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Originally Posted by rubecube
No, but why would you expect this to be any different than when prohibition ended in the U.S. and Canada? You keep making the claims that a majority of Canadians are going to continue to seek out marijuana on the black market, despite a pretty substantial amount of evidence to the contrary.
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I've said that as long as there's still a stigma around pot, retail sales will face competition from the black market, especially if the black market also beats retail on price. And regulators openly acknowledge the issue of price sensitivity. They've come right out and said if they set the price too high, or set the age limit too high, lots of Canadians will stick with the black market.
One of the principle reasons for legalization of pot is that criminalization failed to suppress demand and consumption. For the government to take away customers from the black market, they'll have to beat the black market.