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Something that was left out

trkingmomoe — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 22:26:50 +0000

In reply to I suppose in about 20 years

Something that was left out was the support that DuPont and Hirsch had for out lawing the growing of hemp. Hirsch had bought pine stands for his newspaper production and DuPont wanted to sell his nylon rope. It was all out lawed at the same time. They wanted to put hemp production out business.

I suppose in about 20 years

Beetlejuice — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 18:07:55 +0000

In reply to It makes me wonder about how

I suppose in about 20 years someone will do a documentary on MJ and identify who was responsible for outlawing it and how they were able to manipulate the legal beagles

Watching the video which answers what I just wrote

Here is the story behind

trkingmomoe — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:57:56 +0000

In reply to Florida's Amendment 2 Medical Marijauna

Here is the story behind Charlotte Web Mj.

It makes me wonder about how

trkingmomoe — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 01:39:07 +0000

In reply to What I find odd is neither

It makes me wonder about how much information spread around by politics was actually over blown about drug abuse. The reality is that there are medical uses for the drug that out weigh the prohibition of it's sale and use. Society is demanding the changes in the law.

What I find odd is neither

Beetlejuice — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 01:06:11 +0000

In reply to If you take a look at the

What I find odd is neither the casual recreational user nor the hard-nose anti-drug thugs are even interested. That should be a signal to the Feds there's been a social society change they need to amend the law to accommodate.

They expect to sell 130

trkingmomoe — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 23:21:18 +0000

In reply to mmmm...TONS

They expect to sell 130 metric tons, enough to roll 300 million joints this year. They are still making a nice chunk of revenue on this for the state.

mmmm...TONS

jollyroger — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 22:44:31 +0000

In reply to If you take a look at the

mmmm...TONS

If you take a look at the

trkingmomoe — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 21:59:54 +0000

In reply to I would "assume" the medical

If you take a look at the report by Colorado Marijuana Market Report, there is a couple of interesting things that I missed the first time skimming through it. The sales tax in Denver for medical Mj was 7.62% and 21.12% for retail Mj consumers. Not all jurisdictions in Colorado sold retail Mj but only sold medical Mj.

To get medical Mj you have to apply for a $15 red card to purchase it that way. So it is cheaper for the medical consumer who would not be in a hurry to move into the retail market for it. They would continue with their doctor appointments to keep their card. The report says it did not survey eatables and oils. That will be in their report in December. This is where the use of children and seriously ill consumption would show. Most of it is sold for chronic pain and spasms.

It is important to note that individuals can raise up to 6 plants a year for personal use. Colorado is very rural and they estimate that 5 metric tons of it is being consumed from that source. Most of the out of state retail Mj is sold in Denver and mountain resorts.

With reports like this coming out of Colorado, there is really no good basis to keep up the prohibition of Mj. It would be cheaper to regulate it then criminalize it.

I would "assume" the medical

Beetlejuice — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 18:02:25 +0000

In reply to Florida's Amendment 2 Medical Marijauna

I would "assume" the medical usage wouldn't be enough to sustain a vibrate number of suppliers all competing with one another for the consumer dollar, so I suspect recreational usage would be an important and necessary secondary sale. So if recreational usage isn't anything near what was anticipated, medical mj may just be that, but with a limited number of suppliers and at a substantial cost.

Then again, if the demand is too soft and there are few suppliers, the next step would be to allow home grown pot as long as it is for personal/medical use.

I can't help but laugh at the irony of it all !!!!

Pot is finally legal and no one is going up in smoke about it !

This has been an issue for a

trkingmomoe — Fri, 25 Jul 2014 14:06:40 +0000

In reply to Thanks for this, momoe, it's

This has been an issue for a while here in Florida. The war on drugs failed and cause more damage then it was fixing. Out side of Florida, this amendment is being spun as way to drive voters to the poles to help Democrats win. It is really an health issue for the chronically ill in this state. Many people don't know the science behind all the products that this plant produces.

A few years ago the St. Pete Times and the Tampa Tribune merged together as a non profit trust. A similar formula that the English paper The Guardian has. It is now the Tampa Bay Times. This has lead to one of the leading papers in the country. It is now the largest paper in the state and has been doing some real reporting. Tampa Bay is like a dog with a bone when it comes to the state capital. I see references to it all the time on line. This has rubbed off on the small paper in my town. It has two issues, one for Sarasota and one for Bradenton. The reporter has traveled out west and other states that have legalized medical marijuana to find out what their mistakes have been and what has really worked well in their programs. His reports then got noticed outside of the state and this week they gathered some of it on a web site with articles from other papers. Maybe this will lead to a formula that will bring in revenue for this paper.

Show this paper some love and click through the four pages of articles on this subject. We need to support better news media.