Mary(Juana)Land

Maryland is likely to be the 15th state to legalize Medical Marijuana, as Senators on the Left and Right indicated in a News Conference this past Thursday (Jan. 26th). A major focus of officials, however, will be to enact a standard for taxation and regulation for jurisdictions throughout the state; all in efforts to ensure uniformity and prevent the potential problems that have taken (and are taking) place in Los Angles and parts of Colorado.
Maryland intends to establish strict doctor-patient standards in the prescribing of Medical Marijuana, as well as enforcing a difficult licensing process for the development of dispensaries. Essentially, the standards of Medical Marijuana in Maryland wont' be as 'willy nilly' as they have been in areas like LA. Most importantly, the citizens of Maryland in need of relief will now be able to legally use The Chronic!

"Legalize It - Don't Criticize It"

Apparently there are some seriously motivated chronnoisseurs out here in California. This past Thursday, 700,000 signatures (roughly 250,000 more than required) were submitted to state officials in efforts to get the legalization of Marijuana on the California Ballot. The next step in the process falls on the shoulders of Debra Bowen, California's Secretary of State; she has until the 24th of June to certify the initiative.
While Medical Marijuana is already legal here in California, if passed by voters in November's upcoming election, the use of Marijuana would be legal for anyone over the ago of 21. That is, citizens of California over 21 would be able to possess up to an ounce of Marijuana and be able to grow for personal use. Recent polls indicate that 56% of California voters support the legalization of Marijuana. What is more, Richard Lee, founder of Oaksterdam University (who has already invested $1 million in the campaign), intends to raise $10 million more.
Taxation and regulation of Marijuana would not only assist in an already struggling State Economy, it will make the prices of pot decrease considerably. So let's vote already, so we can finally just stop by the store to grab a sack of The Chronic!

San Jose Law Makers, Dazed and Confused

San Jose officials utterly confounded when it comes to regulating marijuana. It appears that they don't know where they stand on much of anything that pertains to Medical Marijuana. They don't know what to say about people growing it in their yards, or what to do about the 30 dispensaries that have sprouted up over the past year. The article on this was pretty boring and lacking any seeming significance, but at least it was about The Chronic!

Cannabis Clubs Doing the West LA Fadeaway

It's official, LA City will be closing over 600 Medical Marijuana Dispensaries . The newly established limit will stand at 70 clubs, all of which must be at least 1,000 ft. from schools, churches, libraries, playgrounds and other 'sensitive' areas. This makes a ton of sense, in a city of nearly 4 million people spanning nearly 400 square miles, with notoriously bad public transportation.
Well at least there was no bill passed closing any of the thousands of liquor outlets (roughly 15,000 currently preside, not counting the 10,000 restaurants that also serve alcohol). According to a vastly more knowledgeable chronnoisseur than myself, however, this could be good for the marijuana movement. The president of Oaksterdam University, Richard Lee says: "The ordinance is good in some ways...Cannabis should be regulated and taxed, and will generate jobs and income like other commodities."
Be that as it may, hundreds of local businesses, providing medical marijuana for thousands of prescribed citizens, are being forced to close; which is nothing more than hasty and extreme. The one sure thing coming from this newly passed bill, LA has never been and will never be The Chronic!

How Could The Jersey Shore Get Any Cooler?

The 'Dirty Jerz' recently became the 14th state to create a Medical Marijuana Bill; which will enable patients suffering from various ailments to get relief from weed. An article in the New York Daily News discussed the potential detriments that legalization of Marijuana would have on pot dealers throughout New York City. With weed being made available to eligible patients for only $125 an ounce, dealers fear a drastic cut in their profits (with the street value of an ounce in New York going for $500). Something to be noted from this drastic discrepancy, in cost between the legal pot and the black market pot, is how absurdly expensive things are when they're illegal. Upon attempting to think of any other product that carries a $500 an ounce price tag, I draw a complete blank. This is emblematic of how the black market thrives, the demand (thus the cost) goes up dramatically the second the government says you're not 'allowed' to use a particular substance. Blows to think of all the money us innocent chronnoisseurs have lost over the years thanks to our government's ignorant stance on such a fantastic part of nature. But whatever, at least Snooky finally has something to take her mind off snagging the perfect guido-- what else, but The Chronic!

High Class Discussion

An interesting question- should medical marijuana be allowed in schools? Any realistic legalization measure would come with some sort of an age limit, so how to deal with kids who are prescribed it for various ailments. Also, does weed really help with ADD/ADHD? Seems to me it doesn't necessarily help with memory or concentration, and it should be noted this is coming from someone who was just posterized three consecutive times by Lebong James.

Well certainly if homeroom consisted of consecutive bingers from a three foot bong, not much is likely to be accomplished. Although Marijuana, when consumed in more manageable amounts, does relieve stress and anxiety; both of which adversely affect one's ability to concentrate on things like schoolwork. As someone who uses, and has used for the past three years, Marijuana to minimize stress and intensify concentration at work; I would much rather my children (if I had any) be smoking a joint before lunch than popping pills.

Most importantly, think of all the time kids would save if they could go to the nurse for a few hits, instead of having to go all the way out to the parking lot. Now that would obviously be The Chronic!

LA City Voting to Close 800 Canibis Clubs

It appears as though several special interest groups have combined forces in an effort to make the establishment of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries extremely difficult. Not only will it make it difficult to establish any further dispensaries, it plans to close 800 clubs throughout LA City. If this ordinance passes in its current form, dispensaries must be located "more than 1000 feet from various 'sensitive uses' -- including churches, public parks, schools, rehab centers, and other dispensaries."
In the article, linked above, a LA City Cannabis patient references the nearly 25,000 locations throughout LA where liquor is available for purchase. This is a significant juxtaposition, but let us not forget the countless other substances we Americans readily ingest that lead to far worse things than a mellow and relaxed demeanor, namely: Doctor prescribed and over the counter medications, Coffee, Soda, Fast and Junk Foods, Tobacco. LA city residence should rest easy in knowing they'll still have plenty of places to rot their teeth, clog their arteries, and kill their brain cells. If this ordinance is voted through, however, there will be 800 less places to legally purchase The Chronic!