Mayhem, Murder, and Marijuana

Medical marijuana can be a life-saver. But being a part of the fledgling medical marijuana industry can be dangerous to one's health...

In his debut novel, Arik Kaplan exposes the sordid underbelly of the high-stakes business of medical marijuana in a hard-hitting tale of greed, violence, double-dealing and murder.

A note from the author:

Although the Mexican cartel largely abandoned the MMJ cultivation and distribution business after the legalization of MMJ dispensaries by the Los Angeles City Council, I wrote the novel to describe the avaricious miscreants that still dominate the Los Angeles MMJ market. Drawn to the immense potential profits in MMJ, these MMJ street traders make used car salespeople appear to be paragons of virtue. To this day, I’m astonished at the magnitude of violence, intimidation, police abuse, and illegal trafficking.

The story describes the actual threats I received, the forgeries of identification to obtain lease approval, the never-ending partying, the deaths from drug overdose, and the proliferation of tweakers whose occupation is to steal to finance their noxious habit.

It’s imperative to objectively discuss MMJ legality, and decriminalize MMJ. Jeff Sessions is out of touch with contemporary America. Read a first-hand account of MMJ when it is kept illegal, and the concomitant violence.

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Author Biography:

For the past 25 years I’ve been an entrepreneur and owner of numerous successful businesses. About nine years ago, I noticed that astute investors such as Peter Thiel (PayPal founder) and the Pritzker family (Hyatt Hotels) had invested millions in Medical Marijuana related firms; thus, my contrarian investing curiosity became intrigued and I commenced acquiring MMJ firms.