The First Cannabis Cafe Opens Because Of President Obama’s New Federal Policy

November 14th, 2009

Posted by Bossip Staff

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The first weed cafe has opened in Portland, Oregon.

The United States’ first marijuana cafe opened on Friday, posing an early test of the Obama administration’s move to relax policing of medical use of the drug. The Cannabis Cafe in Portland, Oregon, is the first to give certified medical marijuana users a place to get hold of the drug and smoke it — as long as they are out of public view — despite a federal ban.

“This club represents personal freedom, finally, for our members,” said Madeline Martinez, Oregon’s executive director of NORML, a group pushing for marijuana legalization. “Our plans go beyond serving food and marijuana,” said Martinez. “We hope to have classes, seminars, even a Cannabis Community College, based here to help people learn about growing and other uses for cannabis.”

The cafe — in a two-story building which formerly housed a speak-easy and adult erotic club Rumpspankers — is technically a private club, but is open to any Oregon residents who are NORML members and hold an official medical marijuana card. Members pay $25 per month to use the 100-person capacity cafe. They don’t buy marijuana, but get it free over the counter from “budtenders.” Open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., it serves food but has no liquor license. There are about 21,000 patients registered to use marijuana for medical purposes in Oregon. Doctors have prescribed marijuana for a host of illnesses, including Alzheimer’s, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and Tourette’s syndrome.

On opening day, reporters invited to the cafe could smell, but were not allowed to see, people smoking marijuana. “I still run a coffee shop and events venue, just like I did before we converted it to the Cannabis Cafe, but now it will be cannabis-themed,” said Eric Solomon, the owner of the cafe, who is looking forward to holding marijuana-themed weddings, film festivals and dances in the second-floor ballroom.

The creation of the cafe comes almost a month after the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical reasons or dispensaries in states which have legalized them. About a dozen states, including Oregon, followed California’s 1996 move to adopt medical marijuana laws, allowing the drug to be cultivated and sold for medical use. A similar number have pending legislation or ballot measures planned.

Pot cafes, known as “coffee shops,” are popular in the Dutch city of Amsterdam, where possession of small amounts of marijuana is legal. Portland’s Cannabis Cafe is the first of its kind to open in the United States, according to NORML. Growing, possessing, distributing and smoking marijuana are still illegal under U.S. federal law, which makes no distinction between medical and recreational use. Federal and local law enforcement agencies did not return phone calls from Reuters on Friday seeking comment on the Portland cafe’s operations.

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107 Responses to “The First Cannabis Cafe Opens Because Of President Obama’s New Federal Policy”

ChatManGuy

11/14/09, 08:58:am

1st

Tracey

11/14/09, 09:04:am

Ridiculous!

unlimitedwhispers

11/14/09, 09:07:am

Why the heack is it purple? That must be that weed Kat talks about. It ain’t regular weed.

unlimitedwhispers

11/14/09, 09:08:am

Does Bossip give out prizes for being first? I not, that is so childish.

unlimitedwhispers

11/14/09, 09:09:am

If not, that is so childish.

Nytefyre

11/14/09, 09:12:am

About time!

FOLLOW @LovelyN202

11/14/09, 09:20:am

PUFF PUFF….INHALE…P*****

FOLLOW @LovelyN202

11/14/09, 09:22:am

????? DA FKC.. ALL I SAID WAS P.A.S.S.
LMAO
MAN DIS SITE IS WACKKKK!!!!

charlieblanko

11/14/09, 09:23:am

When weed is grown in cold climate @unlimited Whispers

It comes out purple when exposed to cold air. All the crystals are from years of breeding the strongest strands…not fake weed, just really good medically heightened weed…

Katracho

11/14/09, 09:24:am

l love barack 420 obama!

Tracey

11/14/09, 09:26:am

charlieblanko

When weed is grown in cold climate @unlimited Whispers

It comes out purple when exposed to cold air. All the crystals are from years of breeding the strongest strands…not fake weed, just really good medically heightened weed…

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Thanks for the drugs lesson, but who gives a s-h-i-t, I think drugs are the road to HELL! You will never win and it will beat you in the end!

Mock Rock Star

11/14/09, 09:27:am

I’m high just looking at the picture

Mock Rock Star

11/14/09, 09:28:am

@Tracey
Please go and sit down some where…have you seen someone go to hell for using drugs. Sheesh

Tracey

11/14/09, 09:37:am

Mock Rock Star

@Tracey
Please go and sit down some where…have you seen someone go to hell for using drugs. Shees

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The hell term is a metaphor!

