Vanessa Gregoriadis

Eventually, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a slew of charges, some related to selling pot in the Carolinas, some related to the landlord dispute. It's a very long rap sheet and a sentence as long as fuck. We have exchanged letters from prison. In the first one, he wrote, Wonderful to hear from you. Quite unexpected. Thank you for the pleasant surprise. Yep, I'm in San Quentin.

Eventually, he was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a slew of charges, some related to selling pot in the Carolinas, some related to the landlord dispute. It's a very long rap sheet and a sentence as long as fuck. We have exchanged letters from prison. In the first one, he wrote, Wonderful to hear from you. Quite unexpected. Thank you for the pleasant surprise. Yep, I'm in San Quentin.

Also unexpected. LOL. It was the charming weed Yuppie Eddie I'd met all those years ago. He talked about how thrilling it was to be alive back then, how each strain he brought to market was like being a naturalist discovering a previously unknown species. He also wanted to talk about time credit for the time he thought he should have taken off his sentence from being in the L.A.

Also unexpected. LOL. It was the charming weed Yuppie Eddie I'd met all those years ago. He talked about how thrilling it was to be alive back then, how each strain he brought to market was like being a naturalist discovering a previously unknown species. He also wanted to talk about time credit for the time he thought he should have taken off his sentence from being in the L.A.

County Jail and was organizing other men in prison who had failed to get credits as well. Could I maybe get in touch with someone important to help him? Because Eddie's power was now gone, really stripped fully, and it's still hard for me to reconcile the man with what he may have done, as his business and his life spiraled out of control.

County Jail and was organizing other men in prison who had failed to get credits as well. Could I maybe get in touch with someone important to help him? Because Eddie's power was now gone, really stripped fully, and it's still hard for me to reconcile the man with what he may have done, as his business and his life spiraled out of control.

King for a day no longer, this was the end of Eddie's story. But it wasn't the end of Weeds. Back in the 1800s, many of the California prospecting boom towns became ghost towns when prospectors failed to find the precious metal they'd been panning for. And you have to wonder, where did all the people like Eddie end up? The ones who were involved in that first green nugget rush?

King for a day no longer, this was the end of Eddie's story. But it wasn't the end of Weeds. Back in the 1800s, many of the California prospecting boom towns became ghost towns when prospectors failed to find the precious metal they'd been panning for. And you have to wonder, where did all the people like Eddie end up? The ones who were involved in that first green nugget rush?

The first blush of a medical quasi-legal market? Because California's weed rush of the 2000s, it turned out, was no different than those prospecting boom towns. Many of the people who were active in it, like Eddie, who had that initial capitalist dream, are sort of gone today.

The first blush of a medical quasi-legal market? Because California's weed rush of the 2000s, it turned out, was no different than those prospecting boom towns. Many of the people who were active in it, like Eddie, who had that initial capitalist dream, are sort of gone today.

We called around to tons of people who had active businesses, and they either weren't answering their phones or didn't seem to want to be found.

We called around to tons of people who had active businesses, and they either weren't answering their phones or didn't seem to want to be found.

Or in prison, says Kevin Booth. Like Sam, the guy from the North, who got himself locked up for years, too. When the Fed's helicopters would strife up North, sometimes growers would run out with their medical marijuana printouts. Just like the one I had for the doctor. But that didn't stop anything. They got prosecuted anyway.

Or in prison, says Kevin Booth. Like Sam, the guy from the North, who got himself locked up for years, too. When the Fed's helicopters would strife up North, sometimes growers would run out with their medical marijuana printouts. Just like the one I had for the doctor. But that didn't stop anything. They got prosecuted anyway.

And in the end, all these kings of wishful thinking in California didn't even get to legalize recreational marijuana first.

And in the end, all these kings of wishful thinking in California didn't even get to legalize recreational marijuana first.

But you know what's fascinating? Everything Eddie said would happen has happened. Pot is totally capitalist today and sort of legal.

But you know what's fascinating? Everything Eddie said would happen has happened. Pot is totally capitalist today and sort of legal.

Eddie and Sam were just the first part of a crazy wave that has kept crashing and crashing.

Eddie and Sam were just the first part of a crazy wave that has kept crashing and crashing.