The AMT Marijuana Thread

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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    There was an armed robbery at one of the 3 new private pot shops in Vancouver on the weekend. One customer was shot! (he'll be okay). Obviously these places really need to invest in security measures... pisses me off though - we don't want these places to be like those jewelry pawn shops with the cages inside the doors.
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    edited January 2019
    PJ_Soul said:
    There was an armed robbery at one of the 3 new private pot shops in Vancouver on the weekend. One customer was shot! (he'll be okay). Obviously these places really need to invest in security measures... pisses me off though - we don't want these places to be like those jewelry pawn shops with the cages inside the doors.
    The thieves figure it's easy money and easy targets.  I assume most of these places have floor safes and keep limited cash on hand.  I am happy to report not 1 pot shop in Ontario has been robbed...oh wait, we don't have any physical pot shops.  What a clusterfuck in Ontario.  Of all the license's issued for this region, none will be opening here in the initial openings, but Niagra Fucking Falls is getting 4.  All kinds of solutions have been offered, from allowing the LCBO and The Beer Store to sell Cannabis to allowing the producers to open stores on their premises.  Ontario will always be backwards this way.

    By the way, before legalization, there was a real nice dispensary down the road from me...reasonable prices.  They are proof that the government shouldn't be involved.  If they can open a store and keep it stocked, why can't the government stores do the same?
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    'Greed' fueled Insys founder's opioid bribe scheme: prosecutor

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-insys-opioids-idUSKCN1PM11F?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c4f4b6404d301544e6027ea&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1u0gCHa-vE7EBvupIA8IyqHesGu1-f7leqgJ9hzP4CKeQPR6GNK7uUsVo

    Aren't opiods great.  I bet they spent decades in a lab before lazy government apporoves a drug that is killing thousands weekly.  You know what has been barely tested in a lab for decades, Cannabis...and people are not dropping dead from it, and there are 1000's of people who know the benefit to this weed.  Yet the US federal government keeps it illegal, because scum like this has likely lobbied a bunch of puke politicians to keep cannabis banned.
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    'Greed' fueled Insys founder's opioid bribe scheme: prosecutor

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-insys-opioids-idUSKCN1PM11F?utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&utm_content=5c4f4b6404d301544e6027ea&utm_medium=trueAnthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwAR1u0gCHa-vE7EBvupIA8IyqHesGu1-f7leqgJ9hzP4CKeQPR6GNK7uUsVo

    Aren't opiods great.  I bet they spent decades in a lab before lazy government apporoves a drug that is killing thousands weekly.  You know what has been barely tested in a lab for decades, Cannabis...and people are not dropping dead from it, and there are 1000's of people who know the benefit to this weed.  Yet the US federal government keeps it illegal, because scum like this has likely lobbied a bunch of puke politicians to keep cannabis banned.
    And the doctors involved need to be investigated as well...
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    Legalizing medical marijuana gets strong 'no' from SC Attny General, infuriating advocates

    https://wlos.com/news/local/legalizing-medical-marijuana-gets-strong-no-from-sc-attny-general-infuriating-advocates?fbclid=IwAR0Q2Al54LLHMFkT5EjiMUt4_e-erv9ruLvSwFPkXyT6YotWXxHf6REg4ZU

    “It is the most dangerous drug because it is the most misunderstood drug,” Wilson said.

    “Attorney General Alan Wilson stood up at that press conference and said things like ‘doped and stoned’ don’t apply to medicine. Well, he’s obviously never seen people that are doped up on opioids because that’s exactly what they are.”

    Another fucking idiot politician...American politicians are some corrupt ass backward politicians on the planet...

    Here a tip for that asshole lawyer, it's OUR BODY.


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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    The business of legal pot is a clanking, wheezing, government-created Rube Goldberg machine: Neil Macdonald
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/cannabis-shortages-1.4997903?fbclid=IwAR3mDMKLxQVk3LAEUIjv3VXXCIehAbaDY0I9KHluOFBn1-ZZivnzlCjo30c

    I know a pot dealer in Montreal. He's been dealing weed and hash for decades. He's an efficient capitalist; he guarantees customer satisfaction. Quality product and fast, free delivery. He's never been busted, either, to my knowledge, which I guess makes him a pretty smart dealer.

    In any case, you'd think with legalization, and all the new competition he's facing, he'd be a worried fellow. Well, he's not.

    "Are you nuts?" he laughs. "It's the government."




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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    I doubt he'll be in the same spot 3 years from now.
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    In Ontario, if you are not a medicinal user, the only place for legal weed is online...so I kept my medicinal licence, and when I saw how fucked up Ontario is currently I renewed 6 months early...my dr is 75 and has no problem with cannabis.  So not all old people are dinosaurs...lol

    He does not like opioids and has a very strict opioid policy.  You violate his policy, no questions asked he will fire his patients.

    It is true what Neil said in the article.  I googled weed and my area, a whole page pop up of dealers guaranteeing 2-hour free delivery.  That was a month ago.  
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  • CM189191CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    California proposes slashing pot taxes to help regulated industry compete with black market
    https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/28/calif-bill-introduced-to-slash-pot-taxes-as-legal-industry-struggles.html

    If they want to compete with Black Market they should allow Grub Hub delivery.
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Some of the dispensaries here have done away with taxes (ie, eat them) altogether, and a couple are absorbing the 15% tax.  I limit myself to those places for delivery, plus they're reputable and reliable.

