Wasted Weed: Canada’s Disposal of 3.7 Million Pounds of Cannabis Since 2018 Oversupply has been a real issue for the cannabis industry.

  • @CaptainSpaceman
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    4210 months ago

    Yeah, any trim or whack weeds could easily be repurposed for concentrates. Theres probably more to it than just “nobody wants it”

    • Troy
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      4610 months ago

      The size of the market was vastly overestimated. Every pothead wanted a slice of the business, so they all started up companies thinking there was unlimited growth potential. It was rapidly saturated and now we’re in the collapse and consolidation phase, exacerbated by the higher interest rates and inflation.

      Canada’s population is similar to California, but it’s producing weed enough for a country several times its size.

      Plus the black market still exists, albeit in a small scope, due to price, quality, variety, or loyalty reasons.

        • Uglyhead
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          410 months ago

          And people from all around Oklahoma traveled there just for their low prices.

      • @RaoulDook
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        210 months ago

        My state started up sales last year and I watched the prices drop a lot over the year. It’s mostly sold in eighths and the average eighth went from $40 to $20 for high quality products

        • @sailingbythelee
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          1510 months ago

          It’s legal all across Canada at the federal level. The provinces have the ability to regulate administrative aspects such as where it can be sold, who can sell it, how much it is taxed, where it can be grown, etc.

          However, unlike the USA, criminal law is the same across the whole country. There are no provincial criminal codes. So, provinces have no ability to criminalize cannabis.