EXCLUSIVE: Human Trafficking Fueling The Marijuana Industry

While two thirds of U.S. states have legalized cannabis, a patchwork of rules and regulations means there is still a huge black market which has seen a surge in human trafficking, according to law enforcement. Products that victims grow and cultivate often end up in legal dispensaries, where consumers don’t know what they are supporting. In an exclusive NBC News investigation, Jacob Soboroff followed the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department to a raid of a black market marijuana farm.
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50 Comments

  1. star gazer46&2 on September 13, 2022 at 6:11 am

    Just legalize it. The lawmakers would take a engine completely apart just to change the oil if you let them. Too many crooks involved all the way from the top to the bottom .



  2. HuskyRider22 on September 13, 2022 at 6:14 am

    NBC covers this subject instead of the pedophiles in politics and in Hollywood who were clients to Epstein



  3. rtnews on September 13, 2022 at 6:15 am

    We import Mexicans all the time for cheap labor this guy must be new here.



  4. Joseph Lawlor on September 13, 2022 at 6:15 am

    How is growing weed in California a new problem or even a legitimate problem why don’t you focus our Tax dollars elsewhere



  5. Deriz Nobot on September 13, 2022 at 6:16 am

    This industry requires lots of labor. Where it’s legalized they have to follow labor laws. Why not worry about the abuse done in right to work states, it would be more pertinent to the majority.

    Do what you want eh, libbys behave.



  6. Kaye Worsham on September 13, 2022 at 6:18 am

    You’re absolutely correct! The cannabis industry is just like the alcohol, tobacco and firearms industries……..just another venue whereby the pharisees hunt their prey 🙏



  7. GrayBeard_gamer on September 13, 2022 at 6:18 am

    This is what happens when the states give marijuana permits only to large, corporate scale growers. First the small local grower is closed out entirely, and then the cartels, with its human trafficking, fuel the black market. Let the local, small farmers in to keep prices down and the black market in check.



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  9. Jay Body on September 13, 2022 at 6:19 am

    Wait, why aren’t the police stopping the dispensaries from buying illegal weed. Or ,better yet, stop with over regulation and incorporate the illegal growers to meet the demand.



  10. djkennd2 on September 13, 2022 at 6:19 am

    Lies.



  11. yes sir on September 13, 2022 at 6:20 am

    I’m legal and willing to work in these conditions… just sayin



  12. yallHateNATE Diggity on September 13, 2022 at 6:22 am

    To quote the big Trump “fake news”



  13. Phil Carstens on September 13, 2022 at 6:23 am

    So glad no one here is buying mainstream media’s bs



  14. Brenda on September 13, 2022 at 6:24 am

    Well if the Dems would follow through with the promises they made this country marijuana would be declassified & folks can grow there own thus eliminating trafficking in the marijuana business!



  15. EverlastingPain on September 13, 2022 at 6:26 am

    EXCLUSIVE: Human Trafficking Fueling the CALIFORNIA Marijuana Market.
    Fixed it for you.
    This doesn’t happen in Oregon. There is no way to get your weed tested without serious licensing, and no dispensary can buy/sell weed that is not registered, licensed and tested, or it will be shutdown.
    Fun fact: If you grow weed in Oregon, and you are not licensed, you might be able to sell a little to friends and family, but there is no market for it and most, if not all, unlicensed weed is given out free or trashed.
    This story was BS.
    Those "trafficked" people knew what they were doing, they are not victims, they just play the victim to get a misdemeanor. They were going to get LOT’S of money after the harvest and sold to another state, and they will be on a field next season.
    You know… The US as a whole can legalize marijuana and this problem goes away.
    Hope that helps.



  16. Marady Mon on September 13, 2022 at 6:26 am

    That’s f*#%ed up.



  17. Andy Wu on September 13, 2022 at 6:27 am

    These people are not exploited, they all know they can come here and make $5000-$6000 a month



  18. Jim Cook on September 13, 2022 at 6:27 am

    What a complete lie. These Blue Klux Klan members are trained professional liars. Never trust and always film.



  19. nk ck on September 13, 2022 at 6:30 am

    Wow anything for attention



  20. Shannon Boyd on September 13, 2022 at 6:30 am

    This is some D- reporting with a big scoop of b.s.



  21. *# on September 13, 2022 at 6:31 am

    Officer is lying most or non of that will end up in legal dispensaries. Track and trace system METRc makes it very difficult not impossible but very difficult.



  22. Jena Green on September 13, 2022 at 6:32 am

    Fun Fact all legalized States have different regulations, this story is specific to the California marijuana industry, this would never end up in leagle Colorado dispensaries due to our detailed tracking system…. here’s an idea, federally legalize so we can consistantly regulate and protect people.



  23. Ian Jay on September 13, 2022 at 6:35 am

    Lies!!!



  24. Koby Gaddie on September 13, 2022 at 6:37 am

    its Cannabis. learn history and dont use the term "marijuana" thats a racial slur (towards native americans) in 2022 that media perpetuates as propaganda fueled by the liquor industry.



  25. Rachel TRUTH on September 13, 2022 at 6:37 am

    San Bernardino already has its own separate issue with human trafficking and the johns who constantly keep that industry fueled. Leave marijuana out of this.



  26. jon tomas on September 13, 2022 at 6:37 am

    ALL of the problems that now swirl around marijuana are not due to the near harmless plant, but caused by the counter-productive, FRAUDULENTLY enacted prohibition. — Science and widespread experience have shown marijuana has no significant harms. – Hence, the only regulation it really needs is to prohibit sales to children and require adequate sanitation, as we do for all produce.



