Cannabis News

[JBone65]

Watched this a year ago, but didn't appreciate how accurate it is. We Americans couldn't just legalize weed, we had to corrupt the entire process and fuck over consumers and non-consumers alike. Non-consumers are screwed because 90% of what should have been a long term reliable source of tax revenue is pushed to the black market.

The video also serves to emphasize the quality and environmental importance of sungrown and outdoor grown versus overpriced indoor weed.

 

[Gunky]

Watched this a year ago, but didn't appreciate how accurate it is. We Americans couldn't just legalize weed, we had to corrupt the entire process and fuck over consumers and non-consumers alike. Non-consumers are screwed because 90% of what should have been a long term reliable source of tax revenue is pushed to the black market.

The video also serves to emphasize the quality and environmental importance of sungrown and outdoor grown versus overpriced indoor weed.

Legalization (as opposed to medical marijuana) has been mostly a disaster. The silver lining in some states has been the 6 (or 4, 12, etc) plants you are allowed to grow for your own use at home. Most of those million sq ft greenhouse operations will probably go out of business but the ability to do small grows will eventually influence the whole business and spread smaller, better, more ecological grow technologies as well as better and more diverse strains.

 

[Polarbearboy]

Cop ‘Overwhelmed’ By Weed Smell in Ex-Raiders’ Car During Stop: Report​

Cop ‘Overwhelmed’ By Weed Stench in Ex-Raiders’ Car: Report

The Las Vegas Raiders announced Monday that it had waived safety Roderic Teamer two days after his arrest.

www.thedailybeast.com

Don't know if non-subscribers can read Daily Beast links, so here's the gist. Guy, Las Vegas Raiders player, in Las Vegas is speeding home to beat team curfew is pulled over for speeding. Cop smells dope and so arrests him for DUI and other charges. Sick what happens in states where weed is still illegal. Poor player's career is probably over. I'm also guessing that the perp is Black and the cop is White.

 

[florduh]

Quite the decade in North America

 

[Polarbearboy]

Federal Law Requires a Choice: Marijuana or a Gun?​

Legal challenges are pending across the country against a federal law that prevents medical marijuana users from buying or owning firearms.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/us/guns-marijuana-background-checks.html

Gift version if that doesn't work: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/29/...e_code=1.CE0.q9sG.O2ZnYBoSlabr&smid=url-share

 

[florduh]

This is becoming a pattern. Voters choose to legalize cannabis. Then Republican legislators or governors try everything in their power to overturn it.

Ohio Senate Committee Advances Bill To Eliminate Marijuana Home Grow, Reduce Possession Limits And Raise Taxes—Days Before Legalization Takes Effect

An Ohio Senate committee has given initial approval to a newly unveiled proposal to fundamentally alter the state’s voter-approved marijuana legalization law that’s set to take effect later this week. The legislation being advanced in the GOP-controlled chamber would eliminate a home grow option...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

[macbill]

Medical Marijuana Growers And Caregivers Can Own Guns, But Patients Can’t, FBI Says In Little-Noticed Memo

Being a state-registered medical marijuana caregiver or grower doesn’t automatically disqualify a person from owning a firearm, the FBI says. But merely possessing a medical cannabis card as a patient does render a person ineligible. Amid the growing tension between federal gun policies and the...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

[JBone65]

Pennsylvania Governor Signs Bill To Let Medical Marijuana Growers Sell Directly To Patients, While Also Allowing Dispensaries To Cultivate

The governor of Pennsylvania has signed a bill to allow all licensed medical marijuana grower-processors in the state to serve as retailers and sell their cannabis products directly to patients. Just two days after the Senate gave final approval to the legislation—which was amended to further...

www.marijuanamoment.net

I would like to have the option to visit and buy from my favorite grower. Sounds like a great idea, especially if there are a lot of competing growers and dispensaries.

