Hello, im in for juliette. Just a few days away from 4 20, which is the unofficial holiday celebrating marijuana. But its coming in a time when a lot of legal pot businesses are barely squeezing by. California is still the Worlds Largest market for legalized recreational marijuana. But it has been struggling. The state reported just over 5 billion in total cannabis sales last year. Sounds like a lot, but thats actually down for the second year in a row. Now some local counties are realizing legal pot is not the moneymaker they hoped it would be. Sonoma county gave their businesses a tax break as they talked to one grower who says they shouldnt be taxed at all. Reporter a lot of growers in rural areas thought this was their chance to go legit, but thinks did not work out as expected. Its the taxes being charged by the county thats driving a lot of cannabis providers back into the shadows. As he ducks into his cannabis nursery, eric pearson examines the growing stock for next years crop.
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