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Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know

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Post by lmm »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #321
lmm wrote: post #171

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I don't particularly care about what's official so much as what people use in conversation, but seeing the name of a country change within my own lifetime is an unusual and interesting experience.

Then you may probably be interested in knowing it's just a change in the official code (and I believe quite a number of such changes took place all over the world during your lifetime) and that it even isn't a change but an addition - the "old" name remains ("Czechia" to "The Czech Republic" is what "Mexico" is to "The United Mexican States" or what "Russia" is to "The Russian Federation"). Every Czech or other easte…

I don't think it's "just" an official change; whether a cause or consequence of the official change, I've encountered Czech people saying "Czechia" in English a lot more often in recent years than earlier. (E.g. the place I bought my bike from redesigned their website and the new one says "Proudly made in Czechia" where the old one said "Made in Czech Republic"). Of course these things are gradual but I do think it's a real change.

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Post by stefek99 »

706f6f70 wrote: post #55

The really interesting studies will be longitudinal IMO. It's almost certainly not going to be another tobacco, but it strikes me as impossible that smoking marijuana is harmless. Should also be interesting to see what marijuana culture develops when the entire country is allowed to consume it legally.

Marijuana can be ingested in many ways, smoking being probably the most harmful due to combustion.

> smoking marijuana is harmless

The opposite. Consuming (know your dosage, know your substance) can have a variety of health benefits.

It is worth noting there a known side-effects too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_cannabis#Impact_on_psy...

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Post by TomMarius »

romwell wrote: post #319
benbristow wrote: post #308

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From every headline there's a backstory. I've been to Dubai Airport and had a pint. No problem. There's bars all over the place. Even an official Heineken bar. Just don't act like an ass and you'll be fine.

>From every headline there's a backstory. The backstory being "Don't be a woman in UAE"? >I've been to Dubai Airport and had a pint. No problem. O, selective enforcement, the glorious ideal all other countries' legal systems should aspire to!

It won't change overnight. Selective enforcement is one step towards freedom.

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Post by TomMarius »

acct1771 wrote: post #300
derefr wrote: post #283

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And none of those happen if you have a chemical imbalance resulting in low endocannabinoid levels, because THC/CBD would just bring those levels back up to a baseline reference value, rather than pushing them into excess. (I.e., the same reason that people who have ADHD don't become manic when taking stimulant-class ADHD meds; while people who don't have ADHD, do.)

You're right, except the cancer. Don't light shit on fire, kids. Vaporize or eat!

I'm struggling to find a good vaporizer.

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Post by TomMarius »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #80
ryanlol wrote: post #67

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Maybe illegal, but there are still bars in Prague very openly selling pot.

Openly? Hardly. You are to know a place and how to ask for it.

While true, it's trivial to find this info on Google Maps.

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Post by maxerickson »

coryfklein wrote: post #296
Tharkun wrote: post #6

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> US border guards might deny you entry if you admit to previous cannabis use What? How? Why? That makes no sense.

Border guards are duty-bound to turn away people that they suspect are likely to commit crime and, in the United States as a whole, weed possession/consumption is still considered a crime worthy of jail time. Although I think weed should be legal, in the mean time I am not interested in my taxes paying for the confinement or deportation of Canadians. Ergo, one can support weed legalization and also believe that weed…

I wonder if border screening is cheaper than just deporting convicts back to Canada?

Of course making actual behavior consequential rather than potential behavior doesn't have those delicious authoritarian overtones.

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Post by wafflesraccoon »

graybolt wrote: post #205
wafflesraccoon wrote: post #133

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Personal anecdote, I was a heavy cannabis user in Colorado when it became legal. In the beginning most people still would purchase green from their dealer to avoid the the high tax. Over time, most people simply switched to using dispensaries for the convenience and selection. I no longer live in CO but of my cannabis friends there, almost everyone I know uses a dispensary now.

Are there still people who buy/sell illegally? What's the price difference, if you have any idea?

I no longer live in CO, at this point I assume most people who buy off the black market just have a friend with a lot of plants who can grow it at a cheaper price.

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Post by wafflesraccoon »

pilom wrote: post #242
wafflesraccoon wrote: post #133

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Personal anecdote, I was a heavy cannabis user in Colorado when it became legal. In the beginning most people still would purchase green from their dealer to avoid the the high tax. Over time, most people simply switched to using dispensaries for the convenience and selection. I no longer live in CO but of my cannabis friends there, almost everyone I know uses a dispensary now.

Are you and your cannabis using friends white? Colorado actually tracks these numbers and has found for years since legalization that about 50% of "street" level sales are illegal and 50% go through dispensaries. Minorities are significantly more likely to purchase it illegally and whites are significantly more likely to purchase it legally.

Yep. CO in general is a very white state so I wonder how relevant that is? It is interesting regardless.

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Post by qwerty456127 »

TomMarius wrote: post #335
qwerty456127 wrote: post #80

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Openly? Hardly. You are to know a place and how to ask for it.

While true, it's trivial to find this info on Google Maps.

I've only found some shops claiming they only sell CBD products and not THC. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, I have little experience with Google Maps, I've just opened Google Maps and searched for weed and cannabis.

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Post by TomMarius »

qwerty456127 wrote: post #339
TomMarius wrote: post #335

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While true, it's trivial to find this info on Google Maps.

I've only found some shops claiming they only sell CBD products and not THC. Perhaps I'm doing it wrong, I have little experience with Google Maps, I've just opened Google Maps and searched for weed and cannabis.

Weed (THC) is illegal in the Czech Republic, thus it is not openly advertised. Search for a "weed bar prague" in ordinary google search; various forums and reviews will show up. Then put some bar name into google maps and there will probably be a "user guide" in reviews. If not, then move to the next one - there are dozens, if not hundreds. If there is no guide and you're certain the bar sells weed, simply ask for it directly, usually the only requirement is to buy a drink first.
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