Here are my observations as I traveled though legal states. I didn’t study the situation too closely, these are just general observations.<\/p>\n
Yakima County and the City of Yakima spend way too much time and money fighting the inevitable and they’ve ended up with basically what they should have done 6 years ago. What I saw was that stores there were lax on ID checking, making them an ideal sting target by the Cannabis Board.<\/p>\n
Bend, Oregon is an island of cannabis in a sea of prohibition, especially in growing. They have a lot of pot shops, but they serve a wide area.<\/p>\n
There are no marijuana operations in NE Nevada; NV shops are in Reno and Vegas, seldom elsewhere. It’s best to leave NV alone as they seem to know what they are doing.<\/p>\n
Who would’ve thought that Utahns would be voting on a medical marijuana bill this fall? And polling suggests it will pass, despite opposition from government, law enforcement, and the church. The bill itself is state-of-the-art medical marijuana laws reflecting a lot of experience. As you’d expect, it’s strict, but workable. It’s odd to listen and read the debate going on in Utah, especially how the church gets involved.<\/p>\n
Colorado invented “local control” which allows other jurisdictions to prohibit any marijuana activity. It’s state-legal to use and possess, but not grow or sell in prohibition areas. Grand Junction where I am now does not allow anything. Most legal states will open some stores next to the border of a prohibition state, which is always a lucrative move. But I believed the closest pot shop to Utah on I-70 was in Parachute, a ways up the mountains from here.<\/p>\n
Without ever hearing of Palisade until I parked here, I found that there is a shop in Palisade. In fact, another one is setting up shop next to the rv park where I am. I’ll be checking this out tomorrow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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