In CA, making grows legal has just made the illegal grow problem worse, since the legal crop masks the illegal crop in the supply chain. We have huge problems

In CA, making grows legal has just made the illegal grow problem worse, since the legal crop masks the illegal crop in the supply chain. We have huge problems with illegal grows on public lands (or other people's private lands out of easy view) and the concomitant adverse effects (toxins, erosion, dumping, workers imported illegally, violence against neighbors and enforcement agencies, price pressure on legal operations, ...).