He's completely right. If we're gonna legalize Cannabis, then anyone that's been charged and locked up for anything relating to it should have their records cleared and anyone that's currently incarcerated should be released.
@@mcozy333 not unless they are doing time in jail for that speeding tickets and that speeding ticket hinders them from a profitable life. I believe that's the difference
@@eleminoupi5670 the law is the law ... whatever laws we have in the future in no way can effect current standing laws , same for the reverse I suppose
@@mcozy333 ummm ok I don't know how to respond because I don't know what the comment was for. Yes the law is the law. Just as slavery was law at one point in time. Interracial marriage was against the law at one point in time. In time we realized those were stupid ass laws. And I believe it goes without saying we all have broke the law. Getting caught different story. I think that's what you were getting at. idk
Same thing is now happening in Jamaica. Foreign companies from the US, UK, Canada, etc. have started setting up factories there for cannabis production, all while local growers are having difficulties getting their own licenses.
How they consider Cannabis more dangerous than alcohol (which literally makes you angrier whereas Cannabis tend to relax the mind and muscles) it's beyond me
@@TheSublimeLifestyle eh not really. Alcohol is controlled by feds as where cannabis is state ruled. Big Pharma and other huge companies that produce opioids and other painkillers know that if cannabis is legal, they’re going to take a huge hole in there pockets. The money they make from these additive opioids is used to pay the government its fees to be open and operate. The government can’t really do anything, as long as they get there yearly wages they don’t care who’s at top.
@@reidellis1988 oh and before you go on about money never follows bs, pharma revenues around 1.25 TRILLION dollars a year. So uh yeah I think following the money isn’t fail proof...
@@forrest_lost2650 I guess you didn't understand that I was in agreement with you. You can say the same for Big Alcohol, 3M corp., Dupont. All helped fund making/keeping cannabis illegal.
No kidding. It's been the primary device by which the state has carried out modern slavery and fueled a giant prison industrial complex that's gone on for decades. The only people who want the drug laws to remain the way they are are the cartels who stand to profit billions off of exclusive Monopoly ownership of an entirely black market.
@@thecalmbro Or you know, people who don't use drugs and have witnessed the effect it has on other people. Cry me a river, kid. You just want to do drugs without consequences. And we don't accept that, kid, when you do drugs, you're a liability to the society, have some sense of dignity.
@@markarmage3776 lmao yeah same for if you're gambling or watching too much tv. Should that be illegal too? Anything that isn't slaving away at work or generating capital should be criminalized? Doing drugs didn't have a legal consequence until they realized they could use it to justify locking up people who aren't committing violent crimes, specifically minorities. I'd advise learning a little history about the drug war and break free from the propaganda my friend.
And despite the law finally changing, those that were kicked down for so long because of said law, still won't be able to get a piece of the pie... but hey, that's just the way it is.
@@tomhall4382 They go hand in hand, mate. Some of the same people that fought for so long to criminalise weed, are now the ones' who are benefiting from the change in law.
@@Uns46 That caffeine ain't that much different than cocaine, worse, I would even argue. I tried coke at a house party in Long Beach once and I was able to sleep that night. Times I've drank coffee, it has raised my blood pressure, makes me hot, and makes me unable to sleep. Shits crazy man.
Especially as,second hand causes cancer What health benefits do cigarettes have? Weed has helped me keep down food & gain weight. Sadly, doesn't do much for pain, but I take less pain pills than I used to.
Banning on weed while legalizing more deadly vices like alcohol and tobacco is hypocritical. Therefore, there are zero valid reason not to include weed in being legal.
It goes well beyond that my friend. Why is it that you can pick known poisonous mushroom species and it's totally legal but if you pick a psychoactive mushroom that is proven to be perfectly physically safe you go to jail. In fact what's the point of criminalizing one chemical substance over another in the first place? People die from driving cars, skydiving, alcohol, cigarettes, so it isn't about keeping people safe. It's about keeping people subservient.
@@thenotoriousjody4818 oh hypocrisy is one of many things wrong with our drug laws. Why don't we talk about the cartels who stand the profit billions of dollars over exclusive control of a black market. Why don't we talk about the CIA selling cocaine in the United States in the 1980s. Why don't we talk about MK ultra. Why don't we talk about the literal reasons why certain substances were made illegal in the first place literally being to imprison minorities over a non-violent offense. How about in the supposedly most free country on Earth you aren't allowed to put certain substances in your own body when you choose to.
I ended up on dark and white when I was 20 and for 7 years I would go through hell getting off it just to relapse 3 months later . I've been clean 3 years now without weed I'd still be there
@@Pinkman999 yeah weeds deffo addictive. If I gave that up im petrified I'd end up back on the brown. And now I've found a website in the uk that sell thc vape carts so my life has gotten so much better since finding them . My Mrs has never touched a drug but she is quite ok with me vaping the thc if it keeps me in the rigbt place
The best way I can describe it is, decriminalization of cannabis, regulate and test it and create new businesses for everyone. Follow California and Colorado as an example. Generate more by making sure laws for Chicago like a new tax on Cannabis those funds specifically go to rebuilding neighbors. Easy, van rebuilds roads, weatherize the grid for Chicago, create new diverse overnight of cannabis, a wave of new jobs, build supermarkets and shopping centers for Chicago suburbs and build with parks and leisure in mind for neighborhoods. Build youth centers and recration centers. With these new taxes that will generate. Create a whole new ecosystem of tourist activity for Chicago. Where do all the taxes for alcohol go that the state collects, what is the budget for the City of Chicago. Hmm, but first have to abolish this lottery system for licensing. These types of lists and exclusion to create a business sounds unconstitutional hmm.... Food for thought.
Tax revenue generated should definitely go back to communities that were affected most by anti drug laws...mostly youth outreach programs...but to give people marijuana dispensary licenses based off of skin color isn't good...but they should be fairly represented in the industry...15 % of all licenses should go to minority owned businesses...that's representative of our country's racial make up population wise...should be a mandate...
I know no one will see this but excessive cannabis use can cause cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. I only know cuz I have it. I've puked every day for a month before, I've been in the ER a couple of times, it's a horrible pain that people should be aware of.
I love when my friends who have over eating disorders, electronic entertainment addictions, and shopping addictions judge me for smoking weed on the daily. I’m doing a lot better mental health wise than they are.
ImperiumGrim47 it’s hard to say but the Iroquois confederacy as a whole is probably the most powerful, a little fact, American democracy took more than a few pointers from the Iroquois when it came to law
@@Bruce.Wanye. He served his Cheney and Bush and Clinton ped*lizard masters for salary and orders while undermining US constitution and committing warcrimes in an illegal for oil profits war. These are some clowns that sold their souls for a dirty dollar and the prime enemies of America putting our image and values down across the world by engaging in legalized piracy. Give these criminals a nobel peace prize so we can laugh some more.