When drugs causes paranoia, addiction, reason why people turn to prositution for a fix, abuse people (even own family murders) causes people to mug, murder and mane..I would depic that as hell on earth!

Tracey

11/14/09, 09:39:am

*Family members*

ATL AINT DA SOUTH

11/14/09, 09:44:am

Tracey, it is apparent that you are sheltered…anyway…I saw that purple Kush and i must say, I am near ORGASMIC!

charlieblanko

11/14/09, 09:45:am

Whoa! Weed is not a hard drug, like i think you are talking about tracey. Weed is no where near to *****e, exctacy, heroin, pcp, acid, or meth.

Weed is more like tobacco and booze. Both were smoked and drank back in biblical days, matter of fact… jesus made some for some weddings. Tracey, weed is not as bad as hard drugs, and it is not considered a hard drug.

That was not a drug lesson…it was a botanical one.

rico 9

11/14/09, 09:49:am

keep on educating charlieblanco- that weed looks good .

...MOcarsMOclothesMOjewelsMOdoe...

11/14/09, 09:52:am

sweeeeet.little by little

redcora

11/14/09, 09:53:am

dayuumm boo.. you know people robbin, killing, and selling their ***** from weed? really??.. Were they raised by Muppets too?..(and I hope you never touched alcohol)

Tasha

11/14/09, 09:56:am

Im moving there.

Tracey

11/14/09, 09:56:am

Yes, I do shelter myself as a T total adult, and I am very proud of myself for doing that!

My high is watching F1, eating good food, doing Yoga, completing a 2 hours exercise cl***** (the natural hormones that pump through the body is amazing) and a good comedy and a hot bath :0)

Tried a cig at 11yrs old and decided then it was the most pointless and stupid thing, there and then.

Get high for too long, you could find yourself in some Al queda group being paranoid about the CIA, strapped with some device on your back!

I Am Legend (A Wise Man Told Me Dont Argue With Fools)

11/14/09, 10:05:am

I smoked some “super diesel” and sum “master kush” this week…O my I was feeling like I was in outer *****e for like 6 hours straight

charlieblanko

11/14/09, 10:05:am

LOL@getting high on weed for too long eventually landing me in a terrorist faction.

LMBAO

MARK RICH

11/14/09, 10:12:am

Alcohol and tobacco are far more deadly than marijuana has ever been, hundreds of thousands of americans die every year from their use, and hundreds of thousands of americans are suffering from alcohol and tobacco related illnesses
Weed is not dangerous

I mean somebody could possible die from weed……

someday

Drug addiction is more or less a reflection of the person using the drugs, and according to AMA tobacco is the worlds most addictive drug

NONYA B.I.

11/14/09, 10:14:am

I have mixed feelings about this, as a former smoker, it’s affect on me was undesirable, BUT different strokes for different folks, if it works 4 u, what can I say? I can’t lie though, lookin’ at that pic almost brought me 2 an orgasmic state too, and I don’t even burn no more. That look like Cali bud.

tatumeffbaby

11/14/09, 10:18:am

Anyone strung out on weed is week or simply started to effing early! And thats your PARENTS fault for not watching your bad***** ! Lol. Jk. But really the WORST weed does to people is make them unmotivated. WIth or without weed we are always gonna have some bums running ’round.

Jasmine

11/14/09, 10:24:am

Tracy,

You have a valid point and I think it is great that you are against drug use. I don’t engage in smoking either, and I try to maintain a healthy life style as well. But I think some of the statements you made about, murder, prositution and abuse towards family members should be geared towards drug use such as: Heroin, *****e, crack meth ect.

Tracey

11/14/09, 10:26:am

Yes, fact achohol and Tobacco is far more dangerous, but then that is also like saying McDonalds is more dangerous than Burger King or something.

The facts are if everyone smoked as much cannibas as those did to tobacco and drank alcohol, I think the streets would be filled to the brim with nutters, zombies and self induced schizophrenics.

And if flitered cigarettes are bad for you, how bad is a joint that has been made up of unflitered tobacco combined with cannibas? The toxins from the cigarette would be entering ones cardiovascular system in a serious way.

Personally everything natural on earth are made to be used by man, but the way man abuses substances is very sicking. I believe cannibas is meant to be boiled as a tea, and drunk in times of stress, pain and to realive serious medical conditions like multiple Sclerosis.

It is when the everyday bog standard man becomes hooked, abuses heavy substances and uses important elements for recreational use when these things become a problem.

