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You don't have to put on a tin foil hat, as soon as marijuana is federally legal, Monsanto, Philip Morris, Camel cigarettes will be all ready to grow their own.
by mscarborough 13y ago
You don't have to put on a tin foil hat, as soon as marijuana is federally legal, Monsanto, Philip Morris, Camel cigarettes will be all ready to grow their own.
It's kind of obvious that these folks have the farm land, distribution networks, and a lack of morals (not that MJ is immoral, but it would require a huge about-face), so they could just as easily do weed as tobacco. Replant fields and create some new packaging and you're ready to go.
- JPKab 13y agoThere is a tremendous, and key, difference in the amount of processing required for tobacco vs MJ. Tobacco has to be heavily cured and processed (not necessarily with chemicals, but certainly with lots of other methods) to be usable. It's not something that any old joe would want to do themselves due to how labor intensive it is. Plus, tobacco is a super finicky plant. MJ, once dried, can be used with zero processing. If you consider drying to be processing, then yes, its a one step process. Not saying that these folks wouldn't make plenty of money off of the convenience factor, but the barrier to entry for MJ wholesaling is much lower due to the reduced processing.
- dkarl 13y agoGrowing and selling marijuana will give cigarette companies their first favorable publicity in decades.