I smoke hash and weed since 14 , that was the moment i get interested in shcool lessons, and made me study with lots of focus.. know im 37, i speak Portuguese, english, spanish, french, arabic, and morocan dialect, i have 3 professional diploms.. one in old monuments and heritage conservation, flight attendant and turism management, actually working in a bank, ive got 3 children also all good in shcool, married also .. never had any issues with police not even driving.. still smoking everyday being parent and still so studing a lot of things. So theres youre answer.. if i quit today i Will literally "die" .. so ءill keep smoking till next life. Peace from portugal 🇵🇹
Good for you I too smoked weed in school and it helped me do better in classes like English and Science but would make math harder and I knew plenty of kids who couldn’t do any schoolwork while high and some who are way more efficient while high it’s different for everyone.
When I started smoking weed I became more conscious of what I was eating and started living a healthier lifestyle. I walk and exercise everyday, I hardly eat fast food anymore. I used to weigh over 270lbs and now I’m at 200 even.
@Miles Wilson you ain't never heard of Spanglish huh 😂 $h!t happens homie. If he ain't lying, then He's from Portugal so it's safe to assume his first language is Portuguese. Have mercy on people man, especially when it's little problems...the main thing is that he's blessed to be able to succeed in life no matter what. peace to you and your family in JESUS name amen! ✊
People have known weed is the answer to the war on drugs for thousands of years. Because its not a drug. Its a plant. Like a flower. Actually. Its literally a flower.
Cocaine is also a literal plant. 100% Weed should have never been illegal. But this bullshit argument was also a contributing factor to why it stayed Illegal for so long
@@hitzoneproductions7858 republican and democrat it doesn’t matter they all have their hidden agenda to benefit themselves and their people . They can give two craps about anyone else .
There is a difference between declaring "plants and seeds" illegal and prohibiting the unlicensed use, synthesis and distribution of external unregulated man made products. Cocaine is used in the medical industry. Morphine literally *Is* a variation of Meth. The difference is the medical industry is highly regulated and quality assured. You do not know what people are putting in in unregulated product to increase profits. Weed is not illegal. It was the tendency to distribute and sell unregulated that made it an issue. Most states have cleared up the bureaucracy. However its ironic that the reason there even is an opioid pandemic to begin with is because of the CIA and MKUltra. That program is why 90% of the illegal substances that are illegal were created
@Alex Weber Alex I totally agree. Everything is dangerous if you have too much, take water and air for example. Too much of either those two are dangerous for the human system. But it is best to weigh the pros and cons. THC does cause those symptoms but lets take into consideration that this drug can change a lot of lives for the better aswell. Cigarrete smokers will be smoking stuff that is less if not harmful at all. If we legalize cannabis, this industry will flourish and the cons will be perfected and fixed. It's all a matter of giving things a shot.
Medical weed needs to be abolished along with dispensary licenses and all medical license holders should instead be allowed discounts on weed prices because they use it as a medicine and to put it on insurance. Another thing they should federally legalize it but it’s not gonna happen all politicians love money.
I work in the Industry in AZ and I can 100% say they don't care about quality all they care about is making a quick dollar there is only a handful of license holders n just AZ n I imagine all across the US. I personally grow myself so I know what I'm getting sucks takes longer but worth it fully. These dispensarys are legal hustlers.
@The never ending cycle I am aware, which is why when you test you will identify the solvents, pesticides, and heavy metals which are in it. Stop the cope for weed, it is no good and yh I used to smoke
@@human3683 so grown inside in a unnatural environment using artificial light, or grown outdoors where it soaks up all the heavy metals, pollutants ect as it is a accumulator plant.
its name is ethanol, methanol and many more - alcohol is lifebased not a problem... ...okay african red you should never give a drink - those must be sink
@@teecee4459 the black market grew so much after legalization in some of the biggest markets. In California it skyrocketed. Virginia is now legal will have legal sales in 2024 and I expect the black market to grow there too in the meantime
@@PresidentFlip in Texas, it costs $400 per ounce for ratty brick weed, seeds included. You can imagine how easy that is to destroy with a single home grow.
Why don’t we just simplify this all and automatically grant applicants who live in the communities where the business will be an upper hand over everyone else. The government makes things too hard and convoluted. Some rich person from California shouldn’t even have a chance over someone local trying to start up a business and build up their community.
Right, 90% of the Weed stores are owned by big money here in Cali. Regular people can’t compete. It’s too expensive. It’s like 1 Black legal Dispensary in all of Cali and Black people been going to jail for Weed since the racist Laws in the 30s. So they make it legal but out of reach for Black ownership.
It's just discrimination from Chicago. This selective choice of who gets to own a business for Cannabis. So do we need to first decriminalize cannabis or is it just Chicago?
It not just Chicago, this is happening all over the place. Lies from the government. Government and HUGE corporations working together to screw the people.
Weed, shrooms, LSD, DMT, all these drugs are less addictive and physiologically harmless compared to alcohol, doesn't make sense why these are illegal. They should legalise (or at least decriminalize) them, and start educating people on the basics like dosage, effects, set and setting, etc. Too much misinformation has been spread about them.
@@mortem4342 They are illegal because they make you realize society can be run a billion better ways, not just this current effed up way that benefits only a few wealthy families and their corporations.
@@samd1405 Agreed, I personally believe LSD was made illegal because it was very influential during the anti-war movements of the 1960s, and the government simply could not have people fighting against them. I could be wrong of course.
every community deserves it, stop making everything about race... the fact is, the barrier to entry is way to high for people of all types. it can cost 20,000+ just to apply for a license and up to 1m to start a dispensary. how many people do you know with 1m laying around or 20k they can gamble with for a chance to get denied the license.
I wonder if car wash companies also sell drugs that could potentially lead into chaos as marijuana impairs judgment, motor coordination and reaction time, causing accidents? Lottery isn't a good way, but they had to somehow restrict the overwhelming requests as granting everyone the right to sell marijuana would cause more access for people and thus harder to track said marijuana user back to the store owner. It's not that easy. It has to be a slow process, but not a lottery. But I guess this is more of a way for the government to say "Hey guys, we don't take favourites. It's all luck deciding, not who you are, what color you have or where you come from" as nowadays everything is called racism or sexism if it doesn't go your way and the only thing you're capable of is saying that you were mishandled because of your origin.
This is exactly why and how the extensive regulatory schemes fail to accomplish their goals and why the cannabis industry should be completely opened up with full, recreational legalization, not just decriminalization with central bodies enabling larger companies with lobbying power. Small businesses will never compete in that environment and marginalized communities will never get the opportunities they deserve.
