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Buying Americannew

The U.S. marijuana business is so sophisticated that there’s even a college for pot growers.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Jeff Prince |
01-23-2013 |
Drugs
Tags: Oaksterdam University
The Cannabis Crackdown Hits Oaksterdamnew

The feds detain Richard Lee and raid his respected medical pot businesses in a brazen move that may backfire.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-05-2012 |
Drugs
Tags: Oaksterdam University, Marijuana, NORML, Internal Revenue Service, Drug Enforcement Administration, Dale Gieringer, Richard Lee, Harborside Health Center, Prop 19, Stephen DeAngelo, Dale Sky Jones, Debby Goldsberry, Melinda Haag, Rebecca Kaplan, David Goldman, Americans for Safe Access San Francisco, Coffeshop Blue Sky, Jeff Jones, Oaksterdam Museum, the Oaksterdam Gift Shop, US marshalls, Freedom Fighter of the Year, High Times
The Green Rushnew

The business of medical cannabis will be one of the Bay Area's growth industries in 2011.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
01-11-2011 |
Economy
Who Will Vote to Tax Cannabis in California?new
Now that the entire universe has focused on California's push to legalize herb, the question remains: How many people will actually vote for it? Oft-cited poll numbers are old, mid-term voters are older. Expect a dead heat.
East Bay Express |
David Downs |
04-14-2010 |
Drugs
Pot in the Kettle: The Finer Points -- and Health Benefits -- of Cooking with Cannabisnew
Known now for her best-selling lemon bars and as a cooking professor at Oakland's Oaksterdam University, Sandy Moriarty's culinary escapades with cannabis began as a personal endeavor to test the plant's potency.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Victoria Nguyen |
11-18-2009 |
Food+Drink