Repeal the law, my regular dispensary now has a massive queue of normies
― brimstead, Sunday, 7 January 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
(Cali)
otm
― the late great, Sunday, 7 January 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
This is seriously absurd. What are the ppl who actually need medicine supposed to do? Shit their pants?
― brimstead, Sunday, 7 January 2018 21:49 (six years ago) link
Do you not just order online in California?
― fields of salmon, Monday, 8 January 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link
A few weeks ago I mentioned the looming fear I've been feeling regarding Canada's legalization project. To be precise, I've had the hunch that we may end up in a society that's actually less free and more punitive than ever before. Case in point, the Quebec Landlords Association:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-landlords-clauses-marijuana-leases-2018-1.4476344
That's right, a whole new set of prohibitions, fines, injunctions, not to mention stronger enforcement of other laws as some sort of strange tit-for-tat on the part of the police.
In Montreal, you are 10 to 20 feet from someone who's smoking a joint at practically all times of day or night. In the dead of winter, at a bus stop across from a police station, emanating from the window of a seniors' retirement home, you name it. EVERYONE smokes cannabis in Quebec, EVERYONE.
It appals me that legalization threatens a status quo that's extremely tolerant. Or, perhaps, this is simply the opportunity that anti-drug conservative types have been waiting for. Legalize it, make buying it legally a typically Canadian over-regulated nightmare, then kick away the ladders on all the real freedom.
― fields of salmon, Saturday, January 6, 2018 8:44 PM (two days ago)
this is interesting. can landlords ban cigarette smoking in apartments? they can in the US, iirc. if so, how would banning marijuana smoking be any different?
― k3vin k., Monday, 8 January 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
i saw an infomercial on the morning of jan 1st in california where you could just pick up the phone and get some cbd (infused?) pills (i think they were pills) being marketed as some type of cure-all miracle drug
― infinity (∞), Monday, 8 January 2018 18:38 (six years ago) link
Oh man, my newage hippie sister-in-law is trying to set up a business selling CBD oil here in Maryland. She was openly doing this on FB the other day and telling people that it was legal because it didn't contain THC or something? It looks like the post has been taken down, so it must not have been without controversy.
― how's life, Monday, 8 January 2018 20:37 (six years ago) link
Yeah there's a massive YouTube rabbit hole of vloggers pushing affiliate marketing. Seems pyramidy
― fields of salmon, Monday, 8 January 2018 20:53 (six years ago) link
CBD oil is legal in a lot of states, as long as it contains less than 0.3% THC iirc
some is "full spectrum," and contains everything from the hemp, some is "pure" and only contains CBD
― gbx, Monday, 8 January 2018 20:57 (six years ago) link
the 0.3% cutoff is what distinguishes "hemp" from "marijuana," even tho they're the same plant (a fact I only recently learned)
― gbx, Monday, 8 January 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
I would think that the production of CBD oil would require licensing, testing and inspection at the state level.
― A is for (Aimless), Monday, 8 January 2018 21:02 (six years ago) link
xp
p sure hemp is from the male plant though
while it's the female plant that marijuana comes from
― infinity (∞), Monday, 8 January 2018 21:03 (six years ago) link
same species, though, innit -- i spent years thinking that hemp was ~related~ but not actually the same plant as marijuana
― gbx, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:44 (six years ago) link
xxp - the male/female thing is a myth, the difference in varieties is pretty much entirely the THC content
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 03:54 (six years ago) link
so there is definitely some sex differences, right? i understand sex is complex in cannabis but my friend, who grows his own stuff, i guess simplified it when he told me males produce really low levels of thc, so in order not to waste them, hemp is made out of them and also put into stuff like beer
while female buds provide the highest levels of thc and so are not used primarily for hemp, because they're harvested for their various high levels of thc. levels of thc diminish in other parts of the female plants
― infinity (∞), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 04:43 (six years ago) link
Only females can have the THC levels to get high (in the flowering buds) but industrial hemp grows have both male and female plants (that produce less than .3% in the US).
Per this - https://www.marijuanatimes.org/are-male-or-female-seeds-better-for-industrial-hemp-growing/ - even industrial grows prefer female plants sometimes?
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 05:41 (six years ago) link
trump-nominated us attorney in massachusetts is being all cryptic:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/01/08/will-feds-crack-down-marijuana-not-campaign-wants-answers-from-attorney/ESFSOneZK2FKF2WtBWyQkL/story.html
― maura, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:37 (six years ago) link
everything i've seen regarding MA implementation has been an embarrassment
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 14:40 (six years ago) link
yeah, my neighborhood had a local dispensary owner blocked because of kickbacks. so annoying
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/08/24/councilors-back-eastie-marijuana-dispensary-reject-allston-proposal/3EVH94fHQO78nkNXii2DDI/story.html
― maura, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:02 (six years ago) link
yea medical rollout has been a nightmare in boston. that was passed in 2012 iirc and dispensaries finally opened, what, last year?
