Drug Policy

Uncle Joe

(60,165 posts) Mon Jul 28, 2014, 10:16 PM Jul 2014

Former Colorado Jail Might Transform Into a Massive Marijuana Grow Facility

http://marijuana.com/news/2014/07/former-colorado-jail-might-transform-into-a-massive-marijuana-grow-facility/

In March, Colorado native Nicholas Erker purchased the town of Brush’s defunct Correctional Facility. Now, with more than six months of successful legal weed in Colorado’s history books, Erker wants to turn his purchase into a cultivation facility and start selling retail cannabis in Brush.

The only problem? Brush–a town with the motto “Homegrown Happiness!”–has a moratorium on marijuana businesses in place until 2016. That moratorium means no individual can legally grow cannabis or sell retail marijuana in Brush’s confines.

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The Brush City Council will convene today and review the results of an internal council poll regarding the lift of the town’s moratorium and Erker’s plan. We’ll let you know when we find out the results.

Regardless of Brush’s decision, this possibility represents a sign of the times and displays another scary consequence from legalizing marijuana: the lack of crime means jails are empty and its place sprouts weed.

Hopefully, lots and lots of weed.

That would be poetic if they approve of this.

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Former Colorado Jail Might Transform Into a Massive Marijuana Grow Facility (Original Post) Uncle Joe Jul 2014 OP

Gee, I hope Brush county doesn't Politicalboi Jul 2014 #1

I agree legal should be legal, but I also believe if they take it, that will come. Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #2

Seems like a sweet bit of irony. NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #3

I agree, NaturalHigh and a prison seems like a perfect facility as it's already fenced. n/t Uncle Joe Jul 2014 #4

hmm, we have a defunct jail in the town center where I live... wordpix Aug 2014 #6

Poetic was the first word to come to mind for me as well Ruby the Liberal Jul 2014 #5

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)

1. Gee, I hope Brush county doesn't

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 12:51 AM

Jul 2014

Take that filthy weed tax money. They DON'T deserve it till 2016. Legal should be legal.

Uncle Joe

(60,165 posts)

2. I agree legal should be legal, but I also believe if they take it, that will come.

Reply to Politicalboi (Reply #1)

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 01:01 AM

Jul 2014

NaturalHigh

(12,778 posts)

3. Seems like a sweet bit of irony.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 01:13 AM

Jul 2014

Uncle Joe

(60,165 posts)

4. I agree, NaturalHigh and a prison seems like a perfect facility as it's already fenced. n/t

Reply to NaturalHigh (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 01:19 AM

Jul 2014

wordpix

(18,652 posts)

6. hmm, we have a defunct jail in the town center where I live...

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #4)

Sun Aug 3, 2014, 02:14 PM

Aug 2014

No one wants to buy it b/c it's so derelict. Would make a wonderful grow facility with security features and bars on all the windows.

Ruby the Liberal

(26,315 posts)

5. Poetic was the first word to come to mind for me as well

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Tue Jul 29, 2014, 06:36 PM

Jul 2014

Followed by schadenfreude.

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