Hey..... How's The Legal Weed Going? - SOME MORE NEWS
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- Опубліковано 15 чер 2024
- Hi. Hi. ....... hello....hi. Today Cody looks at the states where cannabis has been legalizedw asn't legal weed supposed to help communities that had been priorly...prior... previously criminalled? Wasn't it supposed to tax raise money funding for schools and things further more? howd that go? lets invetigate
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
03:44 - What Was Supposed To Happen
12:32 - The Some Good Things That Happened
17:08 - The Tax And Worker Exploitation Of It All
24:17 - How 'Bout Those Pardons?
29:41 - Of Course There's Rampant Corruption
37:03 - Schrodinger's Weed
45:11 - Let's Just Reclassify Cannabis Already
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Fun reminder: cops can raid stores for selling "paraphernalia", and then immediately resell the stolen goods in auction
and never reimburse you if you are found NOT GUILTY
This is what they do with everything they confiscate. And like it's not a secret. Most people know they do and the rest just take blatant lies at face value.
Yes. "Fun" as Cody would say it. This is our world thingy we are stuck in.
Fun fact: It's only "paraphernalia" if it's located near something illegal. Hookah near tobacco: legal. Hookah near weed: illegal. (To be fair, technically it has to be used with it, but cops don't make that distinction, so I didn't.) Also, cops apparently consider "near" to be: "as an undercover 'investigator', I asked for a 'marijuana' waterpipe instead of a 'tobacco' waterpipe and the guy sold it to me, so he knew I was going to do drugs with it even though the reality was that the guy just didn't give a shit enough to say that it can only be used with tobacco for legal purposes." What an absolute crock of shit. Stores should not be liable for what people smoke out of them. If that were the case, Coke and Pepsi should be shut down so that people can't smoke weed out of makeshift can pipes. That should be considered entrapment.
Ammunition and smoke granades aren't free.
I want legal psychedelics, not just legal weed. Also decriminalize all drugs and pardon every nonviolent drug offender in every American prison.
I second this sentiment. 💨
I'm all for legalization for all within reason. legalizing everything is the path straight to abuse. We need programs where people can, at best, be weened off, and at worst, be watched in case of emergency. and I don't mean in a rubber room as if they're treating asylum patients, of course.
People are getting so caught up on terminology instead of understanding my overall point. I WANT PEOPLE TO BE SAFE TAKING THINGS THEY CHOOSE TO IN AN ENVIRONMENT SUITED FOR THEM. Not take 500ug of acid thinking "it's so small. What could possibly go wrong?" and they end up killing someone or themselves because they weren't informed on what they were taking and couldn't handle it.
@@gercey3314there's a difference between decriminalizing and legalizing. Countries which have decriminalized all drugs and focus entirely on rehabilitation rather than incarceration for non-violent drug charges have seen a massive decline in instances of addiction and drug abuse.
@@gercey3314 Every person should have the right to ruin themselves however they want too, as long as they're not actively hurting others (i.e. doing a bunch of meth and then going out to beat people up). The government having a say in what you put into your own body is ridiculous.
What evidence is there that legalizing drug use leads to higher abuse rates? There's evidence suggesting that it leads to lower abuse rates.
I'm all for harm reduction, and there's evidence that specific measures for specific drugs can help, but I'm not aware of any reason to worry about legalization.
my brother used to be a tobacco executive. now he works in canabis testing. and it's kind of crazy how much more heavily restricted the scientific testing of canabis is than the commercial sale of tobacco.
You’d think nicotine never existed. I’ve seen it ruin so many lives 😢
Weed can cause cancer also. If you smoke it. produces a lot more tar also. Using a vaporizer or edibles is the recommended way to take marijuana as it minimises health risks. It also ruins lives, you just dont hear about it because they dont want people to know. and will want their money first before speaking about it. Also explains the strict scientific research guidelines. The gov knows way more about weed than you or I could ever know. It was made illegal for a reason. so they could make more money elsewhere. There is quite an interesting history to marijuana. Been around a looooong time. I quite like it 😉 @@itsjessguys7005
Tobacco got grandfathered in.
As in companies were already raking in the billions before the many scares of the mid 1900s could roll in.
I’ve smoked a shit ton of tobacco and cannabis and tobacco is definitely the drug that made me more argumentative and feel like shit.
William R. Hearst and the Tobacco Lobbyists...
Okay, but what if they’re stalling the full legalization so that these corporations can establish their dominance before anyone else has a chance?
That’s what is happening in Virginia.
That’s exactly what they’re trying to do
That's literally what the biggest fish always does. Look at the vape industry. It was all mom and pop then after major fearmongering those mom and pops got overwhelmed with restrictions that big tabacco is all too well equipped to side step or pay to work within. Now we are right where we were before, big tobacco controling the great majority overnight and it's crazy how now you don't see all the fear mongering anymore. Big tobacco used fear of unknown health consequences (that THEY INSTILLED IN THE PUBLIC in the first place) to take control of the best chance to improve the lives and health of smokers we've ever had. It's disgusting and ridiculous people are so stupid they let it happen.
I'm sure that's part of it. But I'm curious why nearly all the Southern states do not have any recreational or decriminalization laws. ⅔ of Black Americans live in. Marijuana was listed as a Schedule 1 drug in 1971, same year the 'War on Drugs' proxy war began. I have no doubts that corporate interests are deeply rooted. But incarcerations and arrests are The South's neo-cotton fields. And Marijuana is their "gateway" drug of choice for ensnaring Blk men.
That already happened in Canada, that’s exactly what’s going to happen there.
Luckily y’all have a much better process in some places. Oregon still has more shops than Canada does as a country, if I’m not mistaken.
It’s so wild that the national government doesn’t do what the people who elect them want. It’s almost as if they get all their money from a tiny number of people who don’t want the same things as the electorate…
Wouldn't it be great if they didn't have absolutely zero repercussions for all the lies. Oh maybe they don't get more years to lie and be useless and get paid way too much and get what effectively equal bribes, but like what if actual consequences happened?
