Subj : more cannabis stores than needed
To   : August Abolins
From : George Pope
Date : Sun Apr 30 2023 15:07:58

>> medically & legally necessary. (I guess we  cab safely  to
>> ignore the fact that the government is making fistsful of
>> money  from the sale of booze & weed?)
> If the gov't could tax the air we breath, they would.

Except it's awfully hard to control the supply -- as with US booze at one time. until it became socially unacceptable to make & sell your own, then they  legalized it with massive taxes. Canada happily levied a "sin tax" on our own  liquor supplies, too. (& outdid our American friends, in that it's almost  cheaper to buy a 24-case of US beer in USA than a 6-pack of Canadian in Canada!

Marijuana was likewise banned, but with greed aforethought, as they knew it  worked for alcohol. . . oplus Big Pharma kept the pressure on them to prevent  "unfair" competition, as weed did more good with fewer side effects than so  many of their potions & pills!

Also, certain industries, like those with millions of acres of pulpwood  forests, weren't happy with how easily cannabis could supplant them 

Old Man Hearst was thusly motivated to get US Congress to make cannabis, all  varietals, the most illegal plant/drug, as he dd own millions of acres of  pulpwood forests that made a tidy profit providing paper for his publications & to his competitors, too. . 

I think we could certainly use cannabis varietals towards greater health,  towards cheaper clothing, & as an abundant food source; I'm liking how they've  found a way to make decomposable plastics from hemp oil. . .

Canada needs to be leading the way in all these, big-time!

If I had funds to invest & grow farms & factories, I would go All-In!

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