QC Bud: The Black Market's Last Stand
QC Bud: The Black Market's Last Stand
Quebec loves weed – the number of consumers here has been estimated as high as 1.2 million. But despite being home to ¼ of Canada’s cannabis users, the market here is way behind. Instead, 90% of the industry is controlled by the black market, with organized crime pulling the strings.
But with legalization around the corner, small and large businesses alike are gearing up to compete with criminal groups for Quebec’s lucrative weed industry – valued at around 2.5 billion dollars. Meanwhile, biker gangs like the Hells Angels are expanding and they’re not going to just hand over their share of the market.
This VICE doc explores what the complicated transition from a black to a legal cannabis market will look like in Quebec. We spend time with both illegal and legal players as they begin making big moves in the province – from former criminals who want to go legit, to licensed medical producers preparing to tap into the massive recreational market. And we look into whether Ottawa’s tactics to loosen the criminal stronghold on weed will succeed in Quebec.
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dont fear the bikers you can deal with them, but big business? thats the real evil to contend with. monopoly has ruined enough western society already. why do we only want a few weed barons? is letting people have opportunity so terrible? just makes you hate the system.
Thank for the Info as an Montrealer
Quality over weight
Mediocre le monde on pas les plugs on dirais tout lmonde fume du foin dans la rue moi j’ai jamais eu ten dla marde dans la rue la
Main reasons why the black market in the US hasn’t gone, is because it isn’t legal in all states. There is still a great demand for Cannabis in states where it’s illegal so people in legalized states sell it off elsewhere at high prices. It will be legal everywhere in Canada with almost every Canadian inhabitant being allow to cultivate. Where will the demand be, really?
Bikers did/ do speed, aka meth.
est ce que pour les plant sais trop taux pour maitre dehor car jai pas asser de lumi`re sa menque de lumiere jai laisse 1jour dehor sais bien passe mais ils vont tu geler
Today we all know he is wrong.
Compare all the hoops they have to jump through compared to a farmers roadside stand:
Field retail stands
For farmers who have no interest in selling value-added products, previous regulations for on-farm sales still exist as a re-named category called “field retail stands.”
Field retail stands are restricted to selling whole produce and shell eggs grown by the producer on or near the site, exempt from standard wholesale size and pack requirements. These traditional field stands are exempt from California Health and Safety Code, as long as they adhere to the previous set of rules.
Direct sales to chefs and organizations
With the regulations, chefs and charitable organizations—who sell or distribute directly to consumers—are now also allowed to purchase product exempt from wholesale size and pack regulations at farm stands, field retails stands or farmers markets.
However, farmers who sell to chefs or organizations from their farm stand (or farmers market stand) must provide these buyers with a memorandum that lists the name and address of the producer, and type and quantity of the produce purchased. A basic bill of sale or a container label including this information meets this requirement.
As with other direct-to-consumer sales, all fresh fruits, nuts and vegetables must still meet maturity and quality standards set by the California Code of Regulations.
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Wtf? "Organized crime won’t let go of it’s market so easily" How is that the argument for them not being able to produce legal weed?!
IT’S THE LAWS AND GOVERNMENTS PREVENTING THEM, IT’S AUTHORITIES, NOT THE BLACK MARKET PREVENTING THEM FROM HAVING A COMPLETELY LEGAL OPERATION YOU DICKWAD!!
Why do people always use outlaw mcs as there skapegoat ow if they don’t let us sell weed the angels will and then they will kill everyone are you joking?
so fucking right.. the legalisation changed nothing..the service is crap and so is the weed….
wtf is this french with engish mixed
Availability is the #1 thing
So hard to listen to this when they swap from English to French constantly, mid sentences.
Just keep it to either language, let me read or let me listen, don’t have me turning my head every 2 seconds to understand what’s being said >.<
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There’s always going to be people that buy illegally because it’s cheap, and people that buy a more expensive product because it is regulated and they know what they’re getting. The legalization process will bring a huge influx of people into the market that never used pot before or not since they were kids. Overall I don’t believe that the black market won’t be affected, at least in the long term.