@@tomhall4382 All of which are inevitable, which is exactly why there should be as little opportunity for their intrusion into these markets as possible. If the regulatory schemes were exactly the same as they are for alcohol and tobacco markets, the country would be drastically different-and for the better.
To be honest, could you imagine if they accepted more applications to make dispensaries? If they had more stores like gas stations around, weed would become normalized from every corner store. Too bad, the power of money corrupts the greedy mindset of those who shouldn’t be in charge.
weed should be no different than grass growing in a field. i can cut my grass and sell my grass and i dont have regulations saying i have to package it a certain way, weigh it while wet and dry, tag and track every blade of grass etc, and when i sell my grass its taxed. im an anacap so im against taxes, but taxes exist so whatever, if weed must be taxed then so be it, but all of the other regulations are not necessary. its just more government bureaucracy making a few people rich. at the very most maybe there should be some FDA oversight to make sure that sellers are growing a safe product, and then the over age18 requirement.
I like the first guy man. I don’t do drugs but these videos make me understand more about the hold drugs has on the world. And I can only thank y’all man.
I like cigarette than weed,weed makes me hungry thats all. Don't put weed on the same page with heroin . Heroin is like T- Rex and weed is like an Ant.
Imagine being the city that approved the zoning for commercial use then deny an application for using said zone for commercial use. Then saying there's an equity program that literally does nothing.
Even here in Canada where it’s federally legal now it’s hard to open a dispensary, it doesn’t help that weed here in Canada is very regulated since it got legalized.
Greetings from Massachusetts, where this same exact thing happened 4 years ago. The Illinois legislature followed the MA playbook of subverting the referendum process and codifying a system that imposes multiple barriers to entry.
Yep playing them, when they need to grind and get it. From the activism, activists and growing dept. Cant be asking for handouts and not putting that work in
Same thing with Long Beach, here in California. They had you pay. 25k to be in a Lotto that, you loose if not selected. Who can afford a 25k Lotto ticket over a maybe!?!?! Even if you won the Lotto (which you likely wouldn’t) it was ridiculously difficult after.
Ridiculous. The money to be made selling heroin, crack and meth is way more than legal pot which is still priced way higher than black market pot. Only an idiot pays 80 a gram for possibly better or equal quality for 20 a gram or less black market. The only thing legal pot will do is bring in more tax revenue.
@Stephen Stretch Weed isn't the only plant that produces cannabinoids. The abundance of endocannabinoid receptors in our bodies is STRONG evidence human consumption of cannabis goes back centuries, if not millennia though.
Same thing florida did, basically limiting the amount of licenses they give to restrict the amount of businesses popping up. What they don't realize is they're just hurting their own economy and gain no advantages in return
Conservatives claim to support personal responsibility and no government interference yet they are totally fine with the government restricting certain substances.
The woman running her mouth at 6:30 is the problem we have in government. Takes no accountability, deflect the question, and just plain out makes excuses as to why she hasn’t succeeded at her job. You’re not doing the people a favor you’re doing your job if you can’t do your job then you’re fired. We’ll find someone who can do the job. These politicians act like they’re doing the citizens a favor, no you’re there because you work for the people. In any other job you get fired for not doing your job, but in politics you move up.
Weed literally changed my perspective of life completely. Weed open my mind so much that it made sense to me. I don’t do it anymore because now I get panic attacks on it but I’m not against it at all
Brother, I feel your confusion when you say "What are we fighting for? We're fighting for SOMETHING." The same feelings were with me during my stint 50+ years ago.
ALL DRUG'S SHOULD BE MADE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND LEGALIZED. It's so very obvious the war on drugs is an abject failure and at this point one of the WORST human rights issues on the planet.
Right? Nothing else is getting regulated like this. If there's a demand for it, why not let them open another one? 🤷♀️ No one has ever been like "oh man, we have too many restaurants within a given radius. Guess we can't let them open another one even if there's room and demand for one".
Wait too many shops is a failing industry. The banks making the loans for starting the shop shops in multiples greater than demand can supply? Its not a viable business with loans in a new industry for some unaware of financial consequences. Oregon didn't regulate growers. What happened. Pound prices dropped to 100 a pound. One Hundred A pound. You know how long it takes to grow a pound. How much energy it takes from human and the grid labor to grow this. It has leveled out now but in the beginning without regulation it was not beneficial. Kind of counter intuitive.
@@truesocialequityincannabis6992 the fact that she represents the city and she still dosent have a anwser for her screw up shows how ignoeant the government is with cannabis
Hope the full ep focuses on other insane issues with IL’s legalization. Like how since cops still want to be able to search cars if they smell weed, the onus is on the citizen to drive home from the dispo with the weed in a smell-proof container. However, you cannot open your containers and transfer your bud to a different container anywhere during the process of taking them home, and no brand offers smellproof containers. Additionally, instead of getting a simple ticket like you would when weed was decriminalized........you could be charged with a class-A misdemeanor. So if cops decide they want to say they smell weed, they can, penalty-free. And if you’re caught with it in your trunk, you’re fucked. Also only med patients are allowed to grow, and we can only have five plants maximum. This was because of lobbying from companies like Cresco (they also do High Supply) and Green Thumb Industries (Rhythm, Dogwalkers). Speaking of Cresco, both they and Verano are constantly under fire for subpar product. Mold, bugs, bud that smells really off-and generally you’re just getting mids. Med price for those brands? $60 an eighth. _Everything_ is $60 or over for an eighth, and that’s just med prices. Rec prices are higher, with 30% tax. Aaaaaand! They’re only giving out rec dispo licenses. If you want to open a med-only, or med-and-rec dispo, you’re SOL. Also the medical program site has been down for about a month now, and patients have been unable to switch their med dispo. They finally ruled that medical patients can show our cards at any med dispo and get med prices, but I have no doubt that once that site’s back online, we’re gonna be forced back into waiting days to change which dispensary we’d like to go to. Anyway, it’s a fucking mess out here.
He's completely right. If we're gonna legalize Cannabis, then anyone that's been charged and locked up for anything relating to it should have their records cleared and anyone that's currently incarcerated should be released.
that is like saying the speeding ticket you got in that 35 mph zone a while back should not be so now because they changed it to 45 mph zone
@@mcozy333 not unless they are doing time in jail for that speeding tickets and that speeding ticket hinders them from a profitable life. I believe that's the difference
@@eleminoupi5670 the law is the law ... whatever laws we have in the future in no way can effect current standing laws , same for the reverse I suppose
Listen they made a decision to break a law. I'm all for legal weed but they're in jail for bad decision making, not a plant.
@@mcozy333 ummm ok I don't know how to respond because I don't know what the comment was for. Yes the law is the law. Just as slavery was law at one point in time. Interracial marriage was against the law at one point in time. In time we realized those were stupid ass laws. And I believe it goes without saying we all have broke the law. Getting caught different story. I think that's what you were getting at. idk
"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on us."
if they were locking up and destroying drugs, maybe that’s a war on drugs. but they’ve been locking up and destroying people. that’s a war on people.
