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[shredder]

Then watch your fuckin kids. You could make the same the same argument to outlaw bleach. Or ban all guns. The kids might think they’re toys, don’t ya know?

The opposition made the same argument in michigan, but it never went anywhere. And after a few years it hasn't been a big issue. Once in a while you read about some kid bringing edibles to school to impress his or her friends. AFAIK no big issue . I wonder if they're worried about kids and guns? Edibles don't kill.

 

[Ramahs]

Then watch your fuckin kids. You could make the same the same argument to outlaw bleach. Or ban all guns. The kids might think they’re toys, don’t ya know?

Yeah, the same argument can be made for at least a hundred items and substances everyone keeps around the house.

 

[Berzzerkker]

'I want people to be able to breathe freely.'

The “putrid” smell of marijuana is among the reasons Gov. Ron DeSantis may remain opposed to legalization in Florida.
DeSantis shied away from offering a definitive answer on the issue Wednesday when asked by press at a campaign event in Tallahassee. He did, however, speak out against the smell of cannabis in public places.

“What I don’t like about it is if you go to some of these places that have done it, the stench when you’re out there, I mean, it smells so putrid,” he told reporters.

It is unclear exactly where DeSantis visited and found the smell of marijuana so overwhelming. Recreational marijuana is legal in 18 states as well as D.C. and Guam, per U.S. News and World Report.

Many places where marijuana ends up legal, DeSantis said, ended up “regretting it.”

“I could not believe the pungent odor that you would see in some of these places,” the Republican Governor added. “I don’t want to see that here. I want people to be able to breathe freely.”

“I’ve never thought that somebody who was caught using it… we’re not going to use the prison system for that,” DeSantis explained after the remarks. “But that’s different than kind of wanting it to be prevalent like you see in some of these other areas.”

Gov. DeSantis demurs on marijuana legalization but can’t stand the dank stank

'I want people to be able to breathe freely.'

floridapolitics.com

"I could not believe the pungent odor that you would see"

 

[florduh]

Many places where marijuana ends up legal, DeSantis said, ended up “regretting it.”

Name one, fuckface.

“I could not believe the pungent odor that you would see in some of these places,” the Republican Governor added. “I don’t want to see that here. I want people to be able to breathe freely.”

Yes, anything that might offend a Karen's nose should be punishable by law. In the "Free State of Floriduh".

“I’ve never thought that somebody who was caught using it… we’re not going to use the prison system for that,” DeSantis explained after the remarks.

You literally do that, every day, right now, Dumbfuck. And you're the Governor.

It's like when Brandon fired all those interns for pissing hot after promising to them he wouldn't. And his spokesperson says, "Well it is Federally illegal, riiiiiiiiight??" Yes, dummy. But YOU are the spokesperson for the Federal government. You people could change that at literally any time, but choose not to. So it's kind of a stupid fuckin thing to say, riiiiiiight?

“But that’s different than kind of wanting it to be prevalent like you see in some of these other areas.”

Wait, I thought the FREE MARKET was magical and infallible? The only way cannabis use would become "prevalent" is if consumers make a free decision to use it. Why is the government getting in the way of that? I thought job-killing regulations were against Ronnie's entrie philosophy?

Also, speaking of "Floridians breathing freely", Ronnie doesn't really give a fuck. At least when his patrons in the sugar industry burn crops en masse and poison nearby residents.

Big Sugar burns fields, bends DeSantis and FL Legislature to do its bidding • Florida Phoenix

When my kids were younger and in Boy Scouts, I enjoyed going camping with them around the state. We’d splash in the springs, paddle the rivers, tromp through the swamps. The day’s adventures would always end with a campfire – and a problem. Campfires are essential to making s’mores, but oh, that...

floridaphoenix.com

 

[Berzzerkker]

At least when his patrons in the sugar industry burn crops en masse and poison nearby residents.

