By "Radical" Russ Belville on January 16, 2009
While it may not be traded on Wall Street any time soon, marijuana has become a booming cash crop. CNBC’s Trish Regan goes behind the scenes to explore the inner workings of this secretive industry, focusing on Northern California’s “Emerald Triangle,” now the marijuana capital of the U.S. In this scenic pocket of America, the pot business, much of it legal under state law, now makes up as much as two-thirds of the local economy.
via Marijuana Inc: Inside America’s Pot Industry, Business, Domestic Production, Government, Drug, Medicine, Economy, Profit – CNBC.com.
Thus begins the intro for the CNBC official page on their “Marijuana Inc” documentary premiering this Tuesday Thursday (unless a plane crashes in a river, of course). Let’s freep their online poll, “Do you favor the decriminalization of marijuana use?”, though at this writing, we’re already ahead 97.5% – 2.5%!
Posted in ACTIVISM, LEGISLATION | Tagged cash crop, CNBC, emerald triangle, Marijuana Inc, Northern California, trish regan
I am the host of the NORML SHOW LIVE and The NORML Stash Blog. I'm married, live in Portland, Oregon, and I am a registered medical marijuana caregiver in this state. I've worked days as an IT geek and nights as a professional musician. Previously, I have been the host of my own political talk radio show on satellite radio. I've been the High Times "Freedom Fighter of the Month" for my work producing Oregon NORML's TV show, "A Cannabis Community Forum", and for helping to institute Portland's wildly successful medical marijuana cardholders meetings, where we help sick and disabled Oregonians acquire cannabis plant starts, learn gardening, and understand the medical marijuana law. I've dedicated my life to bringing an end to adult marijuana prohibition and re-legalizing cannabis hemp, and I'm honored to be chosen by NORML to be our daily voice.
weed is a plant not a drug
i am totally for pro-legalization as i just spent 15 months in the indiana dept of corrections for 2 dirty urine screens . i am so ready to leave indiana but want to get on with an experienced cultivater before my wife and i just “up and leave” … we are honest citizens, who are passivests though I am a gulf war veteran where i served as a medic. I cannot get “treatment” for my symptoms of gulf war syndrome because the gov’t denies we were exposed to any chem. agents during desert storm… my address is 940 s. westchester park drive Yorktown indiana, 47396 and ph # is 765-759-9635 i will answer any feed back any one has or find us on myspace at http://myspace.com/jpthelover e-mail is jpdelaney1970@prodigy.net my wifes name is cyndi so let us know what your feedback is??? peace and love brothers, 420 for life j.p. & cyndi
This documentary was very aggrevating to watch.
DEA=Pitbull Media=Shit
It’s not good to rub the Pitbulls nose in shit!
Do’h! Thanks for the correction.
Norml.org: You guys have the wrong date for the premier of “Marijuana Inc.” CNBC says it will premier Thursday, 1/22/09 !