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Today is a no day. It's raining cats and dogs here. I'll start the laundry after I am done here. Isn't retirement grand? I plan on retiring my wife Mar/'24, so she can fully embrace... there is always tomorrow. She's a busy bee (Aries) I tod her she was forbidden to seek employment for 3 months, 6 preferred so she can embrace the "full Monty" of retirement, which she justly deserves.IIRC They were bringing in BM, in a separate room e.g a hidden compt amongst the same facility. Greed!
In a nutshell, yes we are legal and of course that brings benefits, like grow your own medicine in peace etc... They simply don't bother you. Speaking from experience here Jan 9).
OTOH regardless of how it was sowed (to get rid of the BM), we know that will never happen. The former penalties have basically doubled with new laws on the books, penalties commensurate with these additional laws.
I had a bitch of a time finding storage for my stash, which is totally legal but, I wasn't allowed to take it with me. (condo rules (no smoking, no vaping and no cannabis use)) Woopidi doo, so I had to do some PR work (educating people) a form of de-stigmatization, that I was/am a retired vet who grows and uses cannabis for medical purposes, that I would not be asking him to do anything illegal here. It was a stressful 1.5 weeks.
This is a delicate subject to navigate, being we are in a PC world LOL. They broke the law, knowing full well possible repercussions. There is a saying... "the good of the many, outweigh the greed of a few". I played with it a little, but it is true, nonetheless!
Should it have ever been criminalized? Heck no with 2!! The point is, you can't cry over spilled milk.
A wrong was righted with legalization, regardless of the real reason Tax $$, the fact that folks who seek cannabis for whatever reason, medicinally or for sheer recreation, have access to the herb. Is legalization perfect? Heck no! But it's a start.
Hey we have a city bylaw here wrt no growing outdoors and it is all "legal" under the clean air act. A mere inconvenience, that may affect me in the future. Folks are entitled (remember we ask govt to do something about x, y, or z) to enjoy their summers outdoors unencumbered. Whether I like it or not, yes they are entitled to free pratique on their property. With all this talk about democracy. Isn't the latter a prime example of what it should be, vice living in a world of me, myself and I.
Democracy in action...
Folks can complain about their current govt, regardless of who is in power, we/they still complain. It is said in Canada we don't vote people in, we vote them out. We get rid of the trash. We take the good (while we can) and throw out the trash when we are done with them. I always said democracy was synonym with hypocrisy! I'll let you folks figure it out
The Fed's wrote the regulation and, left it to the provinces (states in the US) to set their own rules within the frame work of the Cannabis Act https://www.justice.gc.ca/eng/cj-jp/cannabis/
Everyone was onboard more or less, with the overall scope of the act, with the exception of Que and Man. Who said no personal growing. We know what all that is about, so the Hells will remain in business lol. Not saying they were going to be affected here, just saying that the govt is looking at this a cash cow.
Other than those two, I haven't heard too many complaints, with the exception they sell "tumble weed", once again, that is called capitalism. Just another term for greed, wouldn't you say. Isn't the consumer entitled, to the full non tumbled flower. It's a rhetorical ?
I will close with this...
We touched a little on the PR work I have been doing towards de-stigmatization of cannabis. After an initial tussle with a new neighbour (years ago), once the red line was drawn in the sand, we became damn good neighbours etc... They have 3 young kids, and when it was going legal here, I told them what my intentions are/were. They were fine with that, more importantly the children have taken to us, and the folks (us) next door appear normal and are pretty cool. They don't know I am medicated all the time. That is the lesson education point I hope they raise with their children. "Think of the children" we keep hearing them say. I did.
My neighbours know and simply say, we haven't seen a difference. Keep in mind, I am medicated. I know how to get blitzed
So like I mentioned to @CosmicGiggle in another thread (where she stated coffee and a toot), a little Bk with my morning coffee to start the day off right, followed 1.5hrs later with some homegrown legal weed (International Waters). Decent shit
Because the fire has set me back 2 yrs, I have to rely on rationing my tash by the introduction of substitute strains to augment my medicine. I also have gotten my hands on some decnt, locally produced hash. Hey, is it '70s. No but it gets the job done as intended. The rest is a moot point.
Some know of the dark place I was in (Feb), having my stash, I was able to select pill x, y or z. to put me in my happy place, regardless of the circumstances.
... and I may loose my right to self-medicate, because of some greedy ass hole? I don't think so.
ETA: I remember when smoking was banned in public and then vaping. We have a right, yadi, yadi, yada. Folks would say. Where's the democracy (furiously)? 82% of Canada has spoken, your the addict, deal with it get help. That's democracy in action. I haven't smoked in 12 years.
I am glad things worked out for you good buddy 
By all means they were used to set an example. You don't redact laws so they merely occupy space on a piece a paper. Hence not worth the paper it is written on. You have to enforce your message.
