Black Market Marijuana (Full Episode) | Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller

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Mariana sets off on a wild journey through California’s black market for weed, which has mushroomed since marijuana legalization four years ago.
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@pauljohnson2372 Жыл бұрын

They misunderstood. We want legal weed, not government controlled weed

@apriljakimczuk-graham9661 Жыл бұрын

We are allowed to grow 4 plants per house. If that doesn't help idk what does.

@Mikee_RL Жыл бұрын

@@apriljakimczuk-graham9661 6 were im at 6 mature and 12 babys

@SonnyGulla-ni6gk Жыл бұрын

😊

@windowlicker_4207 Жыл бұрын

Grow it yourself like a big boy and there's zero government control. They can't control something they know nothing about 😉 you're welcome

@pauljohnson2372 Жыл бұрын

@Window Licker_420 grow your own in georgia and you'll be met with one of the strongest forms of government control

@thedariusone Жыл бұрын

I LOL everytime i see an officer who thinks they’re making a difference wasting time and resources on weed

@King.DAVid.III2022 Жыл бұрын

Here in Louisville under oz, they dump out no ticket, which only helps the dealers 🤓

@BrianSmith-lo3mj Жыл бұрын

@@King.DAVid.III2022 I'm just curious ... Are you talking about Louisville, KY? and what is oz?

@King.DAVid.III2022 Жыл бұрын

@@BrianSmith-lo3mj yes Louisville, last time they looked at it, said it's you lucky day we don't do anything for this threw it on the ground.

@King.DAVid.III2022 Жыл бұрын

@@BrianSmith-lo3mj once of flower, some call it a zip

@King.DAVid.III2022 Жыл бұрын

@@BrianSmith-lo3mj when they dump it only helps the dealer🤓, the Smoker must purchase another sac.😭

@hogglinebulldoggs361 Жыл бұрын

When she was walking thru the plants she wanted to say “it smells. really good” 😂💯💯💯

@strumminfuel4625 Жыл бұрын

here in canada skeptics cried "the country is going to fall apart when weed is legalized" nothing has changed except my relationship with the cops. I no longer have to look over my shoulder.

@bestbyfar1118 Жыл бұрын

The black market is done I've watched so many big dealers quite not worth there time customers like to go every where

@annrodriguez2891 Жыл бұрын

A criminal no more!!!! Michigan Marijuana Madness

@Cheesemane Жыл бұрын

@@bestbyfar1118 except the government weed is always bone dry and overpriced. nobody who smokes daily is going to those shops, you can't even see the weed before u purchase it... They prepackage bud a year in advance, its a joke.

@gabrielacard7050 Жыл бұрын

I know right . I’ve been growing my own now since it became federally legal here 🇨🇦

@friction5001 Жыл бұрын

@@bestbyfar1118 thats the same with fast food, theyre everywhere

@Ria-sd2ex Жыл бұрын

NG: "black market marijuana Everyone else: The weed we've all been buying for years

@dertythegrower Жыл бұрын

Nah, ive been growing legally for a while now, many states ha

@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286 Жыл бұрын

no $hit... National Geographic is not the same as when I was younger.

@Ria-sd2ex Жыл бұрын

@@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286 Exactly😅

@powell4661 2 ай бұрын

Not even medical in my state.

@crashoveride666 Жыл бұрын

Imagine taxing legal company’s so badly that you push them to illegal means smh

@ihatespam2807 Жыл бұрын

What do you mean? That's the American way, the rich rob the poor and the poor rob each other!

@PaulBaraz Жыл бұрын

That s the brainchild of Commie Fornia's POS of Governor Gavin Gruesome!

@gasmangrowshow2231 Жыл бұрын

I lived that REALITY in oklahoma, just sold my grow and dispo

@dougmayberry9998 Жыл бұрын

But isn't that what demoKKKrats want to do across the board?

@dylanSkye Жыл бұрын

EXACTLY THIS. THANK YOU! though; * It also applies to taxing citizens, or governors/presidents ignoring poverty.

@V9Grows420 Жыл бұрын

i find it amazing hearing everyone who tried to get in the legal side talk about the same obstacles as everyone else. Not a coincidence

@newthrash1221 4 ай бұрын

They just don't want to pay taxes. They're not victims.

@lunarextracts 4 ай бұрын

@@newthrash1221 its more than taxes. the states as its more than just cali doing this put equity restrictions. bond restrictions. hundreds of thousands for license fees. and thats to even apply not be accepted

@ggwurld 3 ай бұрын

@@newthrash1221 It said in the documentary that its a lot of money to get licensed (like hundreds of thousands) and banks won’t give people loans because it’s not federally legal.

@1topfueldrag Жыл бұрын

with only a $500 fine for growing, i don’t see where it justifies the effort of the raid

@user-xh5is8sd6p Жыл бұрын

Because they take all your equipment and product

@dscwne9630 Жыл бұрын

They weigh it with the dirt on it too 🧐

@clowns8421 Жыл бұрын

All staged

@nicklewis6285 Жыл бұрын

quite simply, how do you punish the people who don't have a choice from those who are greedy and call it fair?

@shanerock762 Жыл бұрын

@@user-xh5is8sd6p and your money

@LeftyAmigo 6 ай бұрын

Every documentary I see this reporter in she's always in some insanely dangerous situations, mad respect to her for putting herself at risk to bring us these important stories. 👍👍👍

@mikee6571 Жыл бұрын

If the government isn't making money. You can't make money.

