Black Market Marijuana (Full Episode) | Trafficked with Mariana Van Zeller
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Mariana sets off on a wild journey through California’s black market for weed, which has mushroomed since marijuana legalization four years ago.
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When she was walking thru the plants she wanted to say “it smells. really good” 😂💯💯💯
Like really good
I doubt it she’s an uptight house on the hill naive human
here in canada skeptics cried "the country is going to fall apart when weed is legalized" nothing has changed except my relationship with the cops. I no longer have to look over my shoulder.
The black market is done I've watched so many big dealers quite not worth there time customers like to go every where
A criminal no more!!!! Michigan Marijuana Madness
@@bestbyfar1118 except the government weed is always bone dry and overpriced. nobody who smokes daily is going to those shops, you can't even see the weed before u purchase it... They prepackage bud a year in advance, its a joke.
I know right . I’ve been growing my own now since it became federally legal here 🇨🇦
@@bestbyfar1118 thats the same with fast food, theyre everywhere
I LOL everytime i see an officer who thinks they’re making a difference wasting time and resources on weed
Here in Louisville under oz, they dump out no ticket, which only helps the dealers 🤓
@@King.DAVid.III2022 I'm just curious ... Are you talking about Louisville, KY? and what is oz?
@@BrianSmith-lo3mj yes Louisville, last time they looked at it, said it's you lucky day we don't do anything for this threw it on the ground.
@@BrianSmith-lo3mj once of flower, some call it a zip
@@BrianSmith-lo3mj when they dump it only helps the dealer🤓, the Smoker must purchase another sac.😭
i find it amazing hearing everyone who tried to get in the legal side talk about the same obstacles as everyone else. Not a coincidence
They just don't want to pay taxes. They're not victims.
@@newthrash1221 its more than taxes. the states as its more than just cali doing this put equity restrictions. bond restrictions. hundreds of thousands for license fees. and thats to even apply not be accepted
@@newthrash1221 It said in the documentary that its a lot of money to get licensed (like hundreds of thousands) and banks won’t give people loans because it’s not federally legal.
@@newthrash1221gfy loser why pay taxes on something I farm ? Pay taxes on a garden ? Making beer ? Liquor ? STFU liberal
NG: "black market marijuana
Everyone else: The weed we've all been buying for years
Nah, ive been growing legally for a while now, many states ha
no $hit... National Geographic is not the same as when I was younger.
@@randomoverpopulatedworldid3286 Exactly😅
Not even medical in my state.
@@powell4661what state u in ?
This is kind of a different comment but I wanted to say the sound engineer for this program did a great job. Good mixing and clarity. Music choices worked for the program as well. The suspense sounds were done appropriately and not repetitive. Good program as a whole too.
hey do you perhaps know the name of some of the songs? i'm really in to some and i like them here but i have no clue how they are called.
Every documentary I see this reporter in she's always in some insanely dangerous situations, mad respect to her for putting herself at risk to bring us these important stories. 👍👍👍
So nobody's noticed that this is episode 4 of 20 in the playlist? Nice one, NatGeo
Imagine taxing legal company’s so badly that you push them to illegal means smh
What do you mean? That's the American way, the rich rob the poor and the poor rob each other!
That s the brainchild of Commie Fornia's POS of Governor Gavin Gruesome!
I lived that REALITY in oklahoma, just sold my grow and dispo
But isn't that what demoKKKrats want to do across the board?
EXACTLY THIS. THANK YOU!
though; * It also applies to taxing citizens, or governors/presidents ignoring poverty.
They misunderstood. We want legal weed, not government controlled weed
We are allowed to grow 4 plants per house. If that doesn't help idk what does.
@@apriljakimczuk-graham9661 6 were im at 6 mature and 12 babys
😊
Grow it yourself like a big boy and there's zero government control. They can't control something they know nothing about 😉 you're welcome
@Window Licker_420 grow your own in georgia and you'll be met with one of the strongest forms of government control
The fact that we get free videos on RUclips by National Geographic is truly a gift. 👍👍👍
And about weed 👍👍👍
I worked there 12 years, it gets better.
