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Revolutionary Marijuana Industry In Canada

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Shredsterr
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My friend just showed me this article. The Canadian government is basically setting up a billion dollar medical marijuana market that will give hundreds of thousands of Canadians access to medical marijuana, allowing more people to get treatment and and boost our economy with a projected annual profit of 1.3 billion dollars. What now America?

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http://globalnews.ca/news/870996/birth-of-a-billion-dollar-marijuana-industry/
Oct 11 2013 2:08PM
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Spinoza
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OHHHH CAAAAANADDAAA! OUR HOME AND NATIIIIVE LAND!
Oct 11 2013 2:15PM
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Olimar
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#america
Oct 11 2013 2:23PM
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jcc03skis
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maplejuana
Oct 11 2013 2:31PM
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Pancake_Fucker
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My girlfriend has been trying to get her medical card for months. Hopefully this makes it easier.
Oct 11 2013 2:34PM
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the.hellion.
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It won't. But what's cool is that it's building the foundation for a federally regulated semi free market marijuana economy. Right now, they can only do it legally with medical marijuana - but once(if) possession of small amounts of marijuana are made legal then regulations and taxation will have already been established and have been running safely for a while.
Oct 11 2013 4:09PM
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GayWolf420
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I'm fully convinced now marijuana has positive health effects after seeing that CNN story sanjay gupta did on the girl who had a crazy amount of seizures, got put on THC free weed and barley had seizures anymore.
Oct 11 2013 4:13PM
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SurfaceHoar
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One of my clients wrote the new policy and procedure manual for growing and distribution. His facility is going to be the example, in which all government legal grows will need to follow.


Oct 11 2013 4:29PM
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Bagina
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The Canadian spelling of 'marijuana' is actually 'marihuana'.
Oct 11 2013 4:35PM
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deleted5
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it's safe, but it's certainly not healthy, especially if your smoking it everyday.
Oct 11 2013 4:41PM
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k-rob
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failed to mention that this shuts down all the mom and pop shops and removes the ability for patients to grow their own (don't see how that makes it easier to get medical). MIGHT boost the economy in the long run, but this isn't revolutionary, this is capitalism. meanwhile Harper is building super-prisons and cracking down on non-medical weed. sorry but Colorado does it better.
Oct 11 2013 4:59PM
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JAHBRADOR
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Bro, i smok pots erryday. Dr. Dre dog told me to. And hees a leagit doctir.

Fuk u and ur opineon.
Oct 11 2013 5:07PM
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JAHBRADOR
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But for real, well done Canada.
Oct 11 2013 5:07PM
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Jon_Taffer
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Medical maijuana plus free healthcare equals free weed!
Oct 11 2013 5:12PM
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brotherdad
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pancakes can't get medical marijuana cards... I know this for a fact. YOU LYING FUCK
Oct 11 2013 5:39PM
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JAHBRADOR
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relevant:

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Oct 11 2013 5:42PM
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Shredsterr
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True true, but the projected cost for a bud is going to be 7.60 whereas your average bud bought on the street would be around 10 or so dollars. This makes legal weed cheaper, which is good for patients, but I'm not sure it will have any positive effects on recreational users that don't have a medical card.
Oct 11 2013 6:01PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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I live in Colorado. Canada ain't got shit on Colorado.
Oct 11 2013 6:39PM
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90053
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Competive legal prices should hopefully equal cheaper street prices
Oct 11 2013 6:44PM
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Static
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eh as of now, it's basically just decriminalized, not like you can buy weed in a store without a red card, sure you can legally grow a few plants in a locked closet but that's about it. Hell they're even talking about making the scent of weed smoke illegal in Denver.
Oct 11 2013 6:48PM
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BravoWhiskey5280
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Wait till January 1st when recreational sales open up.
Oct 11 2013 6:54PM
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DERS.
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Oct 11 2013 7:15PM
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powderdrunkie
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I could get a green card in the states, but if I did, I would not have the job I do now, or most other jobs I would apply for. I dont thinkI could conceal a weapon, and I would probably get dui's on the reg. Dont put your names on paper kids.
Oct 11 2013 7:29PM
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Backyard.Skier
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now all we need is for it to be de-criminalized
Oct 11 2013 7:41PM
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MNS
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Hahah, come to British Columbia, then maybe stop by in Nelson.
Oct 11 2013 7:46PM
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Shredsterr
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Haha I know a kid that made weekend trips from Calgary to Nelson for the ganj.
Oct 11 2013 7:57PM
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GANDALF
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as a WA resident of 24 years, i am stoked.
Oct 11 2013 8:19PM
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Backyard.Skier
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Or Vancouver island. Well known fact that the hells angels have some of the largest grow ops in North America there. They are "legal" grow ops but the weed finds it's way out. They recruit students right out of the university and have them grow medical marijuana right under the govs noses.
Oct 12 2013 3:01PM
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Wheaty214
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What still baffles me about Minnesota, having the Mayo Clinic and all, is how we still do not have medical marijuana. I mean come on, people from all over the world come to the Mayo Clinic to get help but we can't help people by giving them a little weed to help with their problem? It just seems ridiculous to me.
Oct 12 2013 10:30PM
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[hamnuts]
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my friend is from Smiths Falls Ontario and they're apparently trying to convert an old Hershey factory there into a medical marijuana grow-op... Hence the city's new nickname "Spliffs Falls"
Oct 12 2013 10:40PM
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roddy116
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its because of the mayo clinic and all of our advancement in the non natural medicine side that causes us to not have medical ganja.
Oct 12 2013 10:48PM
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Wheaty214
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I just feel like they should dabble in the effects of natural medicines, see how it goes and decide whether or not they should invest in medicinal marijuana. I'm not sure if they have tested it, but it would open up a whole new market creating more jobs, and with the expansion that they're planning who wouldn't want to create even more jobs?
Oct 13 2013 1:30AM
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MothaHucker
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Weed is legal here in WA, what now canada?