Big Sugar burns fields, bends DeSantis and FL Legislature to do its bidding • Florida Phoenix

When my kids were younger and in Boy Scouts, I enjoyed going camping with them around the state. We’d splash in the springs, paddle the rivers, tromp through the swamps. The day’s adventures would always end with a campfire – and a problem. Campfires are essential to making s’mores, but oh, that...

floridaphoenix.com

The Fanjuls are most well-known for being sugar barons. Prior to fleeing Cuba and settling in Florida following Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, the family had, over generations, amassed a fortune through growing and marketing sugar. When they moved to the U.S. they kept this business tradition alive, and with great success: the family bought lands, planted sugar canes, built factories, created partnerships, and expanded to other countries. The Fanjuls own about 400,000 acres of sugar cane plantations, half of which are in Florida and the other half in the Dominican Republic. Their main sugar holding company is American Sugar Refining, Inc. (ASR), which is a partnership between the Fanjul family’s Florida Crystals and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. American Sugar Refining controls refineries by ownership or shareholder status in four states and six countries. The company’s American brands include Domino, Florida Crystals, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, and C&H.

Meet the Sugar Barons Who Used Both Sides of American Politics to Get Billions in Subsidies - ProMarket

Meet the Florida-based Fanjul brothers, who inject money to both political parties and dominate an industry that enjoys billions of dollar’s worth of subsidies and protections. Last week, historical documents were released showing that the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists in the 1960s to...

promarket.org

 

[florduh]

The Fanjuls are most well-known for being sugar barons. Prior to fleeing Cuba and settling in Florida following Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, the family had, over generations, amassed a fortune through growing and marketing sugar.

Their slaves did most of the growing, but I'm sure the family did a great job marketing their poison. Also, their crops do more damage to the health of Americans than any weed grow plausibly could. And the "smells" their grows emit actually kill people. Mostly poor people though. The big concern of the government should be that suburban Karens never have to smell something they'd rather not.

 

[C No Ego]

The Fanjuls are most well-known for being sugar barons. Prior to fleeing Cuba and settling in Florida following Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, the family had, over generations, amassed a fortune through growing and marketing sugar. When they moved to the U.S. they kept this business tradition alive, and with great success: the family bought lands, planted sugar canes, built factories, created partnerships, and expanded to other countries. The Fanjuls own about 400,000 acres of sugar cane plantations, half of which are in Florida and the other half in the Dominican Republic. Their main sugar holding company is American Sugar Refining, Inc. (ASR), which is a partnership between the Fanjul family’s Florida Crystals and the Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative of Florida. American Sugar Refining controls refineries by ownership or shareholder status in four states and six countries. The company’s American brands include Domino, Florida Crystals, Redpath, Tate & Lyle, and C&H.

Meet the Sugar Barons Who Used Both Sides of American Politics to Get Billions in Subsidies - ProMarket

Meet the Florida-based Fanjul brothers, who inject money to both political parties and dominate an industry that enjoys billions of dollar’s worth of subsidies and protections. Last week, historical documents were released showing that the sugar industry paid Harvard scientists in the 1960s to...

promarket.org

smoking Sugar stinks Too !!!

 

[florduh]

smoking Sugar stinks Too !!!

It literally kills.

But privately, the assessment among government researchers was anything but unanimous. Within a week of Dobbins’ statement, researchers for the health department in Palm Beach County wrapped up the draft of a study that linked sugar cane burning to significant levels of toxic pollution known to cause cardiovascular disease, cancer and respiratory illness.

“A Complete Failure of the State”: Authorities Didn’t Heed Researchers’ Calls to Study Health Effects of Burning Sugar Cane

Health officials in Florida’s sugar belt failed to act on recommendations to study the health impact of cane burning, despite decades of internal research and complaints from residents.

www.propublica.org

I'm sure this is a big concern. Since Ronnie cares about "Floridians breathing freely". Can someone just pay this crook off, please? My hash rosin costs $90 a gram here. Where is that money going? Please use some of it to pay off Ronnie like the sugar industry did.