I live in Hochelaga, this is more than a little exaggerated.
Long live black market
The rest of the country is not different. I still don’t use dispensaries the product and price is not worth it.
Deal with Cracklady on Telegram and thanks me later 100% fast and reliable for Fresh marijuana strain 💨.
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13:50 Please do NOT show off outside security camera’s. There are enough landmarks to pinpoint this location.
As a french and english speaker I love how half these people speak franglais
Only in Canada,their way to nice people
Cracklady on telegram is the best plug for all kinds of pills and marijuana strain I just got my pills delivered 🔥
They all use HIDs cuz it’s so damn cold.
Weed is suppose to mess you up a little bit, so you can love yourself again not greed you up and put dollar signs in eyes so you can hate your self.
Respect to Justin Trudeau for making it happen. Alcohol is far more dangerous than cannabis will ever be.
Legalization will make much of the black market obsolete. Majority of provinces will allow you to cultivate whatever strain you want, and a harvest can give you 100g to 1kg+ depending on many factors. People won’t want to buy something where they don’t know where it comes from and what the exact strain is if they have the possibility to buy something off the shelf at 6-7 a gram, clean, cured, professionally grown, properly scaled and commercially packaged. BILL 157 includes all applicable laws pertaining to Cannabis in Quebec. It doesn’t stipulate anywhere a limitation of potency to be sold. Only thing is you will not be able to purchase in bulk and get good discounts, unless I’m mistaken. There will be no real use for dealers anymore unless it’s a matter of loyalty and or buying in bulk, in which case, they will have to lower prices regardless. SQSC will likely make a delivery service as well, like the SAQ. I hope that’s not the case for friends who rely on that income, but it’s not looking good…
if you think black market will go away you’re wrong! The price of legal pot is just WAY to expensive and to be quite honest, its garbage! Unless you spend 20$+ on a single gram.. just ridiculous…
The government of Quebec helped the black market, by banning home grow, and constant SQDC shortages, a follow-up would be nice.
Canopy growth is wicked corrupt it violated a bunch of laws in mass with strawman purchases and uses the cops to arrest the competition
Aurora Cannabis is better
Get your shit together vice
2 years later, weed is legal in Canada and there is a huge shortage! Stop smoking up all the weed, Canadians!
This is why its 3 years later and this is just as relevant as ever
Having a crimanal record shuts out 90% of the ppl that really no the bizz sooo dumb
Cops watching this:👁👄👁
this is a fucking joke!
My state is 100 recreational w a couple dispencery s open w coffe shops soon to open but 90% of the day to day buying is done by delivering to ur home they are catching on quick here a cpl of places are delivering but the price and amounts are exspensive and going to stand in line etc etc it wont really get more of the market until they open it up more
I just got rid of 600k in stocks as I see a big crash coming. All I kept was canopy
Black Market will always win bro. The system will always fall.
I think it’s a brilliant idea but it’s just that. It will take 50 years at best to dull out the black market and by then it will circle back around because of taxes, war and so many other factors being too high/ prominent….if not sooner. It’s the nature of the beast. Something natural should not have a price. The only cure is to flood the market with free marijuana and that would never happen. Even though the products are worth more than the raw plant any day.
Roi Hennok’s brother lmao
don’t let the light prison setences n coulourful lax attitudes fool you… they be killing muthaphukas up here LoL
It’s hilarious bc present day, Quebec has one of the strongest black markets next to Toronto. Quebec itself has incredibly hardcore laws on extracts and distillates. Canopy has a ton of business people with zero weed growing experience it’s a shame.
And you got sham pollen chuckers LPs ripping Ethos genetics and a ton of other high end breeders.
Lel
I like how he had to ask why they couldn’t reveal the address. These guys were super-nice about it. I woulda just been like "Cuz we don’t wanna get fuckin ROBBED?"
Go shop with @cracklady on telegram he is the best he has been helping me with kush for about three months,