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our gov. wars on us has always and continues to who is our real enemy
Its a war on all of our freedom.
Same thing is now happening in Jamaica. Foreign companies from the US, UK, Canada, etc. have started setting up factories there for cannabis production, all while local growers are having difficulties getting their own licenses.
How they consider Cannabis more dangerous than alcohol (which literally makes you angrier whereas Cannabis tend to relax the mind and muscles) it's beyond me
Because testing is non-existent on a level enough for the gov. to trust. Which translates loosely to they need more corporate buy in.
@@TheSublimeLifestyle eh not really. Alcohol is controlled by feds as where cannabis is state ruled. Big Pharma and other huge companies that produce opioids and other painkillers know that if cannabis is legal, they’re going to take a huge hole in there pockets. The money they make from these additive opioids is used to pay the government its fees to be open and operate. The government can’t really do anything, as long as they get there yearly wages they don’t care who’s at top.
@@forrest_lost2650 The rule of "follow the money" is pretty fail proof.
@@reidellis1988 oh and before you go on about money never follows bs, pharma revenues around 1.25 TRILLION dollars a year. So uh yeah I think following the money isn’t fail proof...
@@forrest_lost2650 I guess you didn't understand that I was in agreement with you. You can say the same for Big Alcohol, 3M corp., Dupont. All helped fund making/keeping cannabis illegal.
Weed should've never been declared illegal in the first place.
Tobacco industry lined the pockets of politicians to make sure it did.
No kidding. It's been the primary device by which the state has carried out modern slavery and fueled a giant prison industrial complex that's gone on for decades. The only people who want the drug laws to remain the way they are are the cartels who stand to profit billions off of exclusive Monopoly ownership of an entirely black market.
@@thecalmbro Or you know, people who don't use drugs and have witnessed the effect it has on other people.
Cry me a river, kid.
You just want to do drugs without consequences. And we don't accept that, kid, when you do drugs, you're a liability to the society, have some sense of dignity.
@@markarmage3776 weed doesnt do any damage, its just a plant that relaxes you, you should ban cigarettes, they cause cancer and kill people
@@markarmage3776 lmao yeah same for if you're gambling or watching too much tv. Should that be illegal too? Anything that isn't slaving away at work or generating capital should be criminalized?
Doing drugs didn't have a legal consequence until they realized they could use it to justify locking up people who aren't committing violent crimes, specifically minorities. I'd advise learning a little history about the drug war and break free from the propaganda my friend.
"Instead of war on poverty, they got a war on drugs so the police can bother me." - 2Pac
And despite the law finally changing, those that were kicked down for so long because of said law, still won't be able to get a piece of the pie... but hey, that's just the way it is.
first pejudice now greed
@@tomhall4382 They go hand in hand, mate. Some of the same people that fought for so long to criminalise weed, are now the ones' who are benefiting from the change in law.
Still so relevant
BINGO. it was never about the drugs
I am still amazed whenever a cigarette smoker knocks weed.
And coffee drinkers
@@Uns46 That caffeine ain't that much different than cocaine, worse, I would even argue. I tried coke at a house party in Long Beach once and I was able to sleep that night. Times I've drank coffee, it has raised my blood pressure, makes me hot, and makes me unable to sleep. Shits crazy man.
Lmaoo they be like “nah imma stick to my drag” squares are just terrible
@@ojitosrodriguez114 yeeeeeah coffee is not cocaine. Some people are sensitive to it. Maybe that's you
Especially as,second hand causes cancer What health benefits do cigarettes have? Weed has helped me keep down food & gain weight. Sadly, doesn't do much for pain, but I take less pain pills than I used to.
Banning on weed while legalizing more deadly vices like alcohol and tobacco is hypocritical. Therefore, there are zero valid reason not to include weed in being legal.
It goes well beyond that my friend. Why is it that you can pick known poisonous mushroom species and it's totally legal but if you pick a psychoactive mushroom that is proven to be perfectly physically safe you go to jail. In fact what's the point of criminalizing one chemical substance over another in the first place? People die from driving cars, skydiving, alcohol, cigarettes, so it isn't about keeping people safe. It's about keeping people subservient.
If hypocrisy was the only measuring stick for whether a law should exist or not, things would be much different in this country.
@@thenotoriousjody4818 oh hypocrisy is one of many things wrong with our drug laws. Why don't we talk about the cartels who stand the profit billions of dollars over exclusive control of a black market. Why don't we talk about the CIA selling cocaine in the United States in the 1980s. Why don't we talk about MK ultra. Why don't we talk about the literal reasons why certain substances were made illegal in the first place literally being to imprison minorities over a non-violent offense.
How about in the supposedly most free country on Earth you aren't allowed to put certain substances in your own body when you choose to.
But alcohol and cigarettes make billions of dollars in tax revenue can't say the same for weed
Ice cream is more lethal then weed
I ended up on dark and white when I was 20 and for 7 years I would go through hell getting off it just to relapse 3 months later . I've been clean 3 years now without weed I'd still be there
So did you kick an addiction or you switch to something else?
@@Pinkman999 I got off gear and chose to have weed in my life . You can call it what you want
@Frostbite Records that’s true i just don’t like that people keep saying that weed can’t be addictive
@@Pinkman999 yeah weeds deffo addictive. If I gave that up im petrified I'd end up back on the brown. And now I've found a website in the uk that sell thc vape carts so my life has gotten so much better since finding them . My Mrs has never touched a drug but she is quite ok with me vaping the thc if it keeps me in the rigbt place
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We need to decriminalize Cannabis.
@mr fantastic I live in Chicago too and people still with weed misdemeanors before weed was legalized still have it after it was legalized
@mr fantastic You won’t die from overdosing on weed. However other drugs are questionable.
Always legalize it
The best way I can describe it is, decriminalization of cannabis, regulate and test it and create new businesses for everyone. Follow California and Colorado as an example. Generate more by making sure laws for Chicago like a new tax on Cannabis those funds specifically go to rebuilding neighbors. Easy, van rebuilds roads, weatherize the grid for Chicago, create new diverse overnight of cannabis, a wave of new jobs, build supermarkets and shopping centers for Chicago suburbs and build with parks and leisure in mind for neighborhoods. Build youth centers and recration centers. With these new taxes that will generate. Create a whole new ecosystem of tourist activity for Chicago.
Where do all the taxes for alcohol go that the state collects, what is the budget for the City of Chicago.
Hmm, but first have to abolish this lottery system for licensing. These types of lists and exclusion to create a business sounds unconstitutional hmm....
Food for thought.