We need a good ol' Marxist dictatorship of the proletariot, where if your combined assets are over a certain amount (say, $0.5 billion), you are disbarred from any and all political involvement. You wanna get the right to vote back? There's a _very_ easy solution, and it involves you _not_ having obscene amounts of wealth.
The pharmaceutical companies and alcohol producers are doing the heavy lifting. Our problem is, Doritos and Mountain Dew aren't pulling their weight
That's why I'm for cameras everywhere.
Not big brother is watching.
No.
More like we are watching you big brother.
A lot harder to have corruption and conspiracies, or made up conspiracy theories, when the people saw everything.
Yep, exactly! They are all evil, corrupt scumbags who shouldn't be allowed to have ANY power. Why do we even have politicians? We could easily function just fine without them!
Keeping reformed criminals out of housing and work can only lead to them going back to crime just to survive. That is probably the dumbest thing i have ever heard, let people who have done their time live a normal life.
Oh come on, think of the poor for-profit prisons. How will they stay in business if former inmates stay out for good?
Yeah but America isn't about solving problems, it is about punishing individuals.
The american prison system s desgned for vengence not reform
It's whole point is to fuck over your life and n some cases end it.
Reformation wasnt never part of the design
The cruelty is the point. Think of the shareholders for the prisons!
We really need to get it through our thick, dense American skulls that just because you've been in jail doesn't mean your human rights are now forfeit. Yes, there are horrific, violent people that need to be kept from the general population for everyones' safety. But like...possession of some weed? Give me a break! The moral crusades need to end
I worked for a payroll company and out sales reps were also not allowed to sell our services to anyone in the cannabis business. This means those guys can't do simple things like have retirement programs for their employees, Healthcare, or direct deposit. Companies like ours also keep companies compliant with things like paying social security, Medicare, and unemployment taxes.
Big money wants it to stay illegal until they can get in position to dominate the industry
There could be parallel businesses that would. Holding onto retirement money is a good business. The Cannabis companies just don't wanna pay retirement like true capitalists.
@@Activemeasures2023this may be true but, generally, pension money needs to be kept in pension funds, the larger the better and those are typically done by large financial institutions so even if the companies wanted to pay people retirement their pension plans would probably necessarily suck because none of the big players would touch them for fear of some form of backlash that would cause them to lose big on other business.
Gusto and Human Interest :)
@@sugoruyo look at Australia's super funds... the ones that are run by Unions are way better performing than the others. And ya don't even have to be part of the union to use the fund.
Legal weed saved my life from alcohol. I'd say for me, it is going fantastic. 4 years on, not a drop of booze in me.
Pathetic
But 10 joints a day still doing nothing but chill and wait? Yeah that's better
This comment is so underrated. I am so happy for you. ❤ Keep going
Don't look back.
@@fraizie6815 I don't consume near that much. Why would you assume that?
do that for four years and you start being able to operate
Katy: I need you to pretend to be stoned for an hour Cody
Cody: Pretend?!
The man's acting (if it /was/ acting) was sublime.
“preteeend?”- the water boy :)
@@nekodromeda It's method acting at its finest. 😊
@@JavierFernandez01 damn love to see such an underappreciated movie get some love
He's acting his eyes aren't high.
I truly think the most damning single factoid about modern society is that "drugs are fun and many people would enjoy legally consuming them" is actually really far from the main reason why we need to decriminalize drugs
Agreed,
That 'we would enjoy it' is the least potent argument we have is telling.....
The war on Drugs has, itself, caused that much harm within our society.
@@lostbutfreesoulagreed. The vast majority of the police issues we have are due to the war on drugs
That's a pretty good take I feel like I completely forgot about that way of seeing it
So what’s the main reason?
@@Sir-Red We have an entire industry that profits from throwing (mostly black) people in prison for doing a thing that we made illegal so we can do exactly that thing.
I worked for a "unionized" cannabis company that was run by terrible people who sucked all the soul out of the product. They grew it way too fast- the company I worked for has a parent company which has a parent company. The turnover there was insane- in just the year I spent there, there were three rounds of layoffs, the last of which got me. The union was a joke and I heard they worked with the management to dilute its effectiveness. It sucked so bad I've been mostly sober since the layoff. They ruined weed y'all
You wouldn’t have happened to have worked for a subsidiary of either cresco labs or Columbia Care would you? It definitely sounds like you did.
One of the most frustrating stories I've heard was a insider story from an old lapd cop, they used to bust ppl for weed but kept/stole the weed themselves, to smoke and sell. And he was telling it like it was a funny old story. Took place in the 80's
Cops are a state-sanctioned street gang, if you weren't already aware.
As a teen back in the 80's the Niagara regional police were so corrupt, (rumors are they are still), when the mf's popped us on one occasion for partying out in the forest, the cop had us dump what beer we had in our hands and put the other unopened 2 24's plus in his trunk, and confiscated a buddy's 1/4oz baggie, in exchange for not laying charges and letting us go with a warning. About 10 yrs ago, I heard news reports that they were caught selling confiscated weapons at gun shows Stateside, using the profits to buy cheap "government cheese" and smuggling it back across the border to sell to Pizza joints in the area for their Pizzas. True shit.!
LA do as LA do
He's got some serious karmic debt to pay then. Karma is a bitch.
Cops are bad humans. All of them
Underfunding schools is just another way to increase police recruitment
Not just recruitment, but also plays a part in police finance.
Think they could argue these high budgets, if the masses where educated?
Whoa, dude. So deep. Do not cut yourself on your edginess, Edge Lord.
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Uneducated people are more likely to chose *violent* professions. This isn't edgy- it's a fact.
You just want attention. I've given it to you. You're welcome.
