By Sho_Nuff82 Go To PostThat's an interesting interpretation.
They're letting the people with the more entrepreneurial spirits get to the front of the line because they previously took the fall for terrible policy. On a more cynical level, they're balancing the playing field, because white people who sold and consumed weed at the same rate as everyone else weren't arrested under the old system because reasons. No point in pretending the starting line was the same for all parties.
This. If there was an even playing field prior to the law I would feel differently about people being punished for following .
Maryland is so far behind places like CA and CO at this point. The local governments are clearly so corrupt and worried about how they're going to get their cut that it's held the entire process up for the last five years. We should have been at the forefront of this shit a decade or more ago considering how weed has been used to combat opioid abuse in many ways. It all stinks of gross incompetence and stubborn old people in communities that are not willing to see the bigger picture.
For Baltimore City in particular, they'll likely just misuse the tax money anyway and probably spend it on more corrupt failed policing staff, policies and programs.
Anyway, the one and only grower in Baltimore City gave an interview last night to WBAL. The product will be distributed just outside the city in Pikesville.
For Baltimore City in particular, they'll likely just misuse the tax money anyway and probably spend it on more corrupt failed policing staff, policies and programs.
Anyway, the one and only grower in Baltimore City gave an interview last night to WBAL. The product will be distributed just outside the city in Pikesville.
Are the dems really going to just roll over and let the republicans cheat their way to victory, in Virginia? Who cares if the outcome is the same. Act like you actually give a damn and go down fighting.
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostAre the dems really going to just roll over and let the republicans cheat their way to victory
Yes
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostAre the dems really going to just roll over and let the republicans cheat their way to victory, in Virginia? Who cares if the outcome is the same. Act like you actually give a damn and go down fighting.
What would you have them do? There's nothing they can do, really.
By YungMagus Go To Post…………………If it's anything like SMT: Nocturne I'm making sure to get a Pixie first chance I get.
I wanted a SMT game to take place in America but not like this smmfh
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostAre the dems really going to just roll over and let the republicans cheat their way to victory, in Virginia? Who cares if the outcome is the same. Act like you actually give a damn and go down fighting.They took NC without a fight lol
Also I love how everyone is celebrating weed for all but at the same time not giving a single Fuck about the people in jail for it. Yesterday I saw the hippest hipster on CNN talking about how great it is to be an entrepreneur right now. What a great time to get into the market.
Just great.
By Fenderputty Go To PostWhat would you have them do? There's nothing they can do, really.
Anything other than walking away with their hands up. Tax payer money gets wasted on sillier affairs.
Seems like they actually intend on fighting this. Good. It's dumb as hell that the ballot was counted to begin with.
By DY_nasty Go To PostAlso I love how everyone is celebrating weed for all but at the same time not giving a single Fuck about the people in jail for it. Yesterday I saw the hippest hipster on CNN talking about how great it is to be an entrepreneur right now. What a great time to get into the market.
Just great.
Did you read the article I posted?
http://slaent.com/thread/1342705/page/3/post/1345037/
California is doing things to combat this including expunging records so people can sell.
By EldritchTrapStar Go To PostAnything other than walking away with their hands up. Tax payer money gets wasted on sillier affairs.
Seems like they actually intend on fighting this. Good. It's dumb as hell that the ballot was counted to begin with.
All they can do is a recount and that's sort of up to the candidate, no?
By Fenderputty Go To PostDid you read the article I posted?naw
By DY_nasty Go To Postnaw
Read it and feel better and then tell me California is awesome.
By Fenderputty Go To PostDid you read the article I posted?
Doesn't the article only talk about people no longer in jail getting to benefit?
How are the people still in jail benefiting though? Better porridge? Hash porridge? They could probably do with some freedom.
ohhh that? eh.... i'm not thinking that's gonna go how people think it is
saying you'll let guys sell after the fact when they're going to be completely boxed out of that market is nothing more than a nice meaningless gesture
more pot talk tuesdays and parades
saying you'll let guys sell after the fact when they're going to be completely boxed out of that market is nothing more than a nice meaningless gesture
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostDoesn't the article only talk about people no longer in jail getting to benefit?they're not going to reduce sentences so lol yeah
How are the people still in jail benefiting though? Better porridge? Hash porridge? They could probably do with some freedom.
more pot talk tuesdays and parades
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostDoesn't the article only talk about people no longer in jail getting to benefit?
