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"Small operators, especially social equity and small farmers are really being taxed out of existence," said Amber Senter, executive director of Supernova Women. "Outdoor grown cannabis is $300 a pound, and we have a cultivation tax that's $161 a pound. So if you do the math there, over 50% of a pound of cannabis is going to be taxes."
Meanwhile, the marketplace for illegal cannabis continues to grow.
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