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California's cannabis task force claims $222 million in Q3 seizures, but what does it really mean? From inflated “street value” math to equity hypocrisy and late-night smoke signals, Pot Culture Magazine unpacks the truth behind the raids. Who wins when cops crush unlicensed weed? The optics might sell, but the market’s still broken and the headlines don’t fix it.
This week’s cannabis report card runs the gamut: Ohio hits $3B in sales while federal reform stays stuck, Connecticut raids smoke shops, and California wipes out 21,000 plants in public land raids. The lone bright spot comes from Thailand, where the new Prime Minister pledged support for reform. One win, too many failures.
Reefer Report Card Vol. 15 breaks down the week in cannabis. Texas raised age limits on hemp THC, California cut taxes to stop the bleeding, Ohio sales surged while bans held firm, Germany’s scientists pushed for oversight, and the White House talked rescheduling without action.
California lawmakers finally moved to ease the crushing cannabis excise tax, but after years of bleeding growers dry, is it reform or just window dressing? Pot Culture Magazine digs into the numbers, the damage, and the politics behind the belated rollback.
California just bragged about hauling in over half a billion dollars in cannabis tax revenue this year. Behind the headlines, growers are bleeding out under crushing taxes, defaults, and broken promises. The state pockets the cash while farms fold and the underground market thrives. Outlaw cannabis journalism tells the story others won’t.
California claims it seized nearly $480 million in illegal cannabis this year, but the numbers don’t add up. Behind the inflated figures is a broken system criminalizing small growers while propping up a failed regulatory model. Pot Culture Magazine investigates the truth behind the raids, the optics, and the war the state doesn’t want to admit it’s losing.
