Weed black market shows huge threat to legal businesses

Illegal dispensaries are a huge threat to California’s legal cannabis market, the largest in the country. CNBC went inside 10 unlicensed stores to show a variety of illegal activity. Melissa Lee reports.

Read more at: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/11/las-black-market-for-weed-threatens-the-growth-of-its-legal-business.html

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Weed black market shows huge threat to legal businesses

50 Comments

  1. Jason Xu on March 23, 2021 at 10:26 pm

    lol 12$ a g on that jar of gelato. rip off those illegal dispensaries prices are still high. People should learn to grow their own so many tutorials youtube. save you crap ton of money.



  2. nothing is Out on March 23, 2021 at 10:27 pm

    Legalization and regulation threats to the actual culture tf



  3. Suizy Steff on March 23, 2021 at 10:27 pm

    All this is bc legal dispensary are so expensive this why people must turn to buy from Black market, I always get my weed from 420marijuanastore.com they got the best quality I like .



  4. Loki CurlZz on March 23, 2021 at 10:30 pm

    I would buy black market marijuana too, because why would I pay 80$ on the eighth when I can get the same quality or better for way cheaper and in more qualities



  5. DON TRKIP323 on March 23, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    So y’all basically mad cause they don’t tax



  6. AlphaDog on March 23, 2021 at 10:31 pm

    let people grow their own kush



  7. anonymous mc on March 23, 2021 at 10:33 pm

    The profits are actually staying where they always been in the streets



  8. anonymous mc on March 23, 2021 at 10:35 pm

    Weed maps fake reviews…..



  9. Mr. Bigglesworth on March 23, 2021 at 10:35 pm

    There’s literally like 3 different taxes in California.
    A 40$ eighth goes up to like 60 Something dollars.



  10. David Webb on March 23, 2021 at 10:38 pm

    Lady acts like they didn’t check her ID



  11. Grace Craig on March 23, 2021 at 10:39 pm

    Kudos to Cracklady on Telegram they are legit 💃!!!!!!!!!!!!



  12. Ltgaming 101 on March 23, 2021 at 10:41 pm

    stop crying about it and come to denmark we have a small vilage in the middle of our capital where weed is basically leagel cuz the police gave up xd



  13. Willie Workman on March 23, 2021 at 10:42 pm

    What’s the name of that dispensary lol



  14. Banjo Bear on March 23, 2021 at 10:45 pm

    Aww those poor billionaires



  15. Texmex89 on March 23, 2021 at 10:45 pm

    It’s a threat bc they don’t want the little man to make it



  16. Kelvin Fernandez on March 23, 2021 at 10:46 pm

    Dique black market is a problem if it wasn’t cuz of black market it would’ve never had no demand



  17. Sir Jare on March 23, 2021 at 10:47 pm

    The government just greedy



  18. Jean Barbera on March 23, 2021 at 10:47 pm

    This happens when you over regulate the market



  19. Zong Yang on March 23, 2021 at 10:48 pm

    Its not about price and convenience… ITS ABOUT THAT TAX ADDED..! People dont care about paying tax BUT not 40% tax



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  21. Desmond Dice123 on March 23, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    Buy your weed from Dicehacker1 on telegram is 💯✅ legit .I got my weed yesterday at my door step, chat him up if you wanna buy weed .be is a trustworthy person and is 💯 ✅ legal .



  22. David Webb on March 23, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    Lying news media



  23. Raymond Weaver on March 23, 2021 at 10:52 pm

    snitches rat



  24. Mario Alberto :P on March 23, 2021 at 10:52 pm

    They’ll not make it w/o protection.
    Risking getting robbed



  25. Good Time Guys on March 23, 2021 at 10:53 pm

    You speak as if there is a problem, yet I do not see one.