CAN PEOPLE STOP CALLING IT A “BLACK MARKET” It’s called Traditional Market and we’re never going to stop.
Whats up with a farmers market...they got green peppers...zucchini and a few stands offering erbage...why not ?? why not
yep, thats the problem
LOL oh yes it will. one state at a time. it shouldve never been illegal to start with. make your 401k now while you can bc its coming bud
I sell weed for living in Black Market, They might arrest a couple of dealers but they will never stop us from the hassle of selling weed black markets
Black market is what it is so deal with it... 😅
with only a $500 fine for growing, i don’t see where it justifies the effort of the raid
Because they take all your equipment and product
They weigh it with the dirt on it too 🧐
All staged
quite simply, how do you punish the people who don't have a choice from those who are greedy and call it fair?
@@ZombieKid-c6v and your money
brilliant job done by the entire team to bring out the entire seed-to-sale process, very informative and eye-opening, thanks for creating 🙂
ABSOLUTE GARBAGE!! Phony. Staged. Bad actors!! Every gives it two thumbs down
It's not legalization the problem, it's regulations and taxation
Without representation!
It's a natural plant that has a lot of benefits and should be available to anyone hassle free
Yes i agree
has many benefits but can also make you a pot head if youre consistently smoking it at large amounts
@@friction5001 It’s way better than alcohol or nicotine. I don’t see why they should be legal while weed isn’t.
Like opium...
@@jesuschrist7169 poppy plants are used for both heroine and morphine, that argument makes no sense. Could literally make the same argument about how no one should eat berries cause there are berries that are poisonous
I live in Southern Humboldt County California, the heart of the Emerald triangle, and our economy is DEVASTATED by over regulation of the the cannabis farms here. It costs 600 bucks approx to grow a pound of weed, but they're only getting 450 AT MOST and paying huge regulatory fines and taxes with NO support. It's a disaster.
and fyi ppl have been growing in state parks up there for decades. this video acting like it's brand new...
it was a half hearted regulation to begin with, unless its taken seriously the underground will flurish
So less government? More power to the citizens? In cali? 😂😂
@buckdaman8493y’all are paying 20$ a seed??? we’re paying pennies for em’ over here😂
I grow pounds for pennies
If the government isn't making money. You can't make money.
😢 Ain't that the truth
Imagine paying taxes for police to be confiscating people's plants
so dumb... so sad....Goverment again making ife harder on everyday citizens....
Wild isn't it...all one big game
And thus people still prefer buying from the black market 😂
We must protect Mariana at all cost! Her documentaries must be treasured. Congratulations to all the team involved and thank you Natgeo for giving us these pieces of art for free!
You call that art??? That is garbage. You should set your standards just a bit higher..
The octopus ski mask at the end of the vid was so fire
WOW 😲, need more journalists like you. Great job.
If only we took fentanyl and alcohol abuse as seriously as the fun green plant
Nah, open the borders and let it flood in! Seems to be working
Believe it or not tobacco is up there on the more serious list. I took college classes in drug and alcohol counseling. Tobacco is on the list of worse than pot because stopping tobacco causes withdrawal symptoms in its users and quitters have to be medicated with a patch. Some people feel like they might die if they stop smoking it. The symptoms of an alcoholic user are actually the same as a heroin addict, staggering, slurred speech, and blackouts for example and some who wish to quit can go through withdrawal symptoms such as seizures. Marijuana was actually not considered serious at all from the medical standpoint because there are no withdrawal symptoms, if the user wishes to quit it is actually quite safe with no withdrawal symptoms when compared to the afore three other products.
Fent ain't no problem no more
It's the tranq and dope mix that's a new concern
Drug dealers rather people use fent than tranq
@@Rosarix8 All so called addicts defend their drug of choice when really similar biology goes on. Most so called addicted people suffer from undiagnosed skeletal problems or nutritional deficiency. A blood test is needed to diagnose deficiency and everyone should have one at least once a year. If a deficiency is found then the person can usually fix it on their own with an over the counter product.
