Simply because the restrictions on amounts can be varied upon application. By adhering to licensed amounts that also helps to prevent commercial growers from selling under the table in the grey market. As their market share increases they can, as we have seen in the most recent announcement, apply for an increase. The increase of Canopy square footage is the latest example. It is not a free and fair market place. It is a regulated market place. A very big difference. In Canada they have much stricter rules and regulations governing the sale of alcohol and tobacco for instance. In Ontario you only can buy from either Brewers outlets or the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Also in Ontario you cannot buy tobacco products in a pharmacy. Stores selling tobacco products must keep them behind solid, closed cabinets and they are not on display. Canada is very very different from America. Cross the border and be prepared for a completely different world from ours.