I _am_ an old hippie. I KNOW the people at my local farmer’s market and most are capitalists, not the commune types....besides being way younger. They are farmers who have adopted some of the 70s/New Age style.
And of course you are joking about potheads not growing weed? You understand why it is called *weed*? Although, I do know a guy who got so paranoid about growing, he stopped smoking. Another one inherited a fortune, so he hired out the work, including the grooming.
Looking at the marijuana stock touts, I’d guess most of the world smokes the stuff. It’s like beer, now.
Growing weed that people will pay money for is a different proposition, the ditchweed grows wild, but you can smoke a whole truck load and only cop a headache.