 

[macbill]

Biden poised to loosen restrictions on marijuana, but some say it’s not enough

Legalization advocates say reclassifying drug to schedule III from schedule I doesn’t resolve state and federal law conflicts

www.theguardian.com

 

[macbill]

Johns Hopkins Researchers To Follow ‘Nationally Representative Cohort’ Of 10,000 Marijuana Patients In Federally Funded Study

A new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University will track 10,000 medical marijuana patients over a year or more in an effort to better understand the efficacy and impacts of cannabis therapy. Funded with a five-year $10 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

[JBone65]

This is a long video but some interesting info comes out. DJ Short has been a professional breeder/grower since the 70's. His experience with original landrace strains influences him today. He got my attention when he talked about the original Highland Oaxacan strain from the 70's. Only had 1/3 of a pound, but I still dream about that strain. To that end, he says seeded weed potentially tastes better under the right conditions. His cannabis judging criteria is only about the quality of the buzz of the finished product. He has five criteria strictly to rate the quality of the buzz.

 

[florduh]

California is shutting down the whole inflated THC% scam.

Why California just shut down testing at the majority of pot labs

California took a major step toward combating cannabis scams by shutting down testing at the majority of its pot labs.

www.sfgate.com

 

[florduh]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1743442441976332358

Sorry, but if a piggie pulls this out at a traffic stop, I'm just gonna go for their gun. Suicide-by-cop is preferable to whatever is going on this video.

 

[Polarbearboy]

Marijuana Buyers From Texas Fuel a ‘Little Amsterdam’ in New Mexico​

Texas, aka The Nanny State where citizens are forced to bow down to the government, forbids MJ so Texans drive across the border to NM. How soon until Texas intrudes into cars coming into the state to check for MJ? You can have all the guns you want, but possession of one joint can result in a prison sentence, particularly if one is Black or Latino.

Gift article version should let you read it at NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/us/marijuana-new-mexico-sunland-park.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L00._Lqp.hicxL6dKWG1G&smid=url-share

 

[vapviking]

Marijuana Buyers From Texas Fuel a ‘Little Amsterdam’ in New Mexico​

Texas, aka The Nanny State where citizens are forced to bow down to the government, forbids MJ so Texans drive across the border to NM. How soon until Texas intrudes into cars coming into the state to check for MJ? You can have all the guns you want, but possession of one joint can result in a prison sentence, particularly if one is Black or Latino.

Gift article version should let you read it at NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/us/marijuana-new-mexico-sunland-park.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L00._Lqp.hicxL6dKWG1G&smid=url-share

Yeah, when Massachusetts shops first opened, I was there with my NY license plates meeting people from New Jersey and Delaware in the parking lot!

The Republic of Texas may see fit to keep arresting and incarcerating people, but all the local municipalities will see their money being syphoned away and eventually will want a piece of the cannabis industry pie.

Edit-
Would be nice in, uh, Willie Nelson's lifetime? Please?

 

[Polarbearboy]

Yeah, when Massachusetts shops first opened, I was there with my NY license plates meeting people from New Jersey and Delaware in the parking lot!

The Republic of Texas may see fit to keep arresting and incarcerating people, but all the local municipalities will see their money being syphoned away and eventually will want a piece of the cannabis industry pie.

When Mass legalized I drove three hours down from northern NH down to Salisbury MA, where the parking lot was filled with NH and Maine plates. Then Maine legalized then Vermont. At least NH is now "not illegal" and may soon legalize as it is now completely 100% surrounded, an island in a sea of legal weed. Meanwhile, as I've said elsewhere, there are now nearly a dozen dispensaries, both rec and med, in Bethel ME, the nearest small but large enough town to me, about 15 miles away. Prices continue to drop, THC percentages and general quality continue to rise, and variety of cannabis products keeps growing. Just wish I was younger so I could vape more--my old jillions of cigarettes and thousands of joints lungs appear to be compromised. Still, as I've said before: We're livin' in the Golden Age here. But not in Texas.

 

[Photonic]

Federal scientists conclude there is credible evidence for certain medical uses of marijuana

The agency recommended loosening federal restrictions on marijuana in August based on the scientific review.

www.politico.com

 

[vapviking]

And more science...

