Definite difference between initiating such a heinous and libelous accusation and mere childish NO YOUism though . <| sep |> They ' re more worried about the black market existing than not . The government has repeatedly reiterated that they can ' t go wild on sin taxing this and that they can ' t be jacking the price up so as to allow for legal market to undercut the illegal market . Do some reading . Yes medicinal prices will decrease . This isn ' t a patented drug we ' re talking about . It ' s a plant that grows in the grows in the ground . The amount of competitors in this industry are growing by the day . The PBO ' s report on projected revenue from taxes anticipates recreational prices around the $ 9 mark . m a r i j u anataxrevenueswillbeshyof 1 btostartpbo 1 . 3140809 We ' ve already seen now in some recreationally legal US states prices as low as $ 5 g . We see legal medical producers in Canada having production costs around $ 2 . 00 g and continuously decreasing production costs . Recreational producers will likely see even power production costs as they won ' t need to adhere to a pharmaceutical level of standards . The black market will still be competing with the legal market far more so than say cigarettes as everyone currently using rec is buying from the black market . This will drive down legal prices . Look at a state like Colorado they ' re black market have had to decrease as a result of the legal market too . No one is going to buy $ 20 g legal weed when they can buy it in the street for $ 8 g and already got a connect . The government understands that .