It will take the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department many yearsto shut down illegal pot shops operating in LA County if they continue to raid them at their present pace of one a week. Right from the outset of legalization, the biggest fear was that the black market would undermine legal marijuana operations and that is exactly what is happening. The magnitude of the problem is illustrated by the fact that in April State regulators sent more than 600 cease-and-desist letters to suspected illegal pot operators. The SCC blames stigma for…
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