@@0ThrowawayAccount0found the pig
@@tonylawson2222 I do not want attention. I am just pointing out nonsense. Everyone in this comment thread seems to think that all crimes are preventable with just providing education, healthcare, and a safety net; they neglect that shitty cultures are a huge contributor to crimes.
When weed is not federally approved but civil asset forfeiture is… you can draw your own conclusion here…
and when Kamala Harris is in the White House....
But your money may have been committing a crime. Honestly, that is the legal justification...
@@robertnewland8358 our TAX money commits crimes around the world for over 200 years now, so...
@@robertnewland8358 when you aren’t allowed to make deposits because because the banks can’t insure them you are forced to travel with cash. Cash that could be committing a crime… it seems unconnected. It’s probably not connected…
@@MrTaxiRob Kamala Harris will talk about legalization on Oprah and The View and then never actually do it lol
It's so nice to be able to grow freely in my garden, here in Virginia. Criminalizing cannabis was a tragedy.
Weed keeps me from alcohol. Absolutely changed my life.
Common sense keeps me from both.
@@WolfHeathen Does it stop you from ragebaiting
@@WolfHeathenbro wants to feel included in the conversation
Ditto, and I come from a long line of Alcoholics. No way am I rolling the Alcohol dice. Besides, no hangovers from Cannabis. LOL
@@cptcosmo pop a 100mg edible at bedtime and let me know in the morning :)
It should not be THIS HARD to do a good thing in this country, and yet I'm never spared the surprise.
Counties are human farms. There is nothing good done for the animals. It exists for the owners only.
it's not a good thing
@@mrosskne GFYS
@@mrosskneoh yes it is.
@@mrosskne It’s a better thing than you.
As someone in Washington state. My only complaint with legal weed products is the packaging requirements. Each gram of concentrates needs it's own glass container and some are individually sealed in their own display package. I just want to buy a single 5-10 gram tub at once and not create so much excess garbage.
For real, the amount of packaging is definitely a problem.
Canada's market is absolutely mired in this issue. So much goddamn packaging. And it's all that crap that uses multiple materials laminated together so that it's fully impossible to recycle.
the packaging is why its so dry and less flavorful too. it need to be able to be in a sealed container for long periods of time.
From CA, agreed!!! The amount of glass and plastic I have personally sent to a landfill makes me so angry. But idk what else to do with the gram containers and they stopped taking them back for refills.
I want fucking bulk tubs in stores I can go in and use to fill a ziplock bag or reusable container like at Bulk Barn.
I met a black man in SF once who had just gotten out of several years of jail for smoking a joint, smoking a joint 😢 It was sad but at least he was happy and celebrating 🎉
I knew some Asian guy (I used to work with) who wen't to prison for too much speeding and spent 10 years there his charge was only for 2 years but they kept busting him with tobacco and it cost him more time.. So insane a grown man can make me pay for his prison stay for 8 years more over tobacco.
As someone who JUST got arrested for felony possession in Florida…. It’s not going good. I’m over 25k down in legal court probation and “drug treatment classes”
Sounds like you need a joint!
My favorite part of the legal weed argument is whether inmates charged with weed related offenses should be acquitted. Law absolutists say that, since one knowingly committed a crime, they should not be acquitted. I’m sure these absolutists would start writing out their will if Congress ever passed a law mandating people jump off bridges.
"Well, that's a BAD law, and the weed law is a GOOD law! Was. Was a good law. That is... now bad. Just now. Not before... before it was good. Because... laws. I am very smart."
Isn't this exactly the situation pardons were meant for?
I know in NY that anyone with a cannabis related charge, aside from trafficking/distribution, was acquitted of said charges
"Ferret interaction goes down 200%"
Laws are literally responsible for crime before anything else. Can't be a crime if there is no law.
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Cody is such a silly goose. He is truly a gift to us all.
Mr. Cody is a silly goat, not a goose!
He quacks me up *laughs in warmbo*
yea. :)
@@LordAJ12345yea. :)
Luckily he hasn't committed a silliness. Sometimes having too much fun is a crime, but only if you're having too much fun.
I was taking prescribed opioids for 8 years and legal cannabis allowed me to get off of them.
I had to work with my doctor to wean off of them over several months but it was 100% worth it. I was at the point where if I missed a single dose I would start going into withdrawal even though I wasn’t abusing them or taking a higher dose than prescribed.
Congratulations on your progress. ❤
Sadly ,I just lost all my weed in a series of tiny fires.
just opened but hoping y'all talk about Montana. we voted to legalize it a few years ago and use the tax revenue for schools and infrastructure but the state legislature - after it already being implemented - redirected that revenue to cops instead. so that's cool.
Ah, like all sin taxes, they talk about how it's for the kids, then next thing you know, public schools get the short end of the stick while law enforcement buys more armored vehicles.
Red states suck
Yep happened years ago when they put an extra 1.50 tax in cigarettes for Summer and after school programs for kids. Lasted all of 6 months when they decided the kids really didnt need it and it disappeared into the system.
That's infuriatingly ironic
I heard it in the show.
We should also preface all this data with the fact that what is LEGAL has nothing to do with cops breaking the law to screw you. It always comes down to one thing: Can you afford to buy your defense
Even if you could, that defense is still statistically very likely going to steer you to a plea deal. The house always wins.
@@user-qk2ni1qc1r yup doesnt matter how much money you have when you're fighting thee people who own the concept of money.
which is why you have to create a history of bribary, so that your incarceration has a monetary effect on an individual with power to help you
that too. That too.
So what you're saying is that the police force is a giant "protection" scam (for those of you that don't get what I'm saying think stereotypical movie gangster going to stores and forcing them to pay for protection they wouldn't need without the gangsters there"
46:15 Can we also talk about how Adderall being Schedule 2 makes it *really hard* for anyone with legitimate medical need for it to actually get it? If you have ADHD, you absolutely don't have the executive function to be able to consistently go to doctor's appointments every 30 days just to get your prescription, that you need for the rest of your life, refilled. (It's almost like the system of classifying medications based on risk for abuse causes a lot of problems!)
