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Consumers are spending roughly $3 in the state’s underground cannabis economy for every $1 in the legal one, says a new report from industry analysts.

More than 200 companies are now licensed by Health Canada to conduct cannabis related activities, and this week, for the first time, it appears that Health Canada has issued a license to an individual, not a corporation.

It’s just the beginning of August and Alberta is still shattering expectations.

“There is a national game plan by the bigger companies to dominate 100% of the American space, to monopolize as much as possible,” said the shop’s co-owner. “City councils, mayors, local congressmen—everyone’s affected by the will of the bigger companies.

One dispensary owner busted for meth, another sued for copyright infringement, in the same week. Slow your roll, OK.

Vandals defaced a storefront being converted into a cannabis store in the town of Lynn, painting racist and anti-Semitic language and symbols throughout the space.

Local, state, and federal officials served 28 search warrants to cannabis farms without a permit along the Eel River in northern Mendocino County.

The state tilts the playing field away from small business owners, and big out-of-state companies are slow to hire local talent.

New shops in minority, poor communities in Detroit and Flint may see fees cut by 60%.

Longtime family farmers, larger operations that grow hemp, and out-of-state corporate growers are among the 81 applicants lining up to be licensed medical cannabis growers in Utah.