How are the people still in jail benefiting though? Better porridge? Hash porridge? They could probably do with some freedom.
I do agreee people serving current acentences for pot should be let free. That being said it’s been decriminalized for a long while so if you’re serving time for pot you weren’t the community peddler just trying to make a buck and squeak bye
By DY_nasty Go To Postohhh that? eh…. i'm not thinking that's gonna go how people think it is
saying you'll let guys sell after the fact when they're going to be completely boxed out of that market is nothing more than a nice meaningless gesture
they're not going to reduce sentences so lol yeah
more pot talk tuesdays and parades
They’re fast tracking the disadvantaged in some cities. So maybe I’m mis understanding what you mean by “boxed out”. Most places currently running for the general pop were medical dispensaries. The majority of those places are all ex dealers.
If people can't don't even own their own homes or businesses in many of those areas, then why believe that they would be able to after a conviction in any form? Just because you allow people to do something doesn't mean you're enabling or empowering them to. Someone with money will happily put a dispensary in those neighborhoods and capitalize there the same way that every other business owner does. A lot of those areas don't even know who owns the apartments, the gas stations, the coin laundromats, etc.
There's absolutely no reason to believe that the last weed guy that got locked up will suddenly turn into another small business owner. If owning a business or making that kind of risky investment was ever an option before, they probably wouldn't have been risking jail time in the first place. Them actually competing with people who've been waiting on this market to open up for years too? Its a feel good moment and nothing more imo
There's absolutely no reason to believe that the last weed guy that got locked up will suddenly turn into another small business owner. If owning a business or making that kind of risky investment was ever an option before, they probably wouldn't have been risking jail time in the first place. Them actually competing with people who've been waiting on this market to open up for years too? Its a feel good moment and nothing more imo
Not only should people serving sentences for pot be exonerated, they should be added to the list of people still owed 40 acres and a mule.
By DY_nasty Go To PostIf people can't don't even own their own homes or businesses in many of those areas, then why believe that they would be able to after a conviction in any form? Just because you allow people to do something doesn't mean you're enabling or empowering them to. Someone with money will happily put a dispensary in those neighborhoods and capitalize there the same way that every other business owner does. A lot of those areas don't even know who owns the apartments, the gas stations, the coin laundromats, etc.
There's absolutely no reason to believe that the last weed guy that got locked up will suddenly turn into another small business owner. If owning a business or making that kind of risky investment was ever an option before, they probably wouldn't have been risking jail time in the first place. Them actually competing with people who've been waiting on this market to open up for years too? Its a feel good moment and nothing more imo
The people who run the dispensaries don’t grow. The people that run dispensaries need access to supply. Guess who has access to a supply chain that law abiding more well to do citizens don’t have access too? People who were in the illicit sales in the first place. The first big boom was medical. Almost every dispensary at that point in Cali was ran by an ex dealer and they’re the real firsts to the market. There will be delivery options too so brick and mortar won’t be necessary.
Whoever is making money on the supply to distribution will be out of a job in 10 years. Once this shit is legal on a federal scale Marlboro steps in and destroys the small grower due to economies of scale.
There are absolutely areas in this market where minoroties will have opportunity. If there weren’t, nearly 5k applications to expunge and sell wouldnt exist.
This isn’t perfect but it’s definitely a huge step in the right direction and reason to be happy. Even the taxes that go back to the communities themselves Due to city regs....
I mean fuck guys lol
ALSO Land to grow ???? LMAO. More like warehouse space to rent and about 20K start up to grow for gear.
