4 years after pot was legalized, Canada's cannabis industry still faces challenges
4 years after pot was legalized, Canada's cannabis industry still faces challenges
Legal cannabis is big business in Canada, contributing tens of billions of dollars to the GDP since being legalized in 2018.
But while the industry is a major economic driver for the country, growers continue to face challenges because they still have to go head-to-head against the illicit market.
Emad Agahi takes us behind the scenes at one of the world’s largest greenhouses found in British Columbia.
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Justin needs to be jailed for legalizing this.
Grow your own😁
Anything the government touches, turns to 💩
I just grow my own now .
These dispensaries charge too much because of the overhead. The same is available for less, so that’s what regular smokers will buy. How is this hard to understand?
TV industries so poor they can’t afford a decent microscope to finally reveal the actual star of this whole show?? E.G. if not shaken off industrially, before getting sold again…
Cause no one’s buying it from the government. If it’s h cheaper down the road I’ll go there
I’m opening a canabis store, how can you be my supplier in northern b.c.
Legalise it,you dummies.
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When you stop illigal pot growing in Canada🇨🇦, it’ll stabilize the housing market as well.
– the two go hand in hand.
Canada, a Nation of drug users.
They sell crap weed for an expensive price 3 grams for 50$
LOOKS LIKE HOT GARBAGE & TYRANNY
We all know doesn’t take much to grow great pot and sealing sh## pot 12$ is sickning,THE PRICE is GARBAGE lol hahaha
Weed will save the world, hemp gas coming to market soon.
I want a job there
Canada raked in billions last year in cannabis sales. Keep going
The black market is still much cheaper. So people will go else where.
Lots of complainers just gorw it lol.
The black market will always rule. Better growers better tasting better price. Screw Trudeau
Gov Cannabis is garbage, and twice the price.
Who buys gov weed ??
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👍🏻🤣
good go out of business and leave the black market alone
My cannabis is also clean from contaminants. Take a look
lol. the quality…. 80% of all weed in stores in ontario is over dried crap. no smell no taste. and usually months old
The united states should legalize pot and wake up ,if the world all smoked pot there would be no wars ,pot is good for the world ,peaceful races have used it for thousands of years ,tax it and sell it and watch your economy grow ,legalize it,now dont waste time ,it makes you feel good,and has many benifits its not like ,alcohol,or cigarettes,it doesnt cause liver failure or cancer it helps calming down urges to harm.its a peaceful plant,.so how about legallizing it so every one can smoke the peace pipe ,and give putin some too,maybe he’ll get right and quit bombing people that are his neighbors. Im ready for a change not next year now,do whats wright senate vote to legallize the peoples recreational drug of choice ,pot.
All the legal cannabis brands are total garbage – no one brand takes the title as the go-to best of the best. Growers like these guys are doing an amazing job. But until the game changes from the Black Market price point- ain’t no body gonna keep buying over priced cannabis in Canada. Not enough people.
LET DOWN THE MARKETING RESTRICTIONS AND LET SMALL BRANDS BECOME LEGENDS WITH GREAT GROWERS AS PARTNERS ❤️
Ummm.. it’s actually the other way around, Big operations like this use plenty of pesticides & chemicals, Your average home grower does not.
Government GMO cannabis.
Ya we know , it was a scourge , highly illegal,… until the government realized it was a cash cow .
I trust gov Cannabis about as much as i trust venom injections.
Jo Jo out back of the mall still has the best quality and prices. 😉
Only a politician could lose money sellin weed….. Morons.
40 billion in taxes the government has collected…SOON…and this liberal/ndp government is pushing for decriminalization of illicit drugs…Opioid, HEROIN….hmmm what’s next…Legalization 😳🤔🙄
Regulated cannabis costs over double what black market product goes for on average. The industry can brag about a clean product, but when you get it in the recreational dispensary in the Maritimes, it’s over manicured and so dry that the buds disintegrate into dust. But worst of all is that you must purchase your selections blindly, without the ability to see or smell it first. Spending $70-90 for a quarter ounce of herb that is sold purely based upon THC content is a scam and a shame.
The industry doesn’t realize that recreational growers have learned to grow our own better than they could ever imagine. Our herb is fresh, clean, and we are proud of our individual and collective achievements.
Even with a 4 plant limit, the average grower can produce enough herb to never end to purchase industry herb ever again.
THAT is why they are losing money.
Make it so we can start a home business selling clones and seeds to the local licensed cannabisstores no one is consuming them why do i need a million plus dollar facility to do that????
Yo, where’s the Health Canada regulated beard and hairnets?!
They may be the number one producer, but it’s all fast-growing s***,, stick with your local dealer
Seems to have quite the racist hiring practices, don’t see any diversity in their staff whatsoever.
I absolutely do not support any of these industrial grow complexes or companies, I absolutely refuse to purchase overpriced poor quality cannabis, I live in Vancouver I can buy much better quality cannabis at for cheaper prices from people that I’ve known for many years, until the canvas act is amended I will continue to do this and I can say the same thing for everyone I know.
I can proudly say I’ve never purchased or smoked corporate Cannabis nor do I plan to in the near future
biggest challenge: quality of product. and value for $$. i don’t smoke but if i did, i’d choose a non-government controlled source.
Hilarious these corps brag how clean their schwag is in a desperate attempt to drive attention away from their mass produced hothouse hay. Buds grown by min wage newbies, trimmed in machines that destroy all tricombs and beat up the bud. I swear they dry it in a oven just to make sure it smells like dead grass, then hide their years old shake in bottles you can’t look at until you bought it.
their main challenge is trying to put out good product with out accepting the legacy growers in the gig.
quality of cannabis is abysmal in canada
f*ck this guy , he said weeds full of pesticides in the black market on the news to shore up his own business interest. thats a load of propaganda from sun farms and global.
Not so sure the black market is the issue for Pure Sunfarms. They grow a ton of mediocre bud. It’s your basic, cheap oz and we smokers know it. They got bags on the shelves from harvest months back while others I miss out on if I don’t check into the stores nearby weekly. The same can be said about a few other massive grows across Canada (not all). I’d be interested to know if these statements he is making in the video stand true for all commercial and craft growers
If people still prefer a black market inferior product, then price is your problem.
Should cost the same as lettuce.
Government should relax the rules on cannabis
I’m sorry to say this, but the legal stuff isn’t just more expensive, the quality is awful. It often comes incredibly dry and and some nuggets you need a hammer to break apart. The black market popularity is a reflection on what is available in the legal market.
Government weed tastes like chemicals.
you cannot grow good weed in a greenhouse.
Biggest problems with legal pot is the cost and quality. You can get cheaper and better bud on the black market 10/10 times.