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No it isn't. Weed went from a thriving grey market to a black market. What changed is the government is now acting as a cartel for a very small number of compa

No it isn't. Weed went from a thriving grey market to a black market. What changed is the government is now acting as a cartel for a very small number of companies who are allowed to sell legally. The legal companies are not meeting demand in any way comparable to pre-legalization. Prior to legalization we had a thriving free market the government wasn't getting a cut so there was no incentive for the laws on the books to be enforced. Now there is. The government makes money from weed sales so they have incentive to use force against those who are meeting the needs of the market. Nothing got safer for the public. Its just now very risky to sell weed. Screw everything about how the government legalized weed in Canada. Its exactly as it was before except now the big companies have the RCMP as their enforcers to use against their competition.

wolco 8y ago
The alleyway deals are probably easier but less common. It is risky to open a storefront but always was.
- sintaxi 8y ago
  Listen to what I'm saying. The entire province of BC had just one single cannabis storefront on day of legalization - despite hundreds of storefronts applying for permits. So customers went from buying weed in storefronts to having to do alleyway deals because of legalization. https://vancouversun.com/cannabis/cannabis-news/partaking-some-time-b-c-to-get-just-a-single-cannabis-store-on-day-one-of-legalization https://vancouversun.com/cannabis/cannabis-news/partaking-so...
  - RileyJames 8y ago
    Errr? Doesn’t match my experience. I was in BC 3 months before legalisation, and 3 months after. Nothing changed on the “legal” date. But I did hear from one store that they were planning to close down, so they could legally apply for a licence and re-open. So the transition wasn’t as smooth as it could have been. But no one started doing alley way deals “because legalisation”. There was already a large population who simply saw the stores as middle men, who marked up prices. Why buy from a store when you know who the store buys from? And why shouldn’t that continue? I can buy from the brewery or the liquor store, why should marijuana be any different?
- willsr 8y ago
  I think we'll see the market shift to delivery in BC. Storefronts are getting heavily targeted now.
portroyal 8y ago
> What changed is the government is now acting as a cartel for a very small number of companies who are allowed to sell legally. What's unfortunate in theory, and funny in practice, is that "cannabis clinics" are essentially public on-boarding centres for this entrapment. The people working there aren't any more knowledgeable than a google search and take advantage of people naively thinking this "Medical Marijuana License" is anything other than a permit to get scammed by licensed producers (or cartel members, in this case). A part of the consultation is being taught how to buy from these LPs online as if one has never used amazon.com -- pretty funny to experience while playing dumb.

wolco 8y ago

The alleyway deals are probably easier but less common. It is risky to open a storefront but always was.

sintaxi 8y ago
Listen to what I'm saying. The entire province of BC had just one single cannabis storefront on day of legalization - despite hundreds of storefronts applying for permits. So customers went from buying weed in storefronts to having to do alleyway deals because of legalization. https://vancouversun.com/cannabis/cannabis-news/partaking-some-time-b-c-to-get-just-a-single-cannabis-store-on-day-one-of-legalization https://vancouversun.com/cannabis/cannabis-news/partaking-so...
- RileyJames 8y ago
  Errr? Doesn’t match my experience. I was in BC 3 months before legalisation, and 3 months after. Nothing changed on the “legal” date. But I did hear from one store that they were planning to close down, so they could legally apply for a licence and re-open. So the transition wasn’t as smooth as it could have been. But no one started doing alley way deals “because legalisation”. There was already a large population who simply saw the stores as middle men, who marked up prices. Why buy from a store when you know who the store buys from? And why shouldn’t that continue? I can buy from the brewery or the liquor store, why should marijuana be any different?
willsr 8y ago
I think we'll see the market shift to delivery in BC. Storefronts are getting heavily targeted now.

portroyal 8y ago

> What changed is the government is now acting as a cartel for a very small number of companies who are allowed to sell legally. What's unfortunate in theory, and funny in practice, is that "cannabis clinics" are essentially public on-boarding centres for this entrapment. The people working there aren't any more knowledgeable than a google search and take advantage of people naively thinking this "Medical Marijuana License" is anything other than a permit to get scammed by licensed producers (or cartel members, in this case). A part of the consultation is being taught how to buy from these LPs online as if one has never used amazon.com -- pretty funny to experience while playing dumb.