@mr fantastic it's not a war on drugs it's just a way for them to take more money from us
What a joke, they already knew who would get rejected when they finalised the changes to the equity qualification.
And the person in charge is what?
@@demonkiller1104 Democrats having Democrat problems. The people crying foul are just sore losers.
Tax revenue generated should definitely go back to communities that were affected most by anti drug laws...mostly youth outreach programs...but to give people marijuana dispensary licenses based off of skin color isn't good...but they should be fairly represented in the industry...15 % of all licenses should go to minority owned businesses...that's representative of our country's racial make up population wise...should be a mandate...
I know no one will see this but excessive cannabis use can cause cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. I only know cuz I have it. I've puked every day for a month before, I've been in the ER a couple of times, it's a horrible pain that people should be aware of.
@@VentureHolly yuh democrats still at it
I'm from another country but my heart goes out to those who are going through this.
Hmmm, maybe we should give all the politicians a similar test, and see if they all get perfect scores... my guess is they would all fail
As long as they got a little piece of paper that says they are allowed to have their drugs cuz they can afford the best care.
Besides Bernie Sanders
@@bisualvasic I'd give Bernie a 249/250. Even he's not perfect.
@@jdeljones I don't doubt that Sanders is imperfect but I am curious what flaws he has.
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@@jdeljones what’s a flaw Bernie has?
The war in drugs was lost a long time ago. How about a war on poverty and mental health instead.
There actually was a war on poverty
@@edgyraptor-od6yk There was. But that went the same way as the war on drugs.
A war on gang/rap/clout culture
you mean send the poor and mentally ill to jail? 😳
you win the war on drugs by winning the war on poverty, the fact that it hasn't happened is because they elite don't want it too.
I love when my friends who have over eating disorders, electronic entertainment addictions, and shopping addictions judge me for smoking weed on the daily. I’m doing a lot better mental health wise than they are.
🔝🔝🔝for all your weed, psilocybin shrooms, DMT, Lsd, MdmA ,ketamine, wock, microdosing and other psychedelic. 🍃🍄🍫
We’d like to congratulate Drugs for winning the war on Drugs
i dont
I support the drugs in this war..im doing my bit comrades
@@thebenjamins9 big dumbo spotted
Keep calm and smoke weed
@@thebenjamins9 keep fighting the good fight. I shall lend a hand on weekends
Us Native Americans living in Canada are also facing hardship with owning a cannabis business.. from our own people ffs
We still have Natives living without power & water the US never honored their Treaties
I got a question, who is the most powerful clans of Native American
ImperiumGrim47 it’s hard to say but the Iroquois confederacy as a whole is probably the most powerful, a little fact, American democracy took more than a few pointers from the Iroquois when it came to law
@@MajorMosh710 how is that a fact?
A Navajo woman once told me that the oppressed are the worst oppressor! You are right on target Josh!
Ending drug prohibition is the answer to the War on Drugs
Weed is the answer to everything
Sure is!
Is not but it's ok
Been trying to tell people that for 30 years
@@nicolásTerán.1 nobody asked for ur input nicolas
wasnt it legal in the States
I loved the guy they interviewd. Please everyone say it, thank you for your service ❤️🙏🇺🇸
Raytheon and Halliburton can thank him for petrodollars.
What service iraq got destroyed even usa knows it was based on nothing his service means nothing for the millions living there 👎
Yes sir, thank you for your service.
@@Bruce.Wanye. He served his Cheney and Bush and Clinton ped*lizard masters for salary and orders while undermining US constitution and committing warcrimes in an illegal for oil profits war. These are some clowns that sold their souls for a dirty dollar and the prime enemies of America putting our image and values down across the world by engaging in legalized piracy. Give these criminals a nobel peace prize so we can laugh some more.
Yes... Thank you for your service!
Clearly this new weed market is already overly regulated.
Not so sure. Seems poorly or slowly regulated may be the right answer.
I smoke hash and weed since 14 , that was the moment i get interested in shcool lessons, and made me study with lots of focus.. know im 37, i speak Portuguese, english, spanish, french, arabic, and morocan dialect, i have 3 professional diploms.. one in old monuments and heritage conservation, flight attendant and turism management, actually working in a bank, ive got 3 children also all good in shcool, married also .. never had any issues with police not even driving.. still smoking everyday being parent and still so studing a lot of things. So theres youre answer.. if i quit today i Will literally "die" .. so ءill keep smoking till next life. Peace from portugal 🇵🇹
Good for you I too smoked weed in school and it helped me do better in classes like English and Science but would make math harder and I knew plenty of kids who couldn’t do any schoolwork while high and some who are way more efficient while high it’s different for everyone.
Thats the magic
When I started smoking weed I became more conscious of what I was eating and started living a healthier lifestyle. I walk and exercise everyday, I hardly eat fast food anymore. I used to weigh over 270lbs and now I’m at 200 even.
@Miles Wilson you ain't never heard of Spanglish huh 😂 $h!t happens homie. If he ain't lying, then He's from Portugal so it's safe to assume his first language is Portuguese. Have mercy on people man, especially when it's little problems...the main thing is that he's blessed to be able to succeed in life no matter what. peace to you and your family in JESUS name amen! ✊
@@quiksilverw0352 truuuuuuuuue! Sometimes people forget how different we can be.
People have known weed is the answer to the war on drugs for thousands of years. Because its not a drug. Its a plant. Like a flower. Actually. Its literally a flower.
Cocaine is also a literal plant. 100% Weed should have never been illegal. But this bullshit argument was also a contributing factor to why it stayed Illegal for so long
It is a drug
Not nearly as toxic as alcohol or other substances
Still causes adverse effects when abused
Like any other drug
@@ReclusiveEagle The cocaine leaf is natural, not the highly concentrated powder form.
@@chupapimunano8324 weed isn’t toxic lmfao
@@Shadow11550 www.researchgate.net/publication/13633995_Hippocampal_Neurotoxicity_of_D_9_-Tetrahydrocannabinol
The answer to the war on drugs is ending it. Simple.
5:51 incredible how she weasels herself out of carrying responsibility with this activist language WHEN IT'S HER DAMN JOB
Well spotted
Facts. They need to get her out of there. You can do it you just wanna keep "talking" about it
Exactly, I couldn’t skip her fast enough.
@brokenupbeat Stop voting Democrat than dummy.
@@hitzoneproductions7858 republican and democrat it doesn’t matter they all have their hidden agenda to benefit themselves and their people . They can give two craps about anyone else .
The government has no right to declare that seeds plants and flowers are illegal. Period. Simple as that.
I agree
Arbitrary rules from arbitrary government. Classic
There is a difference between declaring "plants and seeds" illegal and prohibiting the unlicensed use, synthesis and distribution of external unregulated man made products. Cocaine is used in the medical industry. Morphine literally *Is* a variation of Meth. The difference is the medical industry is highly regulated and quality assured. You do not know what people are putting in in unregulated product to increase profits.