By DY_nasty Go To PostIf people can't don't even own their own homes or businesses in many of those areas, then why believe that they would be able to after a conviction in any form? Just because you allow people to do something doesn't mean you're enabling or empowering them to. Someone with money will happily put a dispensary in those neighborhoods and capitalize there the same way that every other business owner does. A lot of those areas don't even know who owns the apartments, the gas stations, the coin laundromats, etc.So I you were incarcerated for ten years for trafficking large quantities of Marijuana across state lines? And now that you've been released and completely exonerated, you want to use that experience, and the business degree you acquired over that time, to apply for a $250k loan to jump start your medical treatment facility under the new laws? Yeah, that's going to be a no from us, dog.
There's absolutely no reason to believe that the last weed guy that got locked up will suddenly turn into another small business owner. If owning a business or making that kind of risky investment was ever an option before, they probably wouldn't have been risking jail time in the first place. Them actually competing with people who've been waiting on this market to open up for years too? Its a feel good moment and nothing more imo
Signed, every bank on earth
By GQman2121 Go To PostSo I you were incarcerated for ten years for trafficking large quantities of Marijuana across state lines? And now that you've been released and completely exonerated, you want to use that experience, and the business degree you acquired over that time, to apply for a $250k loan to jump start your medical treatment facility under the new laws? Yeah, that's going to be a no from us, dog.
Signed, every bank on earth
Banks, currently, aren’t dealing with the pot business at all. For anyone
By Fenderputty Go To PostThe people who run the dispensaries don’t grow. The people that run dispensaries need access to supply. Guess who has access to a supply chain that law abiding more well to do citizens don’t have access too? People who were in the illicit sales in the first place. The first big boom was medical. Almost every dispensary at that point in Cali was ran by an ex dealer and they’re the real firsts to the market. There will be delivery options too so brick and mortar won’t be necessary.I definitely don't think we're on the same page as far as the bolded goes.
Whoever is making money on the supply to distribution will be out of a job in 10 years. Once this shit is legal on a federal scale Marlboro steps in and destroys the small grower due to economies of scale.
There are absolutely areas in this market where minoroties will have opportunity. If there weren’t, nearly 5k applications to expunge and sell wouldnt exist.
This isn’t perfect but it’s definitely a huge step in the right direction
A lot of this is based on the premise that all of this growth is suddenly happening now when that's just not the case. The wave to establish firm roots in this market occurred years ago. A few dealers able to keep up don't at all equate to the massive number who missed the wave by being in jail or otherwise unable to participate due to a multitude of reasons. I mean, the first roadblock many of the able people run into is how they're going to get a loan for any of it. There's several layers of shit right there at the entry level. Even if you want to say that former sellers as a whole can hop on the bandwagon, the majority are already firmly outside of bounds before the game starts.
Again, my stance is that its a meaningless step in the right direction that does nothing but make people feel nice about all this great weed - but it does nothing of substance for those who've had their lives ruined already. If this is the way that they're going to make up for it, and people are already 'satisfied', then its dead and done imo. It won't get revisited, guys are going to stay fucked and a market will be cornered while many will be on the outside looking in.
Is that 5k even real btw? It almost doesn't even make sense.
By Fenderputty Go To PostBanks, currently, aren’t dealing with the pot business at all. For anyoneThey are. I know guys who've got loans for places out here in Hawaii as well as in Oregon. Its only a matter of time before state to state trade is its own business.
Thing is, its not ever explicitly direct - you won't get a bank to pay for your ganja. But you can get money for typical facilities and other stuff.
Hilarious that "state rights!" conservatives like Sessions are using their federal power to roll back marijuana legislation.
Having been in Maryland for roughly a few hours over the break, it was hilarious how awful the roads got the moment you left DC or Virginia and drove into Maryland.
By DY_nasty Go To PostThey are. I know guys who've got loans for places out here in Hawaii as well as in Oregon. Its only a matter of time before state to state trade is its own business.
Thing is, its not ever explicitly direct - you won't get a bank to pay for your ganja. But you can get money for typical facilities and other stuff.
Anecdotal evidence is anecdotal. Banks are, by and large, not giving out loans or accepting payments from places who sell what's federally illicit. Even though Obama put in regs to allow them to. There are some random small time places giving out loans to people, but you're acting like it's easy and wide spread. It's not. Most everyone, including non minorities are facing banking issues. It's a serious problem that's causing business to store cash (dangerous) or launder shit.