@@candacecraddock1592 after years of everyday use there is very much withdrawal when users stop.
I live in Canada & I couldn't be happier that we've legalized it. I've always used it for medical reasons & a lot of times it's been the only way I've found any relief from the pain. Over the past 20yrs buying through the black market, there have been numerous times where I've suddenly found myself in some pretty risky situations with some really sketchy people. The bikers especially scared me. Plus, it would always make me super paranoid to have to be constantly watching over my back for the cops.
Never was there ever much of a selection (if any at all). Usually I would just end up buying whatever I could get, but not what was necessarily always what was good. Since times have changed, I now buy wholesale online. This way I can sit back & relax while I shop for the strain & strength that I need. The process could not be anymore efficient & it's a million times safer. In fact, the only interaction I need to ever have now, is at my front door when I sign to get my pkg. from the mailman (& I don't even have to get dressed for that).👌
Demand for medical Marijuana is the medicine high quality medicine for pain that the pill can’t relive. Because the pill is out of reach the government ruined my recovery by letting the opioid crisis happen and they profit!
The black market has changed considerably from the days of meeting dudes in gas station parking lots and dealing with bikers. At least in the US. Most serious old school smokers prefer it. There is selection now and it's half the price.
The fact that the plant was a solution for your pain has nothing to do with teenagers who start using it and end up on c0caine. The 'let it be' attitude has proven wrong many times, with good people being destroyed by drug5s. The point is: people are different, and better to be safe than sorry. People get hurt, badly, by drug5. Around 15 days ago, a Canadian teenager was arrested for saying that there are two genders, but concerning drug5s, Canada is as I said, "let it be". Holy cow, is everybody tripping on 4cid there?
@@andrekoscianski Nah, we're not all on acid up here, but shrooms have made a pretty big comeback. Just saying.
@@andrekoscianski that never happens. Do some research. TRAUMA is the gateway drug NOT WEED lol I love the argument when someone says this, they have NO IDEA what they are talking about. I would challenge you to research the cannabinoid system in human bodies and how many children benefit from it for their autism or seizures. Educate before saying such silly things you heard growing up, that was another lie to criminalize weed.
Mariana is by far the best investigative journalist ever!
not even close;
@@_RobBankswho would you say is?
Instantly hooked into this series
Watching the cops perform these raids is aggravating!!!!
The gov wants TAXES so will do everything possible to keep you from buying it from the streets. They want you to goto a weed store so the gov can get their cut!!
so you like to smoke boof? Lol ok
That's cause you want all the reefers for yourself, end of story.
@@ppser818 nah it really just seems pointless when its supposed to be legal in California. Not to mention Mexico and Canada legalizing it too.
@@ppser818 just from you saying "reefers" you lost all validation
I knew a guy who used to deal in drugs.....he stopped. He said he was fed up with people waking him up at crazy hours and someone breaking into his house all the time. He's divorced and much happier now.
Yeah sounds like he wasn’t selling just weed lol
@@perculated7666 agree, dont know too many potheads that cant wait until the next day. On top of that, when I had a "dude", he set the transaction time and we basically had no choice anyhow. If your pounding on doors at two in the morning, you really craving something else.
Is he happier from being divorced or because not selling drugs?
@@TheBeStLifehomestead I think BOTH actually.
@@Fried-Pig-Nipples when I was younger I had someone doing that kinda nonsense for weed (I've always kept it green heh). Came out with a metal baseball bat after I saw them running towards my car parked outside my house after I told em no and they wouldn't leave.
