Faced With Tough Job Market, Graduates Turn To Marijuana For Income
the420times | Aug 02, 2010 | Comments 1
August 2, 2010 — Faced with a tough economy, some unemployed college graduates in Oakland, California have turned to a new source of income: marijuana.
Young, overeducated and selling pot
Squeezed by college debt and the recession, these Californians found a way to get by — unless it gets legalized
By J.B. Powell
It’s harvest time in downtown Oakland.
“Paul” leads his roommate “David” (not their real names) into their apartment’s spare third bedroom. They are soon joined by their friend “Adam,” who has come to help with the evening’s task. A floor-to-ceiling curtain of thick white plastic partitions off a corner of the room. Paul pulls back a part in the drape. Bright light and warm, herb-smelling air pour through the opening. Inside the enclosure, 18 mature members of California’s largest cash crop crowd each other. The plants, hybrids of the so-called Casey Jones and Hindu Skunk strains, started off weeks earlier as tiny potted cuttings. Now they are as tall as their growers and bristling with dozens of sticky, hairy, cone-shaped buds.
Read the full story at Salon.com.
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