The marijuana industry has its troubles too

pscot

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Mon Jun-28-10 09:55 AM
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The marijuana industry has its troubles too

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/27/business/27pot.html?src=me&ref=general

Since this place opened in January, it’s been one nerve-fraying problem after another. Pot growers, used to cash-only transactions, are shocked to be paid with checks and asked for receipts. And there are a lot of unhappy surprises, like one not long ago when the Farmacy learned that its line of pot-infused beverages could not be sold nearby in Denver. Officials there had decided that any marijuana-tinged consumables had to be produced in a kitchen in the city. "

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tridim

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Mon Jun-28-10 10:00 AM
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1. From what I've seen, all the "problems" have been a direct result of laws..

written by people who are perfectly happy to create problems in the Cannabis industry. It's their goal.

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havocmom

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Mon Jun-28-10 10:09 AM
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2. well, laws and firebombs

like happened in Billings, MT. One wonders if that was due to people who just want to interfere with legitimate use of a beneficial herb on moral grounds, business grounds*, or political grounds.

*people who work for the interests of pharma industry and/or people who are 'independent' drug operations of various types.

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tridim

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Mon Jun-28-10 10:16 AM
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3. We had investors lined up with cash in hand..

Then during the next week they busted a large, (mostly) legal grow in south Denver, the media made a big stink and scared every single one of our investors off within about 12 hours.

It all made me feel sick and disgusted. It completely shattered my confidence in pretty much everything.

MMJ is LEGAL, and now I feel like it's even more illegal than before the law passed.

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pscot

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Mon Jun-28-10 12:54 PM
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4. Had to be either moralists

or gangsters. It's sometimes hard to tell 'em apart.

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