[UPDATE 8:10 a.m.] Convoy on Berry Summit Includes a “Couple Chippers”

A convoy is gathering on Berry Summit this morning.

A convoy is gathering on Berry Summit this morning. [Image from Caltrans traffic cam]

A reader described seeing an extra large convoy gathering on Vista Point at Berry Summit this morning.

She said she saw, “30 vehicles, fish and game wardens, sheriffs and couple chippers. Half the vista point was full.”

UPDATE 8:10 a.m.: The convoy is no longer at Vista Point.

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weedageddon
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weedageddon
5 years ago

Looks like someone’s got the case of the Mondays.

forest moon
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forest moon
5 years ago
Reply to  weedageddon

ha!

sticks36
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sticks36
5 years ago

Great! I wonder which property they will “extort” today? Will it be another “big bust” on a farm with less than 1,000 plants or 1,000 pounds, meanwhile ignoring the property 2 miles away that has 7 greenhouses on 7 graded terraces?

How they cherry-pick these latest farms they have been busting doesn’t make any sense at all…

5b33b
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5b33b
5 years ago
Reply to  sticks36

Did they come up with $3,000,000 in cash earlier this year?

farce
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farce
5 years ago
Reply to  sticks36

It sure makes it appear that there’s some backroom deal going on. I mean, besides the regular “give us permit fees and taxes and we’ll let you blow it up and sell it on the black market while we knock down your competition on the black market while we say your stuff is proper and legal”. Like there’s other backroom deals or allowances being made. Like when Supervisor Bohn’s son was involved with huge grows that never got touched….that kind of connected mafia-type stuff! But hey- I’m probably just paranoid, right?

I left my tolling motor in El Segundo
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I left my tolling motor in El Segundo
5 years ago
Reply to  farce

[edit] quit crying. some win some loose. learn how to play the (new) game or go wait tables.

Papa Johnny Road
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5 years ago
Reply to  farce

Little T-Bohn is all legit these these days, I saw his weed at HPRC for sale. Kid still cant grow but you can’t fix stupid.

Tttttt-bbbooohhhhnnn!!!!!!

Perspective
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Perspective
5 years ago

Farm name?

James dean
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James dean
5 years ago

You’d think that would be a conflict of interest for our supervisor rex bohn, but no. His son an cody getting it done! No help from parents of course

Corrupt extortionist rip off turncoat politics
Guest

Leveling the playing field for family members and the good ole boy insiders club

Corrupt extortionist rip off turncoat politics
Guest

Poor f$#@kers are gonna get the extortion of a lifetime!!!!!!

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago

What? You think the penalties for violating the law are unfair if they are proportional to the illegal profits being made?

47
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47
5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Sorry but some of the fines are a half million a day and more, tell me what farmer you know that makes that. I’m willing to bet the answer is none. Sure they might make a half mil to a mil or more a year but not a day so yes the penalties for “violating the law” are unfair because they’re in no way proportional to the “illegal” profits being made

SparkleMahn
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5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

I agree with Guest. Play the game according to the new rules or get the f-ck outta here!

Mariahgirl
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5 years ago

Too bad they’re probably only going as far as Forest Service 1.

Corrupt extortionist rip off turncoat politics
Guest

There’s another 900,000 in fraud money for hum co

Pay the piper if you call the tune
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Pay the piper if you call the tune
5 years ago

Wah, wah, wah…

Souled Out Inc
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Souled Out Inc
5 years ago

Blake Mountain again? Downright weird how Willow Creek got a full pass this year! What’s up with that?

Mariahgirl
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5 years ago
Reply to  Souled Out Inc

I agree! We don’t see any enforcement here at all. But remember on of Sundbergs contributors is here.

Thatsmybike
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Thatsmybike
5 years ago
Reply to  Souled Out Inc

Almost everyone gets a pass every year. You’d have to be a damn fool to fail at growing dope. Free money, just add water. The guys who think they are something special because they grew it have set an extremely low bar for themselves. It is about as hard as clipping your toenails, and pays more than being successful brain surgeon.

