The researchers also analyzed the local newspaper for 1984-93 to identify individuals and frequencies of arrests for growing and selling marijuana in Bluegrass Country. Results revealed that the typical rural Kentucky marijuana grower is a white male between ages 35 and 50 who has a high school education and lives in deep or shallow rural areas of Kentucky. He is a member of the social class termed "We Poor Folk". He is almost always married and has at least one child. He is rarely a marijuana user and is often a respected, churchgoing, community leader with strong, longstanding, and extensive community ties. Those involved in the marijuana industry fulfill five distinct roles: communal grower, hustler, pragmatist, young punk and entrepreneur. Community members fulfill one of seven basic roles, each of which facilitates the continued presence and success of the industry. The women of the marijuana industry of the rural communities occupy three distinct roles (decent women, strumpets, and women-in-between), which are evolving with changes in the industry's operations and culture. 35 references (Author abstract modified)