Was swinging the metal bat, banging my metal railing on porch screaming YOU SAID HOW MUCH?! "Bang the railing" HOW MUCH DID YOU NEED?! and when he started to run: WHERE YOU GOING? COME "BANG".. GET "BANG"... YOUR WEED "BANG"... never called again, after my stand your ground attack ready style episode on my property. 🤣🤣 Can't be getting like that over some dam herb
We all stayed with our local dealer. It's cheaper and there's no reason to change. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
sounds like youre that dealer. wouldnt want it being legal now would you
its all very broken. only a dealer would make a statement like this
Don't panic, it's organic.
And GMO free😂
@@Scraggledust But I'm Smoking GMO Cookies 😅
That’s why I grow my own. Have pounds 😅
2240$ lbs
@@Psyminds the point of growing your own is that you know everything you used. I grow with plane tap water ph at 6.5. Nothing else except maybe some organic caterpillar killer and some blooming organic fertilizers at the beginning of flower.
PS anything can become toxic if you intake too much of it. Like drinking water too much has killed before.
Running around and causing violence over a plant. Enough is enough. Free the plant and the people it serves. 🙏🏽 overgrow the world 👏
The fact that the cartels are so comfortable growing Marijuana inside the United States, in our national forest speaks volume. Especially about the war on drugs and the DEA! cartels wouldn't be so comfortable doing such if they weren't assured the DEA, HSI, FBI and CIA wouldn't stop them
Don't know if u are aware, but CIA doesn't do operations in the USA. They have their lapdogs in the fbi. The fbi doesn't prioritize drugs. Not sure who hsi is. Dea does multiple operations in California state and federal lands. There are so many no go areas in wilderness areas in cali due to narco grows. The damage they leave behind is immense. Of course with the open border, the deported weed growers are back the same day
@@JohnGalt-vr3lx lmfaooooo the cia run operations in the u.s. foreign and domestic. They just keep it underwrap jut like they did in the 70s 80s
notice how well mannered the dudes were. its crazy
its staged. calm down buddy
@@Puggelicious Apparently you've never heard of journalism.
@@Ryan88881 Apparently you’ve never heard of paid actors
@@Puggelicious Also nice job not even waiting a full minute to like your own comment. More evidence of your cringey neurodivergence.
Notice how well mannered Tony Montana was?
Until he wasn't...
Besides the situation with weed the ending on this documentary was badass 😂🔥
Alcohol is the worst drug
I’ve watched every trafficked episode and wow Mariana and her team did a great job!
my favorite journalist!! Thank you Mariana!
Legalize nationwide. Same as tobacco, tomatoes, squash ect. If I want to grow for personal consumption legal. If I don't want to grow, go to store. I can grow tobacco in garden for personal use. Legalizing is over due. Should have never been illegal.
My favorite part is when she's interviewing the big distro guy, and she just keeps smelling the nug over and over, must've been some fire, lol
This is by far one of her best works i wonder how can i donate money to her personal account she really went out her way doing a production so well produced.
she does this with all her episodes bro prob best
Send it to me I'll make sure she gets it 🤑
she might have an onlyfans
she LöVES to smell some dope indeed. :)
She’s paid 6 figures by Disney for doing this this isn’t independent journalism bud. Get it together
that's wrong on so many levels specially since it was legal until the 30s
Yup until the lumber industry realized that they're going to lose money because hemp grows faster and is stronger than trees. On a side I do love the original movie reefer madness.
Anslinger had J. Edgar Hoover slide it into the bill written to ban machine guns. People voted to make it illegal without realizing they had. The government hasn't changed much. The infrastructure bill 1.7 trillion dollars has 12 billion earmarked for infrastructure. The balance is going to them and their donors.
great job nat geo!!
It would be interesting to see some investigative documentaries on the illegal drug situation from the perspective of what the government could do, what it has and hasn't done, and how it uses, benefits from, and actually helps the illegal drug trade to flourish.
This is a very thought-provoking comment!
I'd imagine that the politicians who can change the laws see it in their best interest not to say or do anything, otherwise jeopardize their careers. They may think that federal legalization is a great idea or have some personal conservatism/religious slant that says drugs are bad (the end). Either way, neither will introduce laws to legalize drugs federally.