Also we have freedom down here.
Freedom country music and beer. And legal weed
Oct 13 2013 1:31AM
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KravtZ
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Granted Canada has a much smaller economy compared to the US, but 1.3 billion dollars isnt really going to boost an economy at all, especially one in the US. Even if it was 8 billion it wouldnt really make that much of a difference.
Oct 13 2013 9:34AM
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KrazyistKarl
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As an industrial electrician with experience in controls, an avid marihuana consumer, and have rather large available funds, I should start a legal grow Opp...
Oct 13 2013 12:17PM
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Ye_ol_wild_Koala
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Seems relevant...
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Oct 13 2013 12:24PM
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ZMILLZ
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Little did the silly Canadians know that since our government shut down, rape is legal, meth is legal, jaywalking is legal. America is essentially one big FUNLAND!
Oct 13 2013 12:25PM
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spliff.Life
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this unless you got your life already set then do what you please, but unless you legitimately have cancer getting a green card doesnt do your status well
Oct 13 2013 12:47PM
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Shredsterr
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We have a government.
Oct 13 2013 1:02PM
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Bagina
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Fucccckkkkin burrrrned!
Oct 13 2013 3:46PM
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Elmo.
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you dont even have to smoke it though. a lot of usage comes in the form of edibles and oils. and tea drinks.

and study's suggest it actually is healthy and has no effects on the stomach or the digestive system ( and obviously lungs) so there really arent any health side effects when you eat thc or cbd
Oct 13 2013 4:06PM
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chicken
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last night some guys tried to get me to sign a referendum to legalize marijuana. I told them I didn't give a shit about their government and would smoke weed whenever the fuck I wanted to anyways. like everyone else already does.
Oct 13 2013 4:51PM
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pmw
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so edgy. it's almost like you don't give a fuck
Oct 13 2013 5:24PM
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MothaHucker
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Hahah well played
Oct 13 2013 5:37PM
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deleted5
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yeah if you use a vape, and never smoke it you're right, but i have never met anyone who uses the marajawanna, and only uses edibles and vapes.
Oct 13 2013 6:16PM
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DGski
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Hai
Oct 13 2013 7:16PM
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town_nudist
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There goes my business.
Oct 13 2013 7:23PM
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deleted5
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Helicopter Association International?
Oct 13 2013 8:34PM
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louie.mirags
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That is why everybody should worry about themselves. If you choose to not smoke for health reasons then that is you. If somebody chooses to smoke everyday then...
Oct 13 2013 9:38PM
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k-rob
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they're snoop dogg and they're doin fuckin fine.
Oct 13 2013 9:49PM
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deleted5
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I don't care what you do, I drink and i know it's not healthy. What bothers me is kids today running around, and saying smoking weed and molly are safe and you can do it everyday with out any health consequences, IDK why that bothers me. Even if you do smoke everyday it's really not that bad for your body, although it can cause lung cancer over decades of constant use, from the burning of you microvilli in your lungs. But again i really don't care what you do or don't do.


The more you know
Oct 13 2013 9:52PM
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