It is unbelievable.
It seems we can’t get people got evolve past this type of basic injustice.
Pathetic is right!
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Salutations,
Louise Arbour explained it well the very next day after “4-20” 2016 at the UNGASS event in NY: the system punishes itself. Which is a way to say that abuse of our public institutions by bigot anti-cannabic prohibitionists destroys the voter’s confidence in them, while boosting rampant socio-toxic cynism which contaminated the Commonwealth’s democratic societies in multiple crucial aspects including health and security… In Québec Trudeau’s mari-caca justified HOMICIDE by SPVM-GTi POLICE over ~8 oz just a few weeks before UNGASS 2016 and our local mass-media press didn’t seem willing to make the link at all…
Truth is that cannabis has no place on a schedule anymore than tobacco and/or alcohol, at the very least. Actually even having to commit into such constant comparisons feels unfair because cannabis doesn’t KILL and a so-called cannabic “addiction” is nothing like craving from nicotine addiction, or alcohol in the worse cases (e.g. in extreme situations craving kills too so i’ll never believe that cannabis is the same)…
If it’s OKay to murder people over a plant then lets start with the plants used in tobacco, beer and wine. M’well… I’m exagerating. But the point is it’s the apparent general indifference echoed by mass media which allows the worse imaginable permanent prejudice to happen, because cannabis was wrongfully added to the “schedule” via a UN treaty of 1925 where it’s classified besides heroin and opium:
[ http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/library/studies/canadasenate/vol3/chapter19_1925_Geneva.htm ]
The 1925 Geneva Opium Conventions, Chapter 19 - The International Legal Environment
And of course Justin Trudeau still refuses to repair mistakes of the past originating with the socio-toxic intervention of his own political party in 1923, when Henri-Sévérin Béland unilaterally transfered to Ottawa a provincial responsability, as proven de-facto by the existence of the “Loi de Pharmacie” of 1890. Brefly put: politics is the true poison here.
The actual presence of cannabis on any schedule is an insult to intelligence when we put it in a real-world context, it’s that simple. Remove it then politicians loose their grip, hence after that the justice system assisted by deadly-armed police, for starters. Followed by pharmacists taking over a market previously belonging to apothecaries… Then came the Collège des Médecins (and peers), eventually, which are among those to blame in priority for such travesty of justice, performed by bigot self-serving “elites” including journalists, who all caused real permanent prejudice to generations of persons since Nixon including vulnerable/legally-minor individuals. In The Name Of Children… And now this: HOMICIDE by POLICE over 8 oz.
{ Wow! Re-reading myself i realize the sort of verbal diarrhea which politics/justice vs cannabis topics can inspire!.. }
So it’s not just overzealous and pathetic. The ongoing criminalization branded as “légaleezation” which Trudeau performed via 10+ CDSA changes and soon his “Cannabis Act” is a predatory act against the nation’s population with a focus on youth. Serving no morals any more noble than what’s described in “Kids-for-Cash” IMO:
[ http://kidsforcashthemovie.com/ ]
Good day, have fun!! 
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And so goes the inevitable…
Poor little Jeffy.
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Ha! Ha! Maybe a few of them read OverGrow and realize how oppressive and uneducated their views look to there constituents. One can only hope. Ha! Ha! 
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I wish them all the luck in the world.
They face the certainty of money that doesn’t like it or want it.
Jeff Sessions, eat my shorts!
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Finally, someone Jeff Sessions is comfortable attacking!
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I’d like to see that girl take him on in a no-holds-barred cage match any day!
thought this was interesting - the world’s top-performing hedge fund in 2016 was driven by cannabis - this tells you that Sessions isn’t going to do anything - the Goldman Sachs people are getting behind the indu$try:
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This is immoral. By any ethical or religious standard what that girl is being forced to go through is immoral, but our ELECTED politicians voluntarily act immoral to be politically correct. Not all but enough to cause this much misery to this poor girl. How can they be this cold and disconnected to compassion while still claiming to have OUR best interest at heart.
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Here is more immortality stemming from anti- cannabis laws.
Florida has imposed bizarre and Byzantine legal restrictions on MMJ.
So along comes a sleazy weasel attorney to scam unsuspecting, trusting MMJ patients.
Shameful.
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Lawyer who advised SJC couple about marijuana grow operation disbarred
Ian Christensen charged clients $800 for bogus marijuana ID card
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GREEN mountain state!
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Vermont, not much colder than here, but apparently some semblance of mindfulness in governance.
Hmmm…
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Looks like the Maine legislature will vote on extending their moratorium next week, and again refuse to implement the law voters passed back in 2016 - pieces of shit!!! (sorry)
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Can you believe the Maine Government is taxing people and yet they offer no representation?