@alaskanhermit8863 Жыл бұрын

The fact that we get free videos on KZfaq by National Geographic is truly a gift. 👍👍👍

@trollon-u2124 Жыл бұрын

And about weed 👍👍👍

@ameliagraham7284 Жыл бұрын

I worked there 12 years, it gets better.

@danielkailan8184 Жыл бұрын

Watching the cops perform these raids is aggravating!!!!

@RichardHandle Жыл бұрын

The gov wants TAXES so will do everything possible to keep you from buying it from the streets. They want you to goto a weed store so the gov can get their cut!!

@gobbledgoop8350 Жыл бұрын

so you like to smoke boof? Lol ok

@ppser818 Жыл бұрын

That's cause you want all the reefers for yourself, end of story.

@nahcuz710 Жыл бұрын

@@ppser818 nah it really just seems pointless when its supposed to be legal in California. Not to mention Mexico and Canada legalizing it too.

@AresMarrow Жыл бұрын

@@ppser818 just from you saying "reefers" you lost all validation

@oliverolover Жыл бұрын

I live in Southern Humboldt County California, the heart of the Emerald triangle, and our economy is DEVASTATED by over regulation of the the cannabis farms here. It costs 600 bucks approx to grow a pound of weed, but they're only getting 450 AT MOST and paying huge regulatory fines and taxes with NO support. It's a disaster.

@buckdaman8493 Жыл бұрын

600 dollars to produce is a lot . Should cost $350 max $20 per seed/clone $100 in soil and fertilizer will easily yield you a plant that produces 1 pound. Still terrible margins but it’s not impossible

@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286 Жыл бұрын

and fyi ppl have been growing in state parks up there for decades. this video acting like it's brand new...

@buddah13 Жыл бұрын

it was a half hearted regulation to begin with, unless its taken seriously the underground will flurish

@charleskavoukjian3441 Жыл бұрын

So less government? More power to the citizens? In cali? 😂😂

@svntn Жыл бұрын

@@buckdaman8493y’all are paying 20$ a seed??? we’re paying pennies for em’ over here😂

@youtubejunkie8053 Жыл бұрын

CAN PEOPLE STOP CALLING IT A “BLACK MARKET” It’s called Traditional Market and we’re never going to stop.

@BobbyFigliola Жыл бұрын

Whats up with a farmers market...they got green peppers...zucchini and a few stands offering erbage...why not ?? why not

@hepotiricly Жыл бұрын

yep, thats the problem

@baggedtuned8569 Жыл бұрын

LOL oh yes it will. one state at a time. it shouldve never been illegal to start with. make your 401k now while you can bc its coming bud

@dualealiali1386 Жыл бұрын

I sell weed for living in Black Market, They might arrest a couple of dealers but they will never stop us from the hassle of selling weed black markets

@nikkibright3496 3 ай бұрын

Black market is what it is so deal with it... 😅

@phoenixrising4073 Жыл бұрын

This is kind of a different comment but I wanted to say the sound engineer for this program did a great job. Good mixing and clarity. Music choices worked for the program as well. The suspense sounds were done appropriately and not repetitive. Good program as a whole too.

@doesjkav.5468 4 ай бұрын

hey do you perhaps know the name of some of the songs? i'm really in to some and i like them here but i have no clue how they are called.

@gcraigen78 Жыл бұрын

It's a natural plant that has a lot of benefits and should be available to anyone hassle free

@sandrashevel2137 Жыл бұрын

Yes i agree

@friction5001 Жыл бұрын

has many benefits but can also make you a pot head if youre consistently smoking it at large amounts

@unknownplite Жыл бұрын

@@friction5001 It’s way better than alcohol or nicotine. I don’t see why they should be legal while weed isn’t.

@jesuschrist7169 Жыл бұрын

Like opium...

@AresMarrow Жыл бұрын

@@jesuschrist7169 poppy plants are used for both heroine and morphine, that argument makes no sense. Could literally make the same argument about how no one should eat berries cause there are berries that are poisonous

@TommyHoover Жыл бұрын

If only we took fentanyl and alcohol abuse as seriously as the fun green plant

@2147B Жыл бұрын

Nah, open the borders and let it flood in! Seems to be working

@candacecraddock1592 Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not tobacco is up there on the more serious list. I took college classes in drug and alcohol counseling. Tobacco is on the list of worse than pot because stopping tobacco causes withdrawal symptoms in its users and quitters have to be medicated with a patch. Some people feel like they might die if they stop smoking it. The symptoms of an alcoholic user are actually the same as a heroin addict, staggering, slurred speech, and blackouts for example and some who wish to quit can go through withdrawal symptoms such as seizures. Marijuana was actually not considered serious at all from the medical standpoint because there are no withdrawal symptoms, if the user wishes to quit it is actually quite safe with no withdrawal symptoms when compared to the afore three other products.

@Museik2 Жыл бұрын

Fent ain't no problem no more It's the tranq and dope mix that's a new concern Drug dealers rather people use fent than tranq

@candacecraddock1592 Жыл бұрын

@@Museik2 All so called addicts defend their drug of choice when really similar biology goes on. Most so called addicted people suffer from undiagnosed skeletal problems or nutritional deficiency. A blood test is needed to diagnose deficiency and everyone should have one at least once a year. If a deficiency is found then the person can usually fix it on their own with an over the counter product.

@baggedtuned8569 Жыл бұрын

@@candacecraddock1592 after years of everyday use there is very much withdrawal when users stop.

@brickman291 Жыл бұрын

It's not legalization the problem, it's regulations and taxation

@ivorytabs 2 ай бұрын

Without representation!