Below that, everyone else is making a paycheck as a result and doesn't want to put themselves out of a job -- this includes lawyers who defend/prosecute offenders and draft laws/regulations, law enforcement who enforce the law, and the entire prison-industrial complex who houses inmates.
How may people in this video who were chopping down illegal grows also use recreational marijuana? I'd assume a lot.
@@mls01981 Good points, thanks. Regarding the sort of investigative piece that I said would be interesting to see, my guess is that nothing of that sort would be allowed to progress very far. Aside from the money part of it, which influences all economic levels of society from lowest to highest, government uses the illicit narcotics trade to track terrorist activity, which is arguably a more serious potential danger to society than the problems of drug abuse, addiction, and overdose deaths. So, the drug problem, and everything that it entails, is considered regrettable but acceptable collateral damage. Anyway, I don't have any answers. Thankfully, I don't have any appetite for narcotics or alcohol. It's frustrating to see otherwise good people ruining their lives (and sometimes others' too) with drugs and alcohol, and not be able to do anything to change their minds or habits.
This dude is inspirational tbh I'd love to replicate what he's doin
Okay simp
@@Editnamehere huh
@@Editnamehere huh
@@Editnamehere why u say that?
If the legislation for cannbis regulation was well written, black market would go away.
It's the states that refuse to decriminalize it that are driving the black market (and associated loss of tax revenues as well as supporting human rights violations).
Big business won't let that happen.
You would not believe what it takes to become legal in California.
It is totally ignorant.
To tell you the truth I don't see how anybody who is legal is making any money.
A few weeks ago I saw a report that said 98 percent of legal growers lost money last year.
Dont forget the residual army of private growers for said market who refuse to go get a marketable career in a different field. Growing is too beneficial to just quit. I have root salve that heals. Use every part of this plant, good for everyone in one form or another. The roots are just as powerful as the rest of this organism with 1000 uses, and the enjoyment and appreciation that i receive from growing and giving my buds, roots, stems, twine, stalks, extracts, rosins, tinctures, salves, hash, candles, incense, brownies and butter is priceless. When the time comes that i can lawfully sell, then i will. Til then, i keep it to myself, give it away or compost it. To take this plant back, would to be to take my fresh air away and thats not environmentally healthy for an opposing govt. Tell mom I stay high!
Back in the day in Canada it was something like 1 out every 4 houses was a grow house. This was in the 90's before they went legal.
she's super respectful and curious, the right kind of journalist.
It's sad watching state after state having to promise all this tax money to save every budget problem. Some for the veterans, some for the schools, some for senior services, some for law enforcement. We shouldn't be having to bribe these people to have back what never should have been taken away in the first place.
In my day it was sad watching the police chase pot smokers around like cockroaches. Makes me sick to think how a government has treated people for using a plant given to us by our creator.
I concur. Frankly, what the government, at every echelon, is doing is not only ineffective, but, unconstitutional. The Founding Fathers must be rolling over in their graves.
Yeah lottery was supposed to help education, and schools, and school budgets are dead, and falling apart.....its all BS.
the government knows whats good for you
@@DanKirchner5150 that's why I happily pay them.
13:23 That dog🐕 looks high🍁🍁🍁 😂😂😂😂😂
He is keyed 🤣
It makes me wanna cry to see all that sweet green being taken and destroyed
They don’t destroy it they flip it.
Lol probably. Good old federal government
Don’t black market also means it could have pesticides legal weed gets tested
@@rootedorganically4911 you’ve probably got more of a chance of getting heavy pesticides in weed that’s legally grown in massive quantities since most the time all they want is the profit and don’t exactly care about the quality of the product. Most people who aren’t legal and grow outdoors use far less chemicals if any at all.
@@loisthehedgehog7658 the problem is there's no way to know. illegal growers have been using eagle-20, paclobutrazol, imacloprid, etc (all things that legal cannabis states prohibit.) BTW, If you've never heard of eagle-20 till now, you're in over your head in this discussion...