My ex has ADHD and his psychiatrist kept ignoring his requests for appointments. Like, why is this not just something that is automatically scheduled?? But yeah, the deck is stacked. So now after the shortage he's been off his meds, so it'll probably be another 6 months before he manages to overcome the executive dysfunction to get back on them
Oh, and his health insurance doesn't cover the psychiatrist or the medecine. So I'm like, find a different doctor and different insurance, but again, those two tasks are like insurmountable mountains! So he's underemployed (ADHD probably contributing to this) but has to pay out of pocket for the thing that would help him keep his life on track...
Well luckily, as you are capable of watching and commenting on a UA-cam video, you don't have the executive dysfunction to have to worry about, and probably a misdiagnosis for ADHD, so congratulations!
@@philovermyer6166 funny, but no
@@TatharNuar Quit bothering your friends and family with your being boring and normal and needing attention.
nobody needs adderall, its a scam. lol
Recreational weed is legal in my state, but if I want to keep my job, I need my medical card. It's worth it to me to get the card and I am so glad I did, I got a promotion recently and the card saved me. It REALLY helps with my anxiety, I feel less stressed and feelings of not wanting to remain a member of society quiet to a dull, occasional, roar.
One of the things I was looking for when considering states to move to was if they have legal weed.
Ohhhh, good point. I'm planning on moving out of state myself because I just... can't afford to live here anymore. (Nevermind the housing, we have some of the most expensive and worst medical care in the US. Hope you like spending $600 so a nurse can tell you you need a referral to six other practitioners who won't see you without one and will need to run a few grand in tests, each one with a separate appointment weeks or even months apart.)
Do they also fire people who drink? Or people who are prescribed hydros?
My boyfriend got a prescription for medicinal, and it’s helped him a lot! He has gout, anxiety and at 28 has already had 1 knee replacement. He played football all the way through college, his body isn’t doing so hot.
The things that stops be from getting a card. Is that federally its still illegal.
So you forfeit a ton of rights. Also within the legal system. They can be brutal and ignore protections entitled to citizens on the soul reason "he smokes pot."
My position on this issue has been pretty consistent: either give the potheads their weed so they'll shut up, or take beer away from the drunks.
[A commenter below has suggested adding caffeine and nicotine to the list. Well, as someone with several asthmatic friends and family, I'm all on-board with the nicotine ban. As for the caffeine... Well, you won't see me crying, but I'll go ahead and let you be the one to tell the coffee drinkers. (Not saying it won't go well, but I foresee a not guilty plea by reason of temporary insanity.)]
Let's do the first one, last time we did the second it did not end well for us.
Why stop there? Nicotine and caffeine are addictive and can be harmful.
It's funny that you think that's a "position"
@@johnharmon536What makes you think it isn't? 💨
@@lolaby2because caffeine and nicotine have a far lower ceiling for the harm they can do than alcohol or weed. Not many people ruin their lives with caffeine, and nicotine itself isn't what's harmful about cigarettes.
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Yes, I started vaping weed and kicked a 25 year heroin/fentanyl addiction. However, I'm now facing time because I'm failing drug tests for THC. To add to this mix, the weed that is in my system is "legal" according to the farm bill (containing less than 0.3% delta 9 THC). I'm certain that I'm not alone in this scenario. But I live in Alabama unfortunately. They've seemed to have hauled their progress on this issue. I have just got my 3rd consecutive drug screen without any illicit narcotics in my system (except the "legal weed") in 25 years! This is my life at stake! I'm not stable enough to stop vaping the weed. I guess I said all of this to say, if anyone has any advice, I'm listening. And thanks in advance for your time.
Move. Colorado is open
I've worked in the weed industry in Michigan. The things I've seen, and watched get sold to customers is disturbing. Federal regulations need to be put in place.
Take a look at Canada where it is federally legalized and regulated. Working conditions are no better. That is a labour law issue, not a weed issue.
Uhhh i live in Michigan, what can consumers do to protect ourselves?
"because they're squares, you see"
cody one of the first states to legalize weed is literally a square
Glad someone mentioned in. Thate state is very square.
the schools in colorado are so fucked up cus tell me another state that has kids with their desks in the shape of state or the flag or even their goddamn yards/LH
@@ribbitcryptid heck, even some Colorado residents wrote a song called 'You Probably Shouldn't Move Here.''
No way, Colorado is an isosceles trapezoid. Or if you wanna get really precise its actually a hexahectaenneacontakaiheptagon.
if you account for the curvature of the earth its actually more like a trapezoid
Cody doing a weekly news show coherently and without substantial error is proof weed is able to be used during work and may also give you superpowers.
Where will we obtain our free labor?
@@JavierFernandez01I think weed effects everyone differently. I go full dumbass when I smoke.
Yeah... your bullshit fast food job totally counts.
But let's keep our pilots, truck drivers, and anyone else that does any kind of skilled work. Not high, on the job...
From a stoner, with a skilled labor job.
@@emilyhofland8219 we have driverless trucks and planes have autopilots. If the pilot gets too high the autopilot could take over.
@@Dzztztpfp fits
Legalization has been awesome in Canada. Prices have plummeted. You can buy ounces from many different online delivery vendors for as little as $40 at times. Canadian dollars. Almost all have ounce specials for under $100. You would think that the quality was terrible, but it isn't. I picked up an Oz of Miracle Alien Cookies for $80 recently, it was super fresh and maybe one of the best tasting buds I ever smoked. At $50 to $100 an ounce it's practically free. In southern BC at least. If the government didn't undercut the black market, people would simply just keep selling weed.
