Its only “illegal weed” because the government isn’t getting part of the money

It is not difficult to grow weed. The plant is NOT worth current prices in most legal states. This bad pricing is due to needless government involvement.

If you list yourself as a Legal Marijuana user, you aren’t allowed to carry a gun for protection in some states. I’m sure there are other reasons, but not everyone wants to announce to the world that they smoke. They just want to grow it, buy it, smoke it, and go on with their lives.

Weed was only expensive because of the risks involved, now it expensive because of how many people have their hands in other people's pockets.

Cause legal weed is double the price of illegal weed

0:40 Enforcement officers? You mean weaponized tax enforcement right?

it was never about weeding out (pun intended) the illegal trade, it was about government getting a (legal) cut of the moolah.

It's 100% more expensive when it's legal and the government gets their cut!😉😉😉

Most potential growers can't afford to legally grow cannabis. I don't remember the exact prices but, it's in the hundreds of thousands just to get started. That's one of the reasons illegal weed is easier to grow, however, not as safe as a legal weed.

So it’s only ok for the government to make money off of weed???

You can tell when it's a real hippies grow operation, the area is almost spotless.

Easy fix.....legalize federally!!!!! And have REASONABLE taxes!!!! 0_o I guarantee that the majority of people wouldn't mind paying a reasonable tax, like 8%....20% max.....to be able to walk into a store and pick up some regulated, quality assured, LEGAL weed. It's a win win for everyone when you don't have stupid high taxes. States get some income, people get their medicine, and free up a lot of jail cells ❤

lower the price and get rid of the competition.

The taxes are too damn high. Small home sales should be legal.

Marijuana was never legalized, it was commercialized. Legalized would give it to the people to do with as they please. Commercialized limits it to only those that have been given permission. Prohibition is still strong here. It is obviously not legal if people are still being hunted for being involved with it.

The pie is big enough for all activity. It should be treated more like tomatoes. It’s just cannabis.

Because legal weed is expensive.

I have went to California, & the dispensaries have told me they close down faster than they can open stores? Sounds like someone is making money on the back end and is trying to make it look like its not.

They just need to legalize it in all 50 states!

Y’all tax it to much 20 in taxes waste of money illegal ones don’t tax

and on top of that mixing with alcohol, we will get epileptic seizures at a certain age and go through brain surgery

It's legal in my state and I like the fact I can go in the Pot Shop as I call it and buy what I want when I want. Edibles Bud Cartridge lotions candy and I know there's nothing extra that I don't know about and I get the choice between strains.

Thriving! It’s about to be the biggest market ever. Once the government got involved they’re taxing it so much it’s going to be $400 for an ounce, it’ll be 1999 all over again. Why would I do that when my friends gonna hook me up for 150 to 200 an ounce.

You can’t regulate something people can just easily do in their spare time, that they’ve been doing for years.. It’s like them saying not to make your own books, you have to go buy someone else’s book that’s similar….

I'm in Oregon and I don't know anyone under 21, that doesn't just go to a dispensary. If you buy top shelf it's expensive, but weed has so much THC these days, that I prefer the cheaper stuff anyways. You can still find like $60.00 dollar ounces. I think it's mostly weed being shipped out of state

Acting like a camp site and snack wrappers are killing the environment " 🤦😆

Legal weed in California isn’t even that expensive. I live in Torrance. I go to a spot $25 for an eighth or $140 for an ounce tax included. 34% THC.

Lot can be grown cheaply 6$ a bale. If you eliminate the sin tax there would be no illegal growers.

Are we United States or Not...smh

The medical marijuana prop 215 program we had in California was a lot better than what we have today, once prop 64 passed for recreational marijuana everything slowly changed for the worst.

Because of the exorbitant cost.... obviously. $350 for a half is insane! And why is China growing for the USA?

News flash: weed has been legal in Connecticut for over a year. It goes on sale in dispensaries next month. Everyone already has a connection

It’s all about the taxes and so is repaying for a vehicle license, registration, almost every other year just to travel in a personal vehicle. The government takes and takes and takes and takes.

