This Small Town's Economy Is Run By Marijuana Growers | Cannabiz | Earth Stories

In Grand Forks, BC, marijuana growers here and in other towns across Canada are now at a dangerous crossroads between crime and commerce, battling for a share of profits from an industry worth a staggering $20 billion. Brian, Grand Forks’ “marijuana mayor” and Sam Mellace, an ex con and grower, petition for legalised medical marijuana as an answer to the fallout from escalating violence, while law enforcement officers continue to fight an increasingly futile war against drugs.

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50 Comments

  1. @mauricecalliss1303 on May 29, 2025 at 11:01 am

    Coppers cutting crops what a great feeling of acomplishment lmao .yeh man this is why i get up in the morning. Lol

  2. @juniorperez366 on May 29, 2025 at 11:01 am

    Nah she tripping talking about each Bag is worth $10k each 😅😂😂

  3. @claytonmundy7451 on May 29, 2025 at 11:02 am

    My dad was one of those hippies that grew BC Bud back in the day

  4. @DaveDave-e4t on May 29, 2025 at 11:05 am

    Cop egos need wildly inflated estimates of bust values and the media swallows that whole, without chewing.

  5. @georgemckenzie7524 on May 29, 2025 at 11:06 am

    All this troble for a literal PLANT

  6. @DanaBellefeuille on May 29, 2025 at 11:08 am

    well legalize it,, concentrate canada on meth an forget weed..

  7. @nicklohry9284 on May 29, 2025 at 11:09 am

    Sam Bolachi kinda looks to be awfully wealthy! I wonder if he made his money on smuggling coke and then hot busted and came out to a nice chunk of cash waiting some place for him lol

  8. @davidquee8728 on May 29, 2025 at 11:14 am

    All the issues around cannabis start with police/feds

  9. @DanijelScurr on May 29, 2025 at 11:14 am

    Same this marihuana go on Street aftrr one week😊

  10. @eddieo2824 on May 29, 2025 at 11:15 am

    While not definitively stated as the "main" healing system, the endocannabinoid system is widely considered to play a crucial role in maintaining homeostasis and regulating various bodily functions across mammals, including processes related to inflammation, pain, appetite, mood, and immune response, making it a significant contributor to overall health and healing mechanisms within the body; therefore, the statement that it is the main healing system of all mammals is largely accurate. Thanking all growers breeders cultivators lovers of the master plant. She breeds passion and homeostasis cb2 receptor inhibits sars2. Ganja is a medicinal treasure trove. Support your local farmers peace and love.

  11. @Harshharsh111 on May 29, 2025 at 11:17 am

    Reject authority as it is toxic. I dont even use cannabis but i find it disturbing that some of us want to control the rest of us.

  12. @DankAzzMalcum on May 29, 2025 at 11:19 am

    So 1980’s

  13. @Rodericken on May 29, 2025 at 11:19 am

    Housing, animal feed, medicine, and many many more applications, it’s 2025 people we normalize getting absolutely blasted in bars and cafes yet peaceful smokers always get thrown the most shade. Whilest alcohol has many many more causes of death.

  14. @GeM-pr8xm on May 29, 2025 at 11:19 am

    this film is from 2010 (shown at the end).
    Canada regulated cannabis in 2018, Germany in 2024.
    Prohibition does more harm than good to people and environment.

  15. @RockNRoll-wb8fn on May 29, 2025 at 11:20 am

    LET PEOPLE GROW THAT GREEN SHIT

  16. @202One on May 29, 2025 at 11:20 am

    Just let folks grow Worldwide & you will have less issues. 🌴

  17. @nicklohry9284 on May 29, 2025 at 11:22 am

    Some 300 *COMMERCIAL* growers 🤔 you mean *Home growers* for profit 🤷

  18. @warismyname on May 29, 2025 at 11:25 am

    This doc looks mighty crazy now imagine millions of dollars wasted on locking people up aint that a bitch

  19. @SemiToops-ov1py on May 29, 2025 at 11:25 am

    The "legal" growers destroyed entire communities,. Such

  20. @BATSCANSTAB on May 29, 2025 at 11:26 am

    for a grow worth 20k of seeds thats nothing 200 pants lol look at how many plants eu has like MALTI MILLONS OF plants in ONE PLACE

  21. @davidquee8728 on May 29, 2025 at 11:26 am

    I like how the narrator says it isn’t safe anymore while showing a clip of armed agents kicking in people’s doors is the only violent shown

  22. @Donny_Juanny on May 29, 2025 at 11:29 am

    2:03 Um, that guy has some nice, uh…. I’m really confused.

  23. @BATSCANSTAB on May 29, 2025 at 11:29 am

    when bush and the big corp have been making billions off haroin to save people addicted to morphen they where buying keys for 50$ back then of both and you can make like times 10 in value once you transport it lol tax freeeeeee

  24. @DanijelScurr on May 29, 2025 at 11:30 am

    This story is quite shocking, first of all you have to know that all that "captured marijuana" ends up on the street. And the police don’t even think that 80 percent of growers have already taken on debt to do people good, but these people don’t ask, they are interested in investing. And here violence ensues.

