Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The Closing of the Marijuana Frontier


California is not just deciding whether pot should be legal. It’s determining the shape of a major new American industry.
By John Gravois


When my wife and I bought a house last year in the little town of Ukiah, California, the first person to offer us advice about growing marijuana was our realtor. The house was a stolid 1909 prairie box that had been partitioned into four units, with a front porch, dark green trim, and a couple of fruit trees in the yard. It was charming, but we probably would have settled for a yurt. What mattered most to us was having a foothold in Mendocino County, a place we had long ago decided was the most beautiful in America.

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