What a fascinating show. It’s something of a reality/documentary show. The first episode was tonight. It’s about an existing medical marijuana shop in Breckinridge, CO ( a ski town) as they prepare to open for recreational sales on Jan. 1, 2014. You really get a sense of the pressure they are under to try to operate the business. They routinely carry hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash over snow packed mountain roads to buy product because banks won’t do business with them.
The best day they ever had was $4,000 to $5,000 in medical sales and they sold $100,000 in the first two days when it went legal. One of the owners is 25 years old. The two owners are probably millionaires right now.
One of the interesting side stories is the city council wanted them to move out of downtown after a year to a new location on the outskirts, but they then delivered $120,000 in sales tax to the city in one month (in cash). I don’t know how this turned out, but enipla could probably tell you.
A really, really interesting look at a brand new industry and the drama involved is all real, not manufactured. Highly recommended.
I didn’t. I was turned off by the tone of the promos. It seemed like CNN was just a little to excited about all the money and drugs and stuff. I’m glad people are making money, and I’m glad less people will be going to jail for this former “crime.” As someone who as always supported legalization, I guess I wish it was not portrayed as something so exotic.
But, based on your recommendation, I may give the show a chance.
CNN seems to be setting themselves up as the “Weed Channel.” There was a third Sanjay Gupta special on Weed right before this show aired. The show, though, was not sensational at all. It focused on the behind the scenes issues of running a business that didn’t exist anywhere in the country until last year. The stress and tribulations of the owners were very interesting to see.
Living in Colorado, it’s amazing how smoothly things have gone and how unobtrusive the industry is. There is a store not far from me that is right across the street from a mega-church and you’d think there would be letters to the editor and organized opposition to it, but…nothing. It isn’t a fire and brimstone evangelical church, though. Quite the opposite, actually. There are probably more than a few regular customers among the parishoners.
I would expect that’s true. God doesn’t mind if people use marijuana.
Now that it’s legal (here too in Washington) there really is no more controversy. It’s a non-event, and I think people are already wondering what took so long.
Everyone could get marijuana before if they wanted to, now the same is true but we’re not making criminals out of regular people.
The main Breckenridge pot store owners are some of the greediest and self centered weed people I have yet to experience. They get everything they deserve. How much more selfish could they be? They kept it all to themselves, then where shocked and appalled by being treated like the rest of the cannabis merchants. So in the end and the rich,liqour license having community of Breckenridge won. No one else. They made sure others would never get a piece of the pie or the green gold or whatever, for a minute. Only positive is now the Brekenridge field of pot play is even. Ha ha.
Why does Evey one start out huge and fail ? GREED. This has become the greed industry not green industry. The only green here is money. There are enough injesters of cannabis for everyone. There is enough cannabis for everyone to live on and be happy. This is why rich uneducated people get richer with out care or knowledge of the plant that will save the world. Shame on them making $250, 000 a day ( In some whole sale instances) and cry how being closed for 60 days will bankrupt them.
Shame on all who are doing nothing but exploiting this miracle plant under the guise of helping patients. If we do not respect each other, they(those who make the rules) will never, ever take us seriously as a business inDUHstry. So much money, time and motion wasted.
Weed is finally almost legal and we are not handling it well people. :smack:
Beneficial baked goods chef/California. Lady Tarbearyan.
If the story is true, that’s not really the way it went down. There used to be a number of dispensaries on Main Street, but all but one closed up or moved to a new location prior to legalization.
If the referendum had succeeded, other pot shops could have opened up/moved to Main Street. The referendum wasn’t just about the one shop still there.