We Grow, 'Wal-Mart Of Weed,' Set To Open (Can you believe this?)

A retail store billing itself as "the Wal-Mart of weed" will open its doors in Sacramento tomorrow, the Sacramento Bee reports.

The 10,000-square-foot weGrow outlet, advertised as a one-stop shop for legal growers seeking supplies and training, claims the honor of being the industry's first-ever national franchise. Look for outposts of the self-proclaimed "first honest hydro store," which started as a solo warehouse operation in Oakland last year, to sprout up in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and even New Jersey in the coming months.

The Ganja Galleria doesn't sell any actual pot--it just sells supplies, provides classes, and offers an on-site doctor to help customers choose their favorite strain.

According to the Bee, the store's founder chose its opening location strategically. And he has no qualms being forthcoming about its purpose:

"I just thought it was a statement to have something close to the state Capitol," said Dhar Mann, who founded the original iGrow in January 2010. "It's a statement of how progressive the industry has become. We're all about coming out of the shadows."
With California, 14 other states and the District of Columbia legalizing marijuana for medical use, the hydroponics industry is exploding. But, unlike weGrow, most hydroponics outlets avoid any mention of marijuana, billing themselves only as generic suppliers for people growing anything from peppers to rosemary.

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Comment by Kim Wilson on February 28, 2011 at 3:48pm: @BMarie-who's to say that those big ass cigars he smokes weren't stuffed with some of Jamaica's finest herbs & spices....explains his slurred speech and he has been here for years AND married into the Kennedy Clan! Whatcha!!!

Comment by Quincy on February 28, 2011 at 1:14am: Don't believe the hype, you still cannot get a job with it in your system. Medical use or not true fact!!!!!!

Comment by deborah rollerson on February 27, 2011 at 10:12pm: Under very strict guidelines cause it has the potential for abuse now. I know for a fact that Rastaman dem smoke it ti commune with JAH. I know some people who have smoke it for years and it does not bother them where you also have people who have not progressed in their life at all. It does help with cancer patients,especially those on kemo.From my very personal experiences, strengths and hopes that it can lead to all the other heavy drugs. I have found in my life people who are genius , or very near to it don't lose that many brain cells to the point of dysfunction, but people who did not start out with much of brains loose a lot of potential brain power. I know this from pure facts. Not conjuncture. NO NO NO. I tell you dat gyal made me sooooooo vex man

Comment by JamRockLady on February 27, 2011 at 10:07pm: @Mayers...LMAO! You gansta!

Comment by deborah rollerson on February 27, 2011 at 9:10pm: @ Biggins DWL Schwatzinigga... thats what my kids used to call him cause they could not say his name. People are paranoid cause dey be smokin that s***....I send my neice to the store 4 f***** times for the same thing. BURN FYAH !!!!!!I wanted to kut dat ass I was so mad cause I was cooking and needed a tomatoe and dat ass said the BIG ASS KEYFOOD did not have any HELLLLLLLLLO!!!!!!!

Comment by BigginsMarie on February 27, 2011 at 7:26pm: @Watson- LOL!! You are a pretty good sport! No all white people aren't the devil. But blacks are going to be suspicious, maybe even paranoid, for a long time. Who could blame us? When we let our guard down is when the s*** happens.

@Deborah- LOL!

@Kim- if there was ever a man who needed to roll a joint and chill the f' out, it's swartzanigga.

Comment by Kim Wilson on February 27, 2011 at 7:13pm: I guess the nickname Sac-Town will take on a whole new meaning and spelling!

I can see the former Governator buying a sack and spouting, "Yes, it is a toomah!", when he starts filming kindergarden Cop 2, All Blown Up!

Comment by deborah rollerson on February 27, 2011 at 7:12pm: COTOHMIGHTYLOW!!!!!(thats southern slang from the old days). Not gona touch this with a TEN FOOT POLE

Comment by BigginsMarie on February 27, 2011 at 2:48pm: Watson- You do have to wonder why for so long the white people make weed out to be some deadly dangerous substance. A demon drug, a pathway to crack and heroin.

Now all the sudden that they no longer would have to rely on carribean and spanish speaking countries for their supply of marijuanna, it's becoming OK and your starting to see Marijaunna everywhere.

You might be offended to hear us talk, but it is just a fact, even white people know it. White people would not do anything that does not profit them above all. Them as "whites" and as"elites".

Still wish they would legalize that s*** in NY though.