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And then there's the option that perhaps pot is simply stronger than it used to be, which also includes me telling you that it's stronger. Not dangerous. Not illegal. Just stronger than it used to be. I have no reason to say it's one way or the other.

How is anyone lining their pockets when they tell you take LESS of something?

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@SteveSoCal wrote:

With legalization in CA for recreational purposes, it's considered polite to have your home bar stocked with these products for people who may not be drinking, so I see this as no different that a BevMo shop where I can stock up for parties!

You cray cray my friend. And I am a terrible hostess.

@SteveSoCal wrote:

And then there's the option that perhaps pot is simply stronger than it used to be, which also includes me telling you that it's stronger. Not dangerous. Not illegal. Just stronger than it used to be. I have no reason to say it's one way or the other.

How is anyone lining their pockets when they tell you take LESS of something?

Because the image that what they are selling is strong and powerful means everything to their sales pitch. The American owners of these businesses want the consumer to forget all about the product that once primarily came from Columbia and Mexico. It serves them well to promote that the foreign countries had an inferior product. There is no real testing or anything to verify the lies. It is the wild wild west for these modern day snake oil salesmen. The edibles are the biggest scam of them all. Edibles are mostly marketed toward the rookies and wanna bes who would not know if they were buzzed or not.

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@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:

Because the image that what they are selling is strong and powerful means everything to their sales pitch.

Have you been in a dispensary? It doesn't sound like you have...

@SteveSoCal wrote:

@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:

Because the image that what they are selling is strong and powerful means everything to their sales pitch.

Have you been in a dispensary? It doesn't sound like you have...

I have been to a few in Colorado and I have sampled enough of their product to have a pretty good idea what is going on.

@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:

@SteveSoCal wrote:

@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:

Because the image that what they are selling is strong and powerful means everything to their sales pitch.

Have you been in a dispensary? It doesn't sound like you have...

I have been to a few in Colorado and I have sampled enough of their product to have a pretty good idea what is going on.

Kind of like how you cracked the code on making $$ at MSing. I'm sure you're probably right then....

@SteveSoCal wrote:

Kind of like how you cracked the code on making $$ at MSing. I'm sure you're probably right then....

Exactly! Just like when I bust you and your posse in this forum constantly misleading and twisting the truth by claiming that you are making $60 dollars an hour mystery shopping and leading lives of the rich and famous. Just like that yes!

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The fact that the marijuana sold at dispensaries is not sourced from drug lords in Colombia or Mexico is what makes it so appealing to many people. As one friend put it, the human cost of the illegal drug trade really makes American consumption of the product morally indefensible.

@NinS wrote:

The fact that the marijuana sold at dispensaries is not sourced from drug lords in Colombia or Mexico is what makes it so appealing to many people. As one friend put it, the human cost of the illegal drug trade really makes American consumption of the product morally indefensible.

Once you start down that road then do you stop buying sneakers and clothing and everything else that are made in foreign countries by kids and people getting a dollar an hour? In short no matter what we think most people out there are going to buy something and not give a hoot about who suffered in the process.

@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:

Just like when I bust you and your posse in this forum constantly misleading and twisting the truth by claiming that you are making $60 dollars an hour mystery shopping and leading lives of the rich and famous.

For the record, I have never claimed to make any profit whatsoever at mystery shopping, but the lifestyle I live through it isn't debatable, so I'm not going to engage in that ridiculous conversation. You are free to believe whatever you want....

As for the other topic, nobody buying sneakers is getting robbed, arrested or ripped off trying to score a bag of sneakers on the street, so it's not really comparable.

@Sobrokeigot2dothis wrote:

@SteveSoCal wrote:

Kind of like how you cracked the code on making $$ at MSing. I'm sure you're probably right then....

Exactly! Just like when I bust you and your posse in this forum constantly misleading and twisting the truth by claiming that you are making $60 dollars an hour mystery shopping and leading lives of the rich and famous. Just like that yes!

LOL I know Steve in real life. He works another job making plenty and does hobnob with the rich and famous.

No need to be a douche.

We live in CA. $125,000 is not that big of a deal.

I as well know Steve, he lives a very high life style (trust me), and works hard at his personal business and enjoys the fruits of MS'ing for much of the high lifestyle. He knows this business inside and out, having been on all ends of it, and has good taste, travels on the perks of the industry, oh dear, should I go on. Read his posts, you just may learn something...SOBROKE!!
p.s. Who are you busting, get real sweetie.

Live consciously....

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Try Santa Cruz, CA for a pot growing community.....not everything comes from Mexico, just saying.

Live consciously....

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

Try Santa Cruz, CA for a pot growing community.....not everything comes from Mexico, just saying.

With a huge homeless crisis similar to LA or SF right now too.

@MickeyB wrote:

I had to do a double take to even figure out what the issue was here - and I literally laughed out loud at your question about qualified candidates. In the Pacific NW - where it's been legal for quite a long time, they would have absolutely NO problem. I get that it's "newer" in other areas of the country - but here in Seattle we have glossy commercial billboards that show beautiful models in forests talking about smoking and personal centering. We have yoga studios combined with herbal enhancement studios, where I think you are supposed to practice high. We have very pricey luxury spas promoting CBD Massages... It's not my personal drug of choice, but I know plenty of people who are very well written, cultured, accomplished, educated, communicators that also smoke pot.

