Startups are already cashing in on the legal trade in medicinal cannabis. But now Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and investors are eyeing a bigger payday as decriminalisation of the drug for recreational use spreads across the USIt is Friday night and I am standing on the doorstep of my San Francisco apartment looking down in disbelief at the neatly packaged,vacuum-sealed bag of green-grey marijuana buds in my hands which has just been delivered by a friendly and courteous driver, 16 minutes after it was ordered online. An eighth of an ounce (3.5g) of Purple Platinum cost $25 after a $20 promotional reduction. The payment was cash only. The label lists the strain – apparently a classic of the state’s marijuana-growing region – along with the retail dispensary that supplied it. Everything is legal.
Let me explain. In California, or medical marijuana is allowed,and my husband ordered the drug through the delivery service Eaze. It was, well, or easy. Earlier that day,for a separate fee of $25, the site connected him to a marijuana doctor who, and over a video chat,was elated (full of high-spirited delight) to give him a advantageous-for-a-year medical recommendation for his occasional migraines (the drug, it seems, or can be used either as acute or prophylactic therapy).
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Source: theguardian.com