When Canada launched its recreational marijuana market a few weeks ago, there were those analysts who predicted the nation would experience a bit of a weed shortage within the first year of operation. This was because no matter how hard the Canadian government worked to ramp up pot production over the summer, someone failed to consider that the product they were trying to stockpile was a plant that, even with the most sophisticated scientific advancements, will only grow so fast. So, within the first day or two of legal sales, cannabis shortages began sweeping the nation. What was supposed to take months to hit the fan had come much quicker.<\/p>\n
Some members of the cannabis industry are blaming the inexperience of Canada\u2019s licensed growers for this shortfall. Growers like Dan Sutton, owner of cannabis cultivation firm Tantalus Labs, argues that most of the businesses granted approval to grow weed came into the mess without any knowledge of how to do it. \u201cMost of these guys they\u2019ve been wearing pinstripe suits their whole career,\u201d he\u00a0told<\/a>\u00a0Vice News. \u201cThey\u2019ve never spent any time on a farm and they don\u2019t know sh*t about agriculture.\u201d<\/p>\n Sutton believes most of Canada\u2019s licensed producers subscribed to the \u201cfake it till you make it\u201d philosophy to scam bankers, regulators and other powers into thinking they were fit for the job. But they weren\u2019t, to hear him tell it. \u201cMost licensed producers still have no idea how to cultivate cannabis in a repeatable way,\u201d he said, alluding that Canadian cannabis will also experience consistency issues.<\/p>\n Yet, Sutton\u2019s assessment of the situation, which maintains that only those master growers who came from the black market and other agricultural sectors can do the job, is one of contention. A spokesperson for Canopy Growth Corporation, the largest cannabis cultivator across the globe, says many issues led to the cannabis shortage, but that it should all shake out in the next couple of months.<\/p>\n Whether it will or not remains to be seen.<\/p>\n Canadian cannabis consumers were primed to get a taste of the legal market when doors\u00a0opened on October 17<\/a>. Some of the latest financials show millions of dollars of weed flew off the shelves within a matter of days. But that, of course, has slowed down immensely now that many stores have depleted their surplus, and the pot supplies offered by the provinces through online services are not in any better shape. Stores are asking producers for more weed, but everyone is still waiting for plants to grow and crops to be tested. All of this takes time and most were not given any by the federal government. Earlier\u00a0reports<\/a>\u00a0showed that some stores didn\u2019t even receive the initial pot supply they ordered. Other are shutting down early or cut back hours because there is not enough pot available to make regular business hours worthwhile.<\/p>\n The most popular phrase in any given Canadian marijuana outlet (we\u2019re no longer calling them dispensaries) is \u201cout of stock,\u201d and many people are confused how this could be. After all, the Canadians didn\u2019t just start smoking weed once the government made it legal. They have been getting high for decades, and this loyal support has given way to a thriving $6 billion black market worth of cannabis. The irony is there is no real shortage of marijuana in the northern nation \u2014 only a shortage of the legal stuff. It is for this reason that early predictions of a weed shortage were accompanied by the\u00a0message<\/a>, \u201cDon\u2019t lose touch with your drug dealer just yet.\u201d The black market is going to be alive and well for a while.<\/p>\n Some organized crime experts believe even once Canada gets its act together with the legal side, the\u00a0black market will remain strong<\/a>. Stephen Schneider, a criminologist at Saint Mary\u2019s University, says there are many reasons it will continue. Privacy and price are two primary reasons, he says. Most Canadians are\u00a0still not ready to admit<\/a>\u00a0to their friends and family that they smoke weed, so continuing to frequent the underground is the route many will choose to lean on for a minute. Not only that but they can get pot for several dollars cheaper than the licensed stores. But for now, the primary variable keeping the black market alive is the supply. Until all of the snags get worked out, Canadians may struggle to find legal weed from time to time for the next year.<\/p>\n TELL US<\/b>, did you see this coming?<\/p>\n The post Legal Weed Could Be Scarce Throughout Canada For The Next Year<\/a> appeared first on Cannabis Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n
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