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CNN article about illicit grow houses in California This is kind of interesting. Apparently a lot of organized crime with money coming from China. One of the things that struck me was how crappy the grow equipment looked. Apparently a lot of this shitty bud with pesticides and mold is making...

They've been warning about super potency for the last 50 years. So just take fewer hits, already! Gee whiz.

I actually want state, local and federal governments to be involved in cannabis trade. They can supply standards of purity, testing criteria, etc. And actually test the weed supply for molds, contaminants, etc. I can even see these various levels of government taking a small cut to help fund...

https://dnyuz.com/2024/08/20/heres-why-this-jar-of-weed-costs-60-legally/

An interesting article in the NYT about the pitfalls of legalization in NY. Similar stories are taking place all over the country: regulations, fees and taxes are making black market weed significantly cheaper than 'legal' weed. The article looks into the situation at one dispensary in New...

Yeah I understand but you are looking at the surface only. The shops you bought from are probably skating on the edge of bankruptcy. Most small canna businesses are. Many of the original growers in Northern CA who sacrificed big time to get licensed are out of business. They were sacrificed...

I don't have to go there to be able to tell them not to do it like California when offered a similar choice, which will probably happen. All sorts of stuff were hard-coded in the law and changing it requires another referendum, which is to say probably never. This is not a binary choice...

I'm in favor of federal legalization. It should be as simple as possible, such as just removing cannabis from the schedule. Complicated schemes with new layers of taxation and built in protections for large producers will fuck it up.

Some kind of legalization is always better than nothing?! No, it is not. You see, this reasoning is what got us the flawed California initiative which became a total dog's breakfast in execution. The kinds of legalization that have mostly been offered to us -after the medical marijuana thing...

When the "legalization" initiative came up for a vote a few years ago in California, I opposed it. It was a terrible law. We already had legal weed in the form of medical, which anybody could get by giving a doctor $35 or something and receiving a letter of recommendation. Illegal possession...

This is feel-good rhetoric but I'm not certain it is quite so black and white. Some people are opposed to "legalization" in various formats. They might think medical is ok but recreational, no, etc. I'm not defending this, just saying it is very easy to see numerous viewpoints involving...

Well hardly any politicians are advertising that they want to put people in jail for weed. You seldom find anybody standing up and saying it should be criminalized. What they do is stall and stonewall. They refuse to allow a vote to come up. They demand further study. They vote against...

Also, it's quite important to check and see if your Representative and Senators in Congress are among the leadership of a party which refuses to allow bills liberalizing cannabis use, sale, banking for the industry, etc. to come to the floor and get a vote. Or your rep or Senator votes against...

I agree with you but lets try to avoid political issues outside of legalization, otherwise the mods start deleting things.

From the Washington Post just now, after Harris selected Walz as running mate: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/08/06/harris-walz-vp/ I am not trying to turn this political but it is important for all of us to be under no illusions about which party supports cannabis legalization...

Keep in mind that if a legalization bill is to pass Congress, which is the best way to do it (if Biden or Harris act unilaterally to reschedule it the next president can reverse it), we probably need Democratic control of both the Senate and House and probably a Democratic president too. The...

The Netherlands has an excellent weed situation. Brazil just legalized nationally.

Years ago I used to visit some friends in Vancouver BC. I would always take a walk around Gastown and buy some stuff on the street. I don't know if it was strictly legal back then but it was looked at with an indulgent eye by the authorities. Some pretty great weed, too.

For me the golden age was the 70's. It was illegal and cops would bust your ass if they caught you, but we could get things like Nepalese temple ball hash and real Jamaican sativa. Mmmm...

The pre-"legalization" situation in California was not a choice between criminality and legalization. We already had medical marijuana, which was available to anybody willing to pay a doctor $50 for a recommendation letter. If you got caught with cannabis and didn't have a letter, the fine was...