Startup buzzkill: California bans drone delivery services of legalized pot

Enlarge / Don’t expect this method of package delivery to show up at your front door anytime soon. (credit: Getty /Aurich)

A new Gold Rush is upon us in the Golden State of California.

But this latest wave concerns us with nuggets of a different sort: marijuana. California voters have legalized it, and now state regulators are adopting distribution rules and a plethora of weed-related laws ahead of a January 1 deadline to begin issuing retail licenses.

Make no mistake, from a purely business standpoint, the legalization of marijuana in California, home to Silicon Valley and the nation’s largest economy, will sooner rather than later equate to a gold mine of opportunity for startups and established businesses. That economic boom includes everything from agriculture, real estate, banking, software, to security, paraphernalia, and you name it.

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