NYC weed dealers sell pot that looks like candy and ice cream to kids April 30, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York 0 Comments Pot peddlers are hawking their weed near kids as young as 10 — with some buds camouflaged to look like candy or ice cream cones — in and around several Inwood schools. On Thursday, The Post witnessed three different deals… Read More→
Legal or not, a cannabis dispensary is expanding across the city January 28, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market 0 Comments Empire Cannabis Clubs in Chelsea is everything you’d imagine a marijuana dispensary to be. There are glass display cases with a variety of marijuana buds, known as flower, and shelves full of edibles, pre-rolled joints, vape cartridges and other THC… Read More→
In California pot market, a hazy line between legal and not January 16, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, California 0 Comments LOS ANGELES (AP) — On an isolated farm, greenhouses stand in regimental order, sheltered by a fringe of trees. Inside are hundreds of head-high cannabis plants in precise rows, each rising from a pot nourished by coils of irrigation tubing.… Read More→
‘Talk About Clusterf—’: Why Legal Weed Didn’t Kill Oregon’s Black Market January 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Black Market, Oregon 0 Comments Legalization was supposed to take care of the black market. It hasn’t worked out that way. CAVE JUNCTION, Ore. — The first unlicensed cannabis grow popped up near Gary Longnecker’s remote Southern Oregon home seven years ago. Now there are… Read More→
‘There’s No Rules Right Now’: Inside Oklahoma’s Surprising Weed Crackdown November 12, 2021 AggregatedNews Black Market, Oklahoma 0 Comments In a deep-red state that became the nation’s hottest marijuana market, keeping regulations to a minimum didn’t keep the bad guys out. LOVE COUNTY, Okla. — Shortly after sunrise on July 22, a dozen or so police officers from across… Read More→
California legalized weed five years ago. Why is the illicit market still thriving? November 2, 2021 AggregatedNews Black Market, California 0 Comments ive years after cannabis legalization, California is awash with signs of an apparently booming industry. Californians can toke on Justin Bieber-branded joints and ash their blunts in Seth Rogen’s $95 ceramics. They can sip on THC-infused seltzers, relax inside a… Read More→
Legal U.S. marijuana is pouring into Mexico. It’s pricey, popular and has names such as ‘Bubba Kush.’ August 8, 2021 AggregatedNews Black Market, News & Insights 0 Comments MEXICO CITY — The most sought after marijuana being trafficked across the U.S.-Mexico border is now the weed entering Mexico, not the weed leaving it. Cannabis sold legally in California is heading south illegally, dominating a booming boutique market across… Read More→
21 indicted in Colorado in connection with international black market marijuana and money laundering scheme June 11, 2021 AggregatedNews Black Market, News & Insights 0 Comments Charges range from racketeering, conspiracy and money laundering to drug cultivation and distribution Federal and local law enforcement on Thursday announced the takedown of a black market marijuana and money laundering scheme in Colorado — an operation comprising 21 individuals… Read More→
Can Weed Legalization Tame New York City’s Illicit Market? June 7, 2021 AggregatedNews Black Market, New York 0 Comments The state is trying to legalize the biggest cannabis black market in the country — but that will only work if they can get the established industry players on board At five-foot-six with a mess of curly hair and a boyish… Read More→
When California declared war on cannabis growers and called in the Army July 24, 2020 AggregatedNews Black Market, California 0 Comments As state law enforcement played whack-a-mole with illegal marijuana fields, local communities protested the “invading army.” Driving through Humboldt County last winter, I heard radio ads for help harvesting and selling cannabis crops, as well as for products geared toward… Read More→
California weighs steep new fines to combat illegal cannabis sellers July 21, 2020 AggregatedNews Black Market, California 0 Comments Alarmed that unlicensed cannabis sellers continue to dominate California’s pot market, state lawmakers are moving toward imposing steep new fines on businesses that provide building space, advertising platforms and other aid to illicit operations. Those who provide assistance to illegal… Read More→
California wants to hire more cannabis cops to get a handle on black market marijuana June 3, 2020 AggregatedNews Black Market, California 0 Comments California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control is looking to beef up its law enforcement presence. The bureau in a new state budget request is asking lawmakers to let it build an 87-member police force that would enforce the 2016 law voters… Read More→
How Federal Marijuana Policy Is Pushing Veterans into the Black Market May 28, 2020 AggregatedNews Black Market 0 Comments A California group is fighting to end a federal prohibition that makes it impossible for veterans to get cannabis through the VA. Alex is 34 and lives outside of Sacramento. Like many Californians, he vapes marijuana concentrate for a variety… Read More→
New York City Is Shut Down, But Its Black-Market Weed Is Booming May 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Black Market, Coronavirus, New York 0 Comments “There’s a morgue with refrigerated trucks down the street from me,” says one West Village customer. “If I could live in my bong right now, I’d do it” “There’s a morgue with refrigerated trucks down the street from me,” says… Read More→