Thanks for the link, and a very excellent point. Without having read the article yet, I remember a similar story a few years back, on the federal level. It was either computer geeks the feds wanted to hire (anti-hackers), or maybe spies at the CIA -- either way, the feds had to admit that to get the best people, they had to relax their anti-weed extremist rules.

Balthasar -

Cheech and Chong could make some rather interesting PSAs... did you see their recent bit on late-night? I can dig it up if you want me to...

This may also be relevant, although I just saved the link and haven't read it yet, I admit:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/04/24/why-legal-marijuana-is-abandoning-weeds-old-slang/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.c805caac7143

TheStig [13] -

Yeah, it was always rumored (back to the 1970s) that all the tobacco companies had already registered trademarks for things like "Maui Wowee" and "Panama Red" and whatnot...

It also brings to mind "A Child's Garden Of Grass: Acquiring Marijuana"...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql9RfjlUROE

:-)

-CW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZlOhSt_qW0&pbjreload=10

OK, maybe I was a bit too glib, but I find winking and giggling among newscasters to be a VERY good sign in the effort to decriminalize marijuana...it's a far cry from the stern faced hectoring of news media during roughly the period covering 1930's...'40's,'50s','60's....2000's...right up to a few years ago. Current marijuana laws are beginning to look like Prohibition 2 to large majority of the population. Winking and giggling is better than fear mongering...and I perceive a lot of the humor is directed against current marijuana laws, not the reformers or the entrepreneurs eager to make a buck on the common human urge to get intoxicated.

As joints etc. become commercial products, I predict marketing mascots taking on the same role as Spuds MacKenzie did for Bud Lite and legions of 80's frat boys and sorority girls. Legalization will not be entirely pretty, there are significant downsides, but I'm very confident it will much better social policy than the present day approach. When heavy tobacco smoker John Boehner (aka Mr. Merlot) jumps on board, you know the old game is about up.

My fictional ROFFFF isn't selling THC - he is fighting against against stupid laws that have been aggressively marketed by politicians, law enforcement and the usual band of American neo-Puritans aided by corporate media eager for a sensational, albeit inaccurate, story. Throw in a bit of class warfare and racism too. What's wrong with turning the tables and taking a bite out of those asses? Sic 'en ROFFFF.

I think we can finally retire that old stereotype.

I honestly believe that one of the impediments to legalization is the tendency of local newscasters to giggle and wink every time the issue comes up.

And a pot-smoking dog might be construed as a version of 'Joe Camel', if you know what I mean.

I think it might be better (and funnier) to compare toking up in the car to filling the car with mischievous elves, with the tag: "Don't drive distracted!"

On grounds of analogy, I favor deschedule. Like alcohol and tobacco:

1) demand will be driven primarily by recreational use.

2) the product will be produced in bulk

3) the product will be an important source of tax revenue.

Alcohol, Tobacco, Cannabis and Fire Arms = ATCF

Rudy has been on the case for a couple of days and acts like he has had the time to fully absorb everything that team Trump knows and, more importantly, what Mueller and the FBI know. Rudy is on the cable TV trying to be Avenatti. I think Rudy is already over the tips of his roller skates. He'd better have a sturdy pair of walking-things-back shoes.

"Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy." - Rudy G.from WikiP

Possibly some new resources to help you further your cause or a way to reframe/expand your project to greater effect:

https://medium.com/the-new-leader/americas-lobbying-system-is-broken-c6cef36de4cd

Question: Why would a billionaire reimburse chump change like that to an individual over several payments funneled through a separate entity?

Answer: Either money laundering or structuring... or both.

Ask Dennis Hastert about structuring. :)

Suggested snappy acronym:

ROFFFF

Which on a parallel course suggests a movement mascot. ROFFFF - the Criminalization of Pot Fighting Dog. Basically McGruff in a tye dye shirt, with headband, beads and shades. Those changes ought to get around copyright issues.

ROFFFF always smokes responsibly: "Don't toke and drive!"