If we can have a much smaller black market in marijuana without also developing a thriving, politically powerful marijuana industry, that seems like a better outcome than the available alternatives.
The rise of the black market has, in many ways, blindsided states. States that had hoped to rake in tax dollars from marijuana legalization are instead seeing their legal markets soften.
Experts say reclassification would undercut the still-thriving black market for marijuana in the US. The US Drug Enforcement Administration plans to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug ...
Authorities investigated a legal tier 2 licensed cannabis producer and processor who was discovered to be diverting and selling significant quantities of marijuana into the black market ...