I am not a 420 participant. It is the smell. It reminds me of leaves burning in the fall. For me, texture and smell can be a turn off. The smell of cannabis is not pleasant. Maybe if it were more aromatic then I would be inclined to try. Although I am cannabis-curious about cooking with cannabis oils. Food & Wine had an article on a cannabis restaurant. I might be cajoled into a visit. However, for those that enjoy a little puff-puff give, this playlist is dedicated to you.
Also, I would like to bring attention to the injustice of over-incarceration and longer sentences received by African Americans and Latinos for weed possession. Now that it is legal, due to their criminal record, they cannot open a legal cannabis storefront. Ironically, several politicians who were vehement supporters of three strikes for personal possession of cannabis are now board members of cannabis companies. John Boehner now claims that his understanding of cannabis has “evolved” to explain his appointment to the board of a marijuana company — more likely capitalism incentivized him. The hypocrisy is appalling. The previous laws that Boehner and others enacted had a disparate impact on African American and Latino communities. Now these same people want to profit from marijuana. JB Pritzer, governor of Illinois, pardoned 11,000 low-level marijuana offenders. Please encourage your elected officials to pardon records for those…
