The Government Wants to Buy 12 Acres of Marijuana

[cronus]

http://time.com/3194786/marijuana-resea ... ealth-pot/

The Government Wants to Buy 12 Acres of Marijuana — for Research

Calling all pot farmers: Uncle Sam is looking to buy.

An arm of the National Institutes of Health dedicated to researching drug abuse and addiction “intends” to solicit proposals from those who can “harvest, process, analyze, store and distribute” cannabis, according to a listing posted Tuesday night on a federal government website.

A successful bidder must possess a “secure and video monitored outdoor facility” capable of growing and processing 12 acres of marijuana, a 1,000-sq.-ft. (minimum) greenhouse to test the plants under controlled conditions, and “demonstrate the availability” of a vault approved by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the Food and Drug Administration to maintain between 400 and 700 kg of pot stock, extract and cigarettes.

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[JimC]

So do I!

(Well, I would if I had the money, and hadn't had to give up the weed for medical reasons some 25 years ago... )

[pErvinalia]

I could have done that at the farm. I had 40 acres. I was tempted to plant a few plants, as they garner about $1000 per plant. Like most things up there I didn't get around to it..

[JimC]

I could have done that at the farm. I had 40 acres. I was tempted to plant a few plants, as they garner about $1000 per plant. Like most things up there I didn't get around to it..

The Black Helicopters would have found you!

[pErvinalia]

Yeah. They already had a series of scheduled fly-overs due to my other subversive activities..