My original statement, which you questioned, was "I suspect a large percentage of the pot sold in California today will be illegal/black market."
IMO, the following statement, from the recent article below, is in full agreement with my original statement. "The forecast, from BDS Analytics and Arcview Market Research, estimates that
California’s total cannabis market is expected to earn about $12.8 billion this year, with $8.7 billion going to illicit operators and $3.1 billion to the state-authorized market."
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics...234150842.html
You appear not to like the facts. Trust me, I don't either. I'm a relatively early investor in MedMen. I also have rather small ownership interests in five other cannabis companies. I'll be lucky if one or two of them survive and then prosper. Of course, that's all it takes for my aggregate industry investment to pay off. Otherwise, my industry investment will be up in smoke.