Posted on 12/15/2016 5:44:24 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
When social conservatives told libertarians (of which I am one!) and liberals about their fears that legalization of marijuana would cause a domino effect, they were blasted for supposedly using a 'slippery slope' argument. 'Stop nagging,' we told those conservatives, 'it won't be that bad! It's just that people who use marijuana right now won't be punished for it. Won't that be a considerable improvement?'
Well, perhaps not so much:
Newport Cigarettes, one of the world’s most popular cigarette brands, announced today that they will join the marijuana legalization trend and start producing marijuana cigarettes. Reynolds American Inc. Chief Marketing Executive Lawrence Harrison said in an interview, reports OrganicAndHealthy.org, that Newport has monitored the marijuana market for quite some time. Once the soft drugs was legalized in Washington and Colorado, the cigarette company decided to go all in and start selling marijuana cigarettes.
And here's the kicker: although advertising for tobacco products is illegal nowadays, the company has 'set aside an enormous $7 billion advertising budget to market the new “Newport Nirvana” brand.' Newport is currently in negotiations with 'major networks and publishers' to 'market' the product to their audiences. In fact, Newport has already started advertising on billboards and in magazines in both Colorado and Washington.
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“Up in Smoke!”
That Old Testament stuff!
> whoever loves and practices a lie
the irony could not be thicker
The New Testament Greek word translated “sorcery” in this context is pharmakeia, which is the source of our English word pharmacy. At the time, the derivative word “sorcerer” primarily meant one who practiced/indulged in sorcery... e.g. sold or used potions or drugs, often in the context of a practitioner of the occult, so the OP is not that far off base.
Don’t hold your breath waiting for an answer. He posts excerpts from his blog and does not answer questions. Just like “IBT Editorial Writer”:
Well, it seems you grabbed the sorcerers’ attention with that one. LOL
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You fell for a hoax.
Ya, skunk weed or the really good stuff smells like pinesol. Your mileage/smileage may vary. I quit some time ago. Just isn’t a good idea to put smoke in your lungs. Might try cooking with some if it becomes legal.
I work with a guy who claims to be a Christian, doesn't own a bible, promotes weed and calls The Lord a dealer for changing water into wine.
Sorcery really fries your brain.
Are you volunteering to be a trials test subject?
Nah...gave that shit up in 1978.
If you will remember, back in the mid 1970s it was believed marjuana was eventually going to be legalized so many names of various grades of mj were registered as trademarks.
” What do you want! Good grammar or good taste!”
“A Camel MJ Cigarette! I dropped everything!”
“And you can light either end!”
“CALL FOR PHILLIP M-JAY!”
Excellent points.
PS I believe it's been scientifically demonstrated that one cannot actually OD on THC, but it's more than possible to become so incapacitated that one loses the ability to perhaps avoid falling into a puddle and drowning.
Keep them stupid it’s how to control them Marx winks.
We all have SOMETHING under the sink with a skull and crossbones on it. I have a small package containing brass hinges for a jewelry box I was making. It bears the label “Contains materials known to the State of California to cause cancer!”. Really? Hinges? I have had enough foolishness. You are either for smaller less intrusive gummint or not. In the early days of FreeRepublic some one posted they had a picture of the construction site of the New York City World’s Fair. 1961 I believe. It showed a shed with the sign “Explosives” and was secured with a cheap Woolworth’s padlock.
We have had enough of some people demanding laws restricting what other people can do. The mistake we made was not in lack of security it was allowing folks like Bill Ayres to not only get away with it but to become a celebrity for having done so. We don’t need a society with more laws we need a society that shuns and shames and won’t tolerate evil.
All the cigarette companies are prepared for this eventuality. Kind of funny to call Newport one of the most popular brands, but I guess they’re confident in the direction the laws are taking.
The illegal weed growers promoting legalization are going to find themselves out of business when cigarette companies move in and take over their markets with better/cheaper weed. Ha.
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