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![Alphonso "Tucky" Blunt, 39, is photographed at his marijuana dispensary, Blunts and Moore in Oakland, Calif.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/02/16/USAT/893329d6-4614-4348-88c4-bed554fadaa0-137813_002.jpg?crop=5200,3467,x0,y0&width=660&height=441&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Alphonso "Tucky" Blunt, 39, is photographed at his marijuana dispensary, Blunts and Moore in Oakland, Calif.
Martin E. Klimek, USA TODAY![Displaying marijuana flower at a dispensary in Oakland, Calif.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/02/16/USAT/414c5e65-0fef-4e12-8997-5e3a9b5f1701-137813_016.jpg?crop=5200,3466,x0,y0&width=660&height=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Displaying marijuana flower at a dispensary in Oakland, Calif.
Martin E. Klimek/USA TODAY![Today, Blunt has gone legit: he's an officially licensed drug dealer selling to some of the same customers he once served on the street.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/02/16/USAT/0640ca70-c142-4f33-961b-19d36526ee86-137813_018.jpg?crop=5200,3258,x0,y0&width=660&height=414&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Today, Blunt has gone legit: he's an officially licensed drug dealer selling to some of the same customers he once served on the street.
Martin E. Klimek, USA TODAY![Detail of marijuana flower at the marijuana dispensary, Blunts and Moore.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/02/16/USAT/e2fb550b-20e7-490a-a78c-0ce18f2306f4-137813_020.jpg?crop=5200,3467,x0,y0&width=660&height=441&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Detail of marijuana flower at the marijuana dispensary, Blunts and Moore.
Martin E. Klimek, USA TODAY![Interior of Blunts and Moore, a marijuana dispensary in Oakland.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/02/16/USAT/5c3aa72b-66fc-4f6d-b314-397eaccee056-137813_021.jpg?crop=5200,3467,x0,y0&width=660&height=441&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Interior of Blunts and Moore, a marijuana dispensary in Oakland.
Martin E. Klimek, USA TODAY![Employee Jasmin Chavez, 24, serves a customer.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/02/16/USAT/70adf5ab-c7d4-407c-ac1b-fe9c9d7a9840-137813_023.jpg?crop=5200,3467,x0,y0&width=660&height=441&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Employee Jasmin Chavez, 24, serves a customer.
Martin E. Klimek, USA TODAY![Blunts and Moore, a marijuana dispensary in Oakland.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/www.usatoday.com/gcdn/presto/2019/02/16/USAT/c3ed1959-ed1f-4e87-828d-312f47827549-137813_026.jpg?crop=5200,3466,x0,y0&width=660&height=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp)
Blunts and Moore, a marijuana dispensary in Oakland.
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