Again: Nature can not and should not be made illegal while people in suits and lab coats create fentynl for profits. That was made in a lab, not by nature! Back in my day we had all the usual substances but i hate to say; those were nothing compared to the man made stuff on the market these days! Nature heals, this is why they wage war against a crop and against our creator and his work.
Wasteoids don’t care. As long as they have their pot…..
9 out of ten chinese and pakis are dirty the 1 that is not just went ligit with the dirty money
Any drug market running under the radar can be linked to horrible crimes if you can describe it as an enterprise. It’s not about the drug being sold it’s about that money and most of it is incredibly dark, blood stained money when it is passing through that many hands. If you want to avoid contributing support your small town dealer I guess? Personally I’d say find a new hobby and get a life. I did.
Amazing video, had no idea.
Science and widespread experience have shown cannabis has no significant harms. Hence, the only regulation it really needs is to prohibit sales to children and require adequate sanitation, as we do for all produce. —– After the fraudulent federal prohibition soon collapses, the national market will quickly develop and prices will fall to their natural price of $25 to $40 an ounce. It’s just a plant.
Wait? Did it say 4 killed? Wow
Imagine politi¢ian$ & their ma$$-media friend$…
4:45……he was arrested after our interview 😵.
Really? 420 views and no comments?
If Rachel Maddow and Stephen Colbert had a son…
THEY AIN’T EVEN BLURRED HIS FACE
Pure 🗑️ grow in Oklahoma
Just federally legalize it… Those dollars can go toward taxes instead of criminals
Weed is legal if it has less delta 9 THC same plant HOW CAN A PLANT BE BOTH LEGAL AND ILLEGAL AT THE SAME TIME INSANE GOVERNMENT POLICIES
TAKE IT OFF THE CONTROLLED DRUG LIST AND MAKE IT LIKE ANY OTHER PLANT YOU OR A FARMER CAN GROW JUST SAYING …
I saw a missed spelled word so I edited it myself