Reality is the (legal) Colorado stuff is too expensive to smuggle across state lines, when there are local sources already dealing in neighboring states.
Demand is high in CO and taxes even higher. Why smuggle from CO when the same stuff is available for less from the Mexican Cartel?
The CO stuff is better, and you don’t have to deal with shady characters. A true pothead could just get seeds of a good strain and grow his own.
I would order online if the cartels have a web site. Maybe drone delivery.