A new funding source in the illicit cannabis industry: China

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Mexican cartels have a long history of importing, growing and redistributing illicit cannabis in the U.S. But Chinese investors, owners and workers have emerged in recent years as a new source of funding and labor for illegal marijuana production.

The agency believes that 2,000 of those farms have a Chinese connection — supplying workers, funding or both. Of the more than 800 farms the OBN has shut down in the last two years for operating illegally, Woodward said roughly 75 percent are linked to China.

“We’ve seen in recent weeks that the CCP’s malign influence knows no bounds and, unfortunately, the cannabis industry is not immune to these tactics,” Rep.

The Chinese government has a complicated relationship with organized crime, said Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors. Liu Pengyu, a spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in Washington, D.C., told POLITICO that the Chinese government “takes a ‘zero tolerance’ attitude to drugs,” and “has been rigorously combating drug production, trafficking and other kinds of drug crimes.” The Chinese government asks its citizens to “refrain from engaging in any illegal or criminal activities while they are abroad” Liu added.

 

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Lol, Americans, you jealous?

Red states working overtime to keep this revenue stream strong

The solution - legalize and regulate - is so obvious that you have to wonder what opponents are smoking.

More US propaganda

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