Well, I don't know if he is syndicated in Europe,
but Steves has people now that he hires as helpers
in different countries and I think she has that special
position as tour guide for people coming to, for instance, Berlin.

So what? I don't give a rats ass about "Small Private Business" when that business is some idiot that doesn't have the common sense to educate him/her self and turns to "Slingin' Weed" for income because they don't have a HS diploma and can't get a job. Too ****ing bad. Local businesses... pahleease. lol What's that Weed Slingers taxable income? Does he/she put in for SS? How about profit sharing and 401k? Tuition assistance?

Using a term like "Small Private Business" as a description for your weed guy is pretty funny, actually.

It's pretty funny that you view everyone involved in the industry as 20-something dealers. Has it really been that long mate?

In the 30+ years of my involvement in such things, 99% of the people who distribute the stuff fall into the jobless 20 something year old demographic. There are some exceptions, but most people grow up and realize there's a better life out there... with benefits. My age has nothing to do with it, and if by "That Long" you mean two days ago, then yes.

Probably just a 180 degree different scene in California since my anecdotal experience has the majority of them handling it very professionally and still struggling with the upcoming regulations. One guy I know is a distributor trying to get legal who's already sunk over 200k into it so ja, maybe corporatization and deterioration of the product as has already happened in Washington is a valid concern even if your dealer was a middleman.

Let the chips fall where they will. Like I said, I don't care about the business aspect of it, I'm just strongly against putting gentle, harmless people through the penal system. That's my only gripe really.

I get that, I just think that highly regulated legalization is overromanticized since decriminalization could accomplish that without altering the industry that much.

It takes a certain skill set not many people have, actually. You’re not going to be doing it for long unless you’re pretty ****ing smart.

And I was just watching the Weeds marathon this week too.

Dude, we’re on the same page about keeping folks out of jail.