They had their own economy.
I was reading an article the other day, and it really had me thinking. The link that I got to this article was found on a paysite, so I couldn’t even tell anyone about the article. It was talking about an entire commune of people who protested the Vietnam war and moved into a forgotten area of the state. They built an entire town that existed entirely on the income they brought in. They had families and friends and no one ever left. They have houses, dug wells and survived on the food they grew and raised. They raised marijuana to help make money. They were producing a high grade strain of marijuana. Everyone there grew their own marijuana and they were selling it so they had income coming into the community. They weren’t drug dealers, since they didn’t go out and sell marijuana off the street. They simply sold the marijuana to the east coast wholesalers who bought the crops on a monthly basis. As the neighborhood grew, they needed more workers for the marijuana fields. The population grew so large that they built medical facilities and schools. Now that marijuana is being legalized, they have a legal, thriving neighborhood. They are supplying high grade marijuana and CBD to most of the marijuana dispensaries on the East Coast. It’s funny how these people started out doing things illegally to escape the war and keep their lives going. Now, they are supplying a much needed Holistic health item that is helping everything from sleep issues to cancer issues. They have done it all with marijuana as their lifeline.