Thursday, November 17, 2022
Western Mass. town is getting its 7th cannabis dispensary, so a Boston Globe reporter smokes through ’em all
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| Illustration by Greg Klee, Adobe Stock |
Next up, a visit to Rebelle, “the third recreational dispensary to open. I don’t really remember much from that, and soon my driver parked the car downtown as it was decided I should just walk to the next three alone. Which was cool. Totally cool. All good. Because Great Barrington is like super cute,” Baker writes. Another shop, Farnsworth, “is owned by three siblings who are descendants of Philo Farnsworth, the 20th-century inventor who did pioneering work in the development of radio and television.”
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| Great Barrington (Wikipedia map) |
Finally, after all the shopping and smoking and “trying to explain the point of my pointless excursion, which in that moment could be summarized with a single word: Why? Why did this cute little town allow this to happen?” Baker asks/ “Maybe the whole point is to suck up as much money as they can before New York and Connecticut open their dispensaries and a huge chunk of that cash disappears.”
Baker goes on, “As I was now proving, too much weed can make you anxious and depressed, and I was at my saddest as I walked back across town to the most ridiculous sight: an actual castle with an oversized ‘Dispensary’ sign on the lawn. . . and I happily resisted an employee who invited me to sit on a throne, next to a suit of armor, and take a selfie.”
I think legalizing in Ky will be the best thing we could do. We need the revenue plus it will help alot of ppl. We need to get with the times. Don’t make sense alcohol is legal and it’s 💯 far worse than cannabis.
It’ll be really dope man!
More people will be stoned all the time. DUHHHHHH. Eating more (munchys) and drinking more beer(cotton mouth). Let the good time roll.
As a stroke victim who suffers from insomnia and anxiety I’m ecstatic Kentucky may sell marijuana legally soon. There are more liquor stores than groceries or restaurants in most Kentucky towns. That leaves people more vulnerable to alcoholism which is truly a deadly disease. Anyone who’s a regular pot smoker knows that pot is not addictive and has nowhere near the effects alcohol, heroin, or cocaine has on a person. The people have spoken and it’s marijuanas time be legalized! Stop arresting pot smokers and focus on the real criminals.
Amen!