Marijuana Legalization

Then let me give you some.

"Ain't No More Cane on the Brazos" is a well-known prison worksong. (There's no more cane because generations of prisoners have cut it all. ) Among the artists who have recorded it are Lightnin' Hopkins (my favourite), Leadbelly (Huddie Ledbetter) and Bob Dylan and the Band. Their lyrics, which are often attributed to Leadbelly, are here:

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
It's all been ground down to molasses

You shoulda been on the river in 1910
They were driving the women just like they drove the men.

Go down Old Hannah, don'cha rise no more
Don't you rise up til Judgement Day's for sure

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
It's all been ground down to molasses

Captain don't you do me like you done poor old Shine
Well ya drove that bully til he went stone blind

Wake up on a lifetime, hold up your own head
Well you may get a pardon and then you might drop dead

Ain't no more cane on the Brazos
It's all been ground down to molasses.

Whole story here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain't_No_More_Cane

 

In Massachusetts, cannabis has been leagalized for recreational use and the state began accepting applications for retail licesure just a few days ago with July 1st being the earliest possible start of business. Some towns have passed ordinances prohibiting sales, some are still in debate and some have given the green light. No one really knows what to expect.

 

I have to admit that I'm unclear about the extreme caution they're showing. The cynic in me thinks that they're just taking some extra time in order to insure that the shmillions of dollars of revenue will wind up in the right pockets.

 

I feel like I should have seen this coming . . . The Holistic Cannabis Academy

http://theleafonline.com/c/science/2018/04/cannabis-education-transformation/

 

When you find yourself in a holistic, can you dig it?

 

Vermont update

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/the-rolling-stone-guide-to-legal-pot-vermont-w519680

 

Every state has their problems . . .

http://www.newson6.com/story/38313789/glut-of-marijuana-in-oregon-is-cautionary-tale-experts-say?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

 

Suck it up, buds.

You know, exporting it to China would help with the trade deficit.

 

https://merryjane.com/culture/china-marijuana-hash-drug-dealing

 

Who are the only people that haven't evacuated Kilauea?

https://widerimage.reuters.com/story/cut-off-by-lava-pot-growers-refuse-to-let-go-dream?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

 

I think weed is a better alternative than opiates. Especially in the case of cancer patients.

 

O Canada

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44543286?ns_source=twitter&ns_linkname=news_central&ns_mchannel=social&ns_campaign=bbc_breaking

 

(CANADIAN STATS)

Deaths per year from smoking tobacco - 37,000
Deaths per year from excessive use of Alcohol* ~5,000
Deaths per year involving marijuana* - around zero.

* - excluding traffic fatalities involving impaired drivers, about 1,300 per year, marijuana and alcohol combined

I'm OK with legalization. Unfortunately, some people drive drunk or high. They're the ones who should be punished severely. I knew a guy (dead now) who was convicted of impaired driving 4-5 times (alcohol). The worst punishment he ever got was license suspension (a year, I think) and once he also got 30 days, served on weekends. If nobody gets killed -- the impaired driver gets off far too easy.

I'm told that here, tax revenue from alcohol does not exceed the net social cost associated with alcohol. Plus, in Canada, alcohol causes more hospital visits than heart attacks (80,000 vs 77,000 yearly). Yet we continue to sell it. I can't see marijuana presenting anything like the overall danger of alcohol. My only real worry (besides high drivers) is that the Provincial Government will screw up the legal sale of marijuana so badly that it will cost us all, in lost revenue, if purchasers find they have to revert to illegal private dealers, for a fair shake.

 

In my neighborhood recreational cannabis has been legal for a few months but it's not yet available in a retail market. That's supposed to happen sometime soon. They keep shifting the dates around. In any case, the word is that the kids will continue to buy from illegal dealers because they're not old enough to buy in stores. There are licensing issues affecting the retail stores and it's not clear if some towns are going to pass ordinances against retail sales. The question is,will towns with stores see a lot of people coming into town to buy weed and then shopping at other store, restaurants, etc. while they're at it. Some towns are hoping it will spark the retail economy and other towns are concerned about "attracting a bad element."

 

No doubt they will. Here, there's going to be a humongous penalty for supplying marijuana to the under-age. Maximum will be 14 years in jail! Supplying alcohol - still a maximum 6 months and/or $10,000 fine. I can't understand the difference - or how the Draconian pot-penalty will scare any seasoned dealer, who knows how not to get caught. I think we have a case of "Government-by-the-Least-Intelligent."

 

Have children make the deliveries.

 

“Cotton picking mind”, never heard that one before. https://www.mediaite.com/tv/joel-payne-reacts-to-bossies-cotton-picking-remark-on-msnbc-par-for-the-course-in-trumpworld/
Unfortunately keeping people in that mindset for political gains are mostly institutions like CNN and the Democratic Party. I am not picking any cotton. However i am not sure if i am call cotton picking mind, how i would react. Nevertheless , when blacks try to get away from the slavish mentality others blacks are the first to put them down, like calling them sellout, playing white, or uncle tom etc.