Regarding the 5K people:
econd, perhaps unsurprisingly for a state seen as a Petri dish for socially liberal policy, California’s new regulations are notably progressive. For a start, they allow residents convicted of drug offences that would not be crimes under the new order to have their records expunged. Between November 2016, when Proposition 64 was passed, and September 2017, 4,885 Californians petitioned to reduce or void their convictions. Donnie Anderson, chairman of the California Minority Alliance, which champions people who have been harmed by drug criminalisation, applauds this initiative. .
5000 people find your analysis troubling lol
You guys need to think smaller too. Not everyone making money will be a dispensary. Or a grow-op. Edibles are a huge boom and all kinds of small mom and pops places are making them. Go to weed maps and look at all the delivery options available. Zero start up costs here minus the purchase of pot.
I also find "Meaningless step in the right direction" an odd statement. Is it meaningless or a step in the right direction moving forward even if not perfect? Will taxes help local communities? Yes. Will people be put in jail for pot sales in the future? Nope. Are people with prior convictions being given an opportunity to participate? Yes.
By reilo Go To PostHaving been in Maryland for roughly a few hours over the break, it was hilarious how awful the roads got the moment you left DC or Virginia and drove into Maryland.You can also expect to catch two nails a year in your tires.
By reilo Go To PostHaving been in Maryland for roughly a few hours over the break, it was hilarious how awful the roads got the moment you left DC or Virginia and drove into Maryland.Drive into Louisiana from Texas.
By Kibner Go To PostDrive into Louisiana from Texas.Never going back to Texas. Ever.
By Fenderputty Go To PostAnecdotal evidence is anecdotal. Banks are, by and large, not giving out loans or accepting payments from places who sell what's federally illicit. Even though Obama put in regs to allow them to. There are some random small time places giving out loans to people, but you're acting like it's easy and wide spread. It's not. Most everyone, including non minorities are facing banking issues. It's a serious problem that's causing business to store cash (dangerous) or launder shit.That's not anecdotal lol. If you're saying banks aren't, and they actually are then .... yeah they are? There's obviously different kinds of loans and what banks are and are not willing to do as far as their contribution and participation is concerned. Its obviously not your typical auto loan. I didn't say anything was easy at all. I said I know guys who've done it. If you got 'easy' from that, that's something you filled in.
Regarding the 5K people:
5000 people find your analysis troubling lol
You guys need to think smaller too. Not everyone making money will be a dispensary. Or a grow-op. Edibles are a huge boom and all kinds of small mom and pops places are making them. Go to weed maps and look at all the delivery options available. Zero start up costs here minus the purchase of pot.
I also find "Meaningless step in the right direction" an odd statement. Is it meaningless or a step in the right direction moving forward even if not perfect? Will taxes help local communities? Yes. Will people be put in jail for pot sales in the future? Nope. Are people with prior convictions being given an opportunity to participate? Yes.
Also, 5k applicants can mean a lot. It doesn't mean anything other than people applied. Against the number of all effected, there's nothing substantial to even draw for that number by itself at this point. I'm not saying much on that other than its a weird number and I don't even now what its supposed to correlate to at this time.
I think I am thinking smaller than you are as well. Not everyone selling prior to all this was trying to make money on the side and would have the ability to turn a side hustle into a true small business if only the government would get out of the way. Plenty of people selling or growing were doing so below the poverty line. Those people are still fucked. So saying that they can hop right in with everyone else is the same as suggesting the disadvantaged can just buy stocks in money. It doesn't do anything other than make people feel nice - and if enough people are satisfied by such a handwave of a gesture then I feel certain that the issue dies right then and there as guys stay in jail, lose out on ways that they were making money as they get boxed out of their last shot at money, etc.
Meaningless, no real substance to it.
There are people I know trying to start banks right now because of the prospect of a legalized drug trade.
Capitalists are everywhere. Not anecdotal.
Capitalists are everywhere. Not anecdotal.