Wise Up Kids
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Wise Up Kids
5 years ago
Reply to  Thatsmybike

You obviously have no idea how hard of work or how much time it takes to grow excellent medicine which relieves ailments and makes people feel good. How foolish of you.

Thatsmybike
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Thatsmybike
5 years ago
Reply to  Wise Up Kids

Gimme a break!
Put down the bong and get a job [edit], you’ll learn what hard work is. Or, put down the bong and grow dope, and you’ll never have to get a job. But it only seems hard to you because your so stoned, wise up kid

47
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47
5 years ago
Reply to  Thatsmybike

You’re a fool and I know for a fact that most if not everyone that grows on a medium to large scale works harder everyday than you probably have in your entire life

Sparkle Mahn
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5 years ago
Reply to  47

Not a fool: just another peabrain prohibitionist at work. Their kind is almost extinct!

Thatsmybike
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Thatsmybike
5 years ago
Reply to  47

Sounds like they aren’t doing it right then

Perspective
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Perspective
5 years ago
Reply to  Thatsmybike

It must be nice to only work 40 hours a week. I remember my firs part-time job.

Notbuyinit
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Notbuyinit
5 years ago
Reply to  Souled Out Inc

Umm berry summit isn’t on Blake mountain it’s right outside willow creek [edit]

Souled Out Inc
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Souled Out Inc
5 years ago
Reply to  Notbuyinit

Umm…yeah Berry Summit is a meet-up point for many places- 3 Creeks, Titlow, or out FS highway 1 where Blake Mt. is, which is where they went 3 days last week. You might want to check a map and talk to a few people. I’d reason that if they’re going out to Willow Creek they would meet out there in town to posse up….the crazy thing is that they will be driving past huge grows protected by the Emerald Scamily Farms Corp. Huge grows that are not all tightly track n traced and so we all know that game. What we are seeing is that some sell-outs have cooperated with the government in their corporate take-over. And they are being rewarded -at this stage- for their compliance and support by having their neighbors eliminated from the underground market we all know that they use to backdoor much production. It’s disgusting what some people do for money.

Anne D.
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Anne D.
5 years ago
Reply to  Souled Out Inc

The spirit of whitey Bulger is alive and well in humco..
Aint snitchin if nobody knows eh Whiteys?
You can lay with dogs long as you dont mind the fleas but in the back of your small mind you gotta wonder if youre gonna wake up with those teeth takin a pound of your flesh or around your throat…

Notbuyinit
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Notbuyinit
5 years ago
Reply to  Souled Out Inc

You mean Pat Murphy?

Notbuyinit
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Notbuyinit
5 years ago
Reply to  Souled Out Inc

Right. I was thinking of buck mountain. Still they were stopped 15 minutes from willow

47
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47
5 years ago
Reply to  Notbuyinit

Berry Summit is right before FSR1 which takes you to Blake Mountain near Kerlin Creek which is in fact where they went today

47
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47
5 years ago
Reply to  Souled Out Inc

Willow Creek was hit during round one a month or so ago

Corrupt extortionist rip off turncoat politics
Guest

Yeah these permit bitches think there something special!! Scabs who sold out,rolled over [edit]

Mountain resident
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Mountain resident
5 years ago

Is the helocopter in Willow Creek part of the convoy or was that pg&e

HCSO STEALS KIDS SCHOOL CLOTHES MONEY
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HCSO STEALS KIDS SCHOOL CLOTHES MONEY
5 years ago

I wonder how much money Humboldt County “law enforcement officials” will steal and pocket today….. How many pieces of jewelry will be missing and unaccounted for…. How many family heirlooms, how many gold and silver coins, how many bags of money will never make it into the evidence room because the Humboldt County Officials are corrupt thieves who are mainly out to fill their own pockets with the communities property. How much money will they steal from this family, will they steal the kids quads and dirtbikes too? I wonder if this military raid will also result in the family dog being shot in the head, will they rip screaming crying children from their mothers arms and slam the mother on the ground and put the heel of their jackboot on her neck while they scream “shut the f*ck up or else!!!!..” Will they handcuff the juveniles and make them sit handcuffed in the full sun in a dusty driveway…… These military raids are way more damaging to our communities than growing cannabis ever will be, I wonder if some trigger happy deputy will kill anybody again today in their violent and aggressive military campaign to create a perfect cannabis Monopoly………. Pathetic losers and scrubs of the worst type

thick blue line of criminal corruption
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thick blue line of criminal corruption
5 years ago

