Cherokee vote passes: NC's first recreational marijuana market likely in '60-75 days'

[cookinwithgas]

Hemp tastes more like smoking rope but it’s essentially the same chemicals when burned. But it’s legal and easy to get. 

[jayboogieman]

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The Great Smoky Cannabis Co. in Cherokee announced on social media Aug. 1 that they will soon open adult-use recreational marijuana on Sept. 7, making it the first recreational marijuana dispensary to fully open to those over the age of 21 in North Carolina.

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[LinvilleGorge]

36 minutes ago, cookinwithgas said:

Hemp tastes more like smoking rope but it’s essentially the same chemicals when burned. But it’s legal and easy to get. 

Good hemp flower whether it's CBD or CBG is indistinguishable from THC flower in look, taste, smell, etc. One just gets you high and the others don't.

[LinvilleGorge]

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/nc-court-appeals-reverses-course-marijuana-smell-searches/2FRDE6MD65G7ZD75PO6HOBE4NU/?outputType=amp

“If you’re a trained officer who can testify yes, I know how to identify this stuff by sight and smell, that’s enough for probable cause to search somebody and that’s all you need to prove at trial either – the officer’s just word that this is marijuana,” said Phil Dixon, an attorney who now teaches at the University of North Carolina School of Government.

“From the perspective of people using hemp products, it certainly sets the standard that says you’re subject to search just for smelling like it. And whether it’s hemp or marijuana, that’s for the officer to investigate, and if they’re wrong about it, and charge you anyways, well you can prove the difference at trial,” Dixon told Channel 9′s Evan Donovan.

Hey Phil, you gonna pick up all those legal fees bills? Motherfuger acting like it's just no big deal to be wrongfully indicted and have to hire attorneys to go to court to defend yourself. This is akin to charging anyone with a white powdery substance for cocaine possession and telling them, "Well, you can just go to court and argue there."

There's a real simple solution to all this idiocy. A solution a lot of states have already approved.

[cookinwithgas]

On 8/11/2024 at 11:23 AM, LinvilleGorge said:

https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/nc-court-appeals-reverses-course-marijuana-smell-searches/2FRDE6MD65G7ZD75PO6HOBE4NU/?outputType=amp

“If you’re a trained officer who can testify yes, I know how to identify this stuff by sight and smell, that’s enough for probable cause to search somebody and that’s all you need to prove at trial either – the officer’s just word that this is marijuana,” said Phil Dixon, an attorney who now teaches at the University of North Carolina School of Government.

“From the perspective of people using hemp products, it certainly sets the standard that says you’re subject to search just for smelling like it. And whether it’s hemp or marijuana, that’s for the officer to investigate, and if they’re wrong about it, and charge you anyways, well you can prove the difference at trial,” Dixon told Channel 9′s Evan Donovan.

Hey Phil, you gonna pick up all those legal fees bills? Motherfuger acting like it's just no big deal to be wrongfully indicted and have to hire attorneys to go to court to defend yourself. This is akin to charging anyone with a white powdery substance for cocaine possession and telling them, "Well, you can just go to court and argue there."

There's a real simple solution to all this idiocy. A solution a lot of states have already approved.

This kind of thing sounds more like your baliwick. 

[Davidson Deac II]

I wonder if they will start selling this at the casino?  Pot, a food court full of munchies, and a casino seems like an easy way to separate people from their money.  

[dave-o]

Anyone been yet?  I wish this wasnt three hours from the NFL football mecca we call Charlotte...

[LinvilleGorge]

On 8/15/2024 at 2:48 PM, Davidson Deac II said:

I wonder if they will start selling this at the casino?  Pot, a food court full of munchies, and a casino seems like an easy way to separate people from their money.  

Alcohol seems a much better avenue for this.

[dave-o]

Anyone with experience with vapes?  Never used one...  And looks like I will be up there next Friday !!

[LinvilleGorge]

24 minutes ago, dave-o said:

Anyone with experience with vapes?  Never used one...  And looks like I will be up there next Friday !!

What type of vapes are you talking about? I don't smoke at all anymore but I don't use the prepackaged vapes either. It's all dry herb vaporizers for me these days.

I'd be very cautious leaving the rez with anything. The surrounding doughnut eaters will lose interest fast but decent chance it's still pretty too of mind.

[dave-o]

You really think they are watching people come and go?  I was thinking of maybe getting a disposable vape...  Liquid I guess...  I'm just an old school burner from back in the day...  I dont know all the new stuff...

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, dave-o said:

You really think they are watching people come and go?  I was thinking of maybe getting a disposable vape...  Liquid I guess...  I'm just an old school burner from back in the day...  I dont know all the new stuff...

I know they were in states surrounding CO when we became the first to legalize and I know surrounding county officials were saying they were going to be. Do with that what you will.

[CandlerWolf]

3 hours ago, dave-o said:

You really think they are watching people come and go?  I was thinking of maybe getting a disposable vape...  Liquid I guess...  I'm just an old school burner from back in the day...  I dont know all the new stuff...

you can vape flower in a pax

and THCA is legal federally and in most states

[LinvilleGorge]

19 minutes ago, CandlerWolf said:

you can vape flower in a pax

and THCA is legal federally and in most states

I doubt it will be for long. The majority of total THC in marijuana is in the form of THCA. That's why it has to be "decarbed" meaning heated up to covert it from THCA to THC. That's why you have to smoke it or vape it or cook with it, etc. Just go eat a bud and you won't get high because that THC isn't in a bioavailable form. This new THCA flower has just been developed to have less than 0.3% of its total THC in the form of THC. For all intents and purposes it's "real weed". I expect that laws will evolve to address it. It's just another example that most of our laws are written by politicians who have a fundamental ignorance of the subjects they're trying to regulate.