IOW, it’s got nothing to do with the law that CA just passed.
What is the point you’re trying to make?
I live in OR near the CA border and know about here and there.
Sure there was illegal mj growing before the laws passed. But it freaking exploded once it got legal. Just that most of the grows are not licensed. So the illegal mj growing exploded and is about 100 X worse.
You should be clear about the point you’re trying to make.
The fact and reality on the ground is that yes, there was illegal mj growing before, and now since it’s theoretically “legal”, the ILLEGAL growing is 100 times worse than before because they know they can get away with it since the county governments can’t/won’t do anything about it.
Is that clear enough for you?