California’s Black Market For Pot Is Stifling Legal Sales. Now The Governor Wants To Step Up Enforcement
LAPPL News Watch
February 19, 2019
Before he was elected governor, Gavin Newsom was instrumental in legalizing marijuana for recreational use in California. Now, as he settles into office, he faces the challenge of fixing a system that has been slow to bloom.
Newsom has urged patience with sluggish growth in the number of state-licensed cannabis businesses, saying he expected that such a complex regulatory system would take at least five years to fully develop.
But a new report from the state Cannabis Advisory Committee on the first year of legal pot sales in California says there is problem that requires urgent action: “Fragmented and uncoordinated” enforcement has allowed the black market to flourish, threatening licensed business with unfair competition. “
Lack of enforcement is creating a thriving environment for the unregulated ‘underground market," said the 22-member panel, which was appointed by former Gov. Jerry Brown.
EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s not fragmented and uncoordinated enforcement that’s the problem. It’s that you can buy good pot from your friendly street dope dealer for a lot less than what you will have to pay for it in a licensed pot shop.
1 comment:
They will have to put state tax stamp on each product sold like cigarettes. Most people aren't aware that possessing a single pack of cigarettes in Texas without a tax stamp is a felony. I've never seen it enforced.
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