Prop. 64 At 10: Why The Illicit Cannabis Market Still Dominates In California

It’s been nearly a decade since California voters legalized recreational cannabis, but production and sales remain outlawed in most of the state — and the black market dominates.

In fact, eight times more marijuana is cultivated illegally than through approved channels. It’s a far cry from the vision of Proposition 64, the 2016 ballot initiative that promised to legitimize the lucrative cannabis industry and usher in the end of the War on Drugs. Now it is clear, much of that “didn’t happen,” said Keith Humphreys, a Stanford University professor of behavioral sciences who studies drug policy.

“It was packaged as a free lunch,” he said. “There are no free lunches.”

That doesn’t mean the doomsday predictions of Proposition 64’s opponents materialized either. On the campaign trail, school board members and alarmed parents predicted marijuana would increasingly find its way into the hands of children and stoned drivers would cause more traffic collisions. State data shows neither happened.

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