Wow that paints an ugly picture. The crap you are describing happens all the time. What other profession is being forced to wear body cameras to protect the very people they are paid to serve? I am amazed that these raids have been relatively non-violent. I don’t believe that the LEOS have had to fire a single shot this year during a raid.

W
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W
5 years ago

They have never worn body cams, but they should. Also they should not be allowed to turn the cam off anytime they want.
99% of the time when they raid a pot farm there is no violence. That’s why they go after them instead of herion or meth. Less likely to get shot.
So, maybe you should get your facts straight before you comment!

thick blue line of criminal corruption
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thick blue line of criminal corruption
5 years ago
Reply to  W

Factoid – I never suggested that the LEOS involved in the latest raids are wearing body cams. So, maybe you should get your reading comprehension straight before you comment, on my comments.

All of that bs aside, protecting the legal pot farms from illegal competition should be a priority. No permits means no plants. Why would anyone spend the time and money to get legal when their neighbors can blow it up with no consequences……they wouldn’t.

Sarah
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Sarah
5 years ago

Legal pot farms are in competition with big agriculture, not the black market.

Emily
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Emily
5 years ago
Reply to  Sarah

Sorry not true. For now anyway every legal farm is selling at least partly to black market. I’m sure of this… the reality of the CA market hasn’t hit yet, but it will.

SparkleMahn
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5 years ago
Reply to  Emily

Illegal, chemically based grows should be wiped off the face of the Earth. The unfair advantages these criminals have over those who follow the new rules is bullshit!

47
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47
5 years ago

Just fyi, LE is not paid to serve the community in any way, per the Supreme Court ruling many years ago that it is not their job to serve or protect the citizens in this country but only to uphold the law

Sleepy Alligator
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Sleepy Alligator
5 years ago
Reply to  47

Isn’t one motto that police all over this country use “To Serve and Protect”? Isn’t that same motto often on police vehicles, badges, uniforms, police stations, etc?

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago

If such stuff was the norm currently, everyone would know. But, if it was true, it’s a bunch good reasons for becoming legal. Not for crying over being vulnerable to crooks because of being a crook too.

Willow creeker
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Willow creeker
5 years ago

same question as Mountain Resident…..hovering helicopter over town 15 minutes ago. PGE or enforement?

Emily
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Emily
5 years ago
Reply to  Willow creeker

I’m curious too.. looks like pg&e to me. They are definitely going low but not too much hovering. Seems really ‘coppy’ Out though also, I passed a few dusty sheriffs trucks around noon in town, and saw another still sitting at berry summit a little after noon.

Hey growers stop whining about the busts. This shit has gotten out of control and their needs to be a correction. Like someone else said above, learn the new game or get out of town. You take the risk then take the punishment like a man (or woman) and stop WHINING… it’s really pathetic.
Look at the bright side, black markets going up, permit growers are going to fall off a cliff when they get caught up in track and trace, and it’s going to clean out the idiots and gro bros… all good things to consider.

Bozo
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Bozo
5 years ago

Lots’a deputies. Wonder if it’s measure ‘S’ money for the salaries/equipment ?
I’d rather see the deputies working on cleaning up the meth/heroin/theft etc, etc…

Notbuyinit
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Notbuyinit
5 years ago
Reply to  Bozo

Those kinds of people never have $3 million laying around like growers did this year

Corrupt extortionist rip off turncoat politics
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Yeah these permit bitches think there something special!! Scabs who sold out,rolled over and accepted it in the backside

Corrupt extortionist rip off turncoat politics
Guest

Good spread hcso takin the kids school clothes,. The turn of events in this county is despicable.our homes being destroyed by corruption and ” legal “theives. I’m a lifetime resident never wanted too but thinking it’s time to go elsewhere.just wish our sellout corrupt representatives were up for re election soonerr so the population would stand a chance.a and the economy.