@sergioodio5285 Жыл бұрын

So nobody's noticed that this is episode 4 of 20 in the playlist? Nice one, NatGeo

@thamedz777 Жыл бұрын

Imagine paying taxes for police to be confiscating people's plants

@ckite5424 Жыл бұрын

so dumb... so sad....Goverment again making ife harder on everyday citizens....

@lagtastik7 Жыл бұрын

Wild isn't it...all one big game

@FOATE Жыл бұрын

And thus people still prefer buying from the black market 😂

@mattmorford7489 Жыл бұрын

WOW 😲, need more journalists like you. Great job.

@squirrelcovers6340 Жыл бұрын

We all stayed with our local dealer. It's cheaper and there's no reason to change. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"

@baggedtuned8569 Жыл бұрын

sounds like youre that dealer. wouldnt want it being legal now would you

@baggedtuned8569 Жыл бұрын

its all very broken. only a dealer would make a statement like this

@sarahmaclellan1719 Жыл бұрын

I live in Canada & I couldn't be happier that we've legalized it. I've always used it for medical reasons & a lot of times it's been the only way I've found any relief from the pain. Over the past 20yrs buying through the black market, there have been numerous times where I've suddenly found myself in some pretty risky situations with some really sketchy people. The bikers especially scared me. Plus, it would always make me super paranoid to have to be constantly watching over my back for the cops. Never was there ever much of a selection (if any at all). Usually I would just end up buying whatever I could get, but not what was necessarily always what was good. Since times have changed, I now buy wholesale online. This way I can sit back & relax while I shop for the strain & strength that I need. The process could not be anymore efficient & it's a million times safer. In fact, the only interaction I need to ever have now, is at my front door when I sign to get my pkg. from the mailman (& I don't even have to get dressed for that).👌

@f1s2hg3 Жыл бұрын

Demand for medical Marijuana is the medicine high quality medicine for pain that the pill can’t relive. Because the pill is out of reach the government ruined my recovery by letting the opioid crisis happen and they profit!

@D-Fens_1632 Жыл бұрын

The black market has changed considerably from the days of meeting dudes in gas station parking lots and dealing with bikers. At least in the US. Most serious old school smokers prefer it. There is selection now and it's half the price.

@andrekoscianski Жыл бұрын

The fact that the plant was a solution for your pain has nothing to do with teenagers who start using it and end up on c0caine. The 'let it be' attitude has proven wrong many times, with good people being destroyed by drug5s. The point is: people are different, and better to be safe than sorry. People get hurt, badly, by drug5. Around 15 days ago, a Canadian teenager was arrested for saying that there are two genders, but concerning drug5s, Canada is as I said, "let it be". Holy cow, is everybody tripping on 4cid there?

@sarahmaclellan1719 Жыл бұрын

@@andrekoscianski Nah, we're not all on acid up here, but shrooms have made a pretty big comeback. Just saying.

@apriljakimczuk-graham9661 Жыл бұрын

@@andrekoscianski that never happens. Do some research. TRAUMA is the gateway drug NOT WEED lol I love the argument when someone says this, they have NO IDEA what they are talking about. I would challenge you to research the cannabinoid system in human bodies and how many children benefit from it for their autism or seizures. Educate before saying such silly things you heard growing up, that was another lie to criminalize weed.

@Spartak_Misakovich Жыл бұрын

Don't panic, it's organic.

@Scraggledust Жыл бұрын

And GMO free😂

@jarrettbobbett5230 Жыл бұрын

@@Scraggledust But I'm Smoking GMO Cookies 😅

@justme8204 Жыл бұрын

Organic with chemicals ... 😒😒😒

@solraczevehc3761 Жыл бұрын

That’s why I grow my own. Have pounds 😅

@gomezduro4017 Жыл бұрын

2240$ lbs

@GanjaDaddi_ Жыл бұрын

The octopus ski mask at the end of the vid was so fire

@bawacasst Жыл бұрын

brilliant job done by the entire team to bring out the entire seed-to-sale process, very informative and eye-opening, thanks for creating 🙂

@Zeusandhispups Жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!! Phony. Staged. Bad actors!! Every gives it two thumbs down

@PARRISHMELLOTT Жыл бұрын

Mariana is by far the best investigative journalist ever!

@_RobBanks Жыл бұрын

not even close;

@SoCalRidersMafia Жыл бұрын

notice how well mannered the dudes were. its crazy

@Puggelicious Жыл бұрын

its staged. calm down buddy

@Ryan88881 Жыл бұрын

@@Puggelicious Apparently you've never heard of journalism.

@Puggelicious Жыл бұрын

@@Ryan88881 Apparently you’ve never heard of paid actors

@Ryan88881 Жыл бұрын

@@Puggelicious Also nice job not even waiting a full minute to like your own comment. More evidence of your cringey neurodivergence.

@VooDooley Жыл бұрын

Notice how well mannered Tony Montana was? Until he wasn't...

@nate_reatcz Жыл бұрын

The fact that the cartels are so comfortable growing Marijuana inside the United States, in our national forest speaks volume. Especially about the war on drugs and the DEA! cartels wouldn't be so comfortable doing such if they weren't assured the DEA, HSI, FBI and CIA wouldn't stop them

@JohnGalt-vr3lx Жыл бұрын

Don't know if u are aware, but CIA doesn't do operations in the USA. They have their lapdogs in the fbi. The fbi doesn't prioritize drugs. Not sure who hsi is. Dea does multiple operations in California state and federal lands. There are so many no go areas in wilderness areas in cali due to narco grows. The damage they leave behind is immense. Of course with the open border, the deported weed growers are back the same day

@nate_reatcz Жыл бұрын

@@JohnGalt-vr3lx lmfaooooo the cia run operations in the u.s. foreign and domestic. They just keep it underwrap jut like they did in the 70s 80s

@susangraue8328 10 ай бұрын

Alcohol is the worst drug

@hellyeah7403 Жыл бұрын

The fact that we get free videos on KZfaq by National Geographic is truly a gift. 🤟

@TommyHoover Жыл бұрын

Right! Free propaganda is awesome!