  27. Staffiatto Ariariacuriri on September 13, 2022 at 6:39 am

    The war on a plant 😵‍💫🙄🙄🥱 Jesus!
    Yawning *



  28. Tommy Bombadil on September 13, 2022 at 6:39 am

    What CannabisFacts review says of this article, Mostly false.



  29. Gary Johnson on September 13, 2022 at 6:40 am

    End prohibition
    That would improve everyone’s life, except human traffickers



  30. Mercedes Beard on September 13, 2022 at 6:41 am

    I feel like they’re just trying to vilify marijuana with this story. Shocker!!



  31. Joshua Ortiz on September 13, 2022 at 6:44 am

    Retitle this please. Marijuana should/ is never linked to trafficking of any sort.



  32. ill phil on September 13, 2022 at 6:44 am

    The police either know exactly what they are talking about or just speculation, you decide. When you say human trafficking then give the "victims" misdemeanor charges. Whole story is bs. Show the "guy" who was caught…..



  33. Michael Jones on September 13, 2022 at 6:45 am

    To call that human trafficking to grow pot is a stretch. If the guy gets a license I’ll bring my own camper. We can settle up after harvest.



  34. Conor Linehan on September 13, 2022 at 6:45 am

    Fake news lol. Plenty of weed that is legal not going to human trafficking



  35. James Hernandez on September 13, 2022 at 6:45 am

    How is marijuana fueling human trafficking because they have a few illegal workers there what about all the real drugs coming across the border what are they doing are they making human trafficking worst too or do we just feel like blaming marijuana that you have been since the War on Drugs started we are simple potheads who love to smoke and most Family grown are the same there are few people who do this just for the money and we are talking about cartels



  36. Nicholas Fanzo on September 13, 2022 at 6:50 am

    It should be legal federally nation wide. America is way behind on this. The land of the free, right? Well other countries are more free and have less people in prisons because they got rid of stupid laws, like illegal marijuana.

    Alcoholism causes more deaths and domestic violence than any other drug, but it’s rampant and on every single sporting event like it’s good to drink all the time. Marijuana is far less harmful and has actual health benefits, and is even being used to treat children with autism.

    End the stupidity America, this plant isn’t nearly as bad for us as alcohol but I see liquor stores on every corner.

    In legal states, People shouldn’t need to see drug dealers to buy a state legal product! Imagine vodka being legal, but having to see a dealer who may put heroin in your vodka, to buy vodka. Makes sense? Of course not!

    People are overdosing in nyc because they’re buying laced marijuana off the streets. Complete nonsense.

    America is a false narrative at this point, with liars for leaders.
    Look at Amsterdam. How are we more free than those people?

    Legalize prostitution
    Legalize marijuana federally.



  37. Bobby Chang on September 13, 2022 at 6:50 am

    War on drugs completed.



  38. MrNBreezy215 on September 13, 2022 at 6:50 am

    The black market only exists because it’s illegal.



  39. Piper’s quitting on September 13, 2022 at 6:53 am

    It’s American law’s fault. it’s not the weed we are concerned about. it’s the human traffic you should be concerned about. those who smoke weed did this.



  40. northerniltree on September 13, 2022 at 6:54 am

    So, Steven Colbert’s younger brother in an investigative reporter? Now, that IS funny.



  41. Jay Body on September 13, 2022 at 6:56 am

    Jin , SELL SOME WEED!



  42. thomas davies on September 13, 2022 at 6:57 am

    Shut those lawless illegal growers down.Not only r they stealing from the natural water table.The operators pollute the water supply.Driving the legal tax paying growers into bankruptcy.Newsom is dropping the ball.Non permitted grower r from friends countries.Use slaves as labor sources.Pay in Weed.The clueless slaves sell there weed for Pennies in the dollar to eat



  43. jon tomas on September 13, 2022 at 7:00 am

    Science and widespread experience have shown marijuana has no significant harms. Hence, the only regulation it really needs is to prohibit sales to children and require adequate sanitation, as we do for all produce. — It wasn’t the marijuana industry that caused this. It was the FRAUDULENTLY enacted, counter-productive marijuana prohibition. —- Stop this sick demonizing of a near harmless plant and the people who grow, sell and consume it!



  44. Juan on September 13, 2022 at 7:00 am

    A victim they wanna come to the us so how are they victims



  45. John A on September 13, 2022 at 7:01 am

    FAKE NEWS!



  46. GX460 OFF-ROAD on September 13, 2022 at 7:03 am

    Thank you Lt. Bracco… criminals must go



  47. Rod Rowland on September 13, 2022 at 7:03 am

    But it’s OK if children make our phones not condoning this but Jesus Christ they twisted the story so bad it Would make a great tie-dye



  48. linh hunt on September 13, 2022 at 7:08 am

    why go after hard working little men, instead go after corrupt CEO’s, Corporations, and Washington greeds. You get a lot more profits when you shut them down.



  49. Koby Gaddie on September 13, 2022 at 7:09 am

    Do Americans still live under the Queen of England’s rule? Cannabis is a plant much like lettuce, tomatoes, morning glories, tobacco, ect.
    There’s no need to require permits to grow or sell cannabis anywhere in the United States of America. All that is needed is a business license to set up shop and then pay sales tax and income tax.



  50. 1976ondy on September 13, 2022 at 7:09 am

    Construction and restaurants are the number one hiring illegals , why you have to do the cannabis industry like this? So annoying