Ha, maybe getting dodgy people selling you meat in a pub is a unique UK experience then! Of course there are differences between all of these analogies, becaus

Ha, maybe getting dodgy people selling you meat in a pub is a unique UK experience then! Of course there are differences between all of these analogies, because there isn't anything exactly like the drugs trade and everything will have a difference, I just mean that in every example I can think of where I could buy the same product from illegitimate and legitimate sources, the illegitimate source is cheaper (so I don't know why we would assume it would be any different here). > In that case, the cigs are cheaper because the tax is not being paid. Well that's interesting, as Weed sales have between 27% - 38% tax in California and OP said that there was a 34% price increase compared to illegitimate sources, so actually the tax rate is approximately equal to the difference in cost here. (Source: https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/california-weed-tax-guide https://www.leafly.com/news/lifestyle/california-weed-tax-gu...)