Here in Massachusetts the legal dispensaries are owned by a Russian banking oligarch (Curaleaf), Goldman Sachs executives (Columbia Care/Patriot Care), former Republican politicians John Boehner and Bill Weld (Acreage Holdings), and a former Sheriff that locked us all up for 20 years (“Ascend Cannabis”). The corrupt Legislature passed a law that says cannabis is NOT an agricultural crop so that 95% of small famers cannot grow it.
I just read that in Calfornia they’re estimating that “legal” weed is still less than 25% of the market…legalization 1.0 = epic fail