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:24 (six years ago) link
nightmare in boston MA i meant
― marcos, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 15:25 (six years ago) link
a deviation from the topic here, but has anyone else noticed the increase in dispensaries securing their doors (like using a buzzer system). in the last week there was one guy who stole $120 by hitting decline on the debit machine and bolting and an armed gunman wearing a mask trying to get beyond the buzzer locked door.
― kolakube (Ross), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:43 (six years ago) link
(in vancouver)
― kolakube (Ross), Tuesday, 9 January 2018 19:51 (six years ago) link
I just buy online, and am rarely disappointed.
― fields of salmon, Tuesday, 9 January 2018 21:45 (six years ago) link
There's been a string of dispensary robberies in Southern California throughout the year.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 10 January 2018 09:05 (six years ago) link
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-23/murphy-orders-broader-access-to-new-jersey-s-medical-pot-program
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:34 (six years ago) link
This would not have been necessary if Christy had not done everything he could in order to decimate the original bill. Good riddance to the tube of shit !
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 18:44 (six years ago) link
I got certified for the NY MM program today after a rather desultory consult with a midtown Gastroenterologist!
Have now registered for a card on ny state website which will be mailed to me, hopefully damn soon. At which point I can do to the dispensary in union square.
One iffy point: he specified high-THC low-CBD and I was very much expecting the other way around?
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:49 (six years ago) link
yeah that's wrong
― gbx, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 20:59 (six years ago) link
for most dx's, i dunno about any GI-specific indications for THC
― gbx, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:00 (six years ago) link
NY MM is a fucking joke as well
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:10 (six years ago) link
you'd be better off with one if the delivery guys in NYC. My nephew has a guy come by with the whole assortment of labeled meds from CA
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:12 (six years ago) link
yeah... in PA i can qualify for MM and i might do it for the novelty (and i guess to have the RX on hand in case i ever get stopped? unlikely) but it seems like it'll still be cheaper and easier to use other means of procurement
― Mordy, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:15 (six years ago) link
maybe once I have it I can supplement with some drops of CBD oil at the same time? Bad idea?
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:22 (six years ago) link
it would not hurt imo
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:24 (six years ago) link
All my paperwork is done and now I just wait 4 to 6 weeks while DC takes its sweet sweet time.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
While meanwhile I can get vicodin and valium on demand
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 21:51 (six years ago) link
High THC/low CBD just means it's basically the same mix as anything you've ever used recreationally. If that has worked for your GE issues (Crohn's?) then you don't need to supplement CBD.
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
I've... never really smoked.
― Winter. Dickens. Yes. (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 22:19 (six years ago) link
why not
― Mordy, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 22:24 (six years ago) link
it's v easy anyone can do it but u might cough the first few times
― Mordy, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 22:25 (six years ago) link
I never got the fuss, tbh.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 23 January 2018 22:27 (six years ago) link
ah, in case of not being experienced, some CBD drops in advance (they have to be digested, and you need to take a fairly hefty amount - like 20-30mg+ of CBD at once) to dull possible anxiety from the THC is probably advisable.
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 22:34 (six years ago) link
or just remember that the Sun is going to burn out and none of this shit matters
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 23 January 2018 23:15 (six years ago) link
I'm sure that will help Jon's crippling internal pain
― Haribo Hancock (sic), Wednesday, 24 January 2018 00:21 (six years ago) link
p cool
SF will wipe thousands of marijuana convictions off the books - http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/SF-will-wipe-thousands-of-marijuana-convictions-12540550.php
― marcos, Wednesday, 31 January 2018 20:51 (six years ago) link
brimstead otm x100, just waited 20 mins behind a bunch of basics asking stupid stupid questions so that I could pay $70 for an eighth and a joint (in fancy bourgeoise packaging) which was then slapped with a 20% tax by the city (and i had to pay $3 for a childproof security bag)
I regret voting for legalization
― the late great, Friday, 2 February 2018 03:52 (six years ago) link
I mean not really because fuck the drug war and the prison industry but this is wack
when i was in Oregon prices were low and quality was high - maybe it will just take awhile for the market to adjust
― the late great, Friday, 2 February 2018 03:54 (six years ago) link
Tempting to say just decriminalize it and wipe convictions instead of the regulatory processes but let's be honest about what unregulated capital would do with weed products. There'd be a higher percentage of DDT than THC.
― louise ck (milo z), Friday, 2 February 2018 04:11 (six years ago) link