I can't wait until prices start dropping in the US. It's still around 60 an eighth and delivery isn't a thing where I live
Employers shouldn't be allowed to do drug tests at all. They're invasive and creepy. It's like if you got hired at a place but only under the condition that the boss can go thru your browser history or something.
Totally. If my employee is paid to operate dangerous machinery, it's none of my business if they have a heroin habit.
Especially if its some shit like a service job
Lol go ask Mike Babcock how the latter is going
i mean it depends on the job, but if all youre doing is putting boxes on shelves its bullshit to have people fired over a little weed to make it more tolerable
@@Punishment_for_Decadence really doesn't matter til the fuck up on the job
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Surprised you didn't mention how lotteries were created to fund schools, which they still claim to do, except what really happened is they reduced all the money schools used to get and replaced it with lottery revenue, or as Oliver said, the poor man's tax
having lived in the ghettos for a few years, I can tell you, there are lottery stores every other corner (the other corners are predatory lenders)
Don’t even get me started on the “internet cafés”
Aggressive oppression is a feature, not a bug...
@@itsjessguys7005i know ur comment is from a month ago, but if you have time, please tell me a little more, i am intrigued. What is the connection here?
@@monalizzy not a solid answer for you I only know they go after those with zero to low impulse control to line their coffins
I got convicted federally for possession in a national forest. One ticket for weed was 360 and one for being on federal land 280 plus transaction fees
I got let go of my job in social services even though I had a medical card. Hypocrisy at its finest given their smoking habits outside of the building.
When Maryland went full legalization, prices skyrocketed. So they started charging more and had like 8 times as many potential customers. Guess what, now that they're making more money than ever, the workers didn't get any raises.
Unionize
"Oh, _there's_ a big surprise! That's incredible! I think I'm gonna have a heart attack and die from not surprise!"
The method of legalization is important. People should be able to grow quite a bit of cannabis for personal use with no red tape. The red tape, licenses, etc should only be involved for those selling medium to large quantities. Such as more than a few ounces a year of raw flower. That's less than a thousand in revenue per year
Prices were really high in Oregon at first and then they went down dramatically a couple of years later
Yeah i was shocked at how high the prices were when I visited a dispensary in Cumberland in July. Thankfully I have family in Michigan so I just stocked up there when I visited last month. Think I got like 4 or 5 times as many gummies as I got in Maryland for the same amount of money. Still would've been nice to have a place closer to me to shop at with reasonable prices.
When Cody said he was too high to deal with the cops, I felt that.
With police in the United States of America, sober or high, there is no beneficial way or state of mind to interact with them.
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@@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshieldAll they want to do is either extort people or put people in torture cuffs and throw ya in the dungeon!
@@yourfriendlyinternetmeatshieldrelaxed and compliant while knowing your rights is generally beneficial. It won't stop your rights from being violated but it may save you a kick to the face. You'll never change an officer's mind but you can keep it from escalating. I've seen so many examples of people turning a warning into a felony. Your only hope is the courts so try to keep your interactions with the police as short and quiet as possible and preferably off the ground.
@@bac1308 hahaha yeah. That's not always how that works fren. You're not giving out bad advice, and I do that, but, pigs gonna pig.
Katy texting, "Happy Honda Days!" made my day. Whoever, wrote this line...Thank you! Throughout the day I randomly brusted out laughing thinking about the "Happy Honda Days!" line.
It's hard to not wish some kind of justice upon those stealing lives for votes or political favor. Judges, District Attorneys, anyone in a position to not be a disgusting excuse for a human let alone a leader.
as a Marylander (shit got legalized a month and a half ago) I am greatly enjoying the the increased quality of edibles within my grasp, rather than whatever it is my dealer felt like cooking up that day
Once you learn to make canna oil, the world is your oyster 😉 *allegedly *
I am super sensitive to ingested cannabis so I’m over the moon about the 3 to 1 CBD/THC lozenges that make me feel relaxed and giggly instead of feeling like I have to hold onto the ground to keep from flying off the earth.
Yeah. Miss my arizona weed dealer back in the good ol days, cute guy honestly, but having quick and easy access to some of the highest grade stuff around, while highly taxed, is sooo convenient.
@@SSelkie3 I'm in the UK so I couldn't be more jealous 😂
@@clarepollard3193 yeah ive heard all yall get over there is extremely mid grade stuff, laced, or spliffs.
I live in California and cannabis is cheaper then ever before. It's almost ludicrous how cheap and high quality it is. It has also completely renovated small towns that chose to spearhead legalization
Uh, what about this damn excise tax? My product was $34 but after taxes went to $48. Legalization only happened because the wrong people were able to take their share of the profits.
absolutely. i used to have the hookup with 40 an oz of pretty good stuff like 30 years ago. my local dispensary offers a 30 dollar oz of sun grown that hovers at about 21% thc. sells out super fast…. but its there.
its a fruit. a flower. the prices should reflect that. the hard work of breeding is done. everyone has the good shit.
really? because the towns in northern california that used to rely on the marijuana industry are now destitute.
The only people who can afford to get in the industry now are folks who can get millions in cash, people who already have A LOT of money. Not anyone from small towns.
There's actually a surplus of pot out here and folks can't sell it "legally" because it's priced too high.
The emerald triangle is almost non-existent now.
That's why, btw, such high quality pot for low prices are available outside of the legal market. It's not a good thing and it won't last. It's a symptom of a dying industry.
@@drugsdelaney2907 all the more reason to secure a medicinal license.
@drugsdelaney2907 even for $48 you're probably still getting good product and a pretty good amount of it. When I lived in Missouri, I would sometimes pay $40 - $50 for an eighth of good weed and sometimes $30 for shit weed. Also, sometimes you hit up your 3 or 4 weed guys and all of them are busy or need to re-up so I guess you're just not smoking tonight. Which yeah, 1st world problems and whatnot but still, it's nice when the weed stores have dedicated business hours and you know where to find them.