 

[Planck]

"Floridians breathing freely"

Covid: hold me beer.
Ron; how can I help.

 

[florduh]

Covid: hold me beer.
Ron; how can I help.

Yeah, that's the thing. Like half of us down here don't have our sense of smell anymore. So what's the problem?

I also like how pathetic prohibitionists have become. We've gone from weed causing Reefer Madness and making black people talk back to "it should be illegal cuz it's a little smelly." If that's the excuse we're down to, it's time for dumbfuck prohibitionists like Ronnie to admit defeat.

 

[Vaporware]

 

[Planck]

I also like how pathetic prohibitionists have become. We've gone from weed causing Reefer Madness and making black people talk back to "it should be illegal cuz it's a little smelly." If that's the excuse we're down to, it's time for dumbfuck prohibitionists like Ronnie to admit defeat.

That is beverage out the nose funny. So succinct, so true.

Like half of us down here don't have our sense of smell anymore.

Perhaps this explains Ronnie D's popularity.

 

[Carrera3.0]

The driver of an armored car carrying $712,000 in cash from licensed marijuana dispensaries was heading into Barstow on a Mojave Desert freeway in November when San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies pulled him over. They interrogated him, seized the money and turned it over to the FBI.

A few weeks later, deputies stopped the same driver in Rancho Cucamonga, took an additional $350,000 belonging to legal pot stores and gave that cash to the FBI too.

Now, the FBI is trying to confiscate the nearly $1.1-million bounty, which it might share with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The FBI says the money is tied to federal drug or money-laundering crimes, but has specified no unlawful conduct and charged no one with a crime.

The cash seizures — and another from the same trucking company in Kansas — raise questions about whether the Justice Department under President Biden is moving to disrupt the operations of licensed marijuana businesses in California and other states where pot is legal.

FBI and San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department accused of illegally seizing marijuana cash

An armored car company says the FBI and the San Bernardino County sheriff unlawfully seized cash from state-licensed marijuana businesses.

www.latimes.com

 

[macbill]

Federal Appeals Court Dismisses Cancer Patients’ Case To Use Psilocybin Under Right-To-Try Laws

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has rejected a lawsuit by cancer patients and their doctor seeking access to psilocybin—the main psychoactive compound in psychedelic mushrooms—to help treat end-of-life depression and anxiety. The patients and Seattle-based...

www.marijuanamoment.net

 

[JOHN GALT]

Not a fan of "pods" but this is interesting

Pax’s new vaping pod is made solely from pure cannabis​

Called Fresh Pressed Live Rosin pods, they are filled with nothing but cannabis compounds that have been cold-pressed almost like juice—with zero solvents or other chemical additives used in the process. Steven Jung, COO of Pax, compares these new pods to “raw food.”

The Live Rosin pods start with their industrial design. They’ve replaced the heating element, once fiberglass, with ceramic. That might sound like a forgettable detail, but inhaling heavy metals is one of the biggest risks to pods today, says Dr. Jordan Tishler, who is faculty at Harvard, president of the Association of Cannabinoid Specialists, and a doctor who runs his own private practice.

“These pens leach heavy metals from their heating cores into the [oil], and we inhale that,” says Tishler.
The oil inside Pax’s new pods touches no metal. The only contact is with the ceramic heating element. (Tishler warns that any vape can still overheat and create carcinogens during combustion, but Pax-funded research has confirmed that the company’s temperature control technologies prevent this.)

As for what it’s vaporizing? Pax has developed a proprietary process to ensure 100% of the contents of the pod are cannabis-based. Developing the oil inside most pods requires processes like butane and hexane extraction, each which involves heating the cannabis while adding chemical solvents to to help extract the THC. These solvents can be dangerous, according to Tishler, involving compounds like hydrocarbons that shouldn’t be inhaled.
Pax’s approach is different, using nothing but water, ice, and pressure to do the job. While Jung declines to share all details for competitive reasons, it starts with the cannabis varietal being flash frozen. Then pressure/water extracts live rosin. Live rosin is a waxy cannabis concentrate that you can buy today, but dosing such a rich product can be tricky to do.

