My friend's friends apparently all grow weed in BC and they are all faced with this new dilemma of finding something new. A bunch tried to get Medical MJ grower licenses but they recently pulled them all. It's estimated BC's weed crop is worth more than it's Lumber output in terms of GDP.
A huge chunk of BC's output is for export to the US. I'd love it if we found a way to tax/regulate it, but I'm guessing there will be plenty of jobs growing illicitly for years to come.
The estimates of the underground market ranged from 1 to 3 Billion per year in the cannabis economy when I lived there. It is a substantial industry there which means a LOT of people in that province work in the black market.
I'm looking forward to the episode where he confronts this development.
There's literally already a feature length movie called "Trailer Park Boys: Don't Legalize It". Ricky goes to Ottawa to fight legalization.