@Scraggledust Жыл бұрын

🙌

@_J0N_TAFFER Жыл бұрын

They get paid hundreds of thousands for views per video. Plus ad revenue which could be more, Your attention makes them money so they appreciate you

@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286 Жыл бұрын

I disagree. Disney owns over 70% of NatGeo now so it's basically propaganda.

@_J0N_TAFFER Жыл бұрын

@@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286 Disney interviews people selling meth essentially

@irving9509 Жыл бұрын

Instantly hooked into this series

@kenbaily7252 Жыл бұрын

Legalize nationwide. Same as tobacco, tomatoes, squash ect. If I want to grow for personal consumption legal. If I don't want to grow, go to store. I can grow tobacco in garden for personal use. Legalizing is over due. Should have never been illegal.

@charlesosborne9969 Жыл бұрын

that's wrong on so many levels specially since it was legal until the 30s

@juckbofiden4638 Жыл бұрын

Yup until the lumber industry realized that they're going to lose money because hemp grows faster and is stronger than trees. On a side I do love the original movie reefer madness.

@ap8riot931 Жыл бұрын

Anslinger had J. Edgar Hoover slide it into the bill written to ban machine guns. People voted to make it illegal without realizing they had. The government hasn't changed much. The infrastructure bill 1.7 trillion dollars has 12 billion earmarked for infrastructure. The balance is going to them and their donors.

@Wampiroh Жыл бұрын

We must protect Mariana at all cost! Her documentaries must be treasured. Congratulations to all the team involved and thank you Natgeo for giving us these pieces of art for free!

@Zeusandhispups Жыл бұрын

You call that art??? That is garbage. You should set your standards just a bit higher..

@dancalmpeaceful3903 Жыл бұрын

I knew a guy who used to deal in drugs.....he stopped. He said he was fed up with people waking him up at crazy hours and someone breaking into his house all the time. He's divorced and much happier now.

@perculated7666 Жыл бұрын

Yeah sounds like he wasn’t selling just weed lol

@Fried-Pig-Nipples Жыл бұрын

@@perculated7666 agree, dont know too many potheads that cant wait until the next day. On top of that, when I had a "dude", he set the transaction time and we basically had no choice anyhow. If your pounding on doors at two in the morning, you really craving something else.

@TheBeStLifehomestead Жыл бұрын

Is he happier from being divorced or because not selling drugs?

@dancalmpeaceful3903 Жыл бұрын

@@TheBeStLifehomestead I think BOTH actually.

@B01 Жыл бұрын

@@Fried-Pig-Nipples when I was younger I had someone doing that kinda nonsense for weed (I've always kept it green heh). Came out with a metal baseball bat after I saw them running towards my car parked outside my house after I told em no and they wouldn't leave. Was swinging the metal bat, banging my metal railing on porch screaming YOU SAID HOW MUCH?! "Bang the railing" HOW MUCH DID YOU NEED?! and when he started to run: WHERE YOU GOING? COME "BANG".. GET "BANG"... YOUR WEED "BANG"... never called again, after my stand your ground attack ready style episode on my property. 🤣🤣 Can't be getting like that over some dam herb

@brianpeavey5002 Жыл бұрын

Marijuana should have never been illegal in the first place. You should be able to buy marijuana as easily as buying tomatoes at the grocery store.

@gadz701 Жыл бұрын

Ikr

@brianpeavey5002 Жыл бұрын

What are you suggesting more laws on the books? We see how that works.

@misterJ420 Жыл бұрын

@@Psyminds then put an age restriction on it like with alcohol duh

@trythinking6676 Жыл бұрын

They ought to reduce taxes. 15% for the city tax, 8.5 % for the state. The only reason I go to where I go is the cheap stuff...what they can't sell. 10$ eights.

@TheGoddessBast 29 күн бұрын

@@brianpeavey5002 That is a weird take! How do you get "more laws on the books" from "never should have been illegal in the first place"?

@alejandroguerrerojaramillo501 Жыл бұрын

They needa do the same tax on pharmaceutical companies

@peterlongprong7521 Жыл бұрын

Corporations control the US Government = they try to hide that under layers of veils

@fireluvr Жыл бұрын

That would raise prices even more

@gaoxiaen1 Жыл бұрын

Taxes on Big Pharma (Oxycodone, Amphetamines, Valium and other benzos, Seconal, etc...!) should be increased dramatically. Taxes on a harmless plant should be eliminated.

@chandude3 Жыл бұрын

thats extremely dumb, the pharma companies would just off put that price back on the buyer

@christopherforgette1251 Жыл бұрын

It makes me wanna cry to see all that sweet green being taken and destroyed

@sharkyandbabyorchie6949 Жыл бұрын

They don’t destroy it they flip it.

@christopherforgette1251 Жыл бұрын

Lol probably. Good old federal government

@rootedorganically4911 Жыл бұрын

Don’t black market also means it could have pesticides legal weed gets tested

@loisthehedgehog7658 Жыл бұрын

@@rootedorganically4911 you’ve probably got more of a chance of getting heavy pesticides in weed that’s legally grown in massive quantities since most the time all they want is the profit and don’t exactly care about the quality of the product. Most people who aren’t legal and grow outdoors use far less chemicals if any at all.

