There are a couple of ways that the state could address the problems with the legal market. One is to ramp up enforcement on the black market, which does consist of some criminal enterprises in the emerald triangle. But there's this legacy from the war on drugs in the 19 eighties, that is really harmful. Humboldt county sheriff m humboldt says he doesn't have the resources to do so.
The government of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has expelled our correspondent. Abiy’s proxies at home and abroad are helping a propaganda push that is silencing criticism. California’s legal-marijuana market is enormous, but its growers are floundering under taxes and regulations; the industry is getting stubbed out. And a look at how companies that have withdrawn from Russia are faring.
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