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Comment: Legal cannabis best bet to curb illicit suppliers

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Today, a majority of Americans have access to legal cannabis products for either medicinal or recreational use. But skepticism toward legal cannabis and rhetorical reflexes from another era continue to persist, ignoring the realities of the illicit marketplace, history and science. A recent guest commentary published in The Herald suggested that legal cannabis — specifically, cannabis concentrates — is detrimental to the health of kids and that certain legal products should be banned. The illicit marketplace for cannabis concentrates, flower and other products was thriving before voters approved Initiative 502 in 2012 to legalize cannabis. More and more people rely on cannabis products (via CBD) for wellness effects, whether it’s arthritic knuckles, nausea or sleeplessness.
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