The state of California steps into the cannabis market Monday, by request of it's citizens. I don't expect nay significant changes in how the current market is working: the stores exist, the supply is completely over the top, and the distribution network has existed for decades. No one in California is going to run out of pot. If the state screws this up, they'll be the new guy that doesn't know what they are doing. But I don't expect things to...
The wind kicked up today in Quartzsite. Not at all unusual, what's unusual is that it's been calm for a long time. Then it gets cold, freezing at night, for the next week. I went down to Yuma last week for a few days, then came back up to meet Steve and Sandy who were passing through. It's still relatively quiet in town, but after christmas things will pick up fast. Tomorrow I'll move into one of the bigger areas, my "usual" spot.
In a few weeks, pot will be legal and regulated in California, which marks an important benchmark in the history of de-prohibition, if not the most important. It will take 5 to 10 years before we can even see the impacts, intended and otherwise. The California rules for a large part are innovative and haven't been tried anywhere else, but I think one of the biggest "inventions" was to push down specific conditions and approvals to the local...
I'm back at Hi Jolly for a little while, likely until I need to get water. I've got 4 new batteries which are working great.
I'm an advocate of regulated legal marijuana and have been waiting to hear of illegal grows uncovered in the state. Yesterday 50 illegal growing sites were raided in southwestern Washington, yielding 32,000 plants worth $80 million dollars. Chinese nationals were implicated in an organized crime manner. 32,000 plants occupy a bit over an acre of space. A legal "large" grow in Washington is about 2/3 acre, and there are around 400 of them, so...