[barrow-rider]

> Wtf is going on in California.

Forreal. As someone in Canada watching the weed thing play out, my prediction is that Cali would legalize and then utterly dominate.

Like the medical and recreational stuff is there, the weather is great for growing stuff, including weed, and with 40 million people -- more than all of Canada -- there is a huge base of investment capital and consumers to pull from.

Why isn't California DOMINATING the global weed trade?

[newman8r]

I believe the current limit in California is a 1 acre parcel - that's in effect until 2023. Many counties in California still don't allow cultivation at all. If you look at the licenses that are being granted (public database), you'll see that none of the Southern California counties are even granting those 1 acre outdoor permits.

There's probably other reasons as well, but this might be part of it.

[code_duck]

California has had a leading role in the black market trade for decades. It’s the legal framework that has been out of sync.