    One could buy a shitload of cannabis with the amount spent on taxes.

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  • brianluxbrianlux Posts: 42,033
    What a funny country.  A little less than half of Americans (those who voted anyway) wanted Trump for president and he became president.  At the same time, two out of three Americans are in favor of legalized pot and yet pot still remains illegal at the federal level. 

    We are a very funny country indeed! 
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    brianlux said:
    What a funny country.  A little less than half of Americans (those who voted anyway) wanted Trump for president and he became president.  At the same time, two out of three Americans are in favor of legalized pot and yet pot still remains illegal at the federal level. 

    We are a very funny country indeed! 
    If Obama didn't legalize it, it still may be many years away at the Federal level.  Your best bet is at the State level, IMO.  It also shows how entrenched the pharmaceutical lobby has become about making sure medical research to confirm what many people are saying, they are getting health benefits.  I have very little use for the pharmaceutical industry.  The pharmaceutical industry should not be allowed to advertise.
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    brianlux said:
    What a funny country.  A little less than half of Americans (those who voted anyway) wanted Trump for president and he became president.  At the same time, two out of three Americans are in favor of legalized pot and yet pot still remains illegal at the federal level. 

    We are a very funny country indeed! 
    If Obama didn't legalize it, it still may be many years away at the Federal level.  Your best bet is at the State level, IMO.  It also shows how entrenched the pharmaceutical lobby has become about making sure medical research to confirm what many people are saying, they are getting health benefits.  I have very little use for the pharmaceutical industry.  The pharmaceutical industry should not be allowed to advertise.
    100% agree 
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    I had a doctor tell me one time he would getting anywhere 6-10 patients a week who would come in because they saw some pharmaceutical advertised for symptoms they may or may not have.  99% of the time it was an unnecessary visit.  I suggested to him that maybe the Ontario government sue the pharmaceutical industry since we have a public disease management system and this seemed like the pharmaceutical industry was complicit.  His response was priceless, he said: "they have lobbied the government well enough that the government would shield them from lawsuits".  It's bullshit.  
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  • How many of you guys smoke every day? And how long have you been doing so?
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    How many of you guys smoke every day? And how long have you been doing so?
    I had my first joint when I was 16/17, and smoked on and off, mostly on for 30+ years, started smoking every day about 6 years ago.  I smoke pretty much every day.  
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    Don’t smoke everyday I used to yrs ago , these days I enjoy edibles I prefer the slow gradual high instead of the instant high from smoking..
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  • Meltdown99Meltdown99 Posts: 10,739
    Don’t smoke everyday I used to yrs ago , these days I enjoy edibles I prefer the slow gradual high instead of the instant high from smoking..
    I have never had good edibles or I never take enough because I am cautious of the dosing.  I envy people who say they get the high from edibles.  Do you make your own?
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Erry day since 2005, but not Snoop style.
    I always get a buzz, but I rarely get stoned.
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    I'm a heavy user - smoke/vape along with tinctures multiple times daily.  Edibles definitely get me high, but generally not in a productive sense.  Great for relaxation though.
  • oftenreadingoftenreading Posts: 12,845
    Don’t smoke everyday I used to yrs ago , these days I enjoy edibles I prefer the slow gradual high instead of the instant high from smoking..
    And the ones in the pics you’ve posted look delicious, too ;)
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    Don’t smoke everyday I used to yrs ago , these days I enjoy edibles I prefer the slow gradual high instead of the instant high from smoking..
    I have never had good edibles or I never take enough because I am cautious of the dosing.  I envy people who say they get the high from edibles.  Do you make your own?
    Yes , ever since I started growing my own this fall was my 4th doing it getting good results too ..
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    Don’t smoke everyday I used to yrs ago , these days I enjoy edibles I prefer the slow gradual high instead of the instant high from smoking..
    And the ones in the pics you’ve posted look delicious, too ;)
    Thanks the chocolates are so good 😊 I made butter last night ready for baking today SBS goodness 😉
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,538
    Butter for edibles..
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    edited February 2019
    How many of you guys smoke every day? And how long have you been doing so?
    I probably smoke every day or almost every day, but it is only a TINY amount each day. Like literally a pinch or two of it - perhaps 6 or 7 small puffs for the day, always at night time. I probably smoke about 1 gram/month or so? Maybe 1.5 grams at most? I guess I've been doing this for about 5 years or so. Before that, I didn't have such easy access (about 5 years ago is when I got my medical card). So before then I often didn't have any because I didn't want to find dealers - it was more of an on and off thing (I had no medical need for it back then either). The last time before that when I had easy access and smoked a LOT was in university, when every other friend and half my roommates sold weed, lol. Seriously, in the 90s, I would say that a good 20% of the population under 25 was selling. :lol:
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  • rgambsrgambs Posts: 13,576
    Do Nevada or California have public recreational dispensaries?
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  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,951
    edited February 2019
    rgambs said:
    Do Nevada or California have public recreational dispensaries?
    You mean government run stores? I don't think so. Just private stores...
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    rgambs said:
    Do Nevada or California have public recreational dispensaries?
    We have dozens of them in my neck of the woods, but I believe some areas of California have nowhere near that, if at all.
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