Greed Over People

Because why would I pay 3-10x the prices at a dispensary when I can get from my it more conveniently and cheaper from local dealer I’ve known since high school? And this’ll be the most libertarian thing that also makes 100% sense, deregulate, not tax, and allow anyone to sell it since it allows for fair competition amongst businesses! 🤗

Taxes and over regulation

its because legal weed is super expensive. i couldnt believe the mark-ups in dispensaries. its seriously like a 2400% mark up

I live in a legal med/rec state, and its a whole lot less expensive to buy from a plug as opposed to a dispo. Up to 400 a zip for mids, at best? Nope.

Just because it's legal in a given state doesn't mean it's something people can do in the open. Not in all states.

We need lower taxes on legal cannabis in california period. It's been broken since we set it up WAY too greedy and the kicker is we would actually make more money if people didn't have to turn to street weed because they're outpriced by a mile

Because not everyone has $10-20 for a single joint

It cost to much to grow and sell legally"

2:40 nobody goes to mall for weed and everyone paying half as much as they did as kids... missing something?

And...?

Why would I drive for miles and pay tons of money when the guy down the street is quicker and cheaper?

This is just the start of the money we are going to make off marijuana business legalize it to grow

Because you aint paying 10 or 12$ for a gram of your finest carrots 🥕😂

Yep, no taxes and this pot of course goes around the country and especially to the states that are not legal yet. They need to really take the taxes down because they are really high if you get them legally.

i know how to fix it but the politicians will still exploit this for there individual advantage

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Clean out the garbage please, DEA

The retail price gap is the thing. These kinds of illegal grows produce poor quality weed. They should not be leaving so big of a .mess; and should at least return the land to it's original state. Most people would RATHER buy legal weed as it is much better. I was for legalization, not realizing just how MUCH they decided to charge for taxes. A little more is FAIR. However, the price hike was HUGE. I was very disappointed and was financially left with choosing a mixture. If you can lower the markup....just a bit; there won't BE a market for poorly grown marijuana. We don't just spread seeds over a field, then harvest them, if you don't meticulously remove males, than the whole area is spoiled. Still for legalization and regulation. Don't be SCALPERS.

How is taking water from lake or stream theft?when it's being put back into the ground few yards away.i grew 200 plant in California we collected enough rainwater for everything

It is basic economics. People think at the margin. If the govt is levying all sorts of taxes that jack-up the price then people are going to buy the same good cheaper on the black market dealership. The law of supply and demand will never change.

Oh wait, wasn't legal weed supposed to eradicate illegal weed etc.?

The reason is because of the laws and taxes and it still being illegal on a federal level. As the laws are right now it's not profitable.

Later in the other decade psilocybin might get legalized, which requires a serialised area

Another idea that turned out to be bad.

yea cuz u cant just by a dime or nickle that wont cover taxes but yur boy will work wit u...uno?

What's Just as much the reason is the legal weed is stronger than that weed the legal weed and products are too strong especially for older people

Whats the difference between legal weed and illegal weed? And why are we wasting tax payers money on this still?

Cost you four hundred sixty and trulieve 240 outside of trulieve

The concept of payin to much is across the board the way things r goin. N we’ll always take care of ourselves or go broke

There will always be greedy people.and then there's the market being pushed by taxation theft are you taxed for growing corn or tomatoes

I believe slowly but surely it may just take time

Its because the rules are dumb. Infact, legal weed there seems to be more expensive than illegal weed. Cannabis does NOT have to be expensive at all, the price is only high in the illegal market because of supply and demand plus "danger money". If you legalize it, one gram of good cannabis should and can be DIRT CHEAP. The rules of legal cannabis are ridiculous, plus the prices are high not because of production costs, but because of sheer GREED. They dont want you to know that.

Dont understand how they say it cost more? I've been getting quarters for $30 bucks and that's never happen with any dealer I know lol..at best they would give me a discount price of $60 GTFOH legal bud is cheaper (Florida)

The fees dude.

The market is too high. It's much cheaper on the black market

Alcoholics are not barred from the second ammendment and weed smokers should not be either.

