Walt Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Did you know that despite legalization, black-market weed still thrives? There are three main reasons for this: Cheaper prices, Overregulation & Discretion Street dealers are often cheaper which gives budget-conscious customers easier access, overregulation by governments drives out legal startups & street dealers are often more discreet which appeals to closeted cannabis smokers Full article on this issue here: https://waltrothschild.wordpress.com/2024/08/28/top-3-reasons-why-black-market-weed-still-exists/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wietsche Posted August 31 Share Posted August 31 But they will never match the quality that private growers have. And also I think it's because not everyone can tell the difference between weed so they don't trust or they think you selling them the same thing but the edibles are doing not to bad online. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jay Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 (edited) Quote Did you know that despite legalization, black-market weed still thrives? Not really if you look at statistics, the canadian market has data based on this and you will clearly see that the two markets are being brought closer together thanks to legalisation, and harm reduction. Edited September 4 by Chris Jay 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wietsche Posted September 4 Share Posted September 4 Do you think South Africa will do the same or better or worse than Canada? The thing with South African guys the are to greedy so even if they make it legal for selling I bet there will still be people going the black market way for tax and I think that's what holds them back to legalize marijuana. I you know your business men are as honest as the guys in Canada then you can legalize marijuana. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Jay Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 North America is a good market to watch, we usually follow, I think we are seeing the peak of our greenrush. Not all business people are greedy, just like not all Canadians or South Africans, sadly we have an ongoing pandemic called corruption. I hate to say this but tax is not a bad thing to regulate things. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wietsche Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 I agree on letting people pay tax as any other business they can even make a specialist tax for cannabis if they really want to push it. I mean this can take South Africa of the grey list out of resion I don't know the exact numbers but there is a lot of money to be made here (government). I also think it's better than all the other drugs people will always want to do drugs I think it's just what they use that we can maybe control to an extend if cannabis is legal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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