  25. @Zecoolamericano on May 29, 2025 at 11:31 am

    where im from in virginia. it was first decriminalized in 2020 then legalized up to an ounce in public in 2021. we’re also allowed to grow up to 4 plants but usually people grow a little more, chances are you’ll get away with it. marijuana is going to be big money in the future for those who have the connects to sell it, especially in illegal markets or grey areas.

  26. @Charlieboy2680 on May 29, 2025 at 11:32 am

    Cops just followed that documentary team around, how did that place get raided?

  27. @GregDunne-zf2ep on May 29, 2025 at 11:32 am

    40 years ago our local mayor told the cops to piss of as he was driving his hippies away he said the town will be broke without his hippy pot smokers and he said we didn’t hurt anyone we were proud of our mayor

  28. @TOTEMKOPF77 on May 29, 2025 at 11:33 am

    i think that cop is secretly smoking weed. He almost cried talking about how law doesnt make sense

  29. @MarvinDavis-tf3eu on May 29, 2025 at 11:33 am

    You need to use my Organic potting soil and chum that is Organic fertilizer that makes your plants thrive

  30. @davidfurino2987 on May 29, 2025 at 11:34 am

    What planet are you on the price is at a all time low right now, 500.0 per lb, 100 per oz.

  31. @graylad on May 29, 2025 at 11:36 am

    Wow, this information is way older than 2 years ago. I would say before 2018

  32. @country4lyfe365 on May 29, 2025 at 11:38 am

    So what are they going to pay with when it goes to digital currency.? Or will it then just empower drug lords. Bartering.

  33. @shy404usernotfound on May 29, 2025 at 11:38 am

    WTF lol. Sorry Canada, the Emerald Triangle California did it first ¯⁠⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

  34. @mauricecalliss1303 on May 29, 2025 at 11:38 am

    NARR LISTEN. POLICE ALWAYS ALWAYS OVER ESTIMATE TGE AMOUNT SEIZED.

  35. @jtmunn420 on May 29, 2025 at 11:39 am

    Its proper name is CANNABIS. Marijuana is a term made up by racist politicians back in the 60’s and 70’s to target blacks, mexicans, and hippies that were against the war at the time. A war we had no business in in the first place. When you call cannabis marijuana you are being racist.

  36. @jenskarlsson4744 on May 29, 2025 at 11:42 am

    Ha Ha Ha 50k for those plants 🤣😅😂

  37. @FroztFlowers on May 29, 2025 at 11:45 am

    We need the right to bear arms in Canada fafo

  38. @eminemd1274 on May 29, 2025 at 11:46 am

    😰 those plants weren’t even done at the end he was harvesting them

  39. @krustysurfer on May 29, 2025 at 11:47 am

    How old is this video?
    Here in USA in legal (recreational) states $500 a lb for commercial cannabis is the going rate.
    There is a war between large scale well funded commercial growers and those doing home grow/boutique growing with the general public preferring the gray mkt over the green mkt because the large scale growers cannot produce the quality of the small boutique growers.
    with that being said, organized crime has infiltrated the industry and runs whole chains of grow to distribution networks with name branding etc and those organizations look to push the boutique growers out of business.
    it kind of backfires in their faces when their (commercial ) cannabis is full of mold and pesticides the public is reminded not to trust big business once again and the money flows to the growers that grow top shelf organic medicine.
    thanks for giving us a view into the BC cannabis scene of 2009

  40. @SecretPlaceInThunder on May 29, 2025 at 11:49 am

    The problem around Cannabis is pure ignorance. Here in New Zealand we are doomed now with National in power.😒

  41. @david-w6t6c on May 29, 2025 at 11:51 am

    This is a complete waste of tax payers money when the taxpayers are the ones burning the bud.

  42. @knine8154 on May 29, 2025 at 11:52 am

    ".38 special" pulls out a walther ppk 😂, guess doombazz cops are everywhere

  43. @hundun5604 on May 29, 2025 at 11:52 am

    ‘Marijuana’? It’s called Cannabis.

  44. @georgemckenzie7524 on May 29, 2025 at 11:53 am

    Get you licenses

  45. @nicklohry9284 on May 29, 2025 at 11:54 am

    He is proud to show off his larfy looking bud 🤷😆 not saying it wasnt good but it def wasnt trimmed very good

  46. @nicklohry9284 on May 29, 2025 at 11:55 am

    DESTROYING LIVES with Cannabis 😆🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

  47. @gsup3874 on May 29, 2025 at 11:57 am

    Brown and Black people suffer for doing what White people are profiting off of today.

  48. @mauricecalliss1303 on May 29, 2025 at 11:58 am

    As much as i hear medication medication medication i dont really hear or it woukd be good to hear about the tinctures mixtures and concoctions .

  49. @david-w6t6c on May 29, 2025 at 11:59 am

    So here’s a thought , legalize across the board and your cartels. Will nave nowhere to sell.

  50. @mauricecalliss1303 on May 29, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    IF YOU WANNA SAVE TAXPAYERS MONEY THEN IDE BE PISSED IF MY TAX MONEY WAS PAYING FOR A COPPER TO TAKE DOWN A HUNDRED PLANTS. SYSTEM AINT RIGHT

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