Abdulah,
Drug addiction is not the cause of a nations downfall. Drug addiction
is a symptom of a Nations decay.
People turn to drugs out of hopelessness, boredom, and desperation.
Back when the United States of America was young and vigorously
murdering the Indigenous People who occupied the Promised Land, and
advancing our brand of Democracy and Freedom from coast to coast,
alcohol and tobacco and opium were plentiful. But a majority of White
men, and their women folk, dreamed dreams of having prosperity for
themselves and their future generations. So the nation advanced
because we had vision and dreams of riches. The use of drugs back
then was mostly among those left out of the dream and vision.
Indians, Negros, Chinese, Mexicans, Women, and those unfortunate
people who did not own land.
But bit by bit the Dream and Vision have been stolen from the Working
Class Americans. Factories have packed up and moved across the
oceans. Labor has taken pay cuts. Homes have become unaffordable.
Education is fast becoming out of the reach of the average child.
Social programs are disappearing out from under those depending upon
them. The wealthy are grabbing up every loose dollar without concern
for the needs of their fellow Citizens.
No, it is not the drugs that are taking us down. It is our own
People. The ones who believe themselves too powerful to be held
responsible. The ones who would sell you down the river for a few
pieces of gold. The ones who have abandoned our Land.
We are at a place where we Working Class folks must make choices.
Either purse our lips and kiss the asses of the 1%, or send them
off-shore to sweat in their factories, and take back our Land.
When we once again have belief and vision in a bright future, we will
see the use of drugs fade.
Carl Jarvis
On 5/16/15, abdulah aga <abdulahhasic@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> It means time coming slowly but surely
> for drug dealers and mafia,
> each country who's market drug dealers that country felt and leading in
> corruption.
> Abdulah hasic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Miriam Vieni
> Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2015 5:22 PM
> To: 'Blind Democracy Discussion List'
> Subject: The Marijuana Economy Comes Out of the Shadows
>
>
>
>
> The Marijuana Economy Comes Out of the Shadows
> http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_marijuana_economy_comes_out_of_the_s
> hadows_20150515/
> Posted on May 15, 2015
> By David Sirota
>
> Shutterstock
> The convention floor at Denver Airport's Crowne Plaza on a recent afternoon
> could have been the trade show for any well-established
> industry-gray-haired
> execs in conservative suits mingling with office park dads in polos and
> fresh-out-of-college types in brand-emblazoned T-shirts. Only this is a new
> kind of business conference with a special Colorado theme: legal weed.
> After Colorado voters legalized marijuana in 2012, more states and cities
> are considering a similar path for themselves. At the same time, the
> cannabis market is looking less like a music festival and more like a
> Silicon Valley confab-upscale, data-driven and focused on investors.
> Vendors and potential financiers at last month's Marijuana Investor Summit
> here in the Mile High City say the current market for legal cannabis is
> more
> than $3 billion in the 23 states that have already legalized the drug for
> medicinal or recreational use. Expanding that market, they say, will
> require
> not just drug reform legislation, but also a consistent infusion of capital
> at a time when the marijuana economy still exists in a legal gray area-one
> where the drug is permitted in some states, but still outlawed at the
> federal level.
> "It's going to take time, but it's a great opportunity," said Chris Rentner
> of Akouba Credit, a Chicago small business lender exploring the possibility
> of working with marijuana businesses. "For people that think everyone is a
> stoner lying on the sidewalk passed out, it's going to take time for them
> to
> get comfortable with it. But there's too much money in it. We just need to
> figure out the risk associated with it, but if we can find a way where it
> makes sense legally, then why wouldn't we try to be in this market?"
> If Akouba jumps into the marijuana market, the company would be trying to
> address one of the biggest obstacles to the industry's growth: access to
> financial services. Because marijuana is still prohibited under federal
> law,
> cannabis grow houses and dispensaries have trouble finding traditional
> banking partners, leaving much of their business to be conducted in cash.
> That not only presents a risk of robbery, it also can limit the industry's
> access to the kinds of lending and accounting services that are typically
> involved in small business development.
> Like Akouba, many of the 78 exhibitors and nearly 1,000 attendees at the
> conference are not in the business of actually harvesting cannabis.
> Instead,
> they aim to provide support services for cultivators and distributors.
> "The majority of these companies aren't actually touching the plant," said
> John Downs of the Marijuana Investment Company. "There's a green line: You
> are either in the ancillary and tertiary services, or you are digging in
> and
> growing."
> That term-"touching the plant"-is a term of art that distinguishes
> businesses that provide support services from those that actually grow
> cannabis. It's not a minor semantic difference. "Touching the plant" can
> bring greater regulatory scrutiny and threats of federal action, thereby
> putting investors' capital at risk.
