there is a market for natural cannabis, pre-legalization, that actually tastes like cannabis and feels like cannabis and excels as a social drug, rather than this medical grade cannabis on the market, which was engineered to replace opiates as a pain reliever, cannot be used socially because it knocks you out and just makes you feel dumb and tired. the manufacturers are not understanding demand, which is not for more and more potent pot.

they're trying to get people addicted. that's the point. it's obvious.

i remember talking to some meth dealers in downtown ottawa years ago. everybody knows they hang out at the rideau centre and that these guys are bad news, and work for gangs, mostly bikers. the cops don't clear them out. i needed some pot. i thought i'd ask. 

i found one that was relatively chill and seemed to have some understanding of the supply chain and he told me point blank: the bikers won't sell marijuana, because it's not addictive. the whole point is that you addict your victim, so they keep coming back. pot is one-off. it's useless to them, and the market is too saturated. you can't get repeat customers selling pot, which is what they seek. you don't get the big buys, in the end. nobody is going to sell their car or mortgage their house to fund a marijuana addiction.

but the marijuana industry wants the repeat customers. they want marijuana addicts to act like tobacco addicts, to get hooked, to use regularly and keep buying regularly. so they are pushing the potent strains. you can't buy normal pot anywhere.

one solution to this would actually be to deregulate it so you can bring back the basement grow-ops by hippies paying off their mortgage. the gangs want the hippie's house. the industry wants the hippie's mind.

legalization was implemented catastrophically and the long term health ramifications will be immense. we're not talking about this and should be.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/psychological-distress-among-ontario-teens-has-nearly-tripled-in-a-decade-study-finds/