@inimitableminimalist Жыл бұрын

@@loisthehedgehog7658 the problem is there's no way to know. illegal growers have been using eagle-20, paclobutrazol, imacloprid, etc (all things that legal cannabis states prohibit.) BTW, If you've never heard of eagle-20 till now, you're in over your head in this discussion... Illegal business always attracts a lot of scumbags. I'm willing to believe most illegal growers don't use toxic chemicals. (I don't.) But the ones that do, do. And there's no way to know who your grower is on the illegal market.

@gastonave Жыл бұрын

Hardly surprising since this is the same thing that happened in states that taxed liquor really high and saw bootlegging liquor.

@josepal4568 Жыл бұрын

its like we don't learn SMH

@briancastronovo6007 Жыл бұрын

Running around and causing violence over a plant. Enough is enough. Free the plant and the people it serves. 🙏🏽 overgrow the world 👏

@swicer Жыл бұрын

great job nat geo!!

@kevinclark6528 Жыл бұрын

The problem isnt the weed ---its the money --just listen !!!

@ppser818 Жыл бұрын

No dude, it's the Weed too. End of story.

@YEP336 Жыл бұрын

@@ppser818 nope it is the human who always craves for more. real end of story :D

@Ron45M Жыл бұрын

Besides the situation with weed the ending on this documentary was badass 😂🔥

@trippersnipper9412 Жыл бұрын

‘Black market’ weed is normally so much fresher and well produced unlike some of the stuff that’s legal.

@bigwill6089 Жыл бұрын

Exactly! The legal stuff doesn't get me high at all

@freedominsteadof1984 10 ай бұрын

Lack of pesticides maybe? 😅

@MazizoElegante Жыл бұрын

This is by far one of her best works i wonder how can i donate money to her personal account she really went out her way doing a production so well produced.

@jjswigger8591 Жыл бұрын

she does this with all her episodes bro prob best

@jimbrown4456 Жыл бұрын

Send it to me I'll make sure she gets it 🤑

@toddoughty2043 Жыл бұрын

she might have an onlyfans

@snl1754 Жыл бұрын

she LöVES to smell some dope indeed. :)

@pierrea3094 Жыл бұрын

She’s paid 6 figures by Disney for doing this this isn’t independent journalism bud. Get it together

@RebelsInc969 Жыл бұрын

I drove 800 miles once just to get some decent weed ✌

@shecaptain3444 Жыл бұрын

😎✌️💥

@jay-mk4yt Жыл бұрын

salute!

@randyvaughn4046 Жыл бұрын

Same here. Will power

@baggedtuned8569 Жыл бұрын

@@jakestone35 LOL yea ok

@mikeyncali Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 you can just ups it now lol I have seen it lol 😂 too funny now

@alexmaina7101 2 ай бұрын

my favorite journalist!! Thank you Mariana!

@D-Fens_1632 Жыл бұрын

It's sad watching state after state having to promise all this tax money to save every budget problem. Some for the veterans, some for the schools, some for senior services, some for law enforcement. We shouldn't be having to bribe these people to have back what never should have been taken away in the first place.

@irishamerican4558 Жыл бұрын

In my day it was sad watching the police chase pot smokers around like cockroaches. Makes me sick to think how a government has treated people for using a plant given to us by our creator.

@thatguy22441 Жыл бұрын

I concur. Frankly, what the government, at every echelon, is doing is not only ineffective, but, unconstitutional. The Founding Fathers must be rolling over in their graves.

@cheezeball6109 Жыл бұрын

Yeah lottery was supposed to help education, and schools, and school budgets are dead, and falling apart.....its all BS.

@DanKirchner5150 Жыл бұрын

the government knows whats good for you

@danielfiore8865 Жыл бұрын

@@DanKirchner5150 that's why I happily pay them.

@JGoh762 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing video Mariana look forward to part 2

@cesarduran8438 Жыл бұрын

This dude is inspirational tbh I'd love to replicate what he's doin

@Editnamehere Жыл бұрын

Okay simp

@cesarduran8438 Жыл бұрын

@@Editnamehere huh

@cesarduran8438 Жыл бұрын

@@Editnamehere huh

@cesarduran8438 Жыл бұрын

@@Editnamehere why u say that?

@jd415 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video thank you National Geographic and Marina!!!

@russellzauner Жыл бұрын

If the legislation for cannbis regulation was well written, black market would go away. It's the states that refuse to decriminalize it that are driving the black market (and associated loss of tax revenues as well as supporting human rights violations).

@assog5737 Жыл бұрын

Big business won't let that happen. You would not believe what it takes to become legal in California. It is totally ignorant. To tell you the truth I don't see how anybody who is legal is making any money. A few weeks ago I saw a report that said 98 percent of legal growers lost money last year.

@newfreenayshaun6651 Жыл бұрын

Dont forget the residual army of private growers for said market who refuse to go get a marketable career in a different field. Growing is too beneficial to just quit. I have root salve that heals. Use every part of this plant, good for everyone in one form or another. The roots are just as powerful as the rest of this organism with 1000 uses, and the enjoyment and appreciation that i receive from growing and giving my buds, roots, stems, twine, stalks, extracts, rosins, tinctures, salves, hash, candles, incense, brownies and butter is priceless. When the time comes that i can lawfully sell, then i will. Til then, i keep it to myself, give it away or compost it. To take this plant back, would to be to take my fresh air away and thats not environmentally healthy for an opposing govt. Tell mom I stay high!

@CacD47 6 ай бұрын

I love being able to go to a dispo and pick out what I need. Don't miss the waiting game and shadyness at all.

