1987. In this exclusive stock footage, we meet a man who explains his illegal pot operation. He claims not to be associated with the mafia or criminal underworld in any way, but works with a consortium of growers in the ‘Pacific Northwest’ to make the best product.
“I don’t use the stuff…I don’t use it at all, I don’t like it, but I’m in it for strictly one thing: for money.”
He claims the grow room is worth about $100,000 a year and to be personally aware of the legal risks of his operation.
In California, marijuana first became legal for medical use in 1996.