Friday 16 November 2018

"At the end of the day it'll be fine. A little speed bump. Everyone will forget all about it."

From the BBC:

Cannabis retailers in Canada began to run low on supplies from the very first day of legalisation a month ago. How long are shortages expected to continue as the new market for recreational cannabis finds its feet?

This is a great real life experiment. It'll be interesting to see how long it takes for supply to rise to meet demand (at current prices). Part of the delay is probably down to bureaucratic stuff, but you can't set up a cannabis farm and get the stuff certified and to market overnight.

Problem is, we'll never see an article reporting that suppliers are up to volume and things are running smoothly, it's just not particularly interesting.

2 comments:

MikeW said...

'but you can't set up a cannabis farm and get the stuff certified and to market overnight.'

I know what you mean, but based on my understanding of the dynamic drug gangs up here in the north.

'you can set up a cannabis farm and get the stuff to market almost overnight, but getting it certified by guv will take some time'

Mark Wadsworth said...

MW, yes, that is one possible reading.