Saturday, April 10, 2010

Humboldt County afraid of being uprooted from pot perch

A statewide initiative in November would allow cities to regulate pot possession and cultivation. Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco) has proposed a broader legalization. Neither is certain to pass.

Yet as medical marijuana has spread and city and state budgets are being slashed, legalized marijuana is becoming more possible than ever. That has some people here thinking twice.

Wholesale prices have dropped in the last five years -- from $4,000 a pound to below $3,000 for the best cannabis -- as medical-marijuana dispensaries have attracted a slew of new growers statewide, Humboldt growers say.

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1 comment:

  1. Good, lets get it down to the price of tomatoes! I hope to see the day I can go to the grocery store and buy cannabis near the okra..

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