that add up to 45% to the cost of licensed cannabis have also stymied the legal market.
Auditors said a recent check found the bureau’s Enforcement Unit had filled only 15 of its 68 authorized positions. The bureau says it has filled 26 positions so far — still less than half those authorized. The bureau does not employ any sworn peace officers, so to enforce the law it relies on help from local law enforcement.Last month, the Costa Mesa Police Department served search warrants for the bureau on two unlicensed pot shops, and authorities seized $2.7 million worth of cannabis products, the biggest single-day haul ever by the bureau.
Newsom’s office did not respond to requests for comment on the budget, staffing and enforcement issues. “A key point of Proposition 64 was to reduce or nearly eliminate the black market,” Chipman said. “The opposite has occurred. We are the marijuana drug cartel for the U.S.”
Just spitballing but maybe the problem is bureaucrats with onerous regulations and higher than necessary taxation and fees? Kinda like the reason Eric Garner was selling loosies?
How ironic these are the laws they worry about
Time to put in a VICTORY GARDEN.
Go catch real criminals pls 🙄
I mean, wholesale price for a pound of weed on the futures market now is $500. So as long as dispensaries in CA charge $50/3.5g, the black market will thrive. Oregon dispensaries charge $125/28.5g, and do so quite profitably.
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