local yocal
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local yocal
5 years ago

Im trying to go legal not because I sold out .I have a responsibility to provide for my family .It seemed like the only way forward.Life decision not taken lightly couldn’t sleep at night.
Im glad I did now .The future is scary but at least Im not busted or abatement letter out of a living.
And to the fool who thinks he can drop a seed in the ground and water it and make money you are very mistaken.it takes a lifetime to make money and farm it well.

read
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5 years ago
Reply to  local yocal

Well said!

Emily
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Emily
5 years ago
Reply to  local yocal

Everyone has to make their choices. But if you are really serious about being legal and selling in CA, you should consider what the market is going to be like. Do your research. Think about this: how much of your product in the past stayed in CA? Probably not much right? So now everyone who is legal is all going to be selling to this one tiny market.. who is going to supply the rest of the country. 🤷‍♂️

read
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5 years ago
Reply to  Emily

Just because your legal does not mean you only sell in this “tiny’ market. Track and trace is a joke.

Emily
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Emily
5 years ago
Reply to  read

Well it’s supposed to and probably will be that way soon.

farce
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farce
5 years ago
Reply to  Emily

Emily- I’d like to think that way also. But nearly every permitted scene I know is planning on sneaking through whatever they can. And I know people up in Oregon doing it also- even with their much stricter track n trace. Claim mold, claim destruction, whatever it is the evolving game of lying and scamming we have all come to take as normal here. Like pretending it’s all medical while spraying it with Eagle 20 and shipping east. Indeed I know a few very big permitted scenes that made their money with that model! Now they are permitted because they had the money to pay the fees and meet the codes…and they still run with the same mindset. I don’t see track n trace ever shutting down the criminal/outlaw minds that are now legally permitted. Entire grows this year will be sold in the national underground and next year they will simply backdoor as much as they can. In Oregon some farms have backdoored up to 20%. I wish I could see it work out differently. But most people got their permits to be protected from busts while they run the pounds out the back door. It was the plan all along.

Emily
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Emily
5 years ago
Reply to  farce

Hmm yes I agree that they are playing both sides for now, but I assume that once track and trace is actually established (it isn’t yet) that it will be very difficult and stupid also to game the system. I think they will have a microscope up people’s ass… watching everything. I see it like a slowly tightening knot that will corral them up against a cliff and they will all fall off the financial edge together in a year or two. Maybe I’m wrong.
I think people who give their name and address and are claiming in public that they are doing something federally illegal, wouldn’t be so stupid as to try to cheat the system they are signing up to. Assuming no one will be checking up on them, through audits. But who knows, we will see!

In my 1911 I trust
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In my 1911 I trust
5 years ago
Reply to  Emily

Anyone that signed up as an existing grow and signed the slip admitting they have been growing and didn’t bite the bullet as a new cultivation has a real curveball coming down the pipe. The IRS is an agency independent from local, state, and federal gov’t and they have been mysteriously quiet. All the old pot money is in Humboldt, not Colorado or Washington or any other state. Generations of untaxed cash and property the ol IRS can’t wait go get their dirty hands on. Oh yes just wait till the big permitted growers get their first audit and are asked what legal, taxed money they used to buy their properties, greenhouses, and permits in the first place. Can’t believe all the people that didn’t think that one through.

In my 1911 I trust
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In my 1911 I trust
5 years ago
Reply to  Emily

I would have to agree with Emily on this one Farce, you forget this is California and they’ve got a microscope up everyone’s ass. Oregon is a little more mellow in that regard, I have lived in both states. Cali wants its $$!

Potmation
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Potmation
5 years ago
Reply to  Emily

Track and trace systems won’t be perfect. Tobacco tracing is a good example. One might trace a pack of cigarettes from the grower to the manufacturer, the retail store, and the end buyer in a closed loop. When the end buyer purchases in Virginia and resells the tobacco in New York for half price and at a profit, that isn’t traced. Even so, we don’t see convoys with wood chippers raiding tobacco farms.

