Canada: Will marijuana legalization push the pusher out of business?

Drug dealers in Canada may soon have to contend with the biggest business competitor they’ve ever faced: the federal government.

One Montreal dealer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said that like any businessman, he is worried about how marijuana legalization will affect the bottom line of his low-key, one-man operation.

“I just want to be able to pay a few bills,” he says.

Legalization has come with a promise to curb the black market in almost every jurisdiction where such laws exist. But if what happened in Colorado is any indication, the black market isn’t going anywhere fast. There, weed is still sold by unlicensed producers looking to capitalize on legalization. That can already be seen in Canada, too: Non-medicinal marijuana sellers are proliferating in the grey zone left by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s promise to legalize.

 

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