The Syndicate: Podcast Exposes Biggest Black Market Pot Bust in US History

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But thanks to the Federal government, black market sellers and growers were seen as dangerous and criminal as murderers. As it turned out, Colorado had implemented a new tracking system after recreational legalization in 2012 to try and prevent black market purchases. He saw that the weed available on the black market was usually “ditch weed,” and that there was a demand for high-quality craft cannabis. Of course, word of Nguyen’s operations got around on the black market. Nguyen wanted to try and go legal by supplying dispensaries with his high-quality products or opening his own, but the appeal of the black market money was just too high.

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CANNABIS CULTURE –  Skydiving drug smugglers, a multimillion-dollar empire, massive warehouses and more — and all right under the nose of the Feds.  Sound exciting?  Chris Walker thought so, and his following of the story, that of a group now referred to as “The Syndicate” in Colorado, has led to an award-winning podcast by the same name that tells a story for the ages.

Chris Walker – Investigative Journalist, Creator and Host of The Syndicate Podcast (Photo Credit Jake Holschuh)

“I wanted to know why anyone would specifically come to a state with legal cannabis, in this case, Colorado, to set up an illicit growing and smuggling...

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