What is then?
Most of the gray market is just surplus California pot (it is the cheapest, after all) but if you go to one of the very few legal dispensaries in the city you can buy New York (State) grown cannabis which is pretty neat.
I was surprised how Thailand embraced it. Almost overnight, the touristy places exploded with dispensaries. Yet, there's not the pothead vibe one can see in Amsterdam's coffee shops.
And yes, it's intriguing how Europe is so conservative with this. You wonder what they're scared of.
It's a matter of time until they clamp down, although given the perennial machinations of Thai politics, which are even worse than usual right now due to the military junta vs election winner squabble, how long it takes and how strict the new laws will be remain a mystery.
Getting billions in ganja tax...but at the expense of pissing off the Church? Though Germany seems about to stop giving their money to the dutch, with a potential decriminalisation bill, God's representatives on earth still aren't ok with people just getting on with their own business.
By number of legal licenses?
Where the new hot strains are bred?
Where the bags for the new hot strains are made?
different answer to every question.
Pun not intended.