  26. Ojo Ayomide on March 23, 2021 at 10:53 pm

    If you need any kinds of Weed , pills or any stuf bet Cracklady is the best plug send a DM on telegram @cracklady 💯



  27. Julian on March 23, 2021 at 10:54 pm

    Damn Fuken Karen’s reporting the news



  28. Kranca2000 on March 23, 2021 at 10:55 pm

    "We did not buy anything from the dispensary" yea sureeee



  29. King Bee on March 23, 2021 at 10:56 pm

    I hope the bankrupt all dispensaries!



  30. Rieko Brown on March 23, 2021 at 10:59 pm

    Fxck these corperations they are the crooks



  31. Adam Perez on March 23, 2021 at 11:00 pm

    Rats🐀🧀



  32. Json on March 23, 2021 at 11:00 pm

    Black market is better than legal dispensaries. Why would someone deliver bad product and risk losing a customer forever? The legal ones here are expensive and they don’t know how to trim or grow it properly – just middle class people trying to make a quick buck.



  33. Dion Burnett on March 23, 2021 at 11:00 pm

    2:26 wait i’m confused…is this the satire or the original? Because I laughed my ass off…seems like an snl skit.



  34. Mathew Rening on March 23, 2021 at 11:03 pm

    420procannabisdispensary.com is real and legit. Thanks for the recommendation. They had my order deliver to me through usps . .



  35. Blood Moon Comix on March 23, 2021 at 11:05 pm

    Has anyone else noticed that lawmakers only concern is losing money not helping the customers?!



  36. Ace Spades on March 23, 2021 at 11:05 pm

    weed is already legal.. so what ? ppl are still b!tching cuz of lost taxes..?



  37. toon van veggel on March 23, 2021 at 11:05 pm

    Thats why we aint want no legal weed in the netherlands, gonna be 20/30 euro a gram instead of 10/12



  38. rose jackson on March 23, 2021 at 11:06 pm

    I love the black market



  39. Flocc Gotti on March 23, 2021 at 11:07 pm

    Crazy how they arrested us a couple years ago now they like nah pay me go through us or u can’t sell smh government is crazy



  40. Mark Humphrey on March 23, 2021 at 11:07 pm

    .Order received from 420procannabisdispensary.com today 8am as promised. Thanks for recommending the website.



  41. scuffed stephen on March 23, 2021 at 11:09 pm

    OH nO! pEOpLE ARE SMOzkING WEED IN A WEED STORE???bv!!!!! And WeED STORE GIvE ANd SELL PPL WEEd?



  42. Spaz Z on March 23, 2021 at 11:09 pm

    God i hate these types of new networks



  43. Street Cat on March 23, 2021 at 11:15 pm

    Homegrown is better and cheaper . The end



  44. Jonny Ogden on March 23, 2021 at 11:15 pm

    A significant problem that people’s hard earned money isn’t directed to huge cannabis corporations…. gtfoh…



  45. Rock IT man on March 23, 2021 at 11:19 pm

    weed shpps are a straight RIP oFF.. they treat you super nice just cause theyre taking your money in reality 100% of these shops dont GAF about you. Buy wholesale.. trust me do the math .. youre paying like 4x as much per 8ths GL!



  46. Wanje Esther on March 23, 2021 at 11:22 pm

    Well i ordered twice from kush_fisher2020 on snap both ibs and it went through fedex and not caught was damn shocked when it was delivered to me and when i threw eye, the packaging was … even dogs could not perceive it



  47. Iota Sutton on March 23, 2021 at 11:23 pm

    Soooo. What about food deserts, homelessness, the wealth gap??? Trash!!! These aren’t serious people.



  48. Bob Anderson on March 23, 2021 at 11:23 pm

    Both indica and sativa strain bet @cracklady on telegram is the best plug



  49. Christian Morgan on March 23, 2021 at 11:25 pm

    Haha damn fun but You can hit budshome_gr420 on Snapchat he has weed quality, even coke fake notes, he ship osi all over the world he did that for me three times mntnt and It was never taken😂!



  50. David Webb on March 23, 2021 at 11:25 pm

    Don’t buy legal then folks