Weed is not illegal. It was the tendency to distribute and sell unregulated that made it an issue. Most states have cleared up the bureaucracy. However its ironic that the reason there even is an opioid pandemic to begin with is because of the CIA and MKUltra. That program is why 90% of the illegal substances that are illegal were created
@@ReclusiveEagle Morphine is not a variation of meth XD wtf kinda voodoo science you reading dude?
@@ReclusiveEagle morphine is the same as herion . You mean Adderall is the same as meth fool
1:26 damn feel for that man can tell he been through it 💯
Weeds the answer to everything.
@Alex Weber Alex I totally agree. Everything is dangerous if you have too much, take water and air for example. Too much of either those two are dangerous for the human system. But it is best to weigh the pros and cons. THC does cause those symptoms but lets take into consideration that this drug can change a lot of lives for the better aswell. Cigarrete smokers will be smoking stuff that is less if not harmful at all. If we legalize cannabis, this industry will flourish and the cons will be perfected and fixed. It's all a matter of giving things a shot.
@@heetman5925 and you can’t even fatally overdose on THC. That’s the beauty of it.
Why buy it at a dispensary when a solo dealer has it cheaper, no taxes, and no unnecessary fancy packaging?
Not everyone has a dealer they trust could be laced
Because at least I know when I buy from a legal dispensary I’m not buying weed that is sprayed down with pesticides
I agree it's cheaper on street quicker to & no id shown ...on top of all that just grow your own fk govt
Yea but at least you know it's quality compared to some of the street weed I've seen.
@@jlopez1017d agree
They dont want average joe, making money. They cant have equals god forbid.
Just grow your own if you can. Government marijuana is an absolute joke. It’s a shame but it’s true.
Here in AZ, there was mold and salmonella found in some of the legal weed they sell. 🤢🤮
@@manueldope2292 fr? yikes
@@aono335 - Yeah, it was on the local news a few days ago.🤢
Medical weed needs to be abolished along with dispensary licenses and all medical license holders should instead be allowed discounts on weed prices because they use it as a medicine and to put it on insurance. Another thing they should federally legalize it but it’s not gonna happen all politicians love money.
I work in the Industry in AZ and I can 100% say they don't care about quality all they care about is making a quick dollar there is only a handful of license holders n just AZ n I imagine all across the US. I personally grow myself so I know what I'm getting sucks takes longer but worth it fully. These dispensarys are legal hustlers.
I think people needs to stop taking pharmaceutical drugs and just chill with cannabis.
Some need medication but I am with you brother
Yup.
Damn he fought in the raq just to came back home to the raq..
This journalist only does "Weed" topic-related issues. 5/5
Yeah vice is 10x better than news sources like CNN and fox news
Check out " Weediquette"
He has other shows he does
i am gonna call the cops on him
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It doesn't matter what new economic opportunity comes along, when the rich start to speculate the rest of us are left to spectate.
Well then maybe we need to stop gawking while our futures are stolen from under our feet.
You are right on target Hayze!
A fucking men
Tell that to all the people still serving life from Kamala’s tenure as DA
“The more you accept herb the more you are a rastafari “ Bob Marley 💚
what a jk, enjoy your genetically modified weed which soaks up heavy metals.
@@jackward770 homegrown weed exists lol
@The never ending cycle I am aware, which is why when you test you will identify the solvents, pesticides, and heavy metals which are in it. Stop the cope for weed, it is no good and yh I used to smoke
@@human3683 so grown inside in a unnatural environment using artificial light, or grown outdoors where it soaks up all the heavy metals, pollutants ect as it is a accumulator plant.
The weed of life
If something is illegal, it makes it a precious, valuable merchandise
Alcohol is far more intoxicating then weed.
its name is ethanol, methanol and many more - alcohol is lifebased not a problem...
...okay african red you should never give a drink - those must be sink
No matter what u call the plan "equity" "diverstiy" etc, the ones at the bottom will always suffer.
Instead of crying about it, I'm just circumventing it. Black market is better anyway, no taxes, rules, fees, applications or biz plan required!
@@teecee4459 facts, black markets have blossomed in many legal markets
@@PresidentFlip it's even better in the "illegal" states
@@teecee4459 the black market grew so much after legalization in some of the biggest markets. In California it skyrocketed. Virginia is now legal will have legal sales in 2024 and I expect the black market to grow there too in the meantime
@@PresidentFlip in Texas, it costs $400 per ounce for ratty brick weed, seeds included. You can imagine how easy that is to destroy with a single home grow.
Why even bother with the lottery. People should be able to open up places like this and at least the same number as liquor stores.
State mandates are DIFFICULT to manage versus liquor; mainly because it is still a banned FEDERAL substance.
Corps have destroyed the weed biz in vegas too. We need full legalizing so we can avoid the dispensaries all together.
The lady in charge isn’t taking it serious. Should we try?
Just because she was good-natured and candid in her responses in no way means she's not taking it seriously. I found her to be quite credible.
She is honest, she is trying to fight against the system that made cannabis illegal in the first place, and it wasn't only "laws"
It's crazy, those are actually beautiful houses.. from the outside at least.
Those brownstones are a million a piece in brooklyn
th-cam.com/video/VT03ydCCC9I/w-d-xo.html
When I went to Chicago I thought the homes. In the hood in Chicago actually looks nice
When I went to Chicago I thought the homes. In the hood in Chicago actually looks nice
When I went to Chicago I thought the homes. In the hood in Chicago actually looks nice
No one should have to have a “license “ to open a dispensary. License is just another tax and taxation is theft.
Why don’t we just simplify this all and automatically grant applicants who live in the communities where the business will be an upper hand over everyone else.
The government makes things too hard and convoluted.
Some rich person from California shouldn’t even have a chance over someone local trying to start up a business and build up their community.
Right, 90% of the Weed stores are owned by big money here in Cali. Regular people can’t compete. It’s too expensive. It’s like 1 Black legal Dispensary in all of Cali and Black people been going to jail for Weed since the racist Laws in the 30s. So they make it legal but out of reach for Black ownership.
It's just discrimination from Chicago. This selective choice of who gets to own a business for Cannabis. So do we need to first decriminalize cannabis or is it just Chicago?
It not just Chicago, this is happening all over the place. Lies from the government. Government and HUGE corporations working together to screw the people.
The same corporations have weed stores in every legal state! The regular people don't have the money to open these dispensaries! That's wrong!
Here's a solution to the drug war: legalize all drugs and let every non-violent drug offender out of jail/prison.
You need to start a revolution!
