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Industrial Marijuana Farming Approved In Oakland

Posted by samzenpus on from the grow-em-if-you-got-em dept.

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."

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  1. Well... by bigspring · · Score: 3, Funny

    You know how those wacky developers are with their marijuana!

    1. Re:Well... by beakerMeep · · Score: 5, Funny

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    2. Re:Well... by nacturation · · Score: 4, Funny

      You know how those wacky developers are with their marijuana!

      Would that be Silibong Valley?

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  2. Oakland needs to mellow out by MrEricSir · · Score: 4, 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?

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  3. Silicon Valley of pot? by Freddybear · · Score: 4, Funny

    I once smoked an Intel chip, all it did was make me cry. ;)

    1. Re:Silicon Valley of pot? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny

      Christ, man. You should be more careful. I had a buddy who caught the FDIV bug smoking one of those things... His once promising accounting career was destroyed.

  4. Re:How long will that last? by phrackwulf · · Score: 3, 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.

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  5. fair comparison by v1 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yes, you read that right. MSNBC just compared computer chip fabrication to pot cultivation."

    Both industries go through a lot of chips.

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  6. Re:How long will that last? by minorproblem · · Score: 5, Funny

    If so i plan on holding a LAN party down wind... make sure you bring nachos!

  7. I'm Proud to be an Oakie... by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 4, Funny

    From, uh...

    Where am I, exactly, man?

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  8. Re:How long will that last? by stonewallred · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because of the children. Won't you think of the children? And the terrorists. And the way black men ply white women with jazz and marijuana then have their dastardly way with them.(And why yes, that is exactly what some clown in the federal government said a few decades ago about pot as a reason it should be made illegal.)

  9. Re:How long will that last? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm waiting for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Blackjack, and Hookers.

  10. Re:How long will that last? by AlamedaStone · · Score: 3, 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....

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  11. Re:How long will that last? by AlamedaStone · · Score: 4, 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!

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  12. Re:How long will that last? by Muad'Dave · · Score: 4, Funny

    Think of the poor birds downwind! No tern will be left unstoned.

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