Thanks to Mr. Babad for this...the first clear-eyed business view of one of Canada's future major industries I have seen.  How big?  Given the numbers featured in this story, the forecast is that pot will have the same value as Canola sales to China (just over $2 billion a year.); but it's peanuts compared to Canada's $15 billion armoured carrier deal with Saudi Arabia.  

The story mentions "a shortfall of supply in the near term.”

That phrase likely has enormous law-and-order implications.  A shortfalls mean that people will be turning--once again--to street "vendors" for their high. Price ceiling only affects those who (wait in line) for product from licensed dealers. Elsewhere, it'll be "gold rush" rules: charge as much as you want, as demand outstrips supply.  "Near term"?  Uh-uh.  YEARS of scarcity. 

I feel  confident about my projections. It's all happened before. In BC, bootleggers flourished AFTER  prohibition ended. BC simply couldn't build liquor stores fast enough.