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I have a feeling it probably must be though. What other countries are pumping out literal metric tons annually?
I’m on medcan in Australia. It gets imported from everywhere but I’ve yet to come across a US grown flower.
All of the North American stuff I’ve gotten is Canadian.
My understanding is it's only legalized on a state level and not federal. So I guess if they're shipping it from an international airport or by sea the feds might see that as drug trafficking.
I absolutely mean smuggling
I live in Maine and the market is so flooded nobody can even grow straight for the black market and compete anymore, it's all spills over from licenced grows. $80/oz for top shelf if you look around a little, $100 if you don't. It's almost impossible to spend more than $200. That has to be having farther reaching effects.