wheeee.... legal drugs!

I feel like when people reach that age you have to just take anything they say with a grain of salt and be forgiving….

This is why ideally no country should elect anyone over 75 to lead them…people start to lose it a bit…

speaking of… RFK Jr's strategy for dealing with the opioid crisis: legalize weed federally, tax it, and use the proceeds to fund "wellness farms" - rural clinics/retreats where addicts can get treatment, counseling, attend 12-step meetings, commune with nature, work with their hands, get away from their old life, etc.

first, i'm not sure that system works for everyone.  not every addict is going to want to leave their communities, families, etc to go isolate with cows on a ranch.  second, even if every addict wanting treatment was interested in this approach to recovery, i doubt it would scale sufficiently to meet the enormity of the problem.

rfk jr is in recovery for heroin and alcohol.  apparently RFK jr still attends up to nine 12-step meetings a week.  sounds like an addiction…

cue the Asylum Street Spankers: We're winning the war on drugs.

We live in a timeline where npr does stories about where to get legal weed

https://www.npr.org/2025/02/05/g-s1-46564/cannabis-market-illegal-weed-consumers


cavet: the article does not provide a way to get legal weed (i.e. find licensed shops) in any of the DMV states

We live in a timeline where NPR is about to be history

I remember a SNL skit with the "all drug olympics"

welp Theil and his crew actually did it

https://www.enhanced.com/

Framing itself as a transparent, science-forward alternative to traditional anti-doping events, the venture couples rigorous pre-competition medical profiling with independent backing to keep athlete safety and innovation at the forefront.

i did not have on my 2025 Bingo Card Rick Steves coming out as an enjoyer of the Wacky tobacky

And if I work all day long and want to go home, smoke a joint & just stare at the fireplace for 3 hours…that’s my civil liberty. ‪


https://bsky.app/profile/ricksteves.bsky.social/post/3lskb3ryrpc25

and ok fine for the sake of sweets..  he's been at this for 20 years…

I will say, that may be news to you, but he's been a advocate for a while

vinly-Hatch wrote:
I will say, that may be news to you, but he's been a advocate for a while

which is exactly why i included the sweets inventible fact check in advance

Julian, wrote:

ye-ole-hatch wrote:
Dc is soo close

Did Jules write this?  Because they name droped Takoma wellness center


https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/20/dc-medical-marijuana-gifting-pot-shops-licenses/

Brand Ambassador.

You’ll be happy to know that Takoma Wellness Center won the best of dc For a dispensary in the City Paper for 2025

Insanity-Hatch wrote:

Julian, wrote:

ye-ole-hatch wrote:
Dc is soo close

Did Jules write this?  Because they name droped Takoma wellness center


https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/04/20/dc-medical-marijuana-gifting-pot-shops-licenses/

Brand Ambassador.

You’ll be happy to know that Takoma Wellness Center won the best of dc For a dispensary in the City Paper for 2025

I’ll be happy to know? If anything I should negotiate a success bonus.

speaking of legal drugs…look what is happening in Arlington

https://www.arlnow.com/2025/07/17/bronson-bierhall-pioneers-thc-at-the-bar-with-anytime-seltzer-sco1/


before you get too excited, it's the near beer version
the low‑dose version of Anytime Seltzer—each 12 oz can has 2 mg THC

but it's a start

I have to agree the smell is nasty


https://nypost.com/2025/10/19/us-news/josefa-ippolito-shepherd-wins-case-against-thomas-cackett-for-smoking-weed/

I do like his defense (although didn't work)
“I am not Snoop Dogg,” Cackett insisted to the court.

Whoa… scotus to decide if you can own a gun if you’re a pot smoker

The Supreme Court on Monday said it will decide whether a federal law that prohibits unlawful drug users from having firearms violates the Second Amendment, adding a second high-stakes case involving gun rights to the docket for its current term.

How do you feel about that??

well I wouldn't even take a gun if you gave it to me for free

but I think there are tons of unstable people, pill poppers and alcoholics that are just as dangerous, if not significantly more…and should not have weapons either

So I just think this is a ploy to focus on liberals/minorities/poor rather than the real problem

I personally hate guns, but I do support the 2nd amendment