By Smoke Dogg Go To PostThere are people I know trying to start banks right now because of the prospect of a legalized drug trade.
Capitalists are everywhere. Not anecdotal.
Your understanding of anecdotal is lacking, but even if it wasn’t, why do you suppose there’s a market for banks and the drug industry? Because the big ones aren’t playing yet!
By DY_nasty Go To Postthey're also 5 years too lateThat's what I tell them about bitcoin too but they don't listen.
The small shops offering unique and niche products are definitely where the vast majority of people are going to find the most success early on.
For MD though, like 200 companies applied and only 20 licenses have been approved for anything. So, yeah, they're playing their cards close to the chest for the time being by giving big local businesses (attorneys it seems) first dibs.
No licenses have been issued to any black applicants so far but more are tabled and will more than likely be issued before the end of this month.
And to be fair, things are picking up now that facilities are in place, but again, these are massive companies with millions backed by millionaires from all over the country.
The company I previously posted about, Temescal, who have the exclusive right now in Baltimore City/Co. have full blown operations in five other states already. No one is fucking with that.
For MD though, like 200 companies applied and only 20 licenses have been approved for anything. So, yeah, they're playing their cards close to the chest for the time being by giving big local businesses (attorneys it seems) first dibs.
No licenses have been issued to any black applicants so far but more are tabled and will more than likely be issued before the end of this month.
And to be fair, things are picking up now that facilities are in place, but again, these are massive companies with millions backed by millionaires from all over the country.
The company I previously posted about, Temescal, who have the exclusive right now in Baltimore City/Co. have full blown operations in five other states already. No one is fucking with that.
The people I know are willing to sell their liquor licenses for a dispensary license or however all that works. They don't care about the details, they just know weed is a way bigger market.
By DY_nasty Go To PostThat's not anecdotal lol. If you're saying banks aren't, and they actually are then …. yeah they are? There's obviously different kinds of loans and what banks are and are not willing to do as far as their contribution and participation is concerned. Its obviously not your typical auto loan. I didn't say anything was easy at all. I said I know guys who've done it. If you got 'easy' from that, that's something you filled in.
Also, 5k applicants can mean a lot. It doesn't mean anything other than people applied. Against the number of all effected, there's nothing substantial to even draw for that number by itself at this point. I'm not saying much on that other than its a weird number and I don't even now what its supposed to correlate to at this time.
I think I am thinking smaller than you are as well. Not everyone selling prior to all this was trying to make money on the side and would have the ability to turn a side hustle into a true small business if only the government would get out of the way. Plenty of people selling or growing were doing so below the poverty line. Those people are still fucked. So saying that they can hop right in with everyone else is the same as suggesting the disadvantaged can just buy stocks in money. It doesn't do anything other than make people feel nice - and if enough people are satisfied by such a handwave of a gesture then I feel certain that the issue dies right then and there as guys stay in jail, lose out on ways that they were making money as they get boxed out of their last shot at money, etc.
Meaningless, no real substance to it.
The implication that minorities are being locked out of loans while white people without convictions are getting them is anecdotal. That’s what I meant by “easy”. You have a couple friends. Fantastic. Go read the 1000’s of articles discussing this as far back as Colorado. Banks aren’t playing yet. Some small ones are because they’re willing to take that risk. Large financial institutions with more to lose aren’t.
The total number of applicants was meant to exemplify opportunity within the market. 5k people with convictions see an opportunity if given the chance. Either they have the cash or can get it. That’s the point. While we don’t have total numbers approved, that doesn’t change what I was talking about. Opportunity exists.
Your other issue has more to do with the nature of capitalism than this law. You’re also cherry picking you’re ideal candidate who’s been screwed out of the market to make your point while ignoring all the other positives moving forward such as local taxes and no stupid convictions moving forward
I think you should start selling pessimism as your full time job. Lol
By GQman2121 Go To PostThe small shops offering unique and niche products are definitely where the vast majority of people are going to find the most success early on.
Bingo.
