Weekly (Re)hash: 10.3.07
October 3rd, 2007 by AlexNot a giant? Maybe you can pretend to be one in Nintendo 64? Ah well, at least you can now smoke while getting your brain scanned.
There is a lot of movement and uncertainty in the global economy right now. Not just for the major markets like housing and financial lending, but also for the marijuana micro-economy.
In North America, the fall of the US dollar combined with the subsequent raise in value of the Canadian dollar, has slowed transportation of BC & other Northern buds from making their way down to America. The dangers of smuggling across the US border, lack of increased financial benefit, and higher demand from domestic cities have all combined to keep growers thinking local.
In addition, many Mexican cartels have moved into rural Texas, New Mexico and Arizona to start stateside grow operations. These cartels can produce plenty of weight for cheap and don’t have to deal with the increased surveillance of the US-Mexico border.
How is this trend going to affect us? Less availability of higher quality strains for the recreational smoking population in the Northwest - Portland and Seattle. We might also see low-weight prices of Northern strains raise for the recreational and medical communities. Damn loonies.
What has law enforcement taught us this week?
First, the candy business isn’t all sweetness and laughter. Second, one ton is a hell of a lot of marijuana. Third, Kern County is paying attention so you better pack some insurance.
As always, way too many Americans are being arrested for smoking weed. This costs money.
The current political spotlight on Blackwater, the private security contractor, doesn’t seem to be diminishing just yet. They even managed to grab a piece of the privatized War on Drugs.
Here comes the segue…
The War on Drugs: A Success Story - a sobering look at the very simple hole that todays possession laws can sink you in to.
From Olive Garden, to Universal Studios, to Smith & Nephew, and even back to Walgreens, it seemed that no one would touch him. Why? Because a few months prior, he [Danny] liked to smoke a little weed every once in a while, and eventually he got caught for it.
Luckily, this story shows the power of community and the ability that positive, constructive comments have to lift ones spirits. What would you do faced with a similar dilemma?
