Billions of dollars of legal marijuana in California? Any Cali boys and girls?

Hey all-

So, has anyone read that article in the New Yorker about marijuana growth?

Here is the link: A Reporter at Large: Dr. Kush: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker

Can any california people confirm?

If this is true, I can only see this industry booming in the next 5-10 years. I'm in my early 20s, college educated, and could see myself moving out west and joining/starting a growers co-op. People could be making serious cash, and are right now.


(PS, I love how weed has turned all upper middle class and white in the last 5-10 years, and before it was a hard core drug dark people used. Thanks New Yorker. I can't wait for High Times to turn into Cannabis Aficionado.)

lol cannibas afficianado that will be the day

great article man.....im from cali and yeah thats about how it goes out here....it is big legal bussiness.....

i am almost serious about saving a few k$ and heading west. I'd be like the Green-49ers!

theres alot of shit in cali we have marijuana clubs in every other big city and theres even a school that opened in san fransico for growing marijuana..and it is also really easy to get a medical marijuana card.

Yea, that's california. The "school" is in Oakland actually and now in LA too. It's the Oakterdam University, same one FDD will be teaching hash classes at on the Oakland campus.

do you guys know people who can live their lives making money off of this?

muybiensur said:

do you guys know people who can live their lives making money off of this?

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yeah..i know a few people who grow legally and make a decent living off of it....we are looking into opening a club....but there is alot of hoops and b.s you have to go through to get one approved

Yea I'm in the bay and I know people who do much better then most. Lets see, go to a 4 year college, try to find a job, find an unsatisfactory job you hate and work your ass off till you're about to die and retire.. OR get in on this industry, hope all goes well, be smart, and you're gold.

yeah..this isnt something we are rushing into.....i think the next step for us is to look into lawyers....the last thing i want to do is do any time for an investment......

nickfury510 said:

yeah..this isnt something we are rushing into.....i think the next step for us is to look into lawyers....the last thing i want to do is do any time for an investment......

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I've been researching a little into it, kind of an idea I've been kicking around in my head. With the recent raids of all the Holostic Solutions clubs (Clearlake, Richmind, and San Mateo) I figured they're still not done messing with the bay. Holistic (atleast the richmond one, only one of the three I ever tried) was pretty ghetto and I'm not surprised. Also the problems with starting clubs in Oakland. I think once things hopefully blow over and we get a new president I might be serious about starting something up.

from what the New Yorker article says it seems like the biggest problem is getting too big. If you only open 1 or 2 places and don't get greedy then the gov seems to stay off your back. That should be a lesson applied to many many kinds of businesses.

the main thing is to be squeky clean in everything you do and everybody you deal with...i dont want to do anyhting in here n the bay...we are looking into new areas that havent seen any clubs yet but are still willing to except a dispensary in their city...