Pax’s new vaping pod is made solely from pure cannabis. Is it any healthier?

The company compares the new pods to “raw food” and says the result is cleaner, safer vaping. But there’s an asterisk.

www.fastcompany.com

 

[florduh]

While Jung declines to share all details for competitive reasons, it starts with the cannabis varietal being flash frozen.

LOL, dude it's called ice water "live" hash rosin. You guys didn't invent it.

I really liked using my Pax Era in Cali. It had basic temp control. Something no other vape pen really has. Haven't used it at all since coming back to FL, because only disty pods are available. I'd totally buy these pods if they were for sale near me.

There are new 510 cartridges available where the oil only touches ceramic or glass. There are also even newer options with zero cotton or silicone seals. I wonder if these new Pax pods do.

 

[invertedisdead]

Sounds like it’s cut with Disty

“Then, Pax mixes the live rosin with two other cannabis extracts (sourced from a wider pool of plants than a single varietal): diamonds and terpenes. These liquid extracts thin out the waxy rosin to make the substance easily vapable.”

Rosin pods have been around for a few years for the Era, Blue River was the first to offer them. The Jetty solventless stuff is a favorite among “cartridge connoisseurs“ right now and is available in 510 and Era pods.

 

[florduh]

Sounds like it’s cut with Disty

Fuck. Why would they do that? The entire purpose of hash rosin is that it maintains the ratio of desirable molecules found in the original strain. Why fuck all that up with disty?

I will say, I'd rather my disty be "flavored" with HR than veggie terps. But I'd prefer not having disty at all.

 

[cybrguy]

What's Disty?

 

[macbill]

Distillate. It is distilled from THC oil.

 

[cybrguy]

I was waiting for it to explode...

 

[invertedisdead]

Fuck. Why would they do that? The entire purpose of hash rosin is that it maintains the ratio of desirable molecules found in the original strain. Why fuck all that up with disty?

I will say, I'd rather my disty be "flavored" with HR than veggie terps. But I'd prefer not having disty at all.

It’probably just a cost cutting move to cut the rosin with something cheaper, not the first brand I’ve seen to cut rosin with disty either. They say “diamonds” which would suggest cutting it with live resin but that seems hard to believe. Whereas disty would give a neutral flavored generic cutting agent which could be derived from a variety of plants like the quote claims.

Cutting with disty could also inflate the THC% a bit since so many shoppers purchase based on the biggest number.

At face value there’s nothing inherently bad about cutting with distillate (so long as it’s not a secret) but with so many people shopping on price, it usually allows the brand to make the same claim as a “hash rosin“ cartridge, while undercutting in price the brands using the pure uncut rosin. With little time for the average consumer to learn the difference, which collectively can put a strain on the craft producer.

There’s a place for distillate like what Raw Garden does - where they distill live resin, but the vegetable terp carts are definitely out!

CRC / ultra filtration replaced distillate in many ways also, I guess that’s probably what the above article is talking about, if you CRC’d the hell out of any plant you can get cheap neutral flavored diamonds and then claim to use diamonds and not distillate; though for essentially a pure THC additive I don’t think it really makes much of a difference, by the time a diamond is decarbed it’s essentially identical.

 

[Carrera3.0]

MoFo's, thought it sounded a little "to good to be true" that a mass market company like Pax would offer "live-rosin" to the masses, the carts would need to compete at a much higher price point to make a profit.

I'll stick with the high quality flower and full-melt live rosin, thank you very much!

 

[FlyingLow]

I don't understand people/companies that will take perfectly good rosin and fuck it up with additives to use in a cart... fuck carts!

 

[florduh]

You can absolutely have a live rosin cart with nothing in it but live rosin, vaped out of a cart with materials as safe as something like a PuffCo Peak.