Millions of innocent people out there
Are getting fucked by these corrupt governments
You need to stop them
Weed and Shrooms are even safer than alcohol. Drugs are just on another level.
Weed, shrooms, LSD, DMT, all these drugs are less addictive and physiologically harmless compared to alcohol, doesn't make sense why these are illegal. They should legalise (or at least decriminalize) them, and start educating people on the basics like dosage, effects, set and setting, etc. Too much misinformation has been spread about them.
@@mortem4342 They are illegal because they make you realize society can be run a billion better ways, not just this current effed up way that benefits only a few wealthy families and their corporations.
@@samd1405 Agreed, I personally believe LSD was made illegal because it was very influential during the anti-war movements of the 1960s, and the government simply could not have people fighting against them. I could be wrong of course.
I've been a functioning pot head for over 40 years. The need 4 weed 🔥💨💨💨💨💨💨💨💨😄😊😍😇🤗
Toke on .peace n love
U seem like a cool person, need more people like ya.
Weed make me paranoid:(
Sorry to say but you sont seem functional you seem sad and overly addicted to the delusion that weed makes you happy
@@lollol-el8oy wow aint you a pessimistic party pooper .you need to smoke and chill ya Muppet
The black community deserves this industry and so much more . We need to stand up with them
What about the Hispanic and Latino community 🤔
@@RockinMTB y’all to but I’m just saying don’t take my word for it I think it effected black peoples lives more then them
@@RockinMTB only blm lol
every community deserves it, stop making everything about race...
the fact is, the barrier to entry is way to high for people of all types.
it can cost 20,000+ just to apply for a license and up to 1m to start a dispensary. how many people do you know with 1m laying around or 20k they can gamble with for a chance to get denied the license.
Everybody needs this stuff
Hes wrong wen he says they made the industry. The want and need to consume cannabis is what made and makes the industry.
Weed will set you free🙏 thank ya jeezuz
When you can't start your own business, you're a slave to those who can.
Facts 💯
The lady at 6:20 had the balls to call it capitalisms fault for creating a lottery system that can decide who starts a business and who can't
@@fitnesstrainer9393 its goverments fault that they cannot start their businesses not capitalism.
@@fitnesstrainer9393 it absolutely was because of capitalism. corporate lobbyists and capitalism are the reasons why cannabis is still illegal.
This is not about a fucking score. Its about money. If you dont have enough capitol they wont approve you
There shouldn't even be a lottery. Is there a lottery to open a car wash!
I wonder if car wash companies also sell drugs that could potentially lead into chaos as marijuana impairs judgment, motor coordination and reaction time, causing accidents?
Lottery isn't a good way, but they had to somehow restrict the overwhelming requests as granting everyone the right to sell marijuana would cause more access for people and thus harder to track said marijuana user back to the store owner. It's not that easy. It has to be a slow process, but not a lottery. But I guess this is more of a way for the government to say "Hey guys, we don't take favourites. It's all luck deciding, not who you are, what color you have or where you come from" as nowadays everything is called racism or sexism if it doesn't go your way and the only thing you're capable of is saying that you were mishandled because of your origin.
No lottery for liquor store. Also marijuana is safer than alcohol and hasn't killed over the years like alcohol.
@@gozz9999 he won't answer you on that one lol
This is exactly why and how the extensive regulatory schemes fail to accomplish their goals and why the cannabis industry should be completely opened up with full, recreational legalization, not just decriminalization with central bodies enabling larger companies with lobbying power. Small businesses will never compete in that environment and marginalized communities will never get the opportunities they deserve.
sinister senators evil courts large companies greed
@@tomhall4382 All of which are inevitable, which is exactly why there should be as little opportunity for their intrusion into these markets as possible. If the regulatory schemes were exactly the same as they are for alcohol and tobacco markets, the country would be drastically different-and for the better.
To be honest, could you imagine if they accepted more applications to make dispensaries? If they had more stores like gas stations around, weed would become normalized from every corner store. Too bad, the power of money corrupts the greedy mindset of those who shouldn’t be in charge.
Here in Canada it’s exactly like that there’re tons of stores around
Weed is the answer to life.🌱 🌎
It’s our God-given right. There was never any reason to be illegal.
weed should be no different than grass growing in a field. i can cut my grass and sell my grass and i dont have regulations saying i have to package it a certain way, weigh it while wet and dry, tag and track every blade of grass etc, and when i sell my grass its taxed.
im an anacap so im against taxes, but taxes exist so whatever, if weed must be taxed then so be it, but all of the other regulations are not necessary. its just more government bureaucracy making a few people rich. at the very most maybe there should be some FDA oversight to make sure that sellers are growing a safe product, and then the over age18 requirement.
weed is the answer to a lot of things
I like the first guy man. I don’t do drugs but these videos make me understand more about the hold drugs has on the world. And I can only thank y’all man.
Don’t do anything but weed
Weed should be just like that tree over there, neither legal nor illegal. “Legalize Weed” is a misnomer. To “Decriminalize “ is the proper term.
got some top shelf fire 🔥 indoors quality buds was wondering if yall interested in getting some?? Contact on Snapchat- ronnierasta21
@@jeffmille9849 this is a cop
@@filthycasual8074 not a cop mate
And all penalty needs to be removed.
@@PotTVNetwork hence the term “decriminalize “
I like cigarette than weed,weed makes me hungry thats all.
Don't put weed on the same page with heroin .
Heroin is like T- Rex and weed is like an Ant.
The injustice put towards people of colour really pisses me off
It’s nothing to do with their skin colour.
Yes, a hand full of minorities to be licensed.
Really , what about affirmative action that has destroyed many Whyte peoples chance of even applying for a job!
Keyboard warriors
The African American community should have been the first in line to get those licences... I'm white and this makes me sick.
Free our brothers who are still in jail for weed, while white men get rich off it
Imagine being the city that approved the zoning for commercial use then deny an application for using said zone for commercial use. Then saying there's an equity program that literally does nothing.
Even here in Canada where it’s federally legal now it’s hard to open a dispensary, it doesn’t help that weed here in Canada is very regulated since it got legalized.
Greetings from Massachusetts, where this same exact thing happened 4 years ago.
The Illinois legislature followed the MA playbook of subverting the referendum process and codifying a system that imposes multiple barriers to entry.
Here with you on that. It’s insane how difficult they’ve made it.
Yep playing them, when they need to grind and get it. From the activism, activists and growing dept. Cant be asking for handouts and not putting that work in
Same thing with Long Beach, here in California. They had you pay. 25k to be in a Lotto that, you loose if not selected. Who can afford a 25k Lotto ticket over a maybe!?!?! Even if you won the Lotto (which you likely wouldn’t) it was ridiculously difficult after.
I mean...how hard is it to call it cannabis? Imagine if headlines about alcohol always said booze or hooch...