I genuinely think part of the reason they don't take in as much as they thought is because they mark up the price of the flower too much.
And they claim they cant possibly go any lower but then you go down the street and find a shop seeling the exact same flower for half the price
@@BrandonDenny-we1rwWell part of it is because they can’t write anything off on their Taxes, they have super low margins, so if rent is a more, the weed will be substantially more at a given store. None of the overhead of a dispensary can be written off.
Thank you so much!! I don’t hear anyone else talking about these SERIOUS issues
I love that Cody's notification noise for Katy is a Wilhelmesque scream.
That’s Wilhelmesque!???? Thats like nightmarish!
It’s what Katy would want.
Canine CBD edibles have really helped one of my dogs. Normally during thunderstorms he gets so terrified that he will literally start peeing, but now he only shakes.
You may have tried it already, but a thundershirt may also help
I started taking pot once it became recreationally legal in California, and once I moved to Oregon, where the prices are very accessible, it became very regular for me. Shit has changed my life, so much for the better. Anxiety? ADHD? CPTSD? Depression? It helps me all in different ways with different types. I've always been a big supporter of it being legalized, but my support has only grown with seeing how it can change lives, and that's not even counting it as a recreational thing.
23:26 Holy shit thanks for the whiplash, Cody. Still a faithful viewer after over 10 years!
That’s messed up that that guy got life in prison for stuff I get to just have on my kitchen counter legally.
Legalization is crucial but there is one additional hurdle that we need to clear. It is imperative that there is at some point a federal ban on random and pre-employment drug screenings as well. This fight will only be over when employers are unable to discriminate based on what people choose to indulge in outside of work.
It does affect work. Weed has long lasting effect its not like drinking.
@@josevictorribeirolisboa7576 What someone does weeks prior has no bearing on current ability to work. Unless there's a way of telling if someone is currently high at this second we have a system of 'guilty until proven innocent'. These effects you're talking about are typically no worse than a hangover.
Source - Years of drinking and doing various drugs.
@@josevictorribeirolisboa7576then get rid of the bad performers.
@@josevictorribeirolisboa7576 That's BS. A person tests positive for marijuana use long after the intoxicating effects have fully dissipated.
@@josevictorribeirolisboa7576then they can fire people for being bad at their jobs.
And like, if someone is obviously impaired, then that's a different issue that doesn't require drug testing to prove.
I've always been confused at why our government hates weed so much, even when they have every opportunity to make a win-win situation happen. I never thought about the current trajectory leading to big-box weed stores. I'm no longer confused. Unless it's a win for them, and them exclusively, the people in power couldn't be less interested
"Am I bleeding or am I sweating?" We've all been there😂
Pennsylvanian here. I really appreciate the recognition of how backwards medical marijuana "protections" are for our workers.
Both of my parents have used marijuana for pain and sleep disorder managment for as long as I can remember. My mother is a phlebotomist (person who takes blood at hospitals) and she struggles to find work EVEN WITH her medical card. She has arthritis, Raynaud's Syndrome and narcolepsy. Without weed, she experiences consistent pain. She takes a stimulant medication to manage her narcolepsy as well.
Why is one protected by a percription and the other is not? Why legalize weed for medicinal usage if those using it will be unable to work?
I have (diagnosed) narcolepsy. Smoking weed or drinking mixed with stimulants has been basically forbidden by my doctor, but I also choose to not do it because I'm already essentially unable to be functional even without smoking or drinking. There's different degrees of narcolepsy and I think mine is fairly severe but still. I can't imagine smoking weed is helping here. My unprompted opinion. Obviously she can do what she wants. And I'm not anti weed by any means. Weed is fine and fun, just people gotta make choices for themselves what's best.
Also PA medical weed is absurdly overpriced last time I checked. Compare the prices here to Washington state and it's like double in PA. They need to do full legalization, any store can sell it, no special tax just 6% unless you have a (make this free too) medical card then it's tax free. It's insane that a "medicine" as the state is calling it is taxed and sold at such prices when street price is like half. Fetterman was a voice for legal weed but unfortunately (also fortunately) he's our senator now (weird and funny to think) so I'm not sure anyone in state politics is carrying that torch.. or blunt. Sucks to lose good guys even if they do move on to more significant and powerful positions
One was created by capital holders to make themselves more capital and must be protected at all costs. The other you can grow yourself, and if it doesn't put money into some already rich asshole's pocket it must be made ILLEGAL!!1! How that helps distinguish the reaction between them.
@@ChristopherSadlowskithat's it in a nutshell.
Federal laws plus the worry of intoxication causing legal liability. The real question we should ask is if work should even be required for simple survival rather than a means to get access to luxury goods and services.
@@fluidthought42 work be required? Bruh you just sent that message on something built from materials hauled out of the ground by child slaves. And you want to abolish work for yourself? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@Cody, I don't think you mentioned it, but there are states that require businesses to have massive amounts of cash on-hand to even apply for weed permits leaving only wealthy companies and people as the only people who can obtain licenses.
Iirc new yorks legal market was supposed to prioritize people who had previously been charged with cannabis related crimes for business permits, but those people HAD TO HAVE 2 YEARS BUSINESS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE TO BE ELIGIBLE! Y'know, that thing that very few people actually have? This state by state rollout has been complete nonsense so far.
id definitely would be drinking if i couldn't get weed and ive never blacked out smoking weed before its actually crazy how alcohol is legal to begin with ive done some wild crazy ignorant things while being really drunk that i would have never considered just smoking weed lol
'Legal,' is a good start. The goal... FREE WEED!
Oh. Oh god. Oh no. How is “legalized weed” gonna turn out to be horribly depressing?
The answer: capitalism and corruption working hand-in-hand 😊✨
No points for guessing that the answer is the profit motive.
Capitalism baby!
I work in the cannabis industry in Massachusetts, and we've made $5 BILLION since passing Recreational use. $1B this calendar year alone.