By reilo Go To PostHaving been in Maryland for roughly a few hours over the break, it was hilarious how awful the roads got the moment you left DC or Virginia and drove into Maryland.Welcome to Maryland. Pray it doesn't snow an inch when you're there or you'll never leave. Silver Spring back in the day got an inch of snow and they shut down everything.
By The Frankman Go To PostWelcome to Maryland. Pray it doesn't snow an inch when you're there or you'll never leave. Silver Spring back in the day got an inch of snow and they shut down everything.That intersection of Wayne Ave. and Fenton Ave., represent.
By The Frankman Go To PostWelcome to Maryland. Pray it doesn't snow an inch when you're there or you'll never leave. Silver Spring back in the day got an inch of snow and they shut down everything.It snowed an inch and was below freezing the entire time while I was there. I was actually shocked at how clean of snow the major roads were. Oregon on the other hand, just says it's not worth their time.
By Fenderputty Go To PostThe implication that minorities are being locked out of loans while white people without convictions are getting them is anecdotal. That’s what I meant by “easy”. You have a couple friends. Fantastic. Go read the 1000’s of articles discussing this as far back as Colorado. Banks aren’t playing yet. Some small ones are because they’re willing to take that risk. Large financial institutions with more to lose aren’t.I never said anything about race in this for starters - I'm saying that its straight up harder to get a loan with a prior. On top of that, getting out of jail in general and looking to get back on your feet doesn't exactly mesh with starting your own business for a ton of reasons.
The total number of applicants was meant to exemplify opportunity within the market. 5k people with convictions see an opportunity if given the chance. Either they have the cash or can get it. That’s the point. While we don’t have total numbers approved, that doesn’t change what I was talking about. Opportunity exists.
Your other issue has more to do with the nature of capitalism than this law. You’re also cherry picking you’re ideal candidate who’s been screwed out of the market to make your point while ignoring all the other positives moving forward such as local taxes and no stupid convictions moving forward
I think you should start selling pessimism as your full time job. Lol
I also never detailed anything about the guys that did get their foot in the door either. So either you're mixing me up with someone else or you're filling in blanks regarding something I didn't say it all. The guys I know doing it are either locals who own other businesses and contractors who have a ton in cash upfront. You said that banks, don't. I said that banks do. They do. You also say they do but its not easy. So like.... okay? lol
I'm also not cherry picking. I think you have to consciously only consider those able to make the jump into this as an opportunity in order to hold the stances you are right now. The positives of all this effect a very small portion of the total effected here.
I made it very clear with my overall disdain for the atmosphere of this from the start. People celebrating marijuana for all while many, many more are still screwed and will be out of the quick and reliable but risky buck that landed them in jail kinda actually sucks. Saying that there's opportunities, when in many ways its quite obvious that those opportunities are flatly unavailable to most, is meaningless to the lingering issue overall. I think it was pretty clear where I stood on that. Its not like I'm winging it here.
By Fenderputty Go To PostI think you should start selling pessimism as your full time job. LolHatred is the core of his soul,
Antipathy is his body and venom is his blood,
He has cast shade on over a million posts,
Unknown to death, nor known to life…
He has withstood great personal agony to destroy many ideas by his own hand,
Yet those hands are cursed, never to create life
So, as he exists … UNLIMITED HATE WORKS.
and i mean, why should anyone reasonably aware not be a pessimist? lol
progress isn't even progress anymore. at least not in america. if anything its just easier to make people not complain.
progress isn't even progress anymore. at least not in america. if anything its just easier to make people not complain.
OK that's fair regarding race. This topic was discussed over several pages and race was definitely a factor for some in here. The reason I brought up race is because black people are 3 times as likely to face a conviction for pot than a white person regardless of similar use stats. So naturally I assume people with convictions trying to get involved (get loans) are a majority people of color. This is why I assumed your friends were white who got this opportunity.
So I think my point still stands. Most everyone can't get loans and if your complaint is that the already well to do are afforded more opportunities than those who aren't already well to do, then you're beef is with Capitalism in general and not this law.
