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Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Reefer Madness Vs. Weed Tourism

Thanks to its high crime rate and worse reputation, Oakland has never really attracted tourists despite its proximity to San Francisco's wharfs, flowering hills and psychedelic Victorian homes. But beginning around 2010, a very specific type of tourist was arriving in the city's cement downtown to visit the second most famous college in the greater East Bay,Oaksterdam University.

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