@N7Miker 3 ай бұрын

On god, drug dealers aren’t your friend.

@johncranejr.5736 Жыл бұрын

Very educational

@Lonbites Жыл бұрын

I can agree with you. Most of the indoor growers are Asian not just specifically Chinese.

@lonesharp1106 Жыл бұрын

I love her documentaries / docuseries

@goncaloteixeira3441 Жыл бұрын

For sure, one of the best documentaries regarding the illegal marijuana market. Great production, and very well produced!!!! Parabéns Mariana e a toda a equipa de produção, excelente trabalho!!!!

@TommyHoover Жыл бұрын

this is literally propaganda but go off.. esto es literalmente propaganda pero vete

@bongdonkey Жыл бұрын

@@TommyHoover Theyre speaking Portuguese , not Espanol.

@bradhagemyer7722 Жыл бұрын

Why was this even made....? Thanks for nothing....

@Papalegba22 Жыл бұрын

Back in the day in Canada it was something like 1 out every 4 houses was a grow house. This was in the 90's before they went legal.

@TheMg49 Жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to see some investigative documentaries on the illegal drug situation from the perspective of what the government could do, what it has and hasn't done, and how it uses, benefits from, and actually helps the illegal drug trade to flourish.

@mls01981 10 ай бұрын

This is a very thought-provoking comment! I'd imagine that the politicians who can change the laws see it in their best interest not to say or do anything, otherwise jeopardize their careers. They may think that federal legalization is a great idea or have some personal conservatism/religious slant that says drugs are bad (the end). Either way, neither will introduce laws to legalize drugs federally. Below that, everyone else is making a paycheck as a result and doesn't want to put themselves out of a job -- this includes lawyers who defend/prosecute offenders and draft laws/regulations, law enforcement who enforce the law, and the entire prison-industrial complex who houses inmates. How may people in this video who were chopping down illegal grows also use recreational marijuana? I'd assume a lot.

@TheMg49 10 ай бұрын

@@mls01981 Good points, thanks. Regarding the sort of investigative piece that I said would be interesting to see, my guess is that nothing of that sort would be allowed to progress very far. Aside from the money part of it, which influences all economic levels of society from lowest to highest, government uses the illicit narcotics trade to track terrorist activity, which is arguably a more serious potential danger to society than the problems of drug abuse, addiction, and overdose deaths. So, the drug problem, and everything that it entails, is considered regrettable but acceptable collateral damage. Anyway, I don't have any answers. Thankfully, I don't have any appetite for narcotics or alcohol. It's frustrating to see otherwise good people ruining their lives (and sometimes others' too) with drugs and alcohol, and not be able to do anything to change their minds or habits.

@boblove6865 Жыл бұрын

Regulation and greedy tax and license laws are driving this.

@ameliagraham7284 Жыл бұрын

And evil Republicans not getting onboard on every level.

@gaoxiaen1 Жыл бұрын

@@ameliagraham7284 And cops afraid of investigating real crime, while losing union seniority.

@MemoGrafix Жыл бұрын

NO LEGALIZATION. Legalization always got laws to be bothered with. Here's one, NO LAWS for nor against these NATURE MADE PLANTS, have them be treated like growing an Apple tree or a Grape vine in My backyard. I always figured since the 90s, as it is legalized it wouldn't be better in fact worse. This documentary proves that.

@jk-474 Жыл бұрын

I just care that the law states we can use or grow without restriction, no caps on possession amounts, basically our legal rights protection. In this case they’re intervened far too much

@joewilson6566 Жыл бұрын

100 percent right ✅

@MemoGrafix Жыл бұрын

@@joewilson6566 - For Sure

@richardvillanueva8786 Жыл бұрын

DECRIMINALIZATION

@tonyndichu8101 Жыл бұрын

13:23 That dog🐕 looks high🍁🍁🍁 😂😂😂😂😂

@nckfrmthapnw Жыл бұрын

He is keyed 🤣

@ChadLee1973 Жыл бұрын

In Michigan, the prices are very low right now. Dispensery price for oz is $50-100 to start. My daughter manages a Dispensery in Kalamazoo, and she was telling me how much the price has dropped so low! The black market is $150-200 to start for an oz. in my area. We are also allowed to grow 12 personal plants. I'm glad I have a green thumb!

@XxPeytonTurnerXx Жыл бұрын

That's still not very low when you look at the big picture. the dispensary weed they sell at that price is typically garbage quality. In canada you can order "illegal" weed online for half the price of dispensary weed and it'll be better quality too. Not even on the dark web either. You can find quarter pounds of AAA grade for as low as $200.

@ericramirez6146 Жыл бұрын

How much is a whole pound?

@XxPeytonTurnerXx Жыл бұрын

@@ericramirez6146 it all depends on quality really, you get what you pay for in most cases. P’s of mid grade and or outdoor stuff can get as low as $300 a P , especially if it’s popcorn nugs (small nugs). But for craft cannabis, it can get as expensive as $1600. That stuff is next level though and is made in small batches. The average for the vendor I use is about 500-800 for large nugs of AAA or popcorn nugs of AAAA. This is CAD btw, not USD. We just have so much of it in canada that it can be priced very cheap, and standards for quality are extremely high here compared to non-legal states.

@ericramirez6146 Жыл бұрын

@@XxPeytonTurnerXx ok. Thanx for the reply

@ericramirez6146 Жыл бұрын

@@XxPeytonTurnerXx what would be considered low grade in your opinion?

@aarongarcia1101 Жыл бұрын

Its novel to go to the stores, they are neat. But when you want value and economy, homegrown is still so proper. Thats the nice part about it, really.