Illegal business always attracts a lot of scumbags. I'm willing to believe most illegal growers don't use toxic chemicals. (I don't.) But the ones that do, do. And there's no way to know who your grower is on the illegal market.
The problem isnt the weed ---its the money --just listen !!!
No dude, it's the Weed too. End of story.
@@ppser818 nope it is the human who always craves for more. real end of story :D
Hardly surprising since this is the same thing that happened in states that taxed liquor really high and saw bootlegging liquor.
its like we don't learn SMH
The last bunch of guys was great. They're so chill haha
When was this documentary made? Seems to be a few years old.
When she said 2k-4k a pound i knew it must have been filmed a while ago
Boomer scare campaign
More like 25 cents a gram
300 to 1200 tops this seems very 2018-19
You can see this is clearly made post pandemic start, but yes the numbers are off.
I drove 800 miles once just to get some decent weed ✌
😎✌️💥
salute!
Same here. Will power
@@jakestone35 LOL yea ok
😂😂😂 you can just ups it now lol I have seen it lol 😂 too funny now
I can agree with you. Most of the indoor growers are Asian not just specifically Chinese.
I live in northern Michigan, 5-6 years ago when I moved up I and a lot of other people were doing really well, now with the dispensaries most of us small growers can barely make ends meet. I know several long time growers who've had to shut down their grows😢
same in cali u have 2 have a full time job and grow jus to pay the bills out here its became an expensive hobby at this point
Its novel to go to the stores, they are neat. But when you want value and economy, homegrown is still so proper. Thats the nice part about it, really.
I love her documentaries / docuseries
They needa do the same tax on pharmaceutical companies
Corporations control the US Government = they try to hide that under layers of veils
That would raise prices even more
Taxes on Big Pharma (Oxycodone, Amphetamines, Valium and other benzos, Seconal, etc...!) should be increased dramatically. Taxes on a harmless plant should be eliminated.
thats extremely dumb, the pharma companies would just off put that price back on the buyer
What?!!!!! Why raise prices on life saving medicines?
I love being able to go to a dispo and pick out what I need. Don't miss the waiting game and shadyness at all.
On god, drug dealers aren’t your friend.
Marijuana should have never been illegal in the first place. You should be able to buy marijuana as easily as buying tomatoes at the grocery store.
Ikr
What are you suggesting more laws on the books? We see how that works.
@@Psyminds then put an age restriction on it like with alcohol duh
They ought to reduce taxes. 15% for the city tax, 8.5 % for the state. The only reason I go to where I go is the cheap stuff...what they can't sell. 10$ eights.
@@brianpeavey5002 That is a weird take! How do you get "more laws on the books" from "never should have been illegal in the first place"?
Ain’t no pounds going for 4K in Cali. Maybe on the east coast, but I’ve seen 1200-2500 in Cali for good outdoor to fire indoor. For about 22-25
Please, east coast is no more than Cali....sorry to disappoint
@@joelm6631 disappoint??? Lol I had goofy’s like you paying 38 for outdoor from 07-10 in NY. I introduced bubba kush to NY
NO LEGALIZATION.
Legalization always got laws to be bothered with.
Here's one, NO LAWS for nor against these NATURE MADE PLANTS, have them be treated like growing an Apple tree or a Grape vine in My backyard.
I always figured since the 90s, as it is legalized it wouldn't be better in fact worse. This documentary proves that.
I just care that the law states we can use or grow without restriction, no caps on possession amounts, basically our legal rights protection. In this case they’re intervened far too much
100 percent right ✅
@@joewilson6566 - For Sure
DECRIMINALIZATION
This is why I just opt for growibg my own. I live in a middle ground state, but I don't want the interaction or stress of going through a plug.
The truth is for every legal drug their is a blackmarket. Very well done documentaries
The black market may be doing well in Cali but not where states have recently legalized it. VT legalized it last year recreationally and now competition is very stiff and prices are driven way down. Some of us who where doing well the last decade are struggling to move product. Im hoping that changes. 95% of the dispensaries are owned by big companies who only want to profit. They don’t care about anything else. Loaded with chemicals from chelated heavy metals from nutes to hard insecticides and fungicides. Disgusting.