I think we threw a little Tea Party in Boston the last time we ran into this kind of treasonous behavior.
What is the matter with Maine?
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Amusing article.
Cheech’s Mr. Peanut nickname for little Jeffy is perfect…
LOL, LOL👏🏻
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Tremendous idea.
Other legal states should do the same.
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Will Massachusetts become the first marijuana ‘sanctuary state’?
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If it makes the very wealthy more money, so be it!
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Look at this crap - the licensed medical dispensaries in Mass. are trying to use the regulatory process to stop anyone else from opening and competing with them - despicable greed IMO:
MEDICAL DISPENSARIES: MASS. SHOULD SLOW RECREATIONAL ROLL
Massachusetts is poised to have perhaps the most multifaceted regulated cannabis market in the world.
The state’s cannabis commission envisions pot being sold not just at brick and mortar dispensaries, but through delivery services, cannabis “bars,” and even at yoga studios, movie theaters, and restaurants. Other states with legal marijuana sales offer nothing like it.
But don’t start salivating at the thought of buying a weed-infused grilled cheese sandwich at the multiplex just yet.
After the decision this month by US Attorney General Jeff Sessions to give federal prosecutors more discretion to bring cases against state-legal marijuana operators, leaders of some of the existing medical dispensaries in the state are worried the cannabis commission’s big ideas will attract too much attention. Shouldn’t the state keep a low profile right now, they ask, and not set up a great big honking, blinking wonderland of weed?
“Given the microscope under which this industry is currently being viewed, more of a slow and steady approach would be a win in the long-term for everybody,” said Keith Cooper, chief executive of the Revolutionary Clinics dispensary in Somerville. “If Massachusetts is seen as leading an effort that creates controversy, and only one or two states are doing it, that certainly raises the prospect of the feds becoming more concerned and interested in our state.”
Cooper and others in the medical marijuana space are mostly concerned about those novel license types: delivery-only retailers, social-consumption bars, and “mixed-use” licenses for movie theaters and other businesses for which selling pot wouldn’t be the primary source of revenue.
Each comes with its own risk, they argue: the bars could have stoned drivers taking to the roads, causing an uptick in accidents that the feds would notice. Delivery services that aren’t tightly regulated could lead to pot falling into the wrong hands… And the mixed-use licenses could attract a lot of attention by bringing marijuana into Main Street retailers all over the state.
Many medical marijuana types want the Massachusetts cannabis commission to reconsider its initial votes authorizing those licenses. Some wouldn’t mind if they never went into effect, while others just want a delay of a year or so.
“If the CCC just stuck to the things that they were statutorily directed to do, which would punt down the road some of the delivery and social consumption stuff, they could honestly say they’ve addressed the will of the voters and the Legislature,” said Dan Delaney, a lobbyist and consultant for several medical cannabis operators. “There would still be some place on July 1 to buy adult-use marijuana.”
Delaney, Cooper, and others also noted that Massachusetts residents are still warming up to the idea of having cannabis operators in their neighborhoods. Cooper argued the CCC “should let that sink in for a while before taking off into uncharted territory.” Delaney added that rookie pot consumers won’t have a good feel for how much is too much when it comes to driving.
“Let’s see what adult-use looks like in a year,” Delaney suggested, “and then do social consumption, when there are more social norms around marijuana.”
A lobbying push last year by a handful of different medical dispensaries to limit new entrants in the recreational market while giving themselves a head start drew a strong backlash from activists, who accused the operators of proposing protectionist policies. (The ideas went nowhere at the CCC, though that was before the change in federal policy.)
Some dispensary officials who favor this latest “go-slow” effort don’t seem too shy about how it would protect their business interests.
“I almost hope the threat of federal interference keeps some of the players out of it,” said Robert Proctor, the chief executive of the Elevated Access Center, which plans to open a medical dispensary next year in Dartmouth. “Let’s face it: the fewer people who are in it, the bigger the pie gets for the rest of us.”
Proctor said the CCC should model its regulations after the more limiting rules enforced by the Mass. Department of Public Health, which currently oversees the medical cannabis program.
“We’d be much less exposed if they just kept to the DPH template,” Proctor said. “If I were the CCC, I’d slow my roll and take a look at where I might be vulnerable to federal intervention.”
What do you think? Is the CCC asking for trouble, or just doing what voters asked them to do? Are the medical dispensaries right, or merely trying to protect their turf? Hit me up: dadams@globe.com.
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Ultra rich people are hoarders!
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You can’t go blaming the plant!
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Consumers almost always benefit from increased competition.
Existing business owners generally hate more competition.
This is the wacky world of government regulation with the requisite meddling of politicians and feckless bureaucrats.
This is precisely why more patents and enthusiasts should simply learn how to Overgrow.
Keep out of the morass of political squabbling and mayhem.
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