From California, where there are more than three times as many illicit cannabis dispensaries than licit ones, to Oregon, where the State Police Sergeant laments a growing problem with illegal marijuana, the black market for weed has persisted in states that have legalized the drug. Advocates of legalization have painted a rosy picture of a flourishing legal market while the illicit market withered—a picture far from reality in 2019.
— Read on brownpoliticalreview.org/2020/01/the-state-of-the-marijuana-black-market/