Cannabis Current Events (Part 1)

Well I just saw this in USA Today.
A more subtle, oblique approach…but an anti ganja diatribe as well.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/01/08/marijuana-warning-labels-legalization-warn-health-risks-tobacco-mental-column/2496077002/

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Hey, it takes a lot of work to keep up the facade! You’re talking about a medical-miracle plant versus tobacco and alcohol killing millions of people per year around the world…it’s not easy to brainwash that away :smile:

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this is where the US federal government had Gypsy Nirvana imprisoned for 2 years:

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FL still thumbing its nose at voters.
Nice.

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The dumb are just getting dumber.

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correction - Gypsy was actually held in the “Bureau of Immigration Detention Jail at Camp Bagong Diwa” - he justed posted an update of good news on icmag:

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?s=0975f784a4a822df824fa14246af0a49&p=8468418#post8468418

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good news in VT

https://norml.org/news/2019/01/10/vermont-odor-of-burnt-marijuana-is-insufficient-evidence-to-warrant-a-vehicle-search

Montpelier, VT: The odor of burnt marijuana emanating from a motor vehicle is not a determinative factor as to whether sufficient probable cause exists to conduct a search, according to a ruling by the Vermont Supreme Court. The possession of small quantities of marijuana is legal in the state.
Justices determined that the smell of burnt cannabis alone, absent any evidence of driver impairment, did not justify the state’s decision to seize and search the defendant’s vehicle.
The Court opined, “The seizure, aimed at immobilizing the plaintiff’s vehicle while the officer sought a search warrant, was essentially based solely on the trooper’s initial detection of the faint odor of burnt marijuana, which did not, in and of itself, create fair probability that marijuana would be found in the vehicle.”
The ruling reverses a lower court decision. The case is Zullo v. Vermont.

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Whooops, maybe back to the drawing board?

What are the odds that the states currently formulating their own new
cannabis regulations will learn anything from this?

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http://wareham.wickedlocal.com/news/20190110/providence-man-gets-state-prison-after-receiving-109-pounds-of-marijuana-via-wareham-cape-cod-express

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On Colorado’s cannabis trail…hell yeah I’d sign up for her yoga class! :smile:


https://www.ft.com/content/35a7473c-1040-11e9-b2f2-f4c566a4fc5f

Great article on the burdens heaped upon “legal” businesses

Smoke and Mirrors: Massachusetts’ Recreational Cannabis Industry Navigates Tricky Regulatory Terrain

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Right on point @Muleskinner! I’m afraid home/craft growers will be muscled out of the whole legalization effort by Corporate growers and big pharma. Stay woke my brothers and sisters.
:cowboy_hat_face:

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I like Yoga. Especially with a little fruit in it.
:cowboy_hat_face:

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As is typically warranted, just follow the money.

Anti-marijuana billboards raise questions for Treasure Valley residents

https://www.idahopress.com/news/local/anti-marijuana-billboards-raise-questions-for-treasure-valley-residents/article_4b61d269-994c-5e5a-9eef-df1fde437ccd.html

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that’s outrageous, they’re using education funds (for treatment & prevention) for political billboards.

will be interesting to see the effects of legalization in another 10 years - I think it will drive a migration of people to legal states from backward ones. Similar to the 60’s and 70’s when everybody moved to California

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Yep.
Taxpayer dollars used to perpetuate the denial of freedom for taxpayers.
Fantastic.

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Good, objective article.


If Legal Marijuana Leads to Murder, What’s Up in the Netherlands?
A terrifying argument that cannabis causes homicides sparked a debate over whether the drug is more dangerous than its criminalization.

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Oh well.

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