Ontario seems to be outfoxing British Columbia, despite the later province’s historical advantage of having the lion’s share of craft cannabis operations. 

Source:  https://mjbizdaily.com/british-columbia-trails-ontario-in-cannabis-micro-license-applications/ 

Mr. Sativa gives a spirited defense of why EVOL is the best Sonic Youth Album. 

Source: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sonic-youth-evol/

Listen to the Full Album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btw4iHtqNYY

Mr. Sativa spit balls about politics, and why the pathology of rugged individualism in America prevents America from making first world moves like attaining Medicare For All, Bullet Trains, and Eco-Friendly Policies.

Relevant Twitter Threads: 

https://twitter.com/GarbageApe/status/1126241425803358208 

https://twitter.com/reaghhan/status/1129021326755323910  

Cannabis should be accessible to everyone, and not just property owners. Thanks to politicians like Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante. (Shout out to Mayor Plante) When politicians go to the mat for their people in matters related to Cannabis, it pays off! 

Source:  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/public-consumption-cannabis-quebec-1.5134953 

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To quote Jodie Emery: “There are two kinds of #cannabis businesses:

(1) Those that call on government & law enforcement to arrest & jail their “competition”

(2) Those who support fellow cannabis businesses, including the ones government insists on excluding & punishing”

Boycott those in category (1). 

We are seeing some Fake Legalization and New Prohibition tactics over in Michigan as the Michigan State Police look to crack down on black market cannabis. 

Source:  https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2019/05/15/state-police-crack-down-michigan-marijuana-black-market/1141229001/ 

Mr. Sativa names and shames these two politicians. The first one for proposing an unconstitutional roadside test to poison pill cannabis legalization, the second for not seeing it as priority and saying  "We'll be able to move quickly" next year” [Some People don’t have all day to wait as current Vermont Medical Marijuana is a JOKE and inaccessible to sick people who need it] to pass what an overwhelming majority of the population in Vermont, and the US want. 

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Source:  https://www.sevendaysvt.com/OffMessage/archives/2019/05/13/walters-house-leaders-say-cannabis-bill-is-smoked-for-the-year 

Vermont is at the near the top of the heap [Spoiler, they're #2] in Terms of Cannabis Consumption:  https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/17/ 

Governor Phil Scott's Fake News [and disingenuous Culture War Posturing] About Cannabis Raising Highway Fatalities:  http://metrocosm.com/10-years-of-traffic-accidents-mapped.html 

A New Yorkers' Recept from a Massachusetts Dispensary: http://disq.us/p/21oavjp

Adult Use Cannabis is more popular than Jeff Sessions and would pass if Alabama had citizen/activist backed ballot initiatives: https://www.cnbc.com/2018/01/11/jeff-sessions-home-state-of-alabama-supports-legal-weed-survey-commentary.html  

Vermont House Speaker Mitzi Johnson: 

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Governor Phil Scott’s Info: 

Executive Office of Governor Phil Scott

If you live in New Jersey and are looking to influence the contents of the Ballot Measure to Legalize Cannabis in 2019 or 2020, now is the time that citizens and advocates have the MOST LEVERAGE TO DO THIS. 

Contact: https://www.nj.com/marijuana/2019/05/njs-marijuana-bill-is-nearly-dead-that-means-you-may-get-to-vote-on-making-weed-legal.html

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If you live in Pennsylvania, just a heads up about the Upcoming Listening Tour Dates and Times.

Links to the Tour Dates and Locations:  https://www.governor.pa.gov/recreational-marijuana-feedback/#Dates 

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The Florida GOP will stop at nothing to usurp the will of the people. It seems that they are metaphorically taking their ball and going home by making ballot initiatives harder to pass in the future via adding a last minute amendment to House Bill 5 doing such.  Source:  https://www.miaminewtimes.com/marijuana/governor-ron-desantis-could-kill-recreational-marijuana-11168306  Letter from Floridians for Freedom:  "We're ALL Screwed!!!! Please, Call (850-717-9337) Governor DeSantis today, tomorrow, and the day after that too ... ask, beg and or demand he VETO HB 5!!!! Our Legislators ended the 2019 Legislative Session by slipping in a real poisonous pill so deadly it will likely kill any chance for Cannabis to be on our 2020 or any ballot via Citizen Ballot initiatives. For that matter, HB 5 will end Florida's Citizen Ballot Initiative process altogether. We're screwed!!!! If HB 5 is allowed to go into law, the State of Florida will begin fining Campaigns between 50 - 250 dollars per signature whenever petitions are turned into the County Supervisors of Election offices beyond 30 days from the date of signature. And 1,000 dollars per petition when petitions aren't turned in at all. Campaigns could literally be fined millions of dollars attempting to improve our State via Citizen Ballot Initiatives. Call Governor DeSantis now, 850-717-9337, and urge him to VETO HB 5. If you're a patient, who appreciates our medical marijuana program... Or a felon who enjoys being allowed to vote again... Well, this law would've prevented both of those Citizen Ballot Initiatives from ever making it to the ballot in the first place! Please, we're asking/begging you all... Call Governor DeSantis' office right now (8 am - 4 pm) and encourage & empower our Governor to VETO HB 5. Here's the Governor's number, 850-717-9337. Full Bill Text Here...https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2019/5/BillText/e1/PDF" Contact Governor DeSantis:  Office of Governor Ron DeSantis State of Florida The Capitol 400 S. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 (850) 717-9337 https://www.flgov.com/email-the-governor/

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The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled that Arizona’s Medical Cannabis law doesn’t allow Smoking in Public places, and bans it even in parked cars (where the users don’t intend to­ drive). In a country with skyrocketing student debt, and expenses, more people than ever are shut out from owning property and thus possibly avoiding prosecution. Therefore it remains wicked important to fight for Cannabis descheduling, and tenant and employer protections. 

Source: https://www.abc15.com/news/state/arizona-court-rules-no-medical-pot-immunity-in-parked-cars

https://www.times-standard.com/2018/07/14/arcata-woman-evicted-from-subsidized-housing-for-using-medical-cannabis/

https://money.cnn.com/2015/06/15/news/companies/dish-employee-firing-marijuana-colorado-court/index.html

Stories and conundrums like this were also brought up in this previous episode: https://anchor.fm/iamcannabissativapodcast/episodes/Legalizing-the-Plant-isnt-Enough---Legalization-Has-to-Be-Legalization-for-All-Classes-of-People-e38js6

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