Oakland okays huge marijuana farms

The permits for four industrial-scale marijuana farms is for medicinal (nudge, nudge, wink, wink) pot only of course. Small pot growers are honked off, afraid they’ll be pushed out of the business.

Marijuana growers upend hard-luck California town

“It’s not a subculture here,” said Barnett, who heads the Mountain Valley Unified School District. “Marijuana is drying in their houses. It’s falling out of their pockets.”

It’s capitalism in action, but on the other hand…

Medical marijuana. a growth industry?

Jeralyn, a lawyer, at TalkLeft gets several calls a day from people wanting to open medical marijuana dispensaries. The Federal government recently announced they won’t pursue such cases if it’s legal in a state.

My iPhone map just returned several nearby locations for “medical marijuana.” Yeah, it’s a growth industry.

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