The legal cannabis industry didn't join the clamor until last year. They are facing an extinction level event right now due to plummeting wholesale prices and over taxation, he says. "I think they totally failed to recognize that they were opening the door to sophisticated criminal enterprises"
Pro-pot Californians said legalizing marijuana would end the state’s black market for reefer. Instead, says LA Times investigative reporter Paige St. John, the illegal market is bigger than ever.
This episode was produced by Victoria Dominguez, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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