Santa Ynez Valley News, November 7, 2019
More than a year after Prop. 64’s passage, marijuana rules are a patchwork throughout the [Santa Barbara] county.
We’re not sure how this problem can be resolved, other than somehow unifying the rules. We are sure that something must be done, if state and local governments want to eliminate black-market operations.
If they don’t, the tax-revenue benefits of legalizing marijuana will be devoured by black-market profiteers undermining the legal market, and law enforcement agencies spending big bucks trying to stop them.
