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Canada’s cannabis boom hit the wall. Ontario now has over 1,700 authorized stores and Alberta’s total hovers around 700, with closures outpacing new licenses. Prices plunged from CA$10 to CA$3 a gram, excise floors squeeze profits, and strict promotion laws mute every brand. The result: churn, consolidation, and a cautionary tale for U.S. legalization.
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.
Colorado just lost $20 million in cannabis sales, and it’s not a fluke. From hemp loopholes to collapsing tourism, this feature investigates what’s really behind the budget cuts and how the cracks in Colorado’s cannabis economy could foreshadow a national unraveling. If the “gold standard” of legalization is struggling, what does that mean for everyone else?
