It’s the same in Colorado. But the cartels are getting business mainly from the state! Thousands of small grows have sprung up in basements and sheds and they produce much better product than the mass growers (some of which are cartel owned) who produce for the stores.
The small growers have lower prices too (no tax). People look upon the retail stores like a 7-11, just grab a little something when you get caught short.
Govt never changes, and never solves problems. It just increases in size and power. People work around it as best they can.
I guess that frees up the Mexican cartels to ship over more heroin. Now they don’t even have to worry much about the border patrol catching them as they are too busy babysitting.
Fine by me. The point as a smoker is that I won’t go to jail. The rest of it I don’t care about.
Tommy Chong owns a grow shop in Pueblo, Colorado.