Does Marlboro have Marijuana Factories?

[MidnightToker54]

I heard many years ago that Phillip Morris/Marlboro already had factories set up to process marijuana and they're just waiting for it to become legal.

Do you think this is truth or just urban legend? If it's for real, where are these factories?

It seems like a likely scenario to me, they would just have to modify a tobacco plant to mechanically deseed and sift the weed, and they would definitely make a lot of money from it. Hopefully they don't add dangerous addictive chemicals to the weed!

MidnightToker54 Reviewed by MidnightToker54 on 05-06-2006. Does Marlboro have Marijuana Factories? I heard many years ago that Phillip Morris/Marlboro already had factories set up to process marijuana and they're just waiting for it to become legal. Do you think this is truth or just urban legend? If it's for real, where are these factories? It seems like a likely scenario to me, they would just have to modify a tobacco plant to mechanically deseed and sift the weed, and they would definitely make a lot of money from it. Hopefully they don't add dangerous addictive chemicals to the Rating: 5

[sevkex]

I believe they have all of the brand names for strains and whatever they put on the packaging copyrighted so when it does go into production they wont have to wait, I've heard some company has built dispensers for packs of joints with all the names like blueberry, etc on them too. I doubt they can legally have factories though

[FLORIDA MON]

When I lived in North Carolina (circa '81) the tobacco growers were the best weed growers in the state.:stoned:

They would actually grow the tobacco on the perimeter and the MJ in the interior. Killer sinsemilla with much more bang per square foot.

These guys sold their tobacco to the major tobacco companies even though they were independents.

If MJ is ever legalized then these guys would be the logical choice for regulated growing and the tobacco companies will be their mouth pieces.

"Big tobacco" would not have to make any major adjustments to switch to growing & distributing MJ.

[graph]

You people are cool. Don't you know the tobacco industries rule the senate? If their agenda was to legalize it, it would already be done.

[sevkex]

yea graph is prolly right but I still dont see how cannabis would affect the tobacco industry. People will still smoke cigs and likely buy joints from the same company that makes their cigs...but hey americas all about greed right?

[jonny]

IF it is the case, they shud change their menthols to white packing, so that when legalised you could go ask for a pack of "20 marlboro Greens please" hehe, that'd be cool,
although frankly I wouldn't trust any tobacco company to grow my weed.

[hutch b tokin]

Why wouldnt they just wait until it was legalized, then build the factories?

[jonny]

So they can be the first company.

IF they are ready before the other companies then only marlboro weed would be available at first, so everyone would buy it..

Once they get people onto their brand, their hope is that they would stay smokin the marlboro shite.

I want legalisation to be able to grow my own, not buy it.

[Don Don]

If thats true than marajuana will be legalized before we know it,hopefully.

[miley]

I've been saying every year for the last 5 years that it will be legalized this year and it still hasnt happened man. Theres just to many right wing rednecks in america that believe that weed is just as bad as oxys, coke, etc.... Its actually sad because i've seen alcoholics switch from booze to dope and it turned there lives around.