US CA: Editorial: Still Profitable, But Not Taxed

Sacramento News & Review, 05 Jan 2012 – Someone is benefiting from the federal crackdown on medical-marijuana dispensaries: black-market pot growers and dealers. According to a recent report by the Center for Investigative Reporting’s California Watch, prices for high-grade, outdoor-grown marijuana, after slumping precipitously in 2010, have risen by 20 to 40 percent since four U.S.