Not All California Pot Growers Favor Proposition 64
Now that the state of California has approved a ballot initiative (called Proposition 64) that would legalize marijuana for recreational use, the state’s already-booming marijuana growing industry is split nearly evenly on whether or not to support it.
At first glance, legalizing marijuana for adult recreational use would appear to be a large benefit to the state’s pot growers, many of whom raise the plant on small farms along the north coast in Humboldt, Mendocino, and Trinity counties. These growers have long supported decriminalization of marijuana, but fear the full legalization will encourage large corporations to enter the cannabis-farming business, driving out small operations.
According to a report at the San Francisco Chronicle, the 646 members of the California Growers Association have decided to remain neutral for the time being. Pot prices in the state have fallen from around $3,200 a pound ten years ago to a range of...
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