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Weedmaps Is Like Yelp, But For Weed

by Peter Mychalcewycz on March 15, 2009 at 04:32 PM


If you ever find yourself needing to re-up on your legal cannabis supply, there is a new Web site you might want to check out:

Weedmaps is essentially a Yelp for cannabis seekers and dispensaries that provides specific locations and ratings of dispensaries nearest the user. It has been pointed out that Yelp already has a section devoted to this topic, but with Weedmaps floating ideas like membership discounts at local cannabis clubs and other user-friendly initiatives, the company is hoping people will make their specialized site their first choice for reviews and other interactive content.

Marijuana could be considered the biggest cash crop in the Golden State; what is seen as a taboo habit in many other states is a $14-billion-dollar-a-year business in California. San Francisco assemblyman Tom Ammiano has already announced legislation that would regulate recreational marijuana in the same manner as alcohol and California stands to make up to $1 billion in annual tax revenues if marijuana were legal and taxable. Money like that rarely goes unharvested. We would be shocked if it did this time. [From: TechCrunch.com]

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