While it would be hyperbolic of me to write that THIS T Greenson article is THE worst product of the MSM in the neo-prohibitionist era we are now in (only because such reportage/opinion is still so widespread), it is definitely a candidate for that award, due to so little linkage amongst the variables presented... Just for example, in the current "legalization (with extreme regs)" period, all 4 participants in the absolutely devastating event (described in another article in the same edition) are prohibited from availing themselves of the sprouting number of local "rec" retailers, since you have to be 21 to enter and purchase cannabis. Furthermore, the average price is hiked by @ 45% in these outlets due to state and local greed/sin taxes, and as a previous commenter on this article notes, E Garner was choked to death by cops on the east coast for suspicion of selling black market tobacco, which is a huge market only because of the greed/sin taxes attached to the "legal" product. I could/should say much more to dispute the opinion of this article, but I'll just conclude by stating the obvious: the cannabis black market will persist locally/nationally/globally as long as a plant that has never caused a single OD in the history of the world is treated by govts as if it were heroin or plutonium.
Both the lack of a 1 acre acreage cap AND the restrictions on light dep for outdoor permits will have severely negative consequences on the very small family farms that are the economic foundation of Humboldt County. Please go to the Adorni Center next Tuesday, from 1-3 pm, to protest this farm-unfriendly regs to the reps of California's Dept of Food and Ag!
Re: “Food for People Rebuilds”
Please volunteer &/or donate to food 4 people, Humboldt's favorite nonprofit org!