@robertzantay5923 Жыл бұрын

So while people think there’s a crime wave happening our police are spending their time closing down people who grow weed, which is not actually illegal but is because of a technical issue.

@King.DAVid.III2022 Жыл бұрын

I've had one drug charge in my life and they gave me 3 years in prison, "cultivating over 5 plants with intent to sale" and the only thing on my record, I can pay $1000 to remove it, but I tell you,I'd rather go to jail for something GOD already gave me than something HE said not to do 🗡️🤓 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Gen 1:29🗡️

@ap8riot931 Жыл бұрын

Busting grows and pot smokers is so much safer than confronting rapists, murderers and gang bangers... So...

@cryptotyc Жыл бұрын

When was this documentary made? Seems to be a few years old.

@zachh8261 Жыл бұрын

When she said 2k-4k a pound i knew it must have been filmed a while ago

@Tonyvido Жыл бұрын

Boomer scare campaign

@tomsmith4484 Жыл бұрын

More like 25 cents a gram

@rufusddufus4729 Жыл бұрын

300 to 1200 tops this seems very 2018-19

@andrewemrick Жыл бұрын

You can see this is clearly made post pandemic start, but yes the numbers are off.

@lil_pablo404 Жыл бұрын

Keep growin boys keep it flowin

@DrEvil-os9dc Жыл бұрын

The black market may be doing well in Cali but not where states have recently legalized it. VT legalized it last year recreationally and now competition is very stiff and prices are driven way down. Some of us who where doing well the last decade are struggling to move product. Im hoping that changes. 95% of the dispensaries are owned by big companies who only want to profit. They don’t care about anything else. Loaded with chemicals from chelated heavy metals from nutes to hard insecticides and fungicides. Disgusting. My sun grown organic bud will prevail

@joelm6631 Жыл бұрын

Lmao your worried about your profit😂 meanwhile the quality is higher and costs are dropping...that's great for the customer....

@D-Fens_1632 Жыл бұрын

I think people miss that concept, everybody just thinks "oh, dispensary, tested, safe." But when you're dealing with mass produced stuff they want to flip as quickly as possible, just like our fast food and the unnatural things they do to what we eat to make it cheaper faster and tastier, they're gonna do the same with pot (on that nktr I'll smoke a black market bowl over a delta 8 9 10 hydroxy HHP-thc-v cart that is perfectly legal to sell and possess any day). Plus all black market pot isn't grown by illegals living in federal forest surviving on canned menudo and dumping chemical in rivers. It's often the same growers that sell to dispensaries and stuff that's just coming out the back doors of dispensaries. I think the risks of "contaminated" black market pot are real but extremely exaggerated.

@maneiloveyall3672 Жыл бұрын

Yep Quality over Quantity winning, we still getting 4k plus a lb. You gotta come with the 🔥 and exclusive in house. The garbage sells to garbage clients, Quality clients will be around forever

@ap8riot931 Жыл бұрын

California government known for destroying everything it touches got involved in the weed trade. So what do you think happened? Black market is cheaper and easier... I'm told. Growers have government people wandering 24/7 through their grows they paid $100,000 for a state permit. Then they taxed transport, the packaging, and the distribution which adds to the retail price. Who can afford to do all that? Organized crime.

@JamesThomas-pj2lx Жыл бұрын

@@maneiloveyall3672 what region is paying "4k plus"?

@dankmandan232 Жыл бұрын

It’s not about a plant, it’s about the unclaimed tax revenue on said plants. Smoke and mirrors

@pinkprincesslxyxx 8 ай бұрын

great job 🎉. come to oregon it’s lovely here.

@ThompterSHunson Жыл бұрын

This should be expected. All high-demand products have a black market.

@sillosybin3300 Жыл бұрын

I live in northern Michigan, 5-6 years ago when I moved up I and a lot of other people were doing really well, now with the dispensaries most of us small growers can barely make ends meet. I know several long time growers who've had to shut down their grows😢

@richpittman666 3 ай бұрын

same in cali u have 2 have a full time job and grow jus to pay the bills out here its became an expensive hobby at this point

@joshkulus8387 Жыл бұрын

the government taxing the plant is the issue. why pay up to 30percent tax at a store when you can go down the street. the government is always the problem

@NachoSlayer Жыл бұрын

the problem is not the plant or the users, the problem is people who want money out of a sacred plant.

@chrisburns143 Жыл бұрын

Ain’t no pounds going for 4K in Cali. Maybe on the east coast, but I’ve seen 1200-2500 in Cali for good outdoor to fire indoor. For about 22-25

@joelm6631 Жыл бұрын

Please, east coast is no more than Cali....sorry to disappoint

@chrisburns143 Жыл бұрын

@@joelm6631 disappoint??? Lol I had goofy’s like you paying 38 for outdoor from 07-10 in NY. I introduced bubba kush to NY

@YMH420s Жыл бұрын

Been legal in Canada for years. 1oz of AA $100. 1oz of AAA $150-$200

@Davanillaguerrilla Жыл бұрын

A lot of the weed in NY was from Canada not long ago

@jayclay8991 Жыл бұрын

That bc bud

@2003pendevil Жыл бұрын

actually 50$ an oz 700$ a lb in bc now

@Bryan-of5qd Жыл бұрын

Cannada qc. Here , the only one where you cant grow your 4 plant outside, trust me i have try 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦‍♂️

@jayclay8991 Жыл бұрын

@@Bryan-of5qd indoor usually turns out better anyway less outside interference

@lowsays Жыл бұрын

I like all these docs.

