Some California Marijuana Users May Shun Legal Product

Los Angeles Times
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 Patrick McGreevy
June 13, 2017

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California is on the verge of creating a legal market for marijuana worth more than $5 billion that will help make the state a destination for pot-loving tourists, according to a new state-sponsored economic study. But about 29 percent of all cannabis consumers may stay in the illegal market at first to avoid the cost…

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