Tuesday, September 9, 2025
MWH
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Medical
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Medical
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Marijuana with Hemp
No Result
View All Result
Home Business

Chinese organized crime is very prevalent in America’s Illegal Weed Market

Graham Cooper by Graham Cooper
March 29, 2023
in Business, Featured
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
75

An article at Politico goes into the worrying roots of much of the illicit marijuana in our country.

In illegal grows throughout Oklahoma, California, and Oregon, the presence of Chinese investment has reach new highs.

For instance, in Oklahoma, 3,000 of the 7,000 licensed farms have been flagged for suspicious activity, either by obtaining their licenses fraudulently or by selling to the illicit market along with the legal medicinal one. Of those 3,000, 2,000 of the farms are believed to have a Chinese connection. The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics states that about 75% of the farms they shut down are from Chinese investors.

Farms selling to both illicit and legal markets is nothing new, especially in states such as California, where the tax rate is as high as 35%. Profit is much higher when selling illegally, and the market stays strong because of high prices in dispensaries.

But the chinese connection is new and murky. It’s unclear whether or not these investors are connected to the Chinese Communist Party. Per the Politico article, China has a strict anti-drug policy, but organized crime curry favor by working as enforcers for the government. So China typically turns a blind eye toward marijuana or fentanyl creation.

“This notion that you now have Chinese actual funding for illicit cannabis, it’s definitely new, and it cuts directly across the interests of Mexican drug trafficking groups,” said Vanda Felbab-Brown. “It’s interesting to see whether it continues growing, [and] how that’s going to affect relations between the Mexicans and the Chinese [criminal groups].”

Congress is acting fast, with one Republican Senator introducing the PASS Act, which would “limit the ability of investors or owners from China, Russia, North Korea and Iran to acquire American agricultural land and agribusinesses.”

This is surely an ongoing story with much more to decipher.

Read the original piece at Politico.

Visits: 537
Previous Post

Rick Ross Announces New Cannabis Strain ‘Collins Ave’

Next Post

New York gets the ball rolling after court allows licenses to be given out

Graham Cooper

Graham Cooper

Next Post
New York gets the ball rolling after court allows licenses to be given out

New York gets the ball rolling after court allows licenses to be given out

ADVERTISEMENT
  • Former NBA Player Smoked Cannabis Before Interviewing Kamala Harris

    Former NBA Player Smoked Cannabis Before Interviewing Kamala Harris

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Where is marijuana on the ballot in November?

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Doordash gets into the Weed Delivery Business

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Barstool Sports Delves Into the Realm of Cannabis

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Kamala Harris Didn’t Talk With Rogan About Legalization, She Should Have

    0 shares
    Share 0 Tweet 0
  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
Where does marijuana stand in the polls?

Where does marijuana stand in the polls?

November 21, 2024
The Long-Term Effects Cannabis Has On The Brain

The Long-Term Effects Cannabis Has On The Brain

March 10, 2023
Truck Drivers Are Refusing More Drug Tests As States Legalize Cannabis

Truck Drivers Are Refusing More Drug Tests As States Legalize Cannabis

0
How’s legal marijuana doing in Germany?

How’s legal marijuana doing in Germany?

0
US Coast Guard Boasts Record Cocaine & Cannabis Bust

US Coast Guard Boasts Record Cocaine & Cannabis Bust

August 28, 2025
Advocacy Group Pushing Trump to Not Reclassify Cannabis Amongst Recent Talks

Advocacy Group Pushing Trump to Not Reclassify Cannabis Amongst Recent Talks

August 26, 2025
ADVERTISEMENT
Marijuana with Hemp

Browse by Category

  • Business
  • Featured
  • Hemp Politics
  • Lifestyle
  • Medical
  • Medical Marijuana
  • Politics

Recent News

US Coast Guard Boasts Record Cocaine & Cannabis Bust

US Coast Guard Boasts Record Cocaine & Cannabis Bust

August 28, 2025
Advocacy Group Pushing Trump to Not Reclassify Cannabis Amongst Recent Talks

Advocacy Group Pushing Trump to Not Reclassify Cannabis Amongst Recent Talks

August 26, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

© 2024 Marijuana With Hemp

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Business
  • Lifestyle
  • Medical
  • Shop

© 2024 Marijuana With Hemp