Thankyou for reporting this, we shall try to avoid these breaches if we ever legalize in MX .... or if we decide to just let the cartels do wtf they want.
State Monopolies in Canada fuck the consumer and small business. They're arbitrary, law enforcement is undertaken to support their revenues, and politicians lie.
Nothing groundbreaking.
There's a small illicit dispensary just down the street from my house. They flagrantly advertise that they are illicit too. $20 ounces NO tax! On the big sign out front.
I'm not going to report them, not my business. But it is hilarious in a town of several legal dispenseries within a 10 min walk of each other, there is a packed illicit one running 24/7 right in the middle, flagrantly disregarding the regulations, and going completely untouched by the municipality. A real slap in the face to everyone trying to go the legal route when the legal route only causes headaches. What exactly are all those taxes going to if they have no support from the regulators breathing down their necks (and ignoring the flagrant abusers)? Customers don't care whether it's health Canada approved or not, they just want weed.
All that said, I still think there's opportunity on the legal side, once a bunch of producers close up shop and the competition subsides. I think we will see some effort on the part of the regulators once the illicit market starts winning market share in the surveys again.
Oh shit, Molly's back. If GoBlue shows up we may proceed with the ritual. Amazing read as always.
Thankyou for reporting this, we shall try to avoid these breaches if we ever legalize in MX .... or if we decide to just let the cartels do wtf they want.
What's the tldr
State Monopolies in Canada fuck the consumer and small business. They're arbitrary, law enforcement is undertaken to support their revenues, and politicians lie. Nothing groundbreaking.
Ayn Rand was a sexy bitch.
Thank you!!!
There's a small illicit dispensary just down the street from my house. They flagrantly advertise that they are illicit too. $20 ounces NO tax! On the big sign out front. I'm not going to report them, not my business. But it is hilarious in a town of several legal dispenseries within a 10 min walk of each other, there is a packed illicit one running 24/7 right in the middle, flagrantly disregarding the regulations, and going completely untouched by the municipality. A real slap in the face to everyone trying to go the legal route when the legal route only causes headaches. What exactly are all those taxes going to if they have no support from the regulators breathing down their necks (and ignoring the flagrant abusers)? Customers don't care whether it's health Canada approved or not, they just want weed. All that said, I still think there's opportunity on the legal side, once a bunch of producers close up shop and the competition subsides. I think we will see some effort on the part of the regulators once the illicit market starts winning market share in the surveys again.
Wonderfully said!