Inside California’s Black Market Weed Boom
Inside California’s Black Market Weed Boom
California voters approved recreational marijuana five years ago, joining a club that has now grown to 18 states and Washington, D.C. The hope was legalization would eventually put illicit operations out of business. But instead, the opposite is happening: The underground market is booming, causing some to warn the regulated system is teetering toward collapse.
Business owners face steep taxes and costly red tape, and consumers are finding that better deals can be had outside of licensed stores. We embedded with law enforcement during raids of outlaw operations and spoke with illegal growers and dealers about the market realities in California’s weed economy.
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Those cops don’t have anything better to do
How stupid to be expanded like that illegally. They are probably making thousands and could go legit and yet you risk all your product being burnt or destroyed for a misdemeanor.
Why are the illegal farms illegal, if marijuana was legalized?
Back in the ’70’s a lid literally looked like grass clippings and the average THC was under 1% Yet it still had a pretty damned powerful effect with not a large quantity. I’m thinking, now, that there must’ve been some other additive to give it a kick. That’s why black market grows need to be shut down, because you don’t know what the hell they’ve done to it.
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Man u ain’t ever going wipe out the growers out why u guys at so crazy it’s just like growing tress but it’s ok Walmart sells you everything there called entrepreneurs it’s because the government can’t tax it
So they sent an entire army out for a misdemeanor??Guns drawn, ready to kill? What’s the phrase I’m looking for? Fucked-up waste of time & money. That’s it.
Can’t watch this massacre, traumatised
answer: stop being greedy and open the free market. 😂 telling the feds “stop being greedy” guess im a wishful thinker
Over tax the legal market, and a black market appears. Who would have seen that coming?
I think America will collapse before we ever even get close to making it just an every day legal substance for adults with a few stipulations.
It’s just not happening. Too much greed, too many ignorant views on it that aren’t even backed by any logic or reason despite massive evidence of benefits, etc.
Just like everything else in this country, ass backwards.
If the government was so dam greedy it would work better.
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Anything for the government to make a buck
END THE SCAM DRUG WAR NOW AND DEFUND THE DEA
Ha the comments are hilarious thanks black markets.
Sucks to live in california 😂
2:46 WTF owe the state🤨 why the duck should I owe the state for my crops that grow from the Earth 😰😳
You can kill people in Texas. Like drive by Saturday night. Like WTF guys just leave the plants. There garbage you guys really don’t need to grow that’s ok. I don’t get hi know more. I was heavy smoker
Maybe stop messing with people
Damn all them plants 🥲
Fucked up. The desert…..holy carbon footprint
That’s the good stuff. Omg u people pay for that. You really should shop around.
Of course the state has to get their cut of the profits that’s why these cops are put on the job
Yes, we canabis.
Shout out to all the Cali plugs for getting them 📦📦📦 out east!
Sticky icky
No money to be made, yet you’re explanding…
How does that work????
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You don’t pay them their taxes they come for you
I liked how da black boy with the hat casually said we were the one’s who started it!
Yk this wouldn’t happen if the government wasn’t so greedy and charged a stupid amount of taxes for legal weed, jus sayin
The problem is the toxic chemicals and water consumption? Since when did California care about that with any other product?
4:30 yeah major corporations are taking over everything. Still, we don’t want some of the people from the underground industry. We need local people to create local wealth.
Why is this even going on?
Can’t afford to put money towards education or helping the homeless but has tons to throw at stopping people from growing plants. Lol merica
5:35 growing in chemically treated composite board…nice
This is fuckn stoooopid
FTP
i want to cry seeing all that being chopped and tossed
Congratulations to drugs for winning the war on drugs.
These resources could go to better use.
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Nice crop
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Instead of legalizing productions and forcing capitalism to resolve it, "Nah, we’ll just fine them harder". Bcecause that will happen.