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    As a long-time tech-investing analyst, I have one of the best vantage points in the country for tracking profitable marijuana industry trends.

    Here's the thing: I live 10 minutes from the epicenter of the medical marijuana movement in northern California, and the rest of the nation for that matter.

    Downtown Oakland contains a small cannabis-friendly district known as "Oaksterdam." In fact, there's a patient co-op across the street from a store where I buy my fedoras.

    I bring all this up so you know I've followed what's been happening with the marijuana legalization movement for years.

    In these parts, it's difficult to avoid - you see lots of folks walking around wearing their official Oaksterdam t-shirts.

    Since California legalized medical marijuana in 1996, another 19 states have joined the movement.

    The San Francisco-based market research firm ArcView Group estimates the national legal marijuana market at $1.53 billion in 2013. ArcView expects sales to nearly double to $2.57 billion by the end of this year.

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