Ridiculous. The money to be made selling heroin, crack and meth is way more than legal pot which is still priced way higher than black market pot. Only an idiot pays 80 a gram for possibly better or equal quality for 20 a gram or less black market. The only thing legal pot will do is bring in more tax revenue.
Weed is the best medicine ever even though it's a drug it's also a medicine
All medicine are drugs but not all drugs are medicine
If used right yes
Nahhhh my guy I dab everyday used right will not make it work
@@latuya5887 According to the FDA, it's the other way around.
@Stephen Stretch Weed isn't the only plant that produces cannabinoids.
The abundance of endocannabinoid receptors in our bodies is STRONG evidence human consumption of cannabis goes back centuries, if not millennia though.
Vaping weed saves you money and effort (if you’re a grower). Vape, my good people.
The coughing from vaporizing is to harsh its not normal goes to deep in the lungs
Feels like just yesterday it was 2014 and watching my first weed video from vice.
Livin in Colorado and there’s to many dispensaries! We’re doin just fine! What’s Illinois’s problem?
Same thing florida did, basically limiting the amount of licenses they give to restrict the amount of businesses popping up. What they don't realize is they're just hurting their own economy and gain no advantages in return
Conservatives claim to support personal responsibility and no government interference yet they are totally fine with the government restricting certain substances.
I know a lot of conservatives that smoke weed and do other drugs
Exactly, this is 100% hypocritical to the GOP, who still support the illegalization of MJ.
@brandon private The US legalized Cannabis Sativa to win World War II.
Hemp For Victory, USDA 1942: catalog.archives.gov/id/1682
Weed is the only answer in my opinion to any war whatsoever
Ancestral medicine is the answer to many issues today
Ayahuasca
Bufo Alvarius
Kambo
Rapeh
Do your research y’all
Mushrooms too and yes
Where'd all the "illegal" moonshine operations go after repealing the 18th amendment.
They stayed around, they are still around.
Ainhauser bush
Prohibition is the primary problem and gives rise to the black market.
The woman running her mouth at 6:30 is the problem we have in government. Takes no accountability, deflect the question, and just plain out makes excuses as to why she hasn’t succeeded at her job. You’re not doing the people a favor you’re doing your job if you can’t do your job then you’re fired. We’ll find someone who can do the job. These politicians act like they’re doing the citizens a favor, no you’re there because you work for the people. In any other job you get fired for not doing your job, but in politics you move up.
I think you misunderstood her personally.
She is the governors right hand women basically his puppet. She says the same thing in every interview.
When "Smoke weed everyday" becomes a reality.
RIP Nate Dog.
6:00 Bravo, you called her out but with respect and not being snarky. First time seeing vice hold their ground.
Weed literally changed my perspective of life completely. Weed open my mind so much that it made sense to me. I don’t do it anymore because now I get panic attacks on it but I’m not against it at all
It opens your mind to no return a beautiful thing
Brother, I feel your confusion when you say "What are we fighting for? We're fighting for SOMETHING." The same feelings were with me during my stint 50+ years ago.
ALL DRUG'S SHOULD BE MADE AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE AND LEGALIZED. It's so very obvious the war on drugs is an abject failure and at this point one of the WORST human rights issues on the planet.
Power must always be taken. It is never given away.
Real talk!!!!!
Why limit the amount of shops? Let anyone open one if they meet the standards.
Right? Nothing else is getting regulated like this. If there's a demand for it, why not let them open another one? 🤷♀️ No one has ever been like "oh man, we have too many restaurants within a given radius. Guess we can't let them open another one even if there's room and demand for one".
Wait too many shops is a failing industry. The banks making the loans for starting the shop shops in multiples greater than demand can supply? Its not a viable business with loans in a new industry for some unaware of financial consequences. Oregon didn't regulate growers. What happened. Pound prices dropped to 100 a pound. One Hundred A pound. You know how long it takes to grow a pound. How much energy it takes from human and the grid labor to grow this. It has leveled out now but in the beginning without regulation it was not beneficial. Kind of counter intuitive.
@@brooksbergeron7004 maybe profiting from weed is not the point.
Liquor Beer and Wine licenses should have the same rules as a Cannabis dispensary license.
Everyone has that weed friend who thinks weed is the answer to everything
Everything but calculus
Can you imagine JESUS sitting down n smoking a j then passing it around??😱😱
Nope dont think so ...says a former smoker
5:51 I don’t like how she’s trying to catch an attitude, real professional
I know that what rubbing me the wrong way, like you know youre wrong just accept it
@@senpaiem 100% she says the same thing in EVERY interview and wont take responsibility at all
@@truesocialequityincannabis6992 the fact that she represents the city and she still dosent have a anwser for her screw up shows how ignoeant the government is with cannabis
If weed were legal nobody would want alcohol tabacco or other deadly drugs.
I’m all for it I hope these people succeed
that Illinois system is completely fucked up. if there were so many applicants they should have prioritized black and Latino applications.
Imagine being this racist, making a statement like this un ironically and having likes on your comment
our country needs to legalize it.
WEED SAVES LIVES
The Christian Bible never bans cannabis
@@misterbig9025 no but corporations are the gods of politicians
Hope the full ep focuses on other insane issues with IL’s legalization. Like how since cops still want to be able to search cars if they smell weed, the onus is on the citizen to drive home from the dispo with the weed in a smell-proof container. However, you cannot open your containers and transfer your bud to a different container anywhere during the process of taking them home, and no brand offers smellproof containers.
Additionally, instead of getting a simple ticket like you would when weed was decriminalized........you could be charged with a class-A misdemeanor. So if cops decide they want to say they smell weed, they can, penalty-free. And if you’re caught with it in your trunk, you’re fucked.
Also only med patients are allowed to grow, and we can only have five plants maximum. This was because of lobbying from companies like Cresco (they also do High Supply) and Green Thumb Industries (Rhythm, Dogwalkers).
Speaking of Cresco, both they and Verano are constantly under fire for subpar product. Mold, bugs, bud that smells really off-and generally you’re just getting mids. Med price for those brands? $60 an eighth. _Everything_ is $60 or over for an eighth, and that’s just med prices. Rec prices are higher, with 30% tax.
Aaaaaand! They’re only giving out rec dispo licenses. If you want to open a med-only, or med-and-rec dispo, you’re SOL. Also the medical program site has been down for about a month now, and patients have been unable to switch their med dispo. They finally ruled that medical patients can show our cards at any med dispo and get med prices, but I have no doubt that once that site’s back online, we’re gonna be forced back into waiting days to change which dispensary we’d like to go to.
Anyway, it’s a fucking mess out here.
Doubt that would work.
Yet it is so expensive because they taxing tf out of it smh
Weed is needed during this COVID-19 time for respiratory and stress.