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  Potmation

That’s why reselling without licensing (and taxes) is usually not tolerated.

Emily
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Emily
5 years ago
Reply to  Potmation

Ok you might be misgauging the states ability to go after what it sees as theirs. Like with alcohol production, you have to keep meticulous notes and if they think anything looks fishy, you get audited and risk losing your license (and thousands of dollars in investment) So if you don’t think there is going to be scrutiny on this brand new highly controversial industry, I think you are being overly optimistic. It’s going to be a goldmine full of fines for the state… osha violations, bad book keeping etc

James dean
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James dean
5 years ago
Reply to  Emily

[edit] everyone knows the majority if weed grown in ca is not on the legal market and won’t be anytime soon

Thatsmybike
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Thatsmybike
5 years ago
Reply to  local yocal

Local yocal,
It’s all about what you are willing to put into it and what you want out of it. If cash is your only concern, it is exactly that simple. If satisfaction from a true top quality medicinal product is the only concern it is nowhere near that simple. Ive done both, and there is a market at every level. Top quality medicine is much more personally rewarding to grow, weed is much more profitable .

Anne D.
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Anne D.
5 years ago
Reply to  local yocal

That fools never smoked or only smoked some seeded up brick weed back in HS..
Remember that crap. All brown and nasty hydraulically pressed into 1-5lb bricks . It used to be called mexican back in the politically incorrect days.
Anyways, pay no mind to johnny appleseed up there, hes obviously either a troll or hes just another blissfully ignorant merrrican.. Either way hes never had to spend an hour trying to clean his hands and fingers and nails after a long day hunched over and dehydrated in direct sun, working in the garden..

FMF
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FMF
5 years ago
Reply to  local yocal

…agreed. Well said

Corrupt extortionist rip off turncoat politics
Guest

Especially since they’ve approved 5 times as much as the market can handle. ( Washington Post economist)

Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr
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Calvin Cordozar Broadus Sr
5 years ago

The market needs to start smoking more, slackers.

SparkleMahn
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5 years ago

Vaporize.

T.R.
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T.R.
5 years ago
Casey j
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Casey j
5 years ago

Cost alot to win and even more to lose we are bound to spend some time wondering what to choose

SparkleMahn
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5 years ago
Reply to  Casey j

Goes to show you don’t ever know,.
Watch each card you play and
PLEASE play em slow.

Flatgirl
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Flatgirl
5 years ago

The people who get raided know perfectly well they are not legal and also that they are at risk for a visit from leo. If they did not leave their garbage, poison & shit everywhere, and put their firearms in a storage locker off site, and had their money & harvested pounds in a separate location, their troubles would be rather smaller. In my opinion they are mostly too stupid to succeed and I do not feel too sorry for them, even though I believe weed should be completely and actually free from any prohibitive egal constraint.

weedageddon
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weedageddon
5 years ago
Reply to  Flatgirl

Not many, if any, products sold for human ingestion that do not have prohibitive legal constraints, regulations, and taxes. Weed falls into the sin tax category so it will get hit especially hard.

No banking
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No banking
5 years ago
Reply to  weedageddon

https://mjbizdaily.com/california-decides-against-state-chartered-banks-to-help-marijuana-industry/

The analysis cautioned that a side effect of SB 930 might be a pooling of cannabis business assets into the willing banks, which could create an easy target for federal law enforcement.

weedageddon
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weedageddon
5 years ago
Reply to  No banking

Banking will continue to be a problem. Having to deal with large amounts of un-bankable cash leaves the businesses open to theft.

Guest
Guest
Guest
5 years ago
Reply to  weedageddon

Hopefully, if the pot growers show a tendency towards acting legally, the issues will become a lot less extreme. The world can absorb a few outlaws but when the outlaws feel impunity, they multiply and chaos ensues.

SparkleMahn
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5 years ago
Reply to  Guest

Agreed.

Anne D.
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Anne D.
5 years ago
Reply to  Flatgirl

True

Corrupt extortionist rip off turncoat politics
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Down on your knees at the planning department permittees