Former Colorado Jail Might Transform Into a Massive Marijuana Grow Facility

[Uncle Joe]

http://marijuana.com/news/2014/07/former-colorado-jail-might-transform-into-a-massive-marijuana-grow-facility/



In March, Colorado native Nicholas Erker purchased the town of Brush’s defunct Correctional Facility. Now, with more than six months of successful legal weed in Colorado’s history books, Erker wants to turn his purchase into a cultivation facility and start selling retail cannabis in Brush.

The only problem? Brush–a town with the motto “Homegrown Happiness!”–has a moratorium on marijuana businesses in place until 2016. That moratorium means no individual can legally grow cannabis or sell retail marijuana in Brush’s confines.

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The Brush City Council will convene today and review the results of an internal council poll regarding the lift of the town’s moratorium and Erker’s plan. We’ll let you know when we find out the results.

Regardless of Brush’s decision, this possibility represents a sign of the times and displays another scary consequence from legalizing marijuana: the lack of crime means jails are empty and its place sprouts weed.

Hopefully, lots and lots of weed.

That would be poetic if they approve of this.

[Politicalboi]

1. Gee, I hope Brush county doesn't

Take that filthy weed tax money. They DON'T deserve it till 2016. Legal should be legal.

[Uncle Joe]

2. I agree legal should be legal, but I also believe if they take it, that will come.

[NaturalHigh]

3. Seems like a sweet bit of irony.

[Uncle Joe]

4. I agree, NaturalHigh and a prison seems like a perfect facility as it's already fenced. n/t

[wordpix]

6. hmm, we have a defunct jail in the town center where I live...

No one wants to buy it b/c it's so derelict. Would make a wonderful grow facility with security features and bars on all the windows.

[Ruby the Liberal]

5. Poetic was the first word to come to mind for me as well

Followed by schadenfreude.