As enforcement is winding down, weed dispensaries are competing against near slave wage labor.
That's the problem. Illegal weed is basically being created outside the US with labor who barely gets paid, of course the cost will be higher.
Because it's being imported via illegal channels this is now a customs problem.
My bet is that the way to solve this would be to create a legal weed import policy, letting it sit there for a decade, then when illegal weed channels don't exist, add on a tariff. Then things will balance out.
That's the problem. Illegal weed is basically being created outside the US with labor who barely gets paid, of course the cost will be higher.
Because it's being imported via illegal channels this is now a customs problem.
My bet is that the way to solve this would be to create a legal weed import policy, letting it sit there for a decade, then when illegal weed channels don't exist, add on a tariff. Then things will balance out.