What do you propose we do with those who lost their black market income and can't get into the legal market? How could this law have been tailored to help them more? Are you considering the local jobs that will be created that can replace that below poverty line sellers who were taking on risk? Colorado has created about 20K jobs from this booming market and that was just in 2016. Need trimmers. Need growers. Need people to sell in your dispensaries who know the product. There's been studies suggesting more jobs will be created by 2020 in marijuana than all of manufacturing!!!!
You see the removal of a sketch job for some cash I see the addition of other less sketch labor for the same income or about the same income.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/20/5-high-paying-marijuana-jobs-in-the-legal-cannabis-industry.html
Fucking medical chefs making 50-100k a years.
So I think my point still stands. Most everyone can't get loans and if your complaint is that the already well to do are afforded more opportunities than those who aren't already well to do, then you're beef is with Capitalism in general and not this law.
What do you propose we do with those who lost their black market income and can't get into the legal market? How could this law have been tailored to help them more? Are you considering the local jobs that will be created that can replace that below poverty line sellers who were taking on risk? Colorado has created about 20K jobs from this booming market and that was just in 2016. Need trimmers. Need growers. Need people to sell in your dispensaries who know the product. There's been studies suggesting more jobs will be created by 2020 in marijuana than all of manufacturing!!!!
You see the removal of a sketch job for some cash I see the addition of other less sketch labor for the same income or about the same income.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/20/5-high-paying-marijuana-jobs-in-the-legal-cannabis-industry.html
Fucking medical chefs making 50-100k a years.
Well, that's kinda the thing. I'm not going to pretend capitalism does't exist in order to prop up some feel good "everyone's getting a shot" gesture when the deck is still just as stacked as it ever was AND people are dancing in the streets high as fuck while the guys who had their lives ruined remain in jail.
Also, I don't think these guys are getting jobs lol. What irks me about this hot new pot craze is how trendy and hip and clean it is now. They'll probably have college kids selling the fuck out of this for chump change and tips.
Regarding growers, the certs for it are kinda not entry level either.
I'm not asking for an overnight solution to the ramifications of the war on drugs - but I do think at the very least their should be a "oh, lets at least reduce sentences lolz" instead of a party and a quick rush to appease and move on.
Also, I don't think these guys are getting jobs lol. What irks me about this hot new pot craze is how trendy and hip and clean it is now. They'll probably have college kids selling the fuck out of this for chump change and tips.
Regarding growers, the certs for it are kinda not entry level either.
I'm not asking for an overnight solution to the ramifications of the war on drugs - but I do think at the very least their should be a "oh, lets at least reduce sentences lolz" instead of a party and a quick rush to appease and move on.
By DY_nasty Go To PostAlso, I don't think these guys are getting jobs lol. What irks me about this hot new pot craze is how trendy and hip and clean it is now. They'll probably have college kids selling the fuck out of this for chump change and tips.
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My turn for anecdotal evidence. None of the dispensaries I go to have preppy college kids behind the counter. Nobody trimming is a preppy college kid. Nobody cooking is a preppy college kid. Nothing about Marijuana subculture is preppy. You're a service man so I don't expect you to understand since I doubt you've frequented many spots. All dispensaries have tips for the person behind the counter helping you make your choice as well. I have a friend who basically watches a grow op in norcal and makes 80K a year. He's the least preppy person I know. Maybe in SF in some rich areas you'll have what you describe, but most places won't and don't.
By DY_nasty Go To PostWell, that's kinda the thing. I'm not going to pretend capitalism does't exist in order to prop up some feel good "everyone's getting a shot" gesture when the deck is still just as stacked as it ever was AND people are dancing in the streets high as fuck while the guys who had their lives ruined remain in jail.
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I'm not a fan of capitalism either. It is what is is though. There are other opportunities you're just ignoring. I keep bringing up those 5K peeps because they see the opportunity you don't. Like you're not in the culture. You're not seeing avenues for profit these other people are.
By DY_nasty Go To PostI'm not asking for an overnight solution to the ramifications of the war on drugs - but I do think at the very least their should be a "oh, lets at least reduce sentences lolz" instead of a party and a quick rush to appease and move on.
I wholeheartedly agree with you here. It isn't perfect. It's better than it was before.