Heakene küll. Annan endale selgelt aru, et peale tänast postitust ei ole jäänud vist enam ühtegi lugejat, kes usuks, et ma endale pealelõunati väikest spliifi ei keera. Hmmm. Tegelikult ei pruugiks sissejuhatava selgitusega üleüldse vaeva näha, sest lõppude lõpuks pole see kellegi teise asi, millega mina oma vaba aega sisustan, eks ole. Aga auväärses eas veresugulastest blogijälgijate jaoks kinnitan siiski igaks juhuks eestlase ausõnaga veelkord üle, et ma ei ole kanepisuitsetamise ülemeelikule teele läinud. Tõesti ei ole. Asi lihtsalt selles, et ma ei saa eilset kohalikku uudist refereerimata jätta. Kujutage ette – meil siin Oregonis on marihuaana ületootmine. Jep. Ja mitte marginaalne, vaid massiivne. Kui kanepikasvatamine osariigis täna päevapealt lõpetataks, jätkuks varusid kuueks (!) aastaks.
Säärane situatsioon paneb Oregoni patriootlikud residendid muidugi raske valiku ette. Kohalikke väiketootjaid tuleb teadagi toetada. Näiteks meie Pauliga ostame naabritelt liha, mune, mett. Win-win situation. Nemad saavad oma toodangu turustatud, meie saame puhast, väärt kraami pruukida. Novot. Ja kui ma nüüd lähikonna kanepipõlde sama pilguga vaatan kui naabrite lehmi ja kanu ja mesilasi, siis... :-) Hea küll, suitsetama lausa ei hakka, aga äkki peaks retseptikogu paari innovatiivse küpsetisega täiendama? OK, OK, ma saan aru küll, teid see teema hetkel ei huvita. Teil ju nüüd tänu EKREle odav alkohol, tühja neist muudest meelemürkidest.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) – “Oregon is awash in pot, glutted with so much legal weed that if growing were to stop today, it could take more than six years by one estimate to smoke or eat it all. Now, five years after the state legalized recreational marijuana, it is looking to curb production. "The harsh reality is we have too much product on the market," said Governor Kate Brown.
Oregon has one of the highest such imbalances among the 10 states that have legalized recreational marijuana since 2012, in part because it had a big head start in the weed business. With its moist climate and rich soil, Oregon has a long history of pot growing. When it became legal, many outlaw growers went legitimate, and others jumped into the business, too. They are now all cultivating weed in a multitude of fields, greenhouses and converted factories, with 1,123 active producer licenses issued over the past three years.
Retail prices in Oregon for legal pot have plummeted from more than $10 per gram in October 2016 to less than $5 last December. At the same time, smaller marijuana businesses are feeling competition from bigger, richer players, some from out of state. Officials worry that some license holders will become so desperate they will divert their product into the black market rather than see it go unsold.”
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Map of Marijuana Legality by State
June 01/2019
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