Youād think, instead of mobilizing the military to go to war against its own citizenship, a great democratic country such as the US would simply sign a few pieces of paper and legalize it already; that would instantly defang these industrial-scale black market operations. In theory anyway. In reality what you get is one piece of paper legalizing it and another hundred thousand pieces of paper full of legal arguments about why their clients deserve to be the only ones exploiting the market that obviously exists. Canāt we just grind, roll up and burn the lawyers instead? 
Hey. Not all lawyers are bad . . . here the way bigger problem is politicians.
Arenāt lawyers just the larval stage for politicians? 
Nah, I know there are some lawyers who arenāt outright bad, just in a bad businessā¦ itās just a generalization. Luckily, all generalizations are wrong, so no harm done. 
How is it that Politicians are widely accepted as liarsā¦?? That in itself does not make sense.
What an upside down world.
Im not technically a lawyer anymore, so technically you didnt mean me. And I did intellectual property anyway, so might register a new pot companies logo and patent some new weed trimming machine, but thats where it would end. Litigations not my thing.
As far as legalization yeah people can hire laywers to sue about stuff but really its their clients that are the assholes (not counting predatory ambulance chasing pricks), but its politicans beholden to corporations afraid of not being reelected regardless of majority wishes thats keeping federal legalization out right now. If we had more good lawyers who understood the constitution and the law instead of fundamentalists we wouldnt have as many house members bitching about twitter violating their first amendment rights and using God to say pot is a sin so they cannot vote on it.
And whining about how hard it would be to figure out the regulations as a cop out to excuse just not doing anything because then no one can hold it against you come election time. If you take a stance and vote for something affirmative someone might hold it against you! The horror!!!
Well, color me dubious.
Said every CEO about screwing over the consumer ever.
Yeah, I like how he worded it ācan be good.ā
As in, āone day, maybe, if that was ever our motivation.ā
Just like NFL stadiums CAN create more income for the city than the hundreds of millions of dollars in tax incentives or straight up cash for it given to the team owners but they never do. Sounds good when up for a public vote though.
Trust the rich, powerful people. Thats how they got that way, trustworthiness.
Well, I moved to South Florida (over 40 years ago) primarily to fish and grow ganja outdoors year round.
It was never a consideration as to when, or if, reefer would ever be legal anywhere.
I have no interest in dispensaries because I have been largely self-sufficient with my illicit grows.
Full recreational legal cannabis would certainly be nice, but it would have zero effect on me pursuing my beloved hobby.
So, in summary, I would rather live and grow in this prohibition state than anywhere else in the US where it is fully legal to grow my own.
I would never give up my criminal outdoor winter grows for any other legal climate. wherein I could not grow throughout the entire summer to winter cycle outside.
Life is about compromise and trade offs.
And optimistically, because I am a geezer, I figure that I have only 10 years or so of being able to keep attending to my hobby. And it matters not to me whether what I do is ever legally sanctioned.
Iām just gonna keep on keepinā on.
Iāve always been amazed that Florida is a HUGE weed state. Taken a lot of trips there to visit some best friends of mine, one of whom is a musician. Everybody they know has weed and/or is selling weed. He met the next-door neighbors, a clean-cut couple with 2 little kids, and the father was importing weed from California as a side-job.
Is the daylight short enough to flower outdoors in the summer?? That would be cool. Itās really sad that the Supreme Court of FL has taken legalization referendums off the ballot, twice I think, with no justification. Honestly I could not predict when legalization will happen in that state. Probably the feds will force them to do it before anything else
Summer light is no problem, winter light will trigger flowering before I want my girls to flower. So I simply move my girls indoors to a safe dark room for their 12 hours of darkness.
Regardless of season I move all of my girls indoors for the dark cycle. I am very protective and analā¦ I learned a long time ago that nothing good ever happens to plants left outdoors overnight.
So I just move āem indoors and alleviate any problems.
And in this climate I almost never see the insidious development of PM or botrytis like I did in the NE US.
so you take advantage of the strong sunlight and just move the plants in for 12 hour cycle, sounds cool. I wonder if the stronger sunlight & UV is killing off the mold pathogens? Or maybe some natural biological process is stopping it.
Look at this crap! Weāre trying to overgrow corporate cannabis as fast as we can up here in Massā¦
I think that it is more likely attributable to the higher temperatures (even in January, the daily average is 74 to 79 F), combined with spending 12 hour nights indoors in a controlled environment.
The best of both worlds.
ETA;
I am now chatting in a non chatting thread, but I have been drinking, so there.
Maybe that smart phone sensing pot intoxication article from Science Daily is a bit whack but I like this one about research into some of potās good qualities. Looks like they are looking at one of the terpenes,
The scientists have now discovered that the substance beta-carophyllene, which composes between 12 and 35 percent of the cannabis plantās essential oil, activates the CB2 receptor selectively.
The scientist can conceive that some day the compound will not only help heal certain forms of inflammation, but also be instrumental in treating chronic illnesses, such as liver cirrhosis, Morbus Crohn, osteoarthritis and arteriosclerosis. In all of these diseases, the CB2 receptor and the associated endocannabinoid system play a crucial role.
As an arthritis sufferer Iām going to start looking for strains that are high in that particular compound. CBD is helping a lot so if I mix in some of that it could be even better.
Even if initial research is not up to snuff it brings in further researchers to prove or disprove previous theories.
Same boat here man. Iāve been growing steady for the last 20 years and tho I have a medical for up to 49 plants Iāve never applied to grow legally so why get put on the govāt hit list. 67 now so fug 'em if they canāt take a joke.
I would have preferred Canada stayed illegal because with Prohibition 2.0 they made much harsher penalties for things like making oils with solvents and I do that a lot. 14 years max for that tho I might just get a fine for first offence if I ever get caught. Iām still too pretty to go to jail. 
Still havenāt bought a single gram of ālegalā pot and donāt plan to ever.
If i remember correctly beta-caryophyllene is where the carrot smell comes from in Zamal / Zamaldelica / Mauritius lines.
Thanx. Iāll check into those and see whatās up.