Please somebody use this money to pave the roads. I just had to get new tires, because of the potholes, and it really killed my paycheck.
@@wen6519
We constantly have to repave roads. It's just what happens when you experience all 4 seasons.
@@Betelgeuse2142
It literally IS getting cheaper as time goes by. 3.5g is already like half the price it was when it all started.
@@wen6519"pot" holes tee hee
@@Betelgeuse2142
Stop fucking yelling, random stranger I don't care about in any capacity.
At first I was really off put by the character you have put together, but the factual information being shared is great.
So much talk about the police when it comes to this topic... And so little talk about how the Cannabis Industry is SWAMPED with product now that it's been legalized and it plummeted the price of related products.
I speak from Michigan, where we passed legislation back in 2018-2019.
The characters kinda threw me off at first but the humor grows on you especially when it's backed by such well researched videos.
@@dylantoney6971 Seriously though the information is great. Definitely had to share.
Here in Michigan I have had a Caregiver for more than 7 years but as of about 6 months ago we shut the lights off because our market is completely saturated and the price has plummeted.
The little guy cannot survive anymore. And our "Excise Cannabis Tax" is only 10% while our sales tax sits at 6%.
At least we can't be jailed for having it on us, though!
First time I’ve seen your show. Super stoned and loving your presentation. New sub!
As a Canadian, I can tell you that most people are finding it pretty great. I personally can't moderate my usage since finding THC vape cartridges, but that's more reflective of my issues than pot's.
Same man. Finding cartridge pens was like finding weed all over again....gettin tight in Edmonton!
As a Canadian I don't do weed, but feel it should be legel for everyone
@@jeffhoward162yeah, the problem with the pens is that you can use them inside... it's too convenient, and the high from 95% THC oil is incredible until you build a tolerance for it.
they’re quite handy. yea. 😶🌫️
As a fellow Canadian, my only complaint is that my local place does not carry the CBD drinks that I like.
I was more...unstable when I used alcohol vs marijuana when self medicating for depression/ptsd/anxiety.
The green was one of the best changes I made for my liver.
I've watched several alcoholics in my periphery die awful deaths and it's always frustrated me so much how you can walk into any gas station and buy enough booze to ruin the rest of your day for a few bucks while weed remained expensive and illegal. Really goes to show how sheltered lots of the folks making the laws are from the reality of things at the community level.
Facts. We all need to be willing to speak openly and often about this.
35k in bribes, 2 years in prison. an ounce and a half of weed, life. makes total sense
I know people involved in the legal weed business in California and they are all suffering. Double and triple taxes and permits from the state, county, and city all interfering in various ways looking for their cut and serving councils that disagree with the state decision, driving costs up while simultaneously doing nothing to enforce cracking down on all the unlicensed weed farming and distribution still happening, allowing them to drive prices down. Costs up, prices down, losing battle for the legitimate businesses.
Lore question: is “rattlesnake fear” the fear one experiences from a rattlesnake encounter, or the fear experienced by a rattlesnake? This is extremely important.
The Some More News cinematic universe (SMNCU) has repeatedly represented fear as a physical substance, but has made no attempt to explain its qualities in any given form. How, I repeat how, is the fear extracted? The world wonders.
The process involves exposure to Warmbo, so the world may never know. (It may be better if the world never knows)
it's like in Monsters inc.
I started as a budtender in the industry in late 2020 until this January. I watched decent people who believed in the drug be wholly consumed by greed and it's actually genuinely sad to see someone lose their morality.
Yeah money does that.
capitalism conquers all?
End stage capitalism on display in the legal cannabis industry
Sadly, Wisconsin will probably never get recreational legalization because of gerrymandering. We've had referendum after referendum overwhelmingly (>60%) supported and yet, the Republicant controlled state legislature absolutely refuses to even allow it to be voted on. Funnily enough, if you drive to the nearest dispensaries in Illinois, you'll see the majority of cars there have Wisconsin plates, so, you're welcome, Illinois.
As a neighbor in Chicago, fingers crossed that y'all are able to get some non-gerrymandered maps through! But until then, we appreciate the support XD
Just like with everything; corporations ruin everything.
Hey props to you guys for being mentioned by F.D. Signifier's channel. Your video on Police got noticed, and he had a really great video about it as well.
I mean the Showdy is old heads compared to FD but cool that the left universe references each other I guess
No one should be in jail for a plant.
Seymour from Little Shop of Horrors posted this.
Agreed. And personally, fungi and other recreational... products... should be included in that list
@@TheNerindilI popped in to make an Audrey 2 joke, but you beat me to the punch.
🙄
I disagree. If you plant hawkweed in Australia or you plant nettles right up against the sidewalk you should be arrested for that.
Here in Michigan it literally doesn’t pay to get a medical cannabis card anymore because almost none of the dispensaries even have medical grade product in rotation after going recreational. So those of us who had to spend over $250 and beg some quack doctor to put his sloppy signature on a piece of paper, then another $100-$200 every 2 years to re-certify, we got screwed. I got mine in 2016 back when we had maybe 2 dispensaries within a 100 miles radius. Now you see recreational ONLY dispos on literally ever corner in Michigan. By 2020 I said fuck it and never redid my certification again, even though medical cannabis not only allowed me to eat solid foods when I’m in a horrendous gastroparesis flare, but it got me off so many potent opioid drugs it’s not even funny. The shit I can buy on rec isn’t terrible but you can tell it’s not as good as the stuff I used to get on med. Plus that damn 16% sales tax (state & med is only 6%) really jacks up the price for a lower quality product.
Missouri changed laws to allow credit/debit card payments. The dispensaries prefer that. The delivery drivers carry money and weed in a lock box with a digital lock. We also had lack of diversity in shop licensing.
I don't think a good case needs to be made for legalizing all drugs.... they never made a good case for why the government should be able to tell you what you can and can't put in your own body.
