call 911!!

[mr.j]

Yes that sounds like an emergency, Pot! This is what NYC is worried about while all this is going on, I'm not a pot advocate never even seen that stuff but this is getting ridiculous already. When America was in the middle of being attacked by terrorist pot was the issue. It seems when government or states lose control of things it all gets blamed on pot and potheads or that just becomes an easy target for them to show how powerful they are since their ego gets crushed by the real issues.

https://observer.com/2020/07/nyc-call-911-on-marijuana-as-covid-19-ravaged-emergency-response/

[Mark in Ottawa]

An interesting thing about pot in Canada is that it was legalized for personal use about a year ago and the effect on society has been nil. The effect on investors however has been a roller coaster ride. People who invested in legal pot growing corporations a year or two before it became legal, made a fortune. In fact, a lady that my wife knows, apparently made a profit of close to $1 million. Everybody expected a huge boom in demand. Turns out that the trick was to sell your shares the week before legalization because the demand never materialized and the stock price dropped like a stone. Predictions that people would be driving stoned or wandering the streets stoned also have been wrong and although there were lineups at the licenced stores whent they first opened, they are apparently going broke. I understand however that a lot of users are still getting their product from their prior illegal sources and the government is trying to stamp that out. There was a major bust a couple of days ago when the police arrested 4 people and seized 5,000 plants. As you all know, governments hate competition.

[mr.j]

An interesting thing about pot in Canada is that it was legalized for personal use about a year ago and the effect on society has been nil. The effect on investors however has been a roller coaster ride. People who invested in legal pot growing corporations a year or two before it became legal, made a fortune. In fact, a lady that my wife knows, apparently made a profit of close to $1 million. Everybody expected a huge boom in demand. Turns out that the trick was to sell your shares the week before legalization because the demand never materialized and the stock price dropped like a stone. Predictions that people would be driving stoned or wandering the streets stoned also have been wrong and although there were lineups at the licenced stores whent they first opened, they are apparently going broke. I understand however that a lot of users are still getting their product from their prior illegal sources and the government is trying to stamp that out. There was a major bust a couple of days ago when the police arrested 4 people and seized 5,000 plants. As you all know, governments hate competition.

There is always gonna be an issue with governments controlling pot, It is a weed that grows wild and dont need any special processing like alcohol or tobacco to make.
keeping it illegal is a waste of time but it is a good tool for government to use in order to break down your door or go into your pockets because you might have some pot. Not really about competition.

[togor]

An interesting thing about pot in Canada is that it was legalized for personal use about a year ago and the effect on society has been nil. The effect on investors however has been a roller coaster ride. People who invested in legal pot growing corporations a year or two before it became legal, made a fortune. In fact, a lady that my wife knows, apparently made a profit of close to $1 million. Everybody expected a huge boom in demand. Turns out that the trick was to sell your shares the week before legalization because the demand never materialized and the stock price dropped like a stone. Predictions that people would be driving stoned or wandering the streets stoned also have been wrong and although there were lineups at the licenced stores whent they first opened, they are apparently going broke. I understand however that a lot of users are still getting their product from their prior illegal sources and the government is trying to stamp that out. There was a major bust a couple of days ago when the police arrested 4 people and seized 5,000 plants. As you all know, governments hate competition.

Thanks for that summary. Hoping that is the case in the US as well, that weed has limited appeal. Knock-on-wood I think I've made the case to my kids that pot isn't worth their time, that it's called being "wasted" for a reason. (My youngest did dabble briefly in vaping during an impressionable time in life, but the story I am told is that when their body started telling them at odd times that it wanted a puff, then that was that and the vaping kit went in the dumpster.)

[mr.j]

Thanks for that summary. Hoping that is the case in the US as well, that weed has limited appeal. Knock-on-wood I think I've made the case to my kids that pot isn't worth their time, that it's called being "wasted" for a reason. (My youngest did dabble briefly in vaping during an impressionable time in life, but the story I am told is that when their body started telling them at odd times that it wanted a puff, then that was that and the vaping kit went in the dumpster.)

They might be hiding their vapes in their rear-end, seems to be where potheads keep their stuff according to the police.

[Tuna]

Limited appeal? I don't think so. Look at Colorado. All the surrounding states are having big problems with all the pot heads going into Colorado, buying their pot and then returning home stoned before they cross the border. Then the law enforcement in those states are have a huge up swing in major traffic accidents. Then if and when these pot heads make it home deep in their own states, the domestic fights start and sometimes home invasions due to the amount brought back by these pot heads. Pot has always seen a number of users continue on to try and then get hooked on other drugs. The pot high just wasn't enough anymore for them. Many of these never get help and wind up OD and death. Now add Fentanyl to the mix and its getting out of hand. So I would ask, just where and when does this end? How many dead before then?

[Vern Humphrey]

Limited appeal? I don't think so. Look at Colorado. All the surrounding states are having big problems with all the pot heads going into Colorado, buying their pot and then returning home stoned before they cross the border. Then the law enforcement in those states are have a huge up swing in major traffic accidents. Then if and when these pot heads make it home deep in their own states, the domestic fights start and sometimes home invasions due to the amount brought back by these pot heads. Pot has always seen a number of users continue on to try and then get hooked on other drugs. The pot high just wasn't enough anymore for them. Many of these never get help and wind up OD and death. Now add Fentanyl to the mix and its getting out of hand. So I would ask, just where and when does this end? How many dead before then?

Maybe that's the way to deal with it -- let them kill themselves.

[mr.j]

Maybe that's the way to deal with it -- let them kill themselves.

Just like alcohol and tobacco, Except for pot you get to have a male homosexual police officer look up your rectum while being recorded and you get to kill yourself also. Politicians (practically male) love that young tight male pothead booty. Kamala Harris got her share of booty to look up over 1500 pot prosecutions and Biden wants in on that young booty. Rudy must be so upset.