California Medical Pot Growing Emporium Opening In Sacramento

February 25, 2011 7:34 AM

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS13) — CBS13 takes you behind closed doors to get a look at a new business opening up in Sacramento that’s being called the “Wal-Mart of Weed,” and they’re hoping to make the city the new cannabis capital.

KOVR’s Mike Dello Stritto was in Arden-Arcade late Thursday night where workers at the weGrow hydroponics warehouse were getting ready for their grand opening on Saturday.

Non-stop preps for 10,000 square feet of medical pot products are underway. They say it’ll be the biggest business of its kind in northern California.

But they’re not selling pot at weGrow.

“We do not sell any medical marijuana here,” said Mike Garcia, a spokesman for the store.

But it’s there – you can see it, and smell it.

“It’s just here for display, nothing in here blooms,” said Garcia.

They’re scraping together everything you need for weed at weGrow, which calls itself “The First Honest Hydro Store.”

Garcia said the store offers “the different levels of how to grow your medical cannabis,” from fertilizer to getting the finished products, and everything in-between.

There are products like “Big Bud” and “Bud Candy.” Then there’s “Piranha” and “Tarantula,” pot plant food, both of which will take a big bite out of your wallet at a cost of $327.42.

In fact, the products are so high-end, they expect to see a lot of organic farmers come there to seek out ways to help grow their more traditional crops.

But it’s not exactly the type of store that neighbors thought would move into the vacant Fulton Ave. warehouse.

“We went and met all the neighbors. We haven’t had anyone say that, ‘Hey, we don’t want you here,’” said Garcia.

But some residents said they weren’t sure what exactly to expect.

“He didn’t go that detailed with it,” said business owner Vartan Gilian.

Some neighbors said they felt misled about what’s opening next door, and they’re worried about opening the door to trouble.

“It’s gonna bring a lot of lunatic, crazy people,” said Gilian. “It’s gonna change the neighborhood quite a bit.”

With sparks already, there might be some things to smooth over. But weGrow hopes to grow on its neighbors, while bringing a boost to the economy.

“We believe this is gonna have a tremendous economic impact on Sacramento,” said Garcia.

But besides the economic impact, they just want to have a positive impact. In fact, come grand opening on Saturday, not just the usual suspects were invited. Elected leaders, the sheriffs department, and even the fire department were asked to come drop in.

In coming months, weGrow plans to open stores in Arizona, Colorado, New Jersey and Oregon.

The enterprise started in Oakland last year as a warehouse store called iGrow.

Pot isn’t sold or grown at the store. In the past, hydroponics outlets have avoided any mention of marijuana because pot cultivation is illegal under federal law. But hydroponics stores have exploded as states approve medical marijuana use.

California Medical Pot Growing Emporium Opening In Sacramento

Jenn Shear

I dont smoke it.. but I am not against it. The media makes smoking or eating it look horrible.. a bunch of high stupid people laughing and over eating.. that is not true.. what they fail to show is how it helps many people.. many.
Donna G

Ok awesome for this new store but where in Sacramento, CA is it??? Found tons of articles on it..but nothing with the address….ugggg….Can anyone shed the light please? Have a wonderful night ya’all
nutz

1537 Fulton Ave.
Sacramento Ca, 95825
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Teresa

@Mike Get your facts strait for once….sound inteligent at least. Californian’s didn’t approve prop 19 because it was poorly written. Vague at best. I smoke and have for years and don’t walk around in a haze. I am a productive member of society who happens to enjoy Marijuana. I would love to hear your opinion on Alcohol and Cigarettes since you have such a strong opinion of Weed. “It’s better to be thought a fool than to speak up and remove all doubt”!! Now sit down and be quiet. I will bet you right here right now that Obama will be reelected unless a more suitable character steps up on the platform……Trump and his hair perhaps…..giving the rich more breaks? hmmmmm
D

I am a medical user and I cannot believe the comments made by conservative morons,are you enjoying a martini while commenting? Yeah that’s much less harmful,idiots I am a fully functional 55 year old who without the marijuana I would not even be able to leave my house. It was around long before man and will be here long after man has gone.Now let’s grow up and deal with much more important problems in this country.

cynthia

High Five!

Victoria Dennison

Just what Sacramento needs……..

There’s enough dumbing of America, don’t you think?

Christopher Schoonover

yeah would not want to be one of those stupid european countries who has a larger smoking base than america. or maybe the middle eastern countries, no wai thats where half this stuff comes from. how about the asian countries? thats where the other half comes from. and we know that is is heavily used in south america as well as africa. so which country would you like us to be more like?

Denise

Marijuana use is a reality and is never going to be stopped no matter what laws are passed or not passed in the state or at the federal level. People who have smoked for more than 40 years may one day just stop for no other reason than they just don’t feel like smoking anymore but they will not ever stop because somebody tells them to…I know because that is what happened to me.
I can tell you as well that I am not a crazy person, nor am I homeless, or an unwed mother or grandmother. I am educated and retired from a job I held for 24 years. I am as healthy as the next person, I have no criminal record whatsoever, I vote and am very patriotic. I don’t do any drugs and never have, I don’t drink to get drunk but only once in awhile to be social (vine wines only). People assume they know who marijuana smokers are or who they might be but they have no clue in reality.

