When asked if legal weed is much more potent than black market weed sold in the 60s and 70s, Linton said there is a range but that unregulated weed comes with risks, including contamination.
“What happens is if you buy it in the illicit market, sometimes it may be extremely strong and you don’t know what you’re getting. Sometimes the supply chain may cause it to be adulterated with other activations, could be fentanyl, and so these are the sorts of things where if you don’t regulate it, how strong it is, is a big question,” he said. He added that without regulation, “the sketchy players prosper.”
In an interview with VICE Tuesday, Linton said he would have preferred to have limited his remarks to advocating for a regulated supply chain, without raising fentanyl contamination.