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How One of the Reddest States Became the Nation’s Hottest Weed Market
Politico ^ | 11/27/2020 | PAUL DEMKO

Posted on 12/23/2020 8:16:42 AM PST by NobleFree

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1 posted on 12/23/2020 8:16:42 AM PST by NobleFree
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To: NobleFree

Of course, how else could you dumb down a populace. You should see the billboards around Michigan State University in Lansing.


2 posted on 12/23/2020 8:18:33 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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You should see the billboards around Michigan State University in Lansing.

This article is about Oklahoma - which the President won by 65%. Are you saying deep-red OK wants to dumb down its populace?

3 posted on 12/23/2020 8:21:52 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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Well it is what is going to happen. The stoned aren’t particularly intelligent especially as their brains become increasingly burned out.


4 posted on 12/23/2020 8:26:42 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: PGalt

Exactly. Colorado was a red state as well.


5 posted on 12/23/2020 8:27:18 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat
One can burn out one's brain on marijuana or alcohol. What is the reason to believe that many Oklahomans will use marijuana to the point of burning out their brains?
6 posted on 12/23/2020 8:29:58 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree

>>Baker, who has been growing weed since he was 13 in Georgia

I thought minors weren’t going to be able to use this product.

And in the whiskey business, if you ran an illegal still before distilling was legal in your state, you wouldn’t be able to obtain the license to run a legit one later.


7 posted on 12/23/2020 8:30:27 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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CO was trending blue long before they legalized marijuana: https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado


8 posted on 12/23/2020 8:31:44 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: NobleFree
...deep-red OK wants to dumb down its populace?

Deep State does.

9 posted on 12/23/2020 8:33:25 AM PST by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds. )
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To: NobleFree

Long frigging article.

In 10 - 20 years it will be legal.

They can’t keep up the charade forever with BS arguments like “gateway drug” or “psychologically addictive.”

They really do not have an argument against it, so they make them up with pseudo science to support it, like “gateway drug.” 99.99% of all heroin deaths also ate a cheeseburger, is that a gateway drug? Then there is “psychologically addictive,” what is there which feels good and is fun that isn’t “psychologically addictive?” Go-Cart racing, roller coasters, movies, music, sushi, ice-cream?

The US -gubbermint- in all their professional ethical and scientific ways have conducted over 3,000 various studies and tests on this substance over many decades. It is, hands down, THE most studied, tested, and analyzed drug there is, and the conclusion is that Tylenol kills more people (not a joke or over exaggeration), there are ZERO signs of physical addition, it has some medicinal uses, the side effects while under its influence are calming and people are aware they are under the influence (unlike alcohol)...

I would be more worried about a drug people take for restless leg syndrome, than pot! In fact, I would be more worried about 1/2 of the over the counter drugs you can buy in any CVS or Walgreens.


10 posted on 12/23/2020 8:35:36 AM PST by Red6
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To: NobleFree

Is this a great state or what? Don’t knock it till you’ve lived it. Lot of California growers escaped here as well to escape govt regulation. I went out of my way to live here again and retire. Best choice I ever made. Governor Stitt rocks and won’t lock us down. We have legal and fair elections. Med weed passed only with the help of conservatives.


11 posted on 12/23/2020 8:35:38 AM PST by NWFree
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>>started growing high-grade strains of cannabis with names like Purple Punch, Cookies and Cream and Miracle Alien.

Odd names for medicine. Is he sure that his customers are using it STRICTLY for medicinal purposes?

If you use Hydroxychloroquine for off label purposes they will come after you and your doctor!


12 posted on 12/23/2020 8:36:31 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: NobleFree

I’m sorry, but I just can’t have much respect for people who have to drug themselves to get through their day. And—what a coincidence!—it renders them far more docile and tractable for political manipulation.


13 posted on 12/23/2020 8:36:34 AM PST by EinNYC
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To: a fool in paradise
I thought minors weren’t going to be able to use this product.

Only under legalization does a marijuana seller have a incentive to restrict sales to adults only. Minors have been reporting since well before any state legalized that they could get marijuana almost as easily as beer or cigarettes, despite the latter drugs being far more prevalent among adults.

And in the whiskey business, if you ran an illegal still before distilling was legal in your state, you wouldn’t be able to obtain the license to run a legit one later.

If one is convicted, sure; was Baker convited?

14 posted on 12/23/2020 8:37:07 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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>>nearly 10 percent of the state’s population—have acquired medical marijuana cards over the last two years

Why don’t they research the underlying cause of so many ill people rather than just masking the symptoms?


15 posted on 12/23/2020 8:37:56 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: mewzilla
...deep-red OK wants to dumb down its populace?

Deep State does.

So Deep State hoodwinked the Trump-loving OK voters who voted in marijuana? You seem to have a low opinion of those voters.

16 posted on 12/23/2020 8:38:52 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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>>“Turns out rednecks love to smoke weed. That’s the thing about cannabis: It really bridges socio-economic gaps.”

And this is a surprise to whom?

Hank Williams, Ray Price, Willie Nelson...

the nickname wacky weed...


17 posted on 12/23/2020 8:39:51 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Who built the cages, Joe?)
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To: EinNYC
I’m sorry, but I just can’t have much respect for people who have to drug themselves to get through their day. And—what a coincidence!—it renders them far more docile and tractable for political manipulation.

So Oklahoma voters - who went 65% for Trump - have to drug themselves to get through their day, and will render themselves docile and tractable for political manipulation?

18 posted on 12/23/2020 8:41:22 AM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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And they hoodwinked us same voters into passing Constitutional Carry thank you very much. Most people know nothing about Oklahoma.


19 posted on 12/23/2020 8:41:44 AM PST by NWFree
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To: NobleFree

The weed smokers I’ve known through the decades have always been a mixed bag politically - some left-wingers, but also some libertarians and conservatives. There’s never been anything inherently left-wing about marijuana.


20 posted on 12/23/2020 8:42:13 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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