While I also believe in Body Autonomy, there are reasons for intervention.
The real concern for me, these reasons often have alternative solutions other then 'outlaw the drugs themselves.' Solutions that are just a lot more expensive, more governmental intuitive, and even then it is difficult to get the results wanted. Faced with all the work that has to be done, and the funds needed to be spent, people found it easier to just... outlaw.
Cause, we humans... can be so stupid.
"It's not a war on drugs, it's a war on personal freedom"
@@randomusername1735it was a war on racial minorities and the antiwar left
Simple, the government needs more live bodies to exploit, and drugs may shorten lives.
The problems with public and social benefits link to a more fundamental problem in US politics where political institutions are programmed to be reluctant to spend on public services under any circumstances. The exact same thing happened with state lotteries: promised additional funding for schools either never turned up or it turned up, but the school's baseline funding from ordinary taxes was reduced in line with it. Local government just hates spending money. A state's rich uncle could die and leave them $100bn and they would still complain about how increasing funding would be morally wrong.
I hope you're getting your salaries on time, wishing you all the best to your podcast! I love your channel!
Currently listening to the podcast version of this episode while at work inside a cultivation site. Thank you everybody at the Cody showdy for this episode. I work as a preroll machine operator in northern NV…as a trans man. I’d like to comment that management at these sites still function as pit bosses and they push us and push us and PUSH US to fill quotas. Plants are getting harvested too early, everyone is exhausted and I’ve personally been discriminated against and held to a higher standard of work than my cis counterparts. Our site alone creates almost 2 million dollars in revenue each quarter, yet I barely make enough to afford rent. This episode really makes me feel seen in this industry, which is grinding its workers into the ground while producing lower and lower quality product.
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i really love your comedy style but i want to thank yall for toning it down a bit so we can share your amazing videos with an audience who needs them more than your core audience does to understand the complex issues yall tackle
Yeah sometimes I want to share an episode with my mom, but it’s too wacky or too wombo-pilled lmao. Serious episodes when needed are a godsend (like the one about woman body autonomy)
THIS is toned down?? i can barely watch this with the cringey bits scattered unpredictably throughout.
@@Gormfork idk they dont do like entire subplots that make zero sense as much anymore. ig we got the warmbo election but thats ab it for a while
I noticed one big difference when I built my grow setup a couple years ago: it was a hell of a lot easier to get everything I needed.
10-15 years ago you had to discretely buy everything all piecemeal or even build some of the components yourself.
This time I got everything I needed off Amazon. They had full kits that would give you everything you needed to set up a grow, so even if you were a total novice you were set.
The carbon air filters are cheaper than they used to be, the tents are cheaper, and LED grow lights don't use nearly as much power or put out nearly as much heat as the old high-pressure sodium lights did.
They used to bust growers with infrared cameras all the time.
But the lights I have now put out the same power and heat of a couple old incandescent bulbs.
And all the components were built professionally and with modern safety features: indoor grows used to be a huge fire hazard too from all that heat and electricity.
Thank you, Cody and crew.
😂 “one of the ingredients is rattlesnake fear” I laughed soo hard and “I can smell you breathing” I had a good laugh with this episode. Besides how not awesome the industry is.
I am disappointed we have not had a hog update recently. These hogs are out of control and we need to be properly informed and terrified!
…. maybe they’re getting ready for something.. something big….
The boars are probably behind all this weed fuckery.
Seeing the CBD products offered in the first ad break convince me that the best outcome of legalizing weed is being able to sponsor the Cody Showdy
The final part before the credits should say "We're gonna have so much fun together, Mr. Cody! Warmbo brought Cards Against Humanity!"
The legal weed industry in illinois is some of the most insane corruption I’ve ever seen.
That's what happens when something is only quasi-legal on the federal level, dude. 💨
Not only that, but the weed is weak and expensive. I've heard people talk about driving to Michigan to get better affordable weed.
@@MimulusIllinois weed is so insanely expensive that an eighth costs over $70
@@RHColenot legal on the federal level, dude. That's the problem. Not even descheduled federally.
??? Bro expect in 3 years for the weed market to be fully monopolized. We live in the usa, not some socialist country.
I can't get my head around life in prison for weed possession.
It's a sick joke
"He's gonna be so disappointed in me" was a hilarious way to finish the episode
Dude your delivery is fantastic. Subscribed
This is legit the thing I look forward to watching, marks the beginning of my weekend with a beautifully sassy news boy 😂
As far as weed research goes I'm all for it. Something I learned about Cancer is that it causes one to loose their appetite and not eat as much or as well and in turn can deplete the immune system so that the Cancer has more of a fighting chance than it already does. By using weed, a person's appetite returns and they are better able to fight off the disease. It can also help with your mood and some pain as well.
Well it more the chemotherapy causing the lose of appetite but everything else is still correct
I wish I could have gotten my parents past the stigma and convinced them to use cannabis products while they were in treatment. It certainly wouldn’t have changed the outcome, but it definitely would have helped to ease their suffering and increased their appetites.
Oklahoma checking in. Had my card since 2018. And all dispensaries were open and essential during vid. Couldn't imagine a world without it.
I needed a nap, so I put this video on, it's easier to fall asleep with youtube chatting in the background. So here I am, playing the video a again, to actually watch this time :D Fun listening for where I dozed off.
It was a good nap, thank you.
Pretty damn well. All our highschool classmates have stopped dying of overdose since we opened our lounge and smoke shop in North Carolina.
The process that led to HHS recommending to move it to Schedule 3 was begun by Biden at the same time he announced those pardons. DEA has to look at it and will almost certainly agree, it's estimated their approval will come sometime in the next several months.
Dude cody youre great appreciate what yall do!
Man the Aeon Flux cartoon reference touched my soul. I am seen. Thank you Cody for seeing me.