@denisejustis92 5 ай бұрын

Unbelieveable!

@andrewpestano Жыл бұрын

all i know is nobody should be in prison for just a plant lol , pharmaceuticals doing it own thing

@alexmaclean1 Жыл бұрын

"This pound of weed is worth $2-4000". Any media or police bust they always inflate the value to silly numbers to be more dramatic. The only way that pound is worth $4000 is if you sell the whole thing by the gram lol Here in Canada top shelf will run you about $150 an oz and decent quality stuff can be had for $60, but I'd generally stay around $100. If you want a whole pound of anything you'd be hard pressed to spend more than $1000 unless you're just looking to throw money away.

@tomsmith4484 Жыл бұрын

I get decent oz for ten bucks, no joke

@bessiejones5432 Жыл бұрын

Yet when it comes to fentanyl, nobody busting down doors, think about that.

@cypress2212 Жыл бұрын

Respect.

@titaniumskunkogkush4365 Жыл бұрын

The cost of $2k-$4k a pound was five years to ten years ago. It's more like 2-4 hundred a pound and 8 hundred for indoor.

@caveman3021 Жыл бұрын

Cannabis was legalized in Canada in 2018. The problem up here is government approved weed is of low quality, and is selling for ridiculous prices. You can get an eighth of good illegal weed for $25, yet a goverment strain not near as good sells for up to $55 🤷‍♂️

@rolsson1693 Жыл бұрын

Grow your own!

@gaoxiaen1 Жыл бұрын

Incompetent Gov'ts cant even sell dope. Yet an uneducated 12-year-old can manage it.

@dankerns171 Жыл бұрын

The truth is for every legal drug their is a blackmarket. Very well done documentaries

@yessir6325 Жыл бұрын

12 search warrants a week busting gardens while crime is at an all time high in California. GOOD JOB BOYS

@chrisclouds4182 Жыл бұрын

That parking garage trap house was wild! I think ol' dude may have got that date 😂

@Hoosierdaddyjones812 Жыл бұрын

If the customers all over would stand together and ban the big company's like cookies and the corps with huge ops and only support small farms product maybe they could change things

@LetArtsLive Жыл бұрын

Yeah well the only place to get stuff from the Farms is the black market where I live

@Hoosierdaddyjones812 Жыл бұрын

@LetArtsLive make connections with others to help you out, I had friends in other places help me when I had no other choices. Drive a road trip for couple of days and see the country.

@smokersdelight410 Жыл бұрын

I can respect the hustle with the weed but the meth and heroin and fenty lock them fools up for life bro

@smokersdelight410 Жыл бұрын

@@dualealiali1386 I respect your hustle and your candor

@dualealiali1386 Жыл бұрын

@@smokersdelight410 Thank you so much, appreciated bro, But I've took look out every time, My back and around me.

@MrBMan-cf2wx Жыл бұрын

U didn't Mention Coke 😅🤔

@gaoxiaen1 Жыл бұрын

Agreed.Those bribed cops deserve much longer sentences.

@BonnienClydeMiller Жыл бұрын

I've got 30+ years of growing experience myself. I got really good at hiding outdoor plants!

@raymondjosephquiambao9821 Жыл бұрын

Hey

@raymondjosephquiambao9821 Жыл бұрын

Can i be your student? Do you have fb or ig? Planning to grow outdoor but no idea how to discreet

@seanscott Жыл бұрын

@@raymondjosephquiambao9821 dont believe it. if youre not in a state where you can grow, dont bother... not worth the risk and he shouldnt be bragging

@GiantGrasses Жыл бұрын

Plastic tomatoes

@jolindien971 Жыл бұрын

@@raymondjosephquiambao9821 plastic decoration flowers

@augustoablaza5184 Жыл бұрын

good videos

@scottkrater2131 Жыл бұрын

They bust into these places just like their busting some major drug dealer. For people who just don't have a license and aren't paying the taxes to the state government.

@charliedillon1400 Жыл бұрын

1/2 oz. of 23% THC indica, organic, legal, lab tested, taxed = $45 in Colorado. Thirty years ago 1/2 oz of (probably too moist) kind bud costed $200.

@screwthedeepstate5722 Жыл бұрын

I just went through Denver. The weed is absolutely horrible!! It's barely worth buying on CA and AZ, but CO is definitely sub par.

@whiskybooze Жыл бұрын

1/2 oz of legal bud in illinois=$235 after taxes

@nickolaspoturica7389 Жыл бұрын

Paying $59+tax =$72 for an 0z in Michigan

@tylerdiedrich1947 Жыл бұрын

@@whiskybooze black market thriving im guessing

@ldg508 Жыл бұрын

@@nickolaspoturica7389 I don't know about that, $59 for a Oz, there's no way they would stay in business with those prices

@Snakegangarchive 11 ай бұрын

How y’all tv people be finding all these plugs n shii 😂😂😂

@bruceboyer8187 Жыл бұрын

The greater the cost differential between free and govt run markets is, the greater the incentive to operate in a free market. Profit vs risk.

@ravendronesolutions Жыл бұрын

This is what happens when common sense laws aren't common. Many want to be able to make money without the violence and be able to operate freely, but due to nonsensical drug laws, that can't happen.

@chadedwards7689 Жыл бұрын

Yet again, taxes kill anything that has a potential to be positive.

@MH-en9qc 8 ай бұрын

Oh loved the trap house on top of the car Park garage. So fun it was likened to Costco, plenty of parking, bulk purchases….ha ha ha LOL he wanted a date, I giggled. Great video and I appreciate everyone opening up to shed a light on what the government is doing to choke off individuals trying to enter the market.