Just happened to meet someone new today, that has a pot-based business here.
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Keep in mind … we live a mostly uptight, severely conservative area divided between rural farmland, Federal Land/Parks and several small beach front tourist towns.
ANYTHING to do with pot-until re entry, was immediately “shot down” by all the local Law & Govt. Agencies and city council.
But once put to a vote last year…SURPRISE!
Our friends and neighbors WANT dispensaries and all grow bans lifted.
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Anyway…in line at the Post Office, I commented to lady ahead of me on her kewl cannabis gear.
Come to find out, she designs them, has an online store and “Pot Blog” and runs a local weekly “tea party” at a Cafe downtown to discuss all things weed!
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NEVER thought I’d finally see the day when we could openly talk about weed here!
Only a couple years ago, we had to hide it…even got a scare when a copter hovered in our back yard to check out our 3 tiny plants!!!
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I directed her to come check out OG… after seeing her page, I think she could really benefit from all the great info here!
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What has happened in YOUR town/Hometown related to weed that surprised you?
Really wish Port Huron would come around. But the City Manager is a raging prick!!! They gave a company a 3.5 million dollar tax break over 2 years, they bought new equipment, then closed 6 months later and auctioned off all the equipment. When we moved from the township to the city, we wanted a small tax break, and all we got was grief. In the meeting, he stated “you do realize you have to pay your people at least $9.75 an hour. Our response was, “we hire veterans, and mentally disabled people, and the mentally disabled people make a minimum of $15 an hour, and nobody else makes less than $20 an hour” and he was in awe, couldn’t believe it, and had no response.
If the city council would get their heads out of their asses, they would have tax money coming in if they allowed a dispensary, grow op, anything cannabis related, but that’s not going to happen any time soon.
Glad to see that they put it to a vote of the people instead of their political agendas and allowed the will of the people to prevail!!!
That’s how it is over here in Mason County… you know…
They call this part of the State "hickabilly Michigan "! LOL! One of those places…if your parents-parents weren’t born here…we’ve been here almost 30 years…still call us “those city people”!!
It’s been weird since legalization happened in my home town, but not a whole lot has changed. Nobody seems to just walk down the street smelling like skunk, and everyone still keeps their use to themselves like it’s taboo even though you know darn well they were sneaking stuff across the border just a little while ago!
The biggest change has been the opening of dispensaries and destigmatization which has been really cool to see. Some days I’m rolling down the road and realize that I can smell the funk from a nearby grow op!
I LOVE driving through the back roads, and going " yep…those folks is growin! Just from the smell!!
I do that too @Lady.Zandra63 . I didn’t realize how many of my neighbors are growing their own. Its awesome.
@Lady.Zandra63 I totally get it!!! Folks up that way are weird like that. One of my brothers lives in Lake Ann, and he was an “outsider” even though he’s lived there for over 28 years. They didn’t “accept” him until he joined the fire dept. now he’s one of the locals.
On a side note, at least it doesn’t look like you & @Draig live too far away from my other brothers new house, so it won’t really be that far of a trip to get you 2 a couple of clones for this years outdoor run.
Going to be starting planting this week in order to get my yearly clone dispersal going. Wife, Ranger & I are running up to his new house when the weather warms up, taking him a few clones, and while we are up there, I’ll pop over and get you 2 some.
That would be kewl! Have to work out a meet up! Just let us know when you are gonna head up! That #!^%! Storm is supposed to start tonight…heading your way too! Stay warm and safe!!
We have a reprieve, isn’t supposed to start here until tomorrow around noon, and they are only calling for 2”, it’s the Ice before it that’s going to cause an issue. We get some “Lake effect” here sometimes when the storm hits Lake Huron and stalls, but NOTHING like you guys get up there, especially being right off Lake Michigan.
You & @Draig keep safe, warm and cozy because by my radar, it looks like it’s not waiting until tomorrow morning to hit, looks like it’s gaining strength and will hit you within the next couple hours.
Yep…they are saying around 11 to midnight… and yeah, the ice makes me nervy…we get power outages at the drop of a hat…
i grew up in mason county…but it was in wv. hated that place then and it’s worse now.
Now that it’s legal here it’s cool to see friends pick up the hobby and it’s fun getting them set up and watching them pull their first harvest.
THANKS for being a worthy Ambassador!! SPREAD THE WORD. SS/BW…mister 
I just moved to a new town/state I just wish my housemates knew a real plug these med dispos pricey $30-$50 1/8ths and $50-$90 1/4s 🫤 feels like early 00s prices
WV??? Nearer to Ludington or Hart??
Draig and I have been spreading the Word since 2002… at another site, in magazines, at conventions, anonymous letters to the editor of the newspaper, helping grow shops get established…legal or not…
Those of us who are passionate about the plant and how it TRUELY benefits mankind are willing to take (some) risk… I see peeps on here in States where it is still a punishable offence- and I truly commend them…
Still a lot of stigma… but at my age, if people give me grief about it - I tell them to stick it!!
That’s Michigan Prices… usually. Cheaper in SOME Bigger Cities…
neither, west virginia. mason county, but wrong state. i actually know one person named zandra, so when you said mason county i thought you may be her, and i haven’t seen her in almost 20 years so it would’ve been nice. then you said beach, so i made the comment. sorry. smoking and reminiscing in my own head and in public at the same time…
Come to needles California where one of the dispensaries are “home to the $5 eighth” lol
Hey no–never be sorry for commenting!
Join in the discussion!
Zandra’s not my real name-- Zandra Faline/aka Lady Zandra’s been my Screen name/Pen Name for Cannabis related stuff and some Art groups since 2001…
Even use the name when I do Psychic Readings at the Fair!
Sorry-- the ‘WV’ went right over my head! Not hard to do when I’m only 5ft 2!!!