Subj : Re: more cannabis stores than needed
To   : Nick Andre
From : George Pope
Date : Wed Mar 01 2023 07:19:46

> On 31 Jan 23  07:13:58, George Pope said the following to August Abolins:
>> I think the self-declared leadership elite want us slow & dope-y for the ne
>> set of incursions against our Constitutional rights & dope has made most
>> people unable and/or unwilling to even understand what these are & how they
>> being  assaulted. . .
>Those cannabis stores are everywhere, near schools, parks etc, and are just so
> incredibly sleazy, dirty in apperance and operation. Worse than a porn shop.
> I wish pot was illegal again or at least such that its okay to smoke at home
> but to have none of those stupid stores all over the place.
> Thankfully most of them that have opened in my neighborhood in Toronto have
>gone bankrupt and "for rent" signs on the storefronts. The more of them out of
> business, the better.

Yipes! I haven't been to see what they've done with our stores here in Metro  Vancouver, but I suspect it's similar -- just like those who were promoting the perfectly good(great, even) idea of hemp as an alternative crop for food, fuel, paper, clothing, etc.  The proponents of such were invariable filthy uber- stoned hippie types. . . I suspect the corporate hierarchy encourages this type of proponents for the alternative fuel/etc & the stores, so as to keep the  public not overly enamoured with such unbeatable competition to their  traditionally well-controlled(monopolized) resources.

I don't care either way -- I no longer have skin in this game -- I went through childish period from ages 10-22, of staying high as much as I could but  thankfully I outgrew it finally.

I tried to help get marijuana, personal use, decriminalized, on the basis that  free choice should remain free, for adults, & that marijuana is really no  different, as a choice, than beer & wine for relaxation/enjoyment, &  cannabis(hemp) has umpteen possibilities as a renewable natural resource.

I hoped legalization would shut down & shut up the oddball/freak fringes. . .  We have strong laws about privately selling alcohol or cannabis within so many  metres(yards) of schools, playgrounds, and community centres, as well as  competing businesses of the same type (avoiding a build-up of an area specific  to that supply.  I've not heard anything about it not working adequately --  there were one or two reports of those who had to be informed & moved when it  was newly legal, but I expected such and am happy corrections were made. . 

I'm not a big fan of weed smoke leaking into my townhouse, but no more or less  than of cigarette smoke doing so. . . Actually, I find the latter more  offensive, as it's more deadly & has fewer benefits for all. . .

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