Wasted Weed: Canada’s Disposal of 3.7 Million Pounds of Cannabis Since 2018
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Oversupply has been a real issue for the cannabis industry. Solutions, anyone?

Wasted Weed: Canada’s Disposal of 3.7 Million Pounds of Cannabis Since 2018 Oversupply has been a real issue for the cannabis industry.

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      That’s not really that accurate. The article explicitly says that much of the waste is caused by growers who overproduced low quality weed, when most of the market is focused on really high potency cannabis.

      • zaph@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        10 months ago

        When demand is high and supply is low they raise prices but when supply is high and demand is low they don’t lower prices, the lower supply.

          • zaph@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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            10 months ago

            That would have been the smart thing to do but they continued to grow when it wasn’t selling fast enough to begin with so I don’t think we’re talking about the most brilliant minds.