No Pipe Dream, Cannabis Company Buys California Town: NPR

[Stuart G]

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/08/04/541630307/no-pipe-dream-cannabis-company-buys-california-town
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Nipton, Calif., 60 miles south of Las Vegas, isn't convenient to a whole lot. It sports a hotel, a trading post, a historical plaque and a whole lot of passing trains.

And as of this week, Nipton has something else: a cannabis company for an owner, with designs on turning the hamlet into a pot-centric tourist destination.

"[W]e are thrilled to begin work on this first-of-its-kind eco-tourism experience for conscious cannabis consumers," David Gwyther, chairman and president of American Green, said in a statement announcing the purchase.

The 80-acre town was put up for sale last year for $5 million.

American Green says it is the largest publicly traded cannabis company in the U.S. The company says it intends to modernize Nipton into an energy-independent hub for "the production of various cannabis-based products as well as possible fully-licensed cultivation which includes a safe and appropriate approach to consumption."

The company plans to start by bottling water (from a nearby aquifer) infused with CBD, the cannabis component linked to relieving pain and inflammation.

[RKP5637]

1. K&R! n/t

[lapfog_1]

2. drove through Nipton when driving from Primm to Searchlight.

Not a lot to see there.

[wasupaloopa]

3. Is there going to be something like wine tasting for pot?

I can just see it, a town full of tourists laughing and smiling and some just lounging around in the hotel.

[jmowreader]

4. You know what this town really needs?

A pro-cannabis president and Congress who'll work to deschedule marijuana, so they can ship their wares across the state line.

[LakeArenal]

5. Best of luck.

Can't wait to be an eco-tourist to the little hamlet.