There are many problems with this video. Let’s discuss two of them: You’re talking to an economist: worries about money and how its being spent You’re not talking to a stoner: becomes super human and solves world problems while being awesome. First of all, stoners can solve many problems. Marijuana leads to socialism and freedom. It does not lead to craziness and hysteria. That's a lie. It may cause hysteria in children in extremely high doses, but last time I checked, kids struck with inoperable cancers were going into remission after a regiment of cannabis oil. Please look into it. Now, if the US wants to end the war on drugs, it needs to legalize weed across every state and reform cannabis laws to assist in keeping the cost of this powerful and wonderful PLANT affordable to all *cough (free)* and it needs to include pardons of all prior offenses of all levels of marijuana possession, not just federal. And while I am at it, what the greedy dumb-dumbs at the top don’t get is that the intelligent unicorn poop-heads who are growing and selling this stuff on the black market, know how to appeal to their clients and that keeps those needy clients coming back for more of that mind-blowing weed. Are you still with me? Sadly, the old and raggedy business owners are still trying to keep control of that sweet, green Maryjane. Those old-donkey nuggets don’t deserve it. They are building their wealth on the pain, tears, and demise of others. I hope that the cannabis they flew out made it somewhere safe. Tax payers money paid to find that stuff; maybe the local residents can all get a cut of it? What do you think? Yes? No? Because I got high

So can't people just grow their own weed?????

If you do not want to watch the whole video the answer is over taxation.

OF course it is. I said be careful what you wish for as I laughed at all the pot smokers when this was passed because the prices of the good weed would go way up...and taxed. Funny how studies on weed being bad for you are being suppressed at the same time they are criminalizing cigarettes. The games the governments plays to control and tax you.

Why do they bother. They could be putting these resources to something constructive live controlling the boarder, cleaning up people that live on the street and getting them jobs and healthcare. Government is all about them getting their share of the money.

Only he can judge

The wisest thing that should be on everyone's mind currently should be to invest in different streams of income that doesn't depend on the govt. Especially with the current economic crisis around the world. This is still a good time to invest in Gold, Silver and digital currencies (BTC,ETH...)

Cool weed!

lol the governement just wants a peice of the pie thats why its illegal😭

Well another point being not all states have legal weed they may be selling it to runners witch then bring it into other states.

Taxes and regulation Saved you 5 minutes

The high prices at the dispensaries are keeping the black market alive. I thought the governments of all the states that legalized adult use cannabis would have figured this out by now. Lower the prices at the dispensaries.. I get double on the street than what the dispensaries charge. The prices need to come down in order to drive the black market away.. 💚🌿💯

Let's just take it from them...let them built and then have the government take it

Legal weed is high cost and low quality. Saved you time.

No litter in Or spitting on ground

Ask the Republicans in the states that refuse to legalize it .

Just make it actually legal

Because government needs money? That's why they legalize

Well we know it won't be the legalized in the state of backwards Indiana

What ppl don’t get is that if these ppl start to lose money on legal weed, what do u think they will do then. Just give up making easy money, no they will flood the market will more hard drugs then they do already. Think about it, when states started legalizing weed, heroin use started going up bc these cartels don’t want to lose money. It’s crazy but look at a time line and u will see when heroin deaths started to rise is wen weed started to b legal in states.

Prices to high and legacy users don’t want to support corporate greed.I will never buy cannabis from a company that the owner doesn’t even use its own products.

To expensive and taxes are to hight

How stupid is government regulating and enforcing laws on a PLANT? Lmao

Using cannabis is less logical minded than alchohol

medical thc is very low

It is sickening the damage this illegal drug growing is doing to the enviorment, not to mention the work and clean up that the fish and game has to take care of.

The legality of weed does not mean it is easily accessible from dispensaries. The nearest dispensary to my city is 35 min drive so allot of people still buy locally out of convenience apart from price.

No legacy user wants to pay for the guys in suits yacht and mansions.

Taxes are high & everyone has weed so you buy from whatever is easily accessible. Dispensaries are open & closed from a certain time, if I want weed at midnight I could phone a buddy

They want to take over the weed business, not stamp it out.