Prosperity In Prohibition
David Accomazzo
August 13, 2009
The Boulder Weekly (CO)
How Federal Restrictions Created Colorado's Medical Marijuana Industry
Running a successful, growing business makes Boulder's Jill Leigh a busy woman. While talking to a reporter in her ashen-blue office one recent afternoon, an employee came in and handed her a thick stack of mail, saying there were two more boxes where that came from. Leigh opened a few envelopes as the interview continued. Later, two other employees entered her office seeking her expert opinion.
"Jill, what do you think this is?" asked one employee, holding a fragrant fist-sized nugget of marijuana. The grower had named it as one strain, but the employees suspected otherwise.
"I think [the grower] got a Haze clone that was mislabeled," one of the men said. Leigh inspected it for a moment and then agreed.
"I think it's probably Haze," she said. "Let's bottle it as that and sell the product for $400." The employees exited and Leigh turned.
"I hate calling it product. I never know what to call it. I don't like calling it medicine because it's not Western medicine," she said. She put her elbow on her desk and rested her chin in her hand. "It's an herb. A very, very effective herb."
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