Oh To Be A Pot Reporter: Would That Be Your Dream Job?
Posted: Thursday, October 22, 2009
by Asher Ricard
Westword, an alternative newspaper in Denver is currently seeking to fill a new position. The pay is not great but the amount of marijuana you come in contact with each day could be mind numbing, no pun attended.
The newspaper is seeking a writer for its weekly review of Colorado's booming medical marijuana dispensaries. The only stipulation is that the writer must have a medical ailment allowing them to enter a dispensary and use marijuana.
"Keep in mind this isn't about assessing the quality of the medicine on site; it's about evaluating the quality of the establishment," says the Westword job posting. "After all, we can't have our reviewer be stoned all the time."
Fourteen states currently have legalized marijuana. Maybe it is time that the other markets follow suits and allow writers to report on this new growing industry. The dispensaries in Denver sell over a dozen different types of marijuana that can cost as much as $130 an ounce.
If it was ever opened up to those without medical ailments, I think the list of college interns applying would be a mile long. Although the Denver paper has already gotten well over 100 applicants.
The fourteen states that have legalized marijuana for medicinal purposes are Arizona, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
The legalization is opening up a whole new economic industries. Maybe marijuana is our solution to the recession. More jobs and money flowing in much like tobacco was in its day. . . .maybe not, but it is fun to think about!
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Top-level comments on this article: (2 total)Outlaw alcohol, legalize pot!! As a Buddhist, I don't use either,(but I wasn't always a Buddhist!!)
Good article Asher Metta..........e
I have spinal cord injury and the only medication that helps is still illegal here: pot;sadly I live in NYC a city medieval compared to others in that ANY, even small amounts of pot, can have evil narcotics cops lock you up and there are no prescriptions legal here.If they taxed pot the government would have a financial rebound as it is ubiquitous.
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