B Wood

Denise that is great for you and seem to have everything under wraps.. I have be around it for 17 years myself.. But when see 10-12 year old kids smoking who aren’t getting a chance.. My cusions are so slow and dazed out at 13 years old. Just found out he been trying harder drugs. Not to mention all the people who are now on wellfare( only to get worse) in Northern Cali because there is no longer timber, no fishing and now no pot income..While the pot clubs say there non profit but pay them self a fee of 100-500k per year..California hardly makes any Tax income off this. Only more wellfare . We must have harder law for these reasons aloan. Califorina is going to be if not the biggest wellfare fair state in the US.. Due to no pot laws.. Give the kids a chance to succeed..
Come on California.. See the BIG PICTURE.. I smoke but the kids future is much more important.. You tell me..

Swim

B Wood, I see kids the same age drinking and smoking cigarettes, no issues there? There is always gonna be the usual F#$k-ups in life. Just let them be a warning to the others. Not all kids who try these things are going down the tubes but I do agree we need to make the welfare safety net only go so far. There are consequences in life, but for some reason we create things like no child left behind and massive welfare programs.

d.s.

I have to walk past this place daily with my kids when we go on our walk pe to get groceries, tget font well pot but go through the door of the store attached to theirs and they sure do …they opened the pot shop under a collective name and put a wall between the shops so they could get permits easier. I wish this and the 2 other dispensaries were not so close to my house, there are people smoking pot on the sidewalk in front of these places

d.s.

Sorry for typos posting from phone, and for the record I do not have a problem with weed used legitimately for medical reasons. What u can’t stand is when I have to have peoples smoke invade my home space or people who smoke on the street, get some edibles or learn to contain your usage lol…
kray z 1

WOW CHANGE STORES DUDE , YOUR SO LAME! THEY PROBABLY DON’T LIKE YOU COMING IN THEIR SPACE!

Bobcatbob Ingram

Damn Pot smokers ….You know how they like to act, gathering in friendly groups
enjoying each others company and refusing to buy NEW cars.
k ray

Hey man don’t bogart that joint my friend, Ok man? Daves not home man!
Ass grass or weed no one rides for free man! Hey man lets watch some commercials on cable television there going to go non stop for 24 hours ! What a deal man!
k ray

I like this store because they will give people jobs who know about drugs when has that ever happened? And I was wondering do I have to take a drug test like Nancy Reagan saysto get a job there? GO NANCY GO AWAY FOREVER!
Yvonne Blake Horgeshimer

well we all know that the satanists will take over and eradicate it
my conscience

The latest MEDICAL SCAM for stoners!!!

Bunch of druggie losers!!!!
jackie

I wonder if I could purchase just enough of that tarantula marijauna fertilizer to fill a one pint flower pot with one small marijauna plant in it, I have a pain in the neck and it would possibly help ease the pain, however I cannot afford $283.00 for a whole bag of the stuff I can get the plant for free, any information regarding this would be appreciated
david

i am 50 years old and worked all my life as a union pipefitter and took cancer and now i can not ever work no longer.the dr’s have put me on pills just so i can deal with life to walk and i am in bad pain.all the pills there giveing me is just killing me,but pot could save my life if it was legail to smoke where i live in ky.i smoke pot and i had no choise but to smoke and to stop taking there pills there pills where killing me,i would rather smoke pot and be in jail then take pills and dye,pot has helped my life 100 times better then those dam pills did that is legail to take but the pills kills people every day in ky but the law says no pot but take your pills.i told one judge i was not going to stop smoking pot for pot is what is keeping me alive and the pills where killing me,i mite end up in jail for wounting to live from smoking pot but i am going to smoke pot or they can jail me its the way i have decided to do.i hope you can read my writing for i had no choice but to quite school and get a job at 15 years old but i did better for my sealf in life then most people could dream of and i still pay my way and dont wount no goverment help.all i wount is the wright to grow my medican and if the law dont like it they can kiss my ass this pot has saved my life and it could save others lifes as well if it was legail in ky,i am growing my medican and if the state of ky dont like it then they can put me in jail pay over 100 thousand a year for my medican and room and bord,so tax payers you wount to pay my way in life and work for me or do you wount to let me grow my own medican and you can save at least 200 grand a year,please every one go to the ky sit and vote yes to make growing your own medican in ky legail you dont even need tp live in ky to vote so please vote yes so i can have a better life to live what time i have left,thank you from a pot smoker for life now on.

mc57

Hye Dave, good luck with Meds. Here in Cali. We do not have those issues. Listen if you want America to understand what you are saying. Look on your tool bar for a (sign) that say’s ABC with a check, this is your spell check bar. click on it and watch the fun. Peace!

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John Hudson

Green Thumb Hydroponics TRUMPS these dudes. Website kills theres too. Not sure why they opened with the off brand stuff they got. I would never use it.
http://www.gthydroponic.com