Pot delivery services could be 'cockroaches' of marijuana legalization, experts say
Some say so-called grey market will bloom while legal businesses suffer under strict legalization
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Marijuana businesses are growing as Canada moves toward legalization of recreational pot, creating an increasingly daunting job for those tasked with enforcing the rules. In Vancouver's bustling downtown, sleek, modern posters are plastered on lamp posts. It's not until you take a closer look that you spot the rolled joints inside a sandwich or buds among a plate of broccoli. Once an underground industry, marijuana delivery services are now advertising publicly, joining unlicensed retail stores and online shops as cannabis businesses openly skirting the existing law. (See also: Craft cannabis growers in B.C. sound alarm over survival of sector | 'I deliver to your house': pot dealers on why legalization won't kill the black market)