My sun grown organic bud will prevail
Lmao your worried about your profit😂 meanwhile the quality is higher and costs are dropping...that's great for the customer....
I think people miss that concept, everybody just thinks "oh, dispensary, tested, safe." But when you're dealing with mass produced stuff they want to flip as quickly as possible, just like our fast food and the unnatural things they do to what we eat to make it cheaper faster and tastier, they're gonna do the same with pot (on that nktr I'll smoke a black market bowl over a delta 8 9 10 hydroxy HHP-thc-v cart that is perfectly legal to sell and possess any day). Plus all black market pot isn't grown by illegals living in federal forest surviving on canned menudo and dumping chemical in rivers. It's often the same growers that sell to dispensaries and stuff that's just coming out the back doors of dispensaries. I think the risks of "contaminated" black market pot are real but extremely exaggerated.
Yep Quality over Quantity winning, we still getting 4k plus a lb. You gotta come with the 🔥 and exclusive in house. The garbage sells to garbage clients, Quality clients will be around forever
California government known for destroying everything it touches got involved in the weed trade. So what do you think happened? Black market is cheaper and easier... I'm told. Growers have government people wandering 24/7 through their grows they paid $100,000 for a state permit. Then they taxed transport, the packaging, and the distribution which adds to the retail price. Who can afford to do all that? Organized crime.
@@maneiloveyall3672 what region is paying "4k plus"?
I love how it highlights the bubbles of ethnic groups like Chinese nationals in sac, etc. idk the word for it. Great narrative too like it goes through the whole supply chain. I remember a prof describing the “little e structure” and this perfectly made me think of it
Been legal in Canada for years. 1oz of AA $100. 1oz of AAA $150-$200
A lot of the weed in NY was from Canada not long ago
That bc bud
actually 50$ an oz 700$ a lb in bc now
Cannada qc. Here , the only one where you cant grow your 4 plant outside, trust me i have try 🤷🏻♂️🤦♂️
@@Bryan-of5qd indoor usually turns out better anyway less outside interference
‘Black market’ weed is normally so much fresher and well produced unlike some of the stuff that’s legal.
Exactly! The legal stuff doesn't get me high at all
Lack of pesticides maybe? 😅
I've been reading and watching the National Geo for over four decades. This was, perhaps, the most sensationalized documentary i have ever seen produced by NG. very disappointing
The greater the cost differential between free and govt run markets is, the greater the incentive to operate in a free market. Profit vs risk.
In Michigan, the prices are very low right now. Dispensery price for oz is $50-100 to start. My daughter manages a Dispensery in Kalamazoo, and she was telling me how much the price has dropped so low! The black market is $150-200 to start for an oz. in my area. We are also allowed to grow 12 personal plants. I'm glad I have a green thumb!
That's still not very low when you look at the big picture. the dispensary weed they sell at that price is typically garbage quality. In canada you can order "illegal" weed online for half the price of dispensary weed and it'll be better quality too. Not even on the dark web either. You can find quarter pounds of AAA grade for as low as $200.
How much is a whole pound?
@@ericramirez6146 it all depends on quality really, you get what you pay for in most cases. P’s of mid grade and or outdoor stuff can get as low as $300 a P , especially if it’s popcorn nugs (small nugs). But for craft cannabis, it can get as expensive as $1600. That stuff is next level though and is made in small batches. The average for the vendor I use is about 500-800 for large nugs of AAA or popcorn nugs of AAAA. This is CAD btw, not USD. We just have so much of it in canada that it can be priced very cheap, and standards for quality are extremely high here compared to non-legal states.
@@XxPeytonTurnerXx ok. Thanx for the reply
@@XxPeytonTurnerXx what would be considered low grade in your opinion?
