Is Marijuana Saving Small Towns?
The cannabis industry is revitalizing small towns in states across the U.S. where medical marijuana cultivation is now legal.
Decades ago, the arrival of weed on main street seemed the harbinger of disrepair and doom accused of tarnishing the youth and serving as a gateway drug to a life of poverty.Â
Now marijuana signals renewal and rebirth. This time, the weed isn't peddled by drug dealers on sidewalks, this potent weed is being transported deliberately by high-power industry leaders.
In the dusty, high desert of southern California, small towns are pioneering municipal permitting of marijuana cultivation, and reaping the revenue that follows.
A local business leader is asked to save the town
John “Bug” Woodard makes his home in the, “wide open space and fresh air” of Adelanto, California. Located halfway between Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Adelanto has found itself all but choked out by its larger neighbor, Victorville.
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