You are a T ball player, son. You are out of your league.
Someone associated with RD has deep pockets. How did RD go bigtime with things like the 1,000? plant grow he brags about. Not only does he brag about having a huge disp grow but he brags about how he has outgrown that and little people come to him wanting to throw money at him because nobody can do what he does.
People that talk like that are always being manipulated by bigger fish, but I got off track explaining to you how little you know.
Someone else with deep pockets is backing rd and that someone paid for the HT cover if the cover was bought.
I don't know any of these people, nor do I understand the CO MMJ requirements and practices, but here is what I have gathered about his grow. MS talked about the grow he had in a shared facility in a way I'm not even sure it was his vs. him managing someone's grow. MS admits to speaking his mind and promoting himself online, most have seen it. I'm not gonna bother with any claims of grandness via third party, he could of said anything, he's said lots of stuff.
Most business ventures have financial backers, this is neither suspicious nor nefarious.
Him talking up a game, managing a large grow, or whatever he was doing, and having financial backers do not add up to any unethical activities. Absolutely, they (businesses in general) market their product and do purchased product placements as part of advertising. If the magazines are not marking those as advertisements, that is THEIR issue.
Do I need to insult you to make my point? And no, I certainly am not part of your "league".