Dutch Company Enters Oakland Pot Scene-Michael Sautman

[jai_mann]

OY VEY!!!


http://www.uk420.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=228785

Medical grower hopes to impact the market — and make some cash

By Kate McLean on August 13, 2010

On a recent afternoon in Kensington, Michael Sautman was talking on one phone with a reporter when another phone started ringing with a call from Israel, where his company is competing to grow medical marijuana on behalf of the government.

Sautman is the American CEO of Bedrocan International, one of the first transnational marijuana enterprises, and its arrival in the East Bay this year demonstrates just how important the local cannabis economy has become on a global scale. As Oakland and Berkeley gear up to offer commercial pot cultivation permits, Sautman and his colleagues aim to position themselves in the rapidly expanding marketplace of "cannabusinesses," make money and help professionalize the industry. Ultimately, Sautman's vision is to use the American pharmaceutical drug-approval process to legalize marijuana nationwide.

Bedrocan International is an offshoot of Bedrocan BV, the medical marijuana producer contracted by the Dutch government to supply standardized, pharmaceutical-grade cannabis to pharmacies there. It's one of only a handful of companies of its kind, and Sautman is hoping to leverage the firm's unique pedigree by consulting with California cultivators who would like to upgrade their operations to a similar pharmaceutical model.

Fuck them. I know plenty of people who will keep growing with out state sanction/license.

[Niggasaki]

Most of the "doctors" who evaluate patients for medical marijuana are jews.

[pas]

Bedrocan sell their weed for 6 Euro's a gramm.This is twice the (illegal) market price.
I worked in this business and most growers i met, are very weary of legalization they are afraid of a monopoly.

First the pharmaceutical companies made cannabis illegal, to sell their poisons. (jews)
Now they want monopolize growing, wich will cause high prices and poor quality.