The Chinese, operating the largest ‘medical marijuana’ grows in Canada, are making billions off Canada by being permitted to export the drugs (and keeping the payments offshore.)
With full legalization, the Chinese stand to make tens of billions more getting Canadian’s high. Their factory grows stand ready to quintuple production.
Their grows in the United States are mostly illegal, but also bringing billions home to China. In my county alone, seven large Chinese grows have been raided and the property (after being cleared of illegal plants) auctioned off, with a large number of illegal Chinese nationals jailed.
Next on the list is heroin.
Given the tax rates there on booze and tabacco, I see pot prices going way up, and an incentive for smuggling and illegal grow sites.
If God made it, it should not be banned in its natural form.
The criminal distribution networks will not respond to the loss of marijuana business by ceasing operations. They will find replacement products to peddle (opiates, meth, etc).
Trudeau is doing it for himself , the pothead ,LOL
It's all too beautiful.
I respectfully beg to differ. The current system works like a charm, just not for the government.
Good for Canada in this instance.
Hopefully, America’s stupid prohibition on cannabis will some end as well.
Far out, Catherwood.