Weed Smokers

^ I thought that was pretty unfunny, actually. Just because they have more leeway on Comedy Central they don't need to keep doing these adult jokes all the time. :dunno:

Futurama is full of adult stuff, in a sense that younger people might not understand many of the subtler jokes. But as far my judgement goes, it has never crossed the line to vulgar or inappropriate. It's like Top Gear, it's often on the verge, but never over the top; they know where to stop. And I like this sort of thing, must be rather difficult to pull off, too.

But. I'm not sure whether it was meant to be a sarcastic parody on hippies and your casual smokers, or an actual hint at legalization. After all, they did run over church for 'robosexuality', that was pretty straightforward.

Gentleman I have received a most lucrative shipment. 1 oz of the finest Gran Daddy Purps and 1 oz of the Blueberry x Northern Lights. It shall be put on boil forthwith.

Great strains from what I hear. But I don't like Indica that much, how come so many people are fond of it is beyond me. Take decent pictures and send a review to MR or somewhere.

Me, I haven't been smoking for some time now. Will probably shift to occasional use. Feeling good enough already.
 
That's a lot of bud, hope you're planning to share. :mrgreen:

Maybe this weekend, for now its all mine. I hit the GDP last night, whoa. It hit fast and lasted long, very in my head kind of high. Normally I have the electricity in my veins feeling, but this had me floating in my head.
 
Well that Cali shit didn't last as long as I thought it would. Sold the majority of it to friends as there regular dudes were dry.


As a reward for my industriousness I got myself 10 grams of the Orange Haze. Very fruity aroma, full head rush with a euphoric high. Makes me laugh and not feelings of being stuck. Very good active bud to clear the senses.
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some music while your rolling...
 
Finding a friend who knows one is really the best way. That way you know what you're getting... to a degree.
 
Sorry just being naive/curious here. How would you go about finding a dealer in the first place? (I know a friend who knows one but for my curiosity's sake say I didn't)

You silly cops trying to entrap us tokers. :p

Why are you thinking of starting to smoke?
 
It is not hard to find at all. My "dealer" moved suddenly not to long ago. I made three calls and had a pair of new hookups.
 
GRtak u gonna get a medicinal card? is medical weed deductible from the flex spending account for medical expenses?

There was a typo on my application and it had to be redone, so it will be delayed a while. What is a flex spending account?
 
There was a typo on my application and it had to be redone, so it will be delayed a while. What is a flex spending account?

Its like a non-taxable account up to a certain amount per year that a family can allocate towards any medical expenses. But I guess weed isnt eligible.
 
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9IBM2CO0.htm

Medical marijuana growers join Teamsters union
By MARCUS WOHLSEN

OAKLAND, Calif.

As organized labor faces declining membership, one of the country's most storied unions is looking to a new growth industry: marijuana.

The Teamsters added nearly 40 new members earlier this month by organizing the country's first group of unionized marijuana growers. Such an arrangement is likely only possible in California, which has the nation's loosest medical marijuana laws.

But it's still unclear how the Teamsters will safeguard the rights of members who do work that's considered a federal crime.

"I didn't have this planned out when I became a Teamster 34 years ago, to organize marijuana workers," said Lou Marchetti, who acted as a liaison between the growers and Oakland-based Teamsters Local 70. "This is a whole new ballgame."

The new members work as gardeners, trimmers and cloners for Marjyn Investments LLC, an Oakland business that contracts with medical marijuana patients to grow their pot for them.

Their newly negotiated two-year contract provides them with a pension, paid vacation and health insurance. Their current wages of $18 per hour will increase to $25.75 an hour within 15 months, according to the union.

Historically, the Teamsters are no strangers to entanglements with federal law enforcement, from the infiltration of the union by organized crime to the disappearance of union leader Jimmy Hoffa. If the federal government decided to crack down on Marjyn, Marchetti said the union was still figuring out how it might intervene.

Growing marijuana outdoors is not hard -- the nickname "weed" is well-earned. Indoor growing operations require more know-how and more work. But the most labor-intensive part of the process comes at harvest time, when growers rely on small armies of trimmers to clip the plant's resin-rich buds.

The work can be difficult and the hours long -- and trimmers cannot count on federal labor regulations to protect them while doing work banned under federal law.

Michael Leong, assistant regional director for the Oakland office of the National Labor Relations Board, said he did not know of any case in which the federal government had been asked to mediate a dispute involving a business that was blatantly illegal under federal law.

He also said it wasn't clear if the new Teamsters would count as farmworkers, which would put them outside the NLRB's domain.

Michael Lee, general counsel for the California Agricultural Labor Relations Board, said the growers probably would qualify as agricultural workers. Any conflict between workers and the union would likely fall under his board's jurisdiction, but contract disputes between workers and management would have to be decided in state court.

Even within the state, marijuana cultivation has remained in the shadows as retail dispensaries have flourished because California's medical marijuana law provides no clear rules for growing the plant.

The Oakland City Council sought to change that dynamic in July by making the city the nation's first to authorize industrial pot cultivation. More than 260 potential applicants have expressed interest in competing later this year for four permits for large-scale growing operations, said Arturo Sanchez, an assistant to the Oakland city administrator who will ultimately issue the permits.

Union membership will not be a requirement for receiving a permit, but labor standards are one of many factors that will be considered. The union organizing effort and contract negotiations went smoothly at Marjyn, which hopes to win one of the permits.

"There was no strife between employees and management at all," said a Marjyn worker who would only identify himself as Rudy L. because he worried about his personal security if it became known that he grew marijuana for a living. He said he was not worried about getting arrested because he believed Marjyn was operating in compliance with state law, though the threat of a federal crackdown is never far from anyone's mind.

About 100 workers in Oakland's retail medical marijuana dispensaries joined the United Food and Commercial Workers in May. The Teamsters have never tried to organize dispensary workers, because retail has never been an industry in which they have been traditionally involved, Marchetti said.

The Teamsters have long vied with the United Farm Workers and other unions to represent agricultural workers. So far, no other unions have competed with the Teamsters for the membership of medical marijuana growers.

Marchetti said the union would not have gotten involved with the growers if it didn't believe the business was legitimate under state law.

"The Teamsters would never organize an illegal business," Marchetti said.


I think this is a huge step in making Marijuana seem more legitimate to the main streamers that still believe in Reefer Madness.
 
i stopped smoking

so i banned tabacco from my joints as well since the beginning of the week

i miss it :( totally different taste and feeling :(
 
I never understood the appeal of mixing Marijuana with tobacco. :barf:

Wasn't the one on the left on Weeds this week?

Yes, I think that is the same girl.
 
I never understood the appeal of mixing Marijuana with tobacco. :barf:

the main reason is that the joint stays lit longer. if you don't use tobacco, you're draining your lighter over a single joint.
(imo) it tastes better as well, it doesn't burn that much in your throat, but most of all...

...it makes you stoned instead of high!!! i've never been a fan of being high, and i miss the stoned feeling.

the main advantage of smoking them pure though...is that your aren't becoming hooked on tobacco.
right now i'm home due to surgery, but when i go to work, i smoke 3 cigarettes over a whole day, but by the time i'm home, i'm cringing for a joint!

well, i kind of discovered i wasn't cringing for the joint, but for the tobacco that was in there :|

right now i haven't smoke anything all day (and it's already 5 pm), and that would be unimagineable before. i feel something is missing, but the "i need it" feeling isn't there.
we'll see what the weekend brings :)
 
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