Industrial Marijuana Farming Approved In Oakland 690
Trintech writes "According to MSNBC: 'The city of Oakland, California on Tuesday legalized large-scale marijuana cultivation for medical use and will issue up to four permits for "industrial" cultivation starting next year.
The move by the San Francisco Bay Area city aims to bring medical marijuana cultivation into the open and allow the city to profit by taxing those who grow it.
The resolution passed the city council easily after a nearly four-hour debate that pitted small-scale "garden" growers against advocates of a bigger, industrial system that would become a "Silicon Valley" of pot.' Yes, you read that right. MSNBC just compared computer chip fabrication to pot cultivation."
Well... (Score:3, Funny)
Oakland needs to mellow out (Score:5, Funny)
With all the violence and protests in Oakland, a lot of pot is needed to help everyone just mellow out, man.
Now who's coming to the Phish concert with me?
Silicon Valley of pot? (Score:4, Funny)
I once smoked an Intel chip, all it did was make me cry. ;)
Re:How long will that last? (Score:4, Funny)
No, no, flamethrowers is the Bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms and the Drug Enforcement Agency. The FBI doesn't do the heavy stuff anymore unless its the Hostage Rescue Team. You can't get the napalm smell out of those nice suits.
You fly back to school now, little Starling. Fly, Fly, Fly.
fair comparison (Score:4, Funny)
Yes, you read that right. MSNBC just compared computer chip fabrication to pot cultivation."
Both industries go through a lot of chips.
Re:Well... (Score:5, Funny)
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splif_f("Hellooooooo, World-dude!")
return 420;
}
Re:How long will that last? (Score:5, Funny)
If so i plan on holding a LAN party down wind... make sure you bring nachos!
Re:How long will that last? (Score:2, Funny)
flamethrowers and pot farms. Boy, the city downwind of that is going to have a nice day.
Re:Likely legalization US-wide by 2020? (Score:2, Funny)
...a revenue source that has thus been untapped.
Wrong word; prostitution is a revenue source that is untapped (in the U.S.A., except for Nevada).
Marijuana, on the other hand, is a revenue source that hasn't been hit.
Re:Well... (Score:5, Funny)
You know how those wacky developers are with their marijuana!
Would that be Silibong Valley?
Waiting for press release..... (Score:3, Funny)
I'm just waiting for a press release from Snoop Dogg - btw I did check his twitter account before posting this - nothing ...... yet!!!.
FOR PRESS RELEASE. Oakland, CA - Acclaimed rap star Snoop Dogg, a multi-platinum record seller, has today announced that he is moving to Oakland, California. Snoop would like to tell his fans - "the shizzle is more growing opportunities for my rap in Oaktown. Ain't nothing growin' where I am. You know, I need more green for my raps.". Snoop hopes his fans can support him while he waits for the growing opportunities in Oakland to help him record his next album.
Re:Silicon Valley of pot? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:How long will that last? (Score:2, Funny)
Bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms
If you add prostitution to the mix, that's the best Bureau *ever*!
I'm Proud to be an Oakie... (Score:5, Funny)
From, uh...
Where am I, exactly, man?
Re:lol (Score:2, Funny)
Save all the seeds, then randomly throw them into the air at inappropriate locations (churches, the grounds of government buildings, into people's flower beds, random roadside ditches, etc). The odds of anything growing are tiny, but I make up for it with volume. I'm sure anything that did grow would be garbage, but it makes me smile every time I think of someone finding a plant at the state capitol building.
Re:How long will that last? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Stoners... (Score:2, Funny)
No but they probably have plenty of chips.
Re:How long will that last? (Score:3, Funny)
I'm waiting for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Blackjack, and Hookers.
Re:How long will that last? (Score:4, Funny)
No they are still wet. Wet plants don't burn well. That's why you don't see wildfires in southern Louisiana. Usually during busts marijuana plants are up rooted, put in a pile, and use some fire source.
WHOOSH... bubble....
Re:How long will that last? (Score:5, Funny)
Bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms
If you add prostitution to the mix, that's the best Bureau *ever*!
In fact, forget the Bureau!
more like a chainsaw... (Score:2, Funny)
it's that lumberjack rata-tat cuttin through the woods
A square hectare? (Score:3, Funny)
I think you've smoked that already. I can't wrap my head around that many dimensions.
Re:How long will that last? (Score:5, Funny)
Think of the poor birds downwind! No tern will be left unstoned.