In the states that have passed laws saying Recreational marijuana is legal (in the state so far but not legal by US laws) it may or may not be in the guidelines that you have to get a medical marijuana card. In my state of California before recreational was legal but medical uses were legal you did need to get a physician to approve you. I am pretty sure almost anyone could get approved by the same types of docs who give out disabled placards to anyone who pays a fee. I am pretty certain my regular gp would not just hand out cards to anyone who asks. So I would think for the states where only medical uses are legal the question you have to ask yourself before accepting this job, would be whether you are willing to go to one of those docs who will do this for money. Of course if you really have a medical need there would be nothing illegal about it. This job in those states would depend on how far you are willing to push your ethics.

I live in a complex with no Solicitors allowed. I go out to get the mail and on my door is a flyer type stating,
"MEDGUYS" Marijuana Delivery...free edible with any order...what the h___too close for comfort.....

Live consciously....

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

I as well know Steve, he lives a very high life style (trust me), and works hard at his personal business and enjoys the fruits of MS'ing for much of the high lifestyle.

OMG the choice of words Irene...Can't we say "Elevated lifestyle" or something? I promise NOT to get high until the shop is completed

@SteveSoCal wrote:

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

I as well know Steve, he lives a very high life style (trust me), and works hard at his personal business and enjoys the fruits of MS'ing for much of the high lifestyle.

OMG the choice of words Irene...Can't we say "Elevated lifestyle" or something? I promise NOT to get high until the shop is completed

So is Marijuana a fruit? I know tomato is one and it looks more like a veggie to me. Marijuana leaves do look a little like tomato leaves so perhaps it is a fruit and we can all enjoy the fruits of our labor more.

@sandyf wrote:

@MickeyB wrote:

In the states that have passed laws saying Recreational marijuana is legal (in the state so far but not legal by US laws) it may or may not be in the guidelines that you have to get a medical marijuana card. In my state of California before recreational was legal but medical uses were legal you did need to get a physician to approve you. I am pretty sure almost anyone could get approved by the same types of docs who give out disabled placards to anyone who pays a fee. I am pretty certain my regular gp would not just hand out cards to anyone who asks. So I would think for the states where only medical uses are legal the question you have to ask yourself before accepting this job, would be whether you are willing to go to one of those docs who will do this for money. Of course if you really have a medical need there would be nothing illegal about it. This job in those states would depend on how far you are willing to push your ethics.

I disagree - this isn't about ethics, and while your personal GP might not be willing to endorse it, plenty are. Comparing it to the shady practice of giving out disabled placards for those who do not need them in exchange for a fee is unfair and not accurate at all.

Washington State was similar to California in that before it was legalized for recreational use, those who wanted to purchase from a dispensary had to obtain a medical marijuana card. My mother obtained her card from for arthritis from her GP. There was nothing back alley or shady about it at all. This is the same GP she has been going to for years and whom she entrusts her care on a variety of ailments to.

@sandyf wrote:

So is Marijuana a fruit? I know tomato is one and it looks more like a veggie to me. Marijuana leaves do look a little like tomato leaves so perhaps it is a fruit and we can all enjoy the fruits of our labor more.

Technically I believe it's an herb?...similar to oregano. Can we enjoy the herbs of our labor?

I'll save an edible for Irene if they give me a new customer bonus

I'll ask my Nephew if it's fruit or herb...he'll know...thanks for thinking of me Steve, would an edible be a Brownie, and will it elevate my life?

Live consciously....

@Irene_L.A. yes, a brownie is an edible.

It has helped and enhanced my life and others. I have had a headache for 20 years. Marijuana doesn't make it go away, just makes me not care about it.

My grandfather was a straight-laced career fireman who smoked Cherry Blend from a pipe for as long as I can remember. Cancer got ahold of him. This was 20 years ago. When he got bad, my brother and I convinced him to pack his pipe with good ole Mary Jane. He had an appetite and a smile and did not hurt as much. He could function better when smoking marijuana than when later dosed with morphine.

@MickeyB wrote:

@sandyf wrote:

@MickeyB wrote:

In the states that have passed laws saying Recreational marijuana is legal (in the state so far but not legal by US laws) it may or may not be in the guidelines that you have to get a medical marijuana card. In my state of California before recreational was legal but medical uses were legal you did need to get a physician to approve you. I am pretty sure almost anyone could get approved by the same types of docs who give out disabled placards to anyone who pays a fee. I am pretty certain my regular gp would not just hand out cards to anyone who asks. So I would think for the states where only medical uses are legal the question you have to ask yourself before accepting this job, would be whether you are willing to go to one of those docs who will do this for money. Of course if you really have a medical need there would be nothing illegal about it. This job in those states would depend on how far you are willing to push your ethics.

