WORLDWIDE | Sunday, 8 August 2010 | Views [445]
A medicinal cannabis patient purchases and samples differant strains of cannabis from a licensed vendor in the Prop 215 section of the event, where any medicinal cannabis patient can smoke freely.
California’s tax regulator, the Board of Equalization, estimates that there is a $1.4 billion unregulated black market for cannabis in the state. Tourism and spin off industries would be expected to generate $12-18 billion yearly for the state, according to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, a California based pro-legalization lobby group.