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Both Colorado and California had significant commercial medical cannabis industries for years and years before going recreational. Why is that not often brought
by code_duck 8y ago
Both Colorado and California had significant commercial medical cannabis industries for years and years before going recreational. Why is that not often brought up in reporting? It’s already been close enough to recreational in California for years - anyone who wanted to smoke could get a card for 100 bucks and start shopping at dispensaries, or grow their own. I wouldn’t expect any major changes from recreational in a state has had loose medical for years, but for some reason the media does.
- xyhopguy 8y agoCalifornia's neighbors to the north both have 1500+ establishments. Oregon isn't exactly big, but due to massive overproduction and no sales tax prices in Oregon are approaching sister crops like hop. Wtf is going on in California.
- barrow-rider 8y ago> Wtf is going on in California. Forreal. As someone in Canada watching the weed thing play out, my prediction is that Cali would legalize and then utterly dominate. Like the medical and recreational stuff is there, the weather is great for growing stuff, including weed, and with 40 million people -- more than all of Canada -- there is a huge base of investment capital and consumers to pull from. Why isn't California DOMINATING the global weed trade?
- newman8r 8y agoI believe the current limit in California is a 1 acre parcel - that's in effect until 2023. Many counties in California still don't allow cultivation at all. If you look at the licenses that are being granted (public database), you'll see that none of the Southern California counties are even granting those 1 acre outdoor permits. There's probably other reasons as well, but this might be part of it.
- code_duck 8y agoCalifornia has had a leading role in the black market trade for decades. It’s the legal framework that has been out of sync.