In California pot market, a hazy line between legal and not

An unwelcome trend is emerging in California, as the nation’s most populous state enters its fifth year of broad legal marijuana sales. Today, most Americans live in states with at least some access to legal legal marijuana — 18 states have broad legal sales for those 21 and older, similar to alcohol laws, while more than two-thirds of states provide access through medicinal programs. While California’s legal market tightly controls how and where pot is sold, the illegal industry is easy to access and offers a doorway into a vast and profitable national market. “The illicit market has all three of them.”An irony in the legal market is that wholesale prices have plummeted, shaking the supply chain. The legal market, with limited outlets to sell it, is flooded with pot from corporate-scale growers.