I disagree - this isn't about ethics, and while your personal GP might not be willing to endorse it, plenty are. Comparing it to the shady practice of giving out disabled placards for those who do not need them in exchange for a fee is unfair and not accurate at all.

Washington State was similar to California in that before it was legalized for recreational use, those who wanted to purchase from a dispensary had to obtain a medical marijuana card. My mother obtained her card from for arthritis from her GP. There was nothing back alley or shady about it at all. This is the same GP she has been going to for years and whom she entrusts her care on a variety of ailments to.

I was not saying that people with medical issues had to go a shady route. I was saying that almost everyone could get a card via the shady route...lots of people in California who did not have an approved medical reason for a card went the shady route to get one. That is not to say there were also people who legitimately got a medical marijuana card. For every dispensary in my area there was a "doc" either at the place or right next door who gave out cards for a fee. Hucksters stood outside every shop stopping people and telling them the "doc" was in and all they needed to do was see the doc for a fee and then they would qualify. That was the shady part. That was equivalent to people going and getting a parking placard without the need. You personally may think that marijuana should be legal and therefore going to a shady doc to get your card is perfectly okay. I am just saying that it was unethical to some to get a card that way if you did not have a medical reason. And remains so in states that have not legalized recreational marijuana.

@SteveSoCal wrote:

@sandyf wrote:

So is Marijuana a fruit? I know tomato is one and it looks more like a veggie to me. Marijuana leaves do look a little like tomato leaves so perhaps it is a fruit and we can all enjoy the fruits of our labor more.

Technically I believe it's an herb?...similar to oregano. Can we enjoy the herbs of our labor?

I'll save an edible for Irene if they give me a new customer bonus

I am pretty sure it is an herb too but it did not fit the Irene quote (fruits of your labor) as an herb so hence my question.

@Niner wrote:

"Book an online evaluation with a licensed doctor to qualify for your New York medical card.

That's shameful that a licensed doctor would issue these without a physical evaluation.

Personally I don't know a *single* person who wasn't already smoking dope before they got their card. It's just an excuse.

I'm with you, Irene. I would never do this shop.

"Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?” ~Walter Williams

@MickeyB wrote:

here in Seattle we have glossy commercial billboards that show beautiful models in forests talking about smoking and personal centering.

And Seattle is dying [www.youtube.com] under the weight of drug addiction. Correlation or causation?

I think there's pretty strong evidence that marijuana is not a gateway drug and it's probably time to stop shaming others for what it commercially legal in many places.

We have shops for cigarette and alcohol control. How could you not see shops for another controlled substance coming along eventually?

On top of stocking my bar, the assignment will help verify that controls are in place at these shops. It will ensure that they are clean, safe and legal environments. Anyone who's ever been involved in a bar or cigarette shop should understand that. This is what we do as mystery shoppers!

(as I self-confessed lifestyle shopper, I will probably be sampling the herbs of my labor, however)

P.S. That was for you, @sandyf

@SteveSoCal wrote:

I think there's pretty strong evidence that marijuana is not a gateway drug and it's probably time to stop shaming others for what it commercially legal in many places.

We have shops for cigarette and alcohol control. How could you not see shops for another controlled substance coming along eventually?

On top of stocking my bar, the assignment will help verify that controls are in place at these shops. It will ensure that they are clean, safe and legal environments. Anyone who's ever been involved in a bar or cigarette shop should understand that. This is what we do as mystery shoppers!

(as I self-confessed lifestyle shopper, I will probably be sampling the herbs of my labor, however)

P.S. That was for you, @sandyf

I am definitely not shaming people for using marijuana. I am just pointing out that it is illegal in many states and for the job the op started this thread with in states where it is still illegal without a docs note there may be some people who would not want to go to a doc and "illegally" get a card by lying about their medical need and paying a fee to do it. There are still some people who like to uphold the law even when they do not agree with it and not try to circumvent the law for their own needs or wants. It seems the job is asking for people who already or legitimately hold a card and not asking for people to go out and obtain one in a shady manner. People can do whatever they want. This is an ethical question for some. Not the question of should I be able to use the substance but the question of should I go to a doc who will not do the proper exam and just slip me something under the table in exchange for money.

@sandyf wrote:

I am definitely not shaming people for using marijuana.

The shaming part wasn't aimed at you, Sandy. Just the herb part....

One can also get an online doctor to sign off on ED meds, opiates and just about everything else someone might want to abuse, so that's yet another topic.

The link posted above about online docs was also not from the MSC. It was from a search on medical cards if I am not mistaken. The local shops for us all all retail and this MSC is a stickler for legalities, so I feel assured that in NYC they are simply looking for shoppers who already have a medical card.

On that same note, the same MSC also had on the board for months a certain hotel branded with an infamous name that causes a lot of controversy....and I though to myself, "How are they going to get anyone who can write a coherent paragraph to stay there?"

It made me happy to see the dispensary shops appear since it means the MSC is not politicized. They are just fielding offers and trying to make a buck. I would have kicked the celebrity hotel client to the curb a few years ago!

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