California cannabis industry says it's been pushed to 'breaking point'

California cannabis industry says it’s been pushed to ‘breaking point’

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50 Comments

  1. 88rollins on June 13, 2022 at 12:03 am

    Wait…what? California government raising taxes too high for a legitimate business to operate?!
    I’m shocked.

    Just keeping voting those same liberal morons back into office year after year and then be surprised when your taxes are sky high.



  2. 99.8% Survivor on June 13, 2022 at 12:03 am

    What could possibly go wrong? It’s good to know the water is being put to good use too.



  3. Desert BURNN on June 13, 2022 at 12:05 am

    $45 a Quarter.cant beat that black mRKET rules!



  4. Michael K. Sliker ll on June 13, 2022 at 12:07 am

    Stop getting high in the first place



  5. Sounds for money making on June 13, 2022 at 12:07 am

    California does what it always does. It overregulates EVERYTHING!! CA worries so much about its own bottom line that it loses site of a plan for initial growth which later is supposed to thrive.



  6. 1mikewalsh on June 13, 2022 at 12:08 am

    Yay free weed wins again! Red or blue these politicians aren’t here for me or you!
    Free the weed.



  7. David Alan on June 13, 2022 at 12:09 am

    Taxation is Slavery in another form.



  8. Prodogtwo Dogman on June 13, 2022 at 12:09 am

    Tax and spend with no oversight



  9. Timothy McCarthy on June 13, 2022 at 12:10 am

    Sexat taxes



  10. Nick Johnson on June 13, 2022 at 12:10 am

    I thought liberals in Cali love paying more in taxes πŸ€”



  11. atomictraveller on June 13, 2022 at 12:14 am

    arizona old school: $50/oz
    arizona now: $500/oz
    mexico now: $5/oz
    society: "but isn’t it okay to make people constantly eat shit out of our ass?"



  12. Muthrfuqrjonz on June 13, 2022 at 12:15 am

    Make it like corn or apples or any other fruit and let it be truly 100% legal and stop this California regulation bureaucracy immediately!! This is simply propaganda for the regulation of Cannibus !!
    FREE CANNIBUS ✌🏼



  13. YouTube Junkie on June 13, 2022 at 12:16 am

    And pounds are going for 700 or less for high grade in NorCal



  14. IP MAN on June 13, 2022 at 12:17 am

    Panzi liberals



  15. Sam I Am on June 13, 2022 at 12:17 am

    Or, they could just do the smart thing macroeconomically and become asset-light retailers who hire Clever Leaves of Columbia to manufacture all their product, and import it. Oh wait, they can’t, because MJ is illegal on the federal level and can’t be imported!



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  17. Rob Green on June 13, 2022 at 12:20 am

    omg that guy using a chainsaw to cut down those tiny plants, what a waste of petrol… or gas:S



  18. Tony Benj on June 13, 2022 at 12:20 am

    Give them a break! Help them succeed.



  19. Hiddencreek Gardens on June 13, 2022 at 12:21 am

    its their own damn fault now deal peeps bahbahbah



  20. Tuchus on June 13, 2022 at 12:22 am

    What are the 5 darkest dispensaries in SF



  21. Alexander Skatlenz on June 13, 2022 at 12:23 am

    It doesn’t pay to follow the law in California



  22. Alex Fazio on June 13, 2022 at 12:23 am

    This is how progressives ruin cities…



  23. Jim on June 13, 2022 at 12:23 am

    Most states decided to bribe voters with "pot taxes can fix budgets for veterans, schools, roads, provide reparations for blacks, etc." This is what happens.



  24. Mansa- on June 13, 2022 at 12:26 am

    This report on the legacy market producing pesticide cannabis is bullshit. Y’all taxing legal grower back to the legacy market. The legacy market will never die. Thanks to high ass taxes and unpredictable laws and not mention police are still raiding legal grows. WTF!!!



  25. brickman291 on June 13, 2022 at 12:28 am

    You can cut the taxes but if you don’t allow all to have a shot to participate in the legal market it’ll just be a race to the bottom. Allow small mom and pop to sell to dispensaries so they don’t need to look for customers. Have reasonable testing for small growers



  26. El Foreigner on June 13, 2022 at 12:28 am

    β€œTax to Death” California motto



  27. Mansa- on June 13, 2022 at 12:29 am

    This report on the legacy market producing pesticide cannabis is bullshit. Y’all taxing legal grower back to the legacy market. The legacy market will never die. Thanks to high ass taxes and unpredictable laws and not mention police are still raiding legal grows. WTF!!!



