All posts tagged "black market"

Culture

Cannabis Culture: What Does it Mean to You?

Well-known Emerald Triangle cannabis grower Swami of Swami Select shares his perspective of how cannabis culture...

Economics

OKC Connection: Where Does America’s Illegal Cannabis Come From?

For years a West Coast thing, drug agents now claim underground marijuana production has shifted to...

Industry Events

A Much-Needed Morale Boost for California Cannabis at the 2019 Emerald Cup

It wasn’t quite group therapy, but the premier outdoor cannabis competition provided a venue for California’s...

Politics

California’s CROP Project Responds to Toxic Threat of ‘Trespass Grows’

Cannabis may be legal in California, but illicit cultivation persists, especially in the National Forests, where...

Economics

California After-School Programs Still Waiting on Marijuana Taxes

Legal cannabis was set to fund youth education, but that hasn’t happened yet.

Legal

The Feds Crack Down on Colorado’s Underground Cannabis Market

With help from local police, federal officials last week arrested dozens of people, conducted about 250...

Politics

Why Is the U.S. Providing Aid to Albania’s Cannabis Eradication Campaign?

Albania is pledging another one of its endless and fruitless cannabis eradication campaigns, which never succeed...

Joint Opinions

In Defense of the Underground Marijuana Market

A thriving underground market is an analysis and a critique. It is not automatically a bad...

Medical

The UK’s Medical Marijuana Program Could Be the Most Expensive in the World

Sticky buds bring sticker shock as the medical marijuana program unfolds across the pond.

Economics

Legal Weed Could Be Scarce Throughout Canada For The Next Year

Canadian cannabis outlets are already experiencing shortages.

Medical

Indiana Legislative Panel Rules Out Medical Marijuana

Regardless of the panel’s decision legislator plans to bring medical marijuana forward in 2019.

Economics

Canada Will Still Need Black Market Marijuana for Awhile

Experts say there isn’t currently enough legal marijuana in Canada to meet consumer demand. But before...

Legal

Police Officers in Prohibition States Are Getting Busted for Marijuana

Some law enforcement are jumping into the illegal marketplace.

Politics

Is California’s Marijuana Legalization Actually Bad?

Spoiler: No, but it needs some serious improvement. Even the LA Times thinks so.

Legal

California’s Illicit Market Crackdown Budget Goes Up In Smoke

California's state legislature has denied Gov. Jerry Brown the $14 million he requested in budget funding...

Politics

Gov. Brown Proposes Task Force to Investigate Black Market Marijuana

California's Gov. Jerry Brown has unveiled a special investigative force to go after unregistered cannabis growers...

Economics

Canadians Will Spend More Money On Marijuana Than Alcohol

Legal cannabis in Canada will mean marijuana could overtake alcohol sales.

Politics

Elastic Deadlines for California’s Regulated Cannabis Industry

Five months into legal cannabis in the Golden State, the temporary licenses issued by authorities to get...

Legal

The Netherlands Moves to Legalize Growing Pot

Amsterdam's black market has been thriving thanks to the Netherlands’s convoluted legal system, where coffeeshops can...

Politics

Teen Marijuana Use Has Not Increased Because of Legalization

Although marijuana’s opposing forces like to speculate over the potential downfall of teen society as a...