A man walks into a Portland beer bar in 2014 and orders a stout. The guy next to him says, "You dig stouts?" I say, yup. He says, "Well, then maybe you want to invest in our new marijuana dispensary business."

No LinkedIn. No elevator pitch. No detailed business plan. Just: "You like craft brews? Wanna sell weed?"

He shows me a spreadsheet promising millions. I'm thinking, "This is either brilliant or I'm about to fund someone's glass pipe collection." Two months later, I put money into the birth of Bridge City Collective's two brand-new shops.

Six months after that, I decided to chronicle the birth of legal cannabis via two photo books: Potlandia and Jointlandia. Here are 200 photos... and the original 2014 book copy.

You can buy the physical books below.






POTLANDIA
Limited Edition Softcover Book.
64 pages.
Photography by Peter Levitan
Published by SMOKD

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JOINTLANDIA
Limited Edition Softcover Book.
60 pages.
Photography by Peter Levitan Published by SMOKD

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