> That, though, may start to change. In January, the SEC for the first time
> allowed a company that deals with marijuana cultivation to sell shares of
> stock. Meanwhile, the legal situation is becoming clearer in Colorado.
> Andreas Nilsson of iComply-a firm that helps marijuana business follow the
> law-says that while there remains political opposition to weed from leaders
> like Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, the state's officials put
> together "very well-developed and clear" regulations and "decided to go in
> and create a system that is not designed to fail."
> Is it a perfect system? Hardly. But has the sky fallen, as drug warriors
> once predicted? No-and it probably will not in other states that follow
> Colorado's lead.
> David Sirota is a senior writer at the International Business Times and the
> best-selling author of the books "Hostile Takeover," "The Uprising" and
> "Back to Our Future." Email him at ds@davidsirota.com, follow him on
> Twitter
> @davidsirota or visit his website at www.davidsirota.com.
> C 2015 CREATORS.COM
>
>
>
> http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/
>
> The Marijuana Economy Comes Out of the Shadows
> http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_marijuana_economy_comes_out_of_the_s
> hadows_20150515/
> Posted on May 15, 2015
> By David Sirota
>
> Shutterstock
> The convention floor at Denver Airport's Crowne Plaza on a recent afternoon
> could have been the trade show for any well-established
> industry-gray-haired
> execs in conservative suits mingling with office park dads in polos and
> fresh-out-of-college types in brand-emblazoned T-shirts. Only this is a new
> kind of business conference with a special Colorado theme: legal weed.
> After Colorado voters legalized marijuana in 2012, more states and cities
> are considering a similar path for themselves. At the same time, the
> cannabis market is looking less like a music festival and more like a
> Silicon Valley confab-upscale, data-driven and focused on investors.
> Vendors and potential financiers at last month's Marijuana Investor Summit
> here in the Mile High City say the current market for legal cannabis is
> more
> than $3 billion in the 23 states that have already legalized the drug for
> medicinal or recreational use. Expanding that market, they say, will
> require
> not just drug reform legislation, but also a consistent infusion of capital
> at a time when the marijuana economy still exists in a legal gray area-one
> where the drug is permitted in some states, but still outlawed at the
> federal level.
> "It's going to take time, but it's a great opportunity," said Chris Rentner
> of Akouba Credit, a Chicago small business lender exploring the possibility
> of working with marijuana businesses. "For people that think everyone is a
> stoner lying on the sidewalk passed out, it's going to take time for them
> to
> get comfortable with it. But there's too much money in it. We just need to
> figure out the risk associated with it, but if we can find a way where it
> makes sense legally, then why wouldn't we try to be in this market?"
> If Akouba jumps into the marijuana market, the company would be trying to
> address one of the biggest obstacles to the industry's growth: access to
> financial services. Because marijuana is still prohibited under federal
> law,
> cannabis grow houses and dispensaries have trouble finding traditional
> banking partners, leaving much of their business to be conducted in cash.
> That not only presents a risk of robbery, it also can limit the industry's
> access to the kinds of lending and accounting services that are typically
> involved in small business development.
> Like Akouba, many of the 78 exhibitors and nearly 1,000 attendees at the
> conference are not in the business of actually harvesting cannabis.
> Instead,
> they aim to provide support services for cultivators and distributors.
> "The majority of these companies aren't actually touching the plant," said
> John Downs of the Marijuana Investment Company. "There's a green line: You
> are either in the ancillary and tertiary services, or you are digging in
> and
> growing."
> That term-"touching the plant"-is a term of art that distinguishes
> businesses that provide support services from those that actually grow
> cannabis. It's not a minor semantic difference. "Touching the plant" can
> bring greater regulatory scrutiny and threats of federal action, thereby
> putting investors' capital at risk.
> That, though, may start to change. In January, the SEC for the first time
> allowed a company that deals with marijuana cultivation to sell shares of
> stock. Meanwhile, the legal situation is becoming clearer in Colorado.
> Andreas Nilsson of iComply-a firm that helps marijuana business follow the
> law-says that while there remains political opposition to weed from leaders
> like Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper, the state's officials put
> together "very well-developed and clear" regulations and "decided to go in
> and create a system that is not designed to fail."
> Is it a perfect system? Hardly. But has the sky fallen, as drug warriors
> once predicted? No-and it probably will not in other states that follow
> Colorado's lead.
> David Sirota is a senior writer at the International Business Times and the
> best-selling author of the books "Hostile Takeover," "The Uprising" and
> "Back to Our Future." Email him at ds@davidsirota.com, follow him on
> Twitter
> @davidsirota or visit his website at www.davidsirota.com.
> C 2015 CREATORS.COM
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