Categories: aggregated

High Cannabis Taxes are the Black Markets’ Best Friend – New York Looks at California and Could Repeat the Same Mistakes?

In New York City, the scene has become a commonplace spectacle. Despite more than a year since the state legalized marijuana for adult use, not a single dispensary permit has been issued. A weed free-for-all has resulted as a result: In head stores, bodegas, and even from picnic tables on street corners, marijuana seemed to be for sale everywhere. Many vendors brag that their items were grown in California, and other dealers boldly sell in public.

Jason

Share
Published by
Jason

Recent Posts

If You Can Keep a Cannabis Mother Plant Alive, You Can Bake Sourdough

Cannabis grower and edibles pioneer Maya Elisabeth makes the case that your sourdough starter is…

21 hours ago

You’ve Got Mail: Are Berlin Drug Dealers Really Leaving Free Samples in Mailboxes?

Berlin police are warning residents after receiving reports that suspected drug samples were being left…

21 hours ago

Cannabis Culture Needs Collaboration, Not Fragmentation

Cannabis culture survived through decentralized human connection. Its future depends on whether the people building…

21 hours ago

The Entourage Effect Isn’t One Thing: What a New Receptor Study Actually Found

For years, the cannabis world has treated "the entourage effect" like settled science, a comforting…

21 hours ago

Five Years and $100,000 Later, New York Finally Let Me Sell Weed

After five years, two applications, six figures in expenses, and a maze of shifting rules,…

3 days ago