Lol its nice to see bob marley playing his guitar and looking down on that bag full of weed 🇯🇲(poster on the wall during the first police raid)
This wouldn’t be a problem if they legalised it properly instead of doing a corporate takeover. And at 18:32, that’s a UK police bust, not a Californian one. The environmental damage is sad. Legalise all drugs properly.
I feel bad for the dog yo 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 he so high 😂😂😂😂
Cannabis was legalized in Canada in 2018. The problem up here is government approved weed is of low quality, and is selling for ridiculous prices. You can get an eighth of good illegal weed for $25, yet a goverment strain not near as good sells for up to $55 🤷♂️
Grow your own!
Incompetent Gov'ts cant even sell dope. Yet an uneducated 12-year-old can manage it.
Weed is a gift for humanity.
Regulation and greedy tax and license laws are driving this.
And evil Republicans not getting onboard on every level.
@@ameliagraham7284 And cops afraid of investigating real crime, while losing union seniority.
What an amazing video Mariana look forward to part 2
Keep growin boys keep it flowin
"This pound of weed is worth $2-4000". Any media or police bust they always inflate the value to silly numbers to be more dramatic. The only way that pound is worth $4000 is if you sell the whole thing by the gram lol
Here in Canada top shelf will run you about $150 an oz and decent quality stuff can be had for $60, but I'd generally stay around $100. If you want a whole pound of anything you'd be hard pressed to spend more than $1000 unless you're just looking to throw money away.
I get decent oz for ten bucks, no joke
This is what happens when common sense laws aren't common. Many want to be able to make money without the violence and be able to operate freely, but due to nonsensical drug laws, that can't happen.
Oh loved the trap house on top of the car Park garage. So fun it was likened to Costco, plenty of parking, bulk purchases….ha ha ha LOL he wanted a date, I giggled. Great video and I appreciate everyone opening up to shed a light on what the government is doing to choke off individuals trying to enter the market.
She resembles Rhea Seahorn I'm sure her looks help her to get into some of these places. She is very good at what she does, and brave.
My G wants to take Mariana on a date😂
Now that’s some balls 💪
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the problem is not the plant or the users, the problem is people who want money out of a sacred plant.
12 search warrants a week busting gardens while crime is at an all time high in California. GOOD JOB BOYS
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Pretty sure you can love multiple times before you die
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Sweet picture
@@st.claire7201 thnku
flower dont cost that much anymore,the market fluctuates and its under 1700 per pound now regardless of strain
This should be expected. All high-demand products have a black market.
That parking garage trap house was wild! I think ol' dude may have got that date 😂
So while people think there’s a crime wave happening our police are spending their time closing down people who grow weed, which is not actually illegal but is because of a technical issue.
I've had one drug charge in my life and they gave me 3 years in prison, "cultivating over 5 plants with intent to sale" and the only thing on my record, I can pay $1000 to remove it, but I tell you,I'd rather go to jail for something GOD already gave me than something HE said not to do 🗡️🤓 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. Gen 1:29🗡️
Busting grows and pot smokers is so much safer than confronting rapists, murderers and gang bangers... So...
It’s hard moving it because the states that. Not legal with on. Interstates and intercept loafs . Even the post office catch it so it’s hard getting it to Memphis
13:23 Homie got stoned so bad he managed to stay dead for a good minute there.
They bust into these places just like their busting some major drug dealer. For people who just don't have a license and aren't paying the taxes to the state government.
Kudos and Big Shout out to all Californians smoking on the good Calio watching this
the government taxing the plant is the issue. why pay up to 30percent tax at a store when you can go down the street. the government is always the problem
There’s no way they’re dealing out of that parking lot. I know exactly where it’s at.
😂😂😂😂😂
Instead of interviewing big name LA dispensaries like Jungle Boys or even Sherbinskis or talking to grey market in Northern California (capital of black market) they specifically talk to the people who just do very shady things
The capital of the black market is NYC . Always is always was. Prices are dictated from NYC on down . Northern Cali is just one distributor out of many legal states and countless gangs from every country.