They managed to leave out that they use some pretty harsh chemicals to grow this stuff. They do not wash the product before trimming, so trimmers are exposed to the harmful effects of the chemical 10-12 hours a day. They are essentially farm laborers who are not governed by agencies that normally address farm work issues. The work is brutal. The employers are shady at best in fact nearly all the players in this are suspect at best. They also failed to mention two people have been killed in the past week who likely wandered too close to grows.
Nasty, nasty people in a nasty, nasty trade.
I't not unusual for them to produce, legally on their own property, 300lbs per year.
At $1k per pound, wholesale, minimum.
Their costs might be $50k per year, plus mortgage and ammo, lights, dogs etc.
On one acre.
The absolute malarkey on this thread