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Being (ahem) born and raised in Norcal, and having family members in "the business", I can testify that it was White Men that built the Pot business from the ground up.

Selective breeding, travel to foreign lands for genetics, horticultural excellence, hybridization etc. Not to mention distribution, often at great personal cost.

Sleeping outside from late August through mid-October, no matter the weather.

And they're supposed to give it all away after 50 years of building it.

1 posted on 02/16/2019 10:51:18 AM PST by Mariner
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Who’s stopping them?


32 posted on 02/16/2019 11:15:30 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: willing and eager allies of the hate-America left.)
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This bint is a psycho. So to say pot is a white thing at the business end is absurd just as saying the biggest consumer are blacks.


38 posted on 02/16/2019 11:19:05 AM PST by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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These kinds of stories make me laugh—but not because they’re funny. Because there are no good guys in them. This is the stupid and evil attacking the intelligent and amoral.


39 posted on 02/16/2019 11:19:33 AM PST by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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The crazy is strong in this one. She's had a very busy week already.


First, she chased Amazon out of New York - along with their 25,000+ new jobs and two
technical schools they were going to build.

Then...


44 posted on 02/16/2019 11:24:10 AM PST by Bon mots
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I’m glad there’s no weed or other drugs coming from those white men running the south of the border cartels! You know, she’s like a yapping puppy who pees on the carpet. One of these days Grandma Nancy is gonna take a rolled up newspaper to her. Real good, too. You wait and see.


45 posted on 02/16/2019 11:26:26 AM PST by BadLands59
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No minorities in the Cartels? News to me. Because that's where the real drug money goes.

AOC has a plan for the domestic folks, though - state ownership of the means of production. It's always worked in the past and has made Zimbabwe the agricultural powerhouse it now is.

46 posted on 02/16/2019 11:26:43 AM PST by Billthedrill
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This is the logical extension of Obama’s ‘you didn’t build that’ rhetoric.

Socialists are parasites and should be treated accordingly.


47 posted on 02/16/2019 11:29:14 AM PST by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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“Ocasio-Cortez cited statistics from Colorado and Washington, where marijuana is legal for recreational use, that 73 percent of cannabis business executives are male and 81 percent are white.”

When you consider Washington has an 81% white demographic and Colorado has an 87% white demographic, seems to me there are not enough white folks involved in the weed trade. Sure sounds discriminatory to me


48 posted on 02/16/2019 11:29:14 AM PST by chuckee
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Legalization is insane. Decriminalization was the way to go. We’re Americans, we can handle it.

(My incredibly skilled, responsible and tattoo-less dental hygienist was trimming in Northern California at age six, lol. I should ask if she used safety scissors.)

50 posted on 02/16/2019 11:31:17 AM PST by coaster123 (Bring back the curtsy. - If one is alive one is privileged.)
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a growing marijuana legalization and business model that is paving the way for white male investors to reap major profits after minorities spent decades in prisons for selling pot.

Ironic.

51 posted on 02/16/2019 11:31:18 AM PST by Jeff Chandler (Every time a lefty cries "racism", a Trump voter gets his wings.)
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“Ocasio-Cortez cited statistics from Colorado and Washington, where marijuana is legal for recreational use, that 73 percent of cannabis business executives are male and 81 percent are white.”

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The black population in CO and WA are 4.3% and 3.7% respectively. Whites are apparently underrepresented.


52 posted on 02/16/2019 11:33:31 AM PST by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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If she doesn’t want Amazon and she doesn’t want cannabis ... then what the hell kind of business enterprises DOES she want to see thriving in her district?


53 posted on 02/16/2019 11:36:07 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey.")
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The formula for “privilege” is the same for everyone. Finish school, learn a skill or trade, don’t do drugs, and don’t have children out of wedlock. It’s not a guarantee, but has been true for generations. Race hustlers like AOC are pathetic.


54 posted on 02/16/2019 11:38:21 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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It’s crazy How many different kinds of herb there are
Visit any shop in California and you’ll just be amazed
I’m glad I decided just to switch the edibles years ago they’re way better
And boy! Do they know what they’re doing


57 posted on 02/16/2019 11:40:52 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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Well white men and the Mexican cartels


59 posted on 02/16/2019 11:42:52 AM PST by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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There’s nothing stopping POCs from getting into the business. All it takes is smarts, hard work, perseverance, gumption...and NO WHINING about others’ successes.

Most people learned those simple rules in grade school. Not her.


61 posted on 02/16/2019 11:43:18 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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I agree with her. Big Tobacco is now Big Marijuana.

Except marijuana is much more harmful that tobacco. And more addictive.


62 posted on 02/16/2019 11:43:37 AM PST by kaehurowing
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There’s no limit to the amount of “social injustice” a weak-minded socialist can dream up with Satan’s help.


63 posted on 02/16/2019 11:43:58 AM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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I like this woman more every time she says something, and NOT because I agree with her.


68 posted on 02/16/2019 11:46:21 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (The internet has driven the world mad.)
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This reminds me of the article a few days ago about how rough black farmers with AIDS have it in Zimbabwe: Fueled by climate change, Zimbabwe's erratic harvests cause farmers with HIV to struggle.

As many pointed out, the real problem was the new farmers not knowing what they were doing. They were given white mens' farms and ruined them in short order. Not unlike the greenhouses that the Israelis gave to the Palestinians in Gaza years ago.

70 posted on 02/16/2019 11:47:57 AM PST by ProtectOurFreedom
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