  28. Artisa Primus on June 13, 2022 at 12:33 am

    Weed heads lectured us for years about the benefits of legalization. Did they believe the state wouldn’t regulate and tax the shit out of the industry? It’s the dog that caught the car he was chasing.



  29. Stay Tight on June 13, 2022 at 12:36 am

    Isn’t California the perfect environment for Marijuana?
    Why buy at the dispensary?



  30. Hamdi ben on June 13, 2022 at 12:39 am

    Fkem



  31. Erik Powell on June 13, 2022 at 12:39 am

    Most cannabis users don’t buy from legal stores. It’s more than half the price to buy from a backyard grower. I don’t use cannabis anymore but I never bought from the dispensary.



  32. Isjdnlkaa Uuenmkcs on June 13, 2022 at 12:46 am

    Less taxes and prosecute monopolies



  33. Shane the suburban cannabis farmer🎢 on June 13, 2022 at 12:46 am

    Real smokers grow their own dude….



  34. 1 1 on June 13, 2022 at 12:46 am

    Funny Colorado got it right



  35. Bay Genetics on June 13, 2022 at 12:49 am

    It’s been ridiculous forsure



  36. Johnathan Kusturin on June 13, 2022 at 12:50 am

    Only people who are dumb and wealthy are in this boat



  37. FanofDocumentaries on June 13, 2022 at 12:50 am

    The government only let you run your pot businesses for TAXES!



  38. Rod Ciferri on June 13, 2022 at 12:51 am

    There’s a much more simple solution than this. The legislature got its taxes because the voters passed the proposition. Just do a new proposition that states something like this: "All laws concerning cannabis are repealed. The legislature shall henceforth make no law with respect to cannabis."



  39. benny blanco on June 13, 2022 at 12:51 am

    so nobody is gonna comment on the cop with the chainsaw? lord have mercy



  40. Michael Neumeyer on June 13, 2022 at 12:51 am

    Ramirez pallet full of pot EBT welfare truck stealing Liars. Ephesians 5:11. Cartels taking over



  41. Suppa Fli on June 13, 2022 at 12:52 am

    Lol because liberals wanna get rich and steal every dime from Business owners…



  42. Thomas Sexton on June 13, 2022 at 12:53 am

    They charge to much to high in price how noone in there right mind to pay 45 a gram ridiculous



  43. Mr. Mystery on June 13, 2022 at 12:54 am

    Nobody cares….Let them fail



  44. Slay Child on June 13, 2022 at 12:54 am

    $625 FOR MY CAR REGISTRATION!!! THANKS GAVIN AND ALL THOSE WHO VOTED FOR HIM AND THOSE FAKE AND DEAD PEOPLE WHO VOTED!!



  45. Matthew Moody on June 13, 2022 at 12:55 am

    That’s what happens when you vote Democrat



  46. A Cook on June 13, 2022 at 12:56 am

    I don’t believe that growers are using bad pesticides on their crops. They want to scare people. The black market will not go away. They are taxing everyone to death.



  47. H J on June 13, 2022 at 12:58 am

    Do you really expect the state to lower taxes when the state is broke and appears to be crushing most private business any way they can?
    And the growers paid $250,000 for a license..



  48. sagmcnuts on June 13, 2022 at 12:58 am

    gay democrat SF resident says lower taxes……what less regulation and taxes are good for business……no way…..gov’t shouldn’t be involved in the first place



  49. 9 on June 13, 2022 at 12:59 am

    Leave it to the people! You corporations take a hike! We do not need you and we’re proving it. Don’t try and scare people by saying we put pesticides on our hurb! A lot of us are "self-conscious Growers" and people like "i" know what we’re putting into what we smoke! So back off and let us do what we do!



  50. Mr. Shark Tooth on June 13, 2022 at 1:00 am

    The GREED of our politicians is at work here. The underground cannabis growers in California are dominated by the Mexican Cartels. They are here in California and they have a lot of money and guns to back themselves up. California has to declare WAR on them.