Cannabis Holds Potential To Prevent And Reduce Severity Of COVID-19, While Treating Long-Term Symptoms, Study Finds

Cannabis and its compounds hold the potential to limit the “susceptibility and severity of infection” from COVID-19, while also showing promise in the treatment of long COVID symptoms such as anxiety, depression and decreased appetite, according to a new study. Researchers at Dalhousie...

www.marijuanamoment.net

I can admit now to my strategy all along with Covid.
My effort was to keep all my respiratory soft tissue coated in cannabis oils and resin, preventing Covid entry.

Part of this study now says this may have worked! Sorta.
I did do several rounds of vaccination.
I live 5 miles from the ground zero outbreak in New Rochelle, NY
I found out that so far, I have zero trace of Covid antibodies in my system.
.

 

[JBone65]

And more science...

Cannabis Holds Potential To Prevent And Reduce Severity Of COVID-19, While Treating Long-Term Symptoms, Study Finds

Cannabis and its compounds hold the potential to limit the “susceptibility and severity of infection” from COVID-19, while also showing promise in the treatment of long COVID symptoms such as anxiety, depression and decreased appetite, according to a new study. Researchers at Dalhousie...

www.marijuanamoment.net

I can admit now to my strategy all along with Covid.
My effort was to keep all my respiratory soft tissue coated in cannabis oils and resin, preventing Covid entry.

Part of this study now says this may have worked! Sorta.
I did do several rounds of vaccination.
I live 5 miles from the ground zero outbreak in New Rochelle, NY
I found out that so far, I have zero trace of Covid antibodies in my system.
.

Check this video. CBD potentially prevents COVID.

Check this video as well. I'm thinking vaping natural sungrown weed with high THC & CBD will kill several birds with one stone. Much better head buzz with longer duration. All supposed experts say CBD is worthless for recreational purposes, but we all see CBD helping several categories of neuro patients with PTSD, epilepsy, pain, anxiety, sleep, etc. I stumbled across some by accident and it continues to blow me away....

 

[macbill]

Scientists Discover The Exact Reason Marijuana Causes The ‘Munchies’ In New Federally Funded Study

For the first time, scientists have identified exactly what happens in the brain after using marijuana that causes the “munchies,” a new federally funded study shows. Researchers at Washington State University (WSU) published the findings in the journal Scientific Reports, revealing how cannabis...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

[Ramahs]

Marijuana Buyers From Texas Fuel a ‘Little Amsterdam’ in New Mexico​

Texas, aka The Nanny State where citizens are forced to bow down to the government, forbids MJ so Texans drive across the border to NM. How soon until Texas intrudes into cars coming into the state to check for MJ? You can have all the guns you want, but possession of one joint can result in a prison sentence, particularly if one is Black or Latino.

Gift article version should let you read it at NYT:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/07/us/marijuana-new-mexico-sunland-park.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L00._Lqp.hicxL6dKWG1G&smid=url-share

Yeah, when I lived in Texas, I had a friend who drove to MN, and sometimes CO, almost once a week. He would come back with a practical carload full of stuff and sell them to most of my friends and I.

Not all heroes wear capes.

 

[macbill]

Weed could offer medical benefits, less risky than some drugs: federal review​

Marijuana may offer medical benefits and isn't as risky as other tightly controlled substances, according to a new federal scientific review.

 

[Ramahs]

In my post above, "MN" should have been "NM". My bad. Too late to edit it now.

 

[JBone65]

Yeah, when I lived in Texas, I had a friend who drove to MN, and sometimes CO, almost once a week. He would come back with a practical carload full of stuff and sell them to most of my friends and I.

Not all heroes wear capes.

I'm guessing thousands of industrious Oklahomans are cashing in somehow. Although we are discouraged from doing so, the "law" here makes it easy and inexpensive to fill a trunk with goodies. I'm not complaining.

 

[macbill]

Democrats urge Biden administration to deschedule marijuana

12 Senate Democrats, including Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, urged the DEA in a letter to remove marijuana from the Controlled Substances Act altogether.

www.nbcnews.com