Inside America's Billion-Dollar Weed Business: The Grass is Greener
Inside America's Billion-Dollar Weed Business: The Grass is Greener
In a city with dispensaries as common as coffee shops, Denver is undoubtedly the epicenter of the legal marijuana movement. And if you’re in the business of bud, it’s a good place to be: Colorado accounted for a third of the country’s 2.7 billion dollar marijuana market last year.
But with being America’s fastest growing industry, comes growing pains. Marijuana is still illegal on the federal level, which has led to conflicting state laws, restrictive regulations, and endless problems for cash-only marijuana business owners and operators.
VICE News meets the investors cashing in on the green rush and finds out how fractured marijuana laws are causing the American market to miss out.
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the guy who is a ceo of a company in colorado says dont open a business in colorada.
The weed legalized it everywhere except Philippines 🙁
Good
how about housing discrimination due to cannabis use, this should be on the forefront!
Government sucks
sorry Im not a highschool dropout
Instead of Blacks moaning about getting jailed for cannabis dealing they should invest in the legitimate cannabis industry. Blacks are always at the bottom
Wow. Its like im three years late to the party. Lol
You can actually get legal hemp online delivered straight to your door at 2chop.shop it’s amazing I love it
That thumbnail…I know that guy…Smiley!
Hopefully ISIS will bomb this place. Using drugs of any sort, and tobacco and alcohol are drugs, are indications of a weak mind. These are all people who cannot tolerate everyday life because they do not know how to make their lives better without drugs. Anyone with such limited mental capabilities is danger to be near. I am an American and I am an atheist. All you druggies have your excuses and are fast to blame the other person. Unfortunately, sane people are forced to pick up your pieces and feed your offspring.
That stuff freaks your mind out
Alcohol is the same. Lots of people and companies make and sell alcohol because there is lots of money to be made. And the government likes it because of taxes. I have seen many people killed by this garbage but then those who do it are already weak minded.
who are the investors
the government will take all
The argument is always that they don’t want to legalize cannabis because the kids will get their hands on it. News flash the kids already get cannabis easier than adults can. When I was in highschool practically everyone smoked and about a third of kids sold shit. If we regulate it properly it will reverse. Kids still get alcohol but its harder to get than weed. Why? Because its regulated. For some reason people are less likely to do a legal drug as opposed to something illegal. I say legalize the shit just to stop people from smoking spice and k2. I’d rather have a thousand potheads than one spice addict around me.
Marijuana is the only safe & healthy thing to do. Even more than legal prescription pills. The only side effects are happy hungry sleepy(not always in that order tho). It can help with depression, bi polar, insomnia, anxiety & panic attacks, seizures, ptsd, epilepsy, & many types of physical pain, not to mention the positive feedback on recent studies with types of cancer & leukemia too. & technically marijuana is not a drug..drugs are manmade chemicals, marijuana is a plant. But if some really do consider it a drug..alright, but its not a dangerous one, no one has ever died solely from smoking weed & its not a gateway to shit if you’re smart about it. A lot of shit thats legal can be a gateway drug. Alcohol is as bad as crack/cocaine & meth & heroine is, & tobacco/nicotine is bad for health too people die from all that shit in one way or another every day. It really is just a plant yet its still mostly illegal, while shit you CAN die from is still legal..thats fucked up. Personally im not against smoking weed for medical purposes, as long as its not near kids, & the smoker is at least 18 or 21, thats reasonable enough. I hope its legalized soon.
this happening while others sick got court etc yeah know where I stand with my court shit families health other real ones etc locally and globally
2018/09/18 weed fully legal for adult consumption in private.
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Hell yea, oh I love my cannabis 💚
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If federal law says its illegal, then people shouldn’t have to pay federal tax on it. Change the law or stopped getting paid
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At what stage does marijuana becomes medicinal?
Was is always medicinal? Or do we have miracle workers adding such properties to the already existing plant 😂?
Vote Rand Paul he will legalize federally
I am allergic to the Federal Government… Is there a CBD oil for that condition?
How much for 20…?
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The truth is section 280E benefits the government enormously and I don’t see it changing anytime soon. So good job feds u are now the richest mob ever
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it might not be planned out how you think it is but yet still it is done the right way down here sometimes we still run into the problems but in your country we do not create problems like that all we do not have issues like that we move a lot and we get around a lot let me know how you think I say less actions speak louder than 💯 words
Smh i hate white ppl they always makein rules that should b the law their no such thing at law for weed u guys made it up smh
UK grow some good bud but shhhhhhhhhhhhh it’s illegal
Vas te faire enculer American et tes putes aussi !!! Non business
I really like this video.
I can bring a security unit in your direction if you only give me the opportunity
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Next up Africa to legalize it
Lol wow u know after watching this I’m calling it the gov is the biggest mafia on the planet. Section 280E was only put in place cause the convicted coke dealer they’re referring to I believe is Pablo Escobar was smart nd pulled off a move to deduct his business expenses from his cocaine empire. But These are legit businesses that are being treated like drug lords because this ridiculous tax code is being applied to them. GET MARIJUANA OUT OF SCHEDULE 1 this is so crazy. We’ve gotta start makin moves like the Canadians
Weed the best sensation ever
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That girls neck is really long
Its a plant marijuna this not cociane etc drugs its a plant u duffer its soil for grow plant Legal in India weed is legal for public lord shiva smoke cillium i think alcohol is chimacal made its not natural jai shiva
I`m from Colombia and I`m searching some investors for a new family cannabis company, or maybe some clients for export our next product, someone know were i can find it?? a web page related with that or anything that could help me I will appreciate that.
I don’t get why many countries ban weed(like in mine) weed just make people so friendly and peaceful, why wouldn’t anyone want that?
Typical
Stupid US law could eventually push business up to Canada
Big Government sucks
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I rather grow my own smoke, rather than making these non-smokers richer than they already are.