However, each to there own, I am a big believer in free will and personal choices. If someone wishes to use drugs, fine, just do not come to me with your problems or steal my goods to pay for it.

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 10:26:am

I never understood why people (besides those w/medical conditions)smoke weed in the first place. I always thought that those who smoked weed are lacking something in his or her life, especially those who get addicted to it. What is wrong with having a natural high just off of life? nature? I’ve heard many excuses that just still seem like either the easy way out or just overall lame. I think its cool for a person to be his or herself without an added substance that way I am getting or meeting the “real” you per se.

MARK RICH

11/14/09, 10:27:am

Weed doesnt make you unmotivated, if you lazy you just lazy, almost 40% of americans use it on a regular basis

Tracey

11/14/09, 10:29:am

And anyone knows a recreactional cannibas user who doesnt use tobacco and doesnt drink Alcohol?

BLACK-A-RIFICK

11/14/09, 10:30:am

smoking it is stupid but every herb has a medical use thats just the way the crator made it!

I Am Legend (A Wise Man Told Me Dont Argue With Fools)

11/14/09, 10:32:am

Tracey

And anyone knows a recreactional cannibas user who doesnt use tobacco and doesnt drink Alcohol?

I smoke cannibus and never ever touch cigs or alcohol…atleast anymore on the alcohol havent done that in a year or longer

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 10:34:am

Also I strongly believe that weed is the stepping stone into hardcore drugs. People that have crossed my path have said they smoked weed, but then wanted something that could take them “higher”. Many then begin to take ectasy and it went on from there. However, you have some who said that they would never go past weed, but I could never trust that NEVER. If you are already comfortable in purchasing an illegal drug in most states, and comfortable in smoking something to alter your mindstate what keeps you from going further?

Tracey

11/14/09, 10:35:am

I Am Legend (A Wise Man Told Me Dont Argue With Fools)

Tracey

And anyone knows a recreactional cannibas user who doesnt use tobacco and doesnt drink Alcohol?

I smoke cannibus and never ever touch cigs or alcohol…atleast anymore on the alcohol havent done that in a year or longer
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Can I ask, how do you smoke cannibas without using tobbaco?

Dont you have to unfliter the cigs to build up a joint and mix the two elements together? Or do you boil your cannibas and drink it as a tea?

MARK RICH

11/14/09, 10:43:am

I dont smoke tobacco, and I rarely drink, joint papers arent made from tobacco

And if someone said they needed to feel “higher” guess what, whatever new drug they try, they gon take the same stance, once the high gets old, no such thing as a gateway drug, I have never ever tried anything outside of weed, like I said if you
do a bunch of drugs its more about you than anything else

It seems you only know people from the hood who smoke weed, you would be surprised how many professionals smoke

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 10:47:am

@MARK RICH- I am not sure if that comment was towards Tracey or me, but I was never raised in the “hood” or came “near” the hood or know anyone from the “hood”. Why would one automatically *****ume that if someone who smokes weed is from the hood? that is simple minded. I agree w/you 100% that many crackheads, those who smoke weed, or just do all kinds of drugs are professionals. Especially those w/money b/c they can afford to pay for drugs that can take them “higher”. I do agree that there is a such thing as a gateway drug, but we will agree to disagree on that one.

LogicallySpeaking

11/14/09, 10:49:am

I’m reading all these comments and some are just plain ridiculous talking about what marijuana will do to you or make you do. At the end of the day, smoking weed, cigarettes, taking a prescription pill, drinking or any other form of libation is a personal choice. I think it is a bit far fetched to blame weed for crime. Most people I know who talk about people who smoke weed usually have really bad sexual addictions. A vice is a vice, just charge what is known in government as a sin tax and everyone lives happily ever after. Marijuana is legal in Amsterdam and the crime rate is very low….Let that Marinate..

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 10:49:am

@MARK RICH- *correction* I disagree that there is no gateway drugs, but we’ll agree to disagree on that one.

charlieblanko

11/14/09, 10:50:am

@ Tracey, they make smokeless ways of inducing THC. Also, weed has no tobacco in it. Rolling joints and blunts is outdated. Pipes and bongs are ways of smoking it without any kinds of papers.

Comparing weed to Heroin or anyother hard drug is academic. It’s not like Burger king vs McDonalds…

Its like a big mac…vs… a chicken salad. Anything in excess can be bad for you…

I think this is a very good convo actually. I really like medicinal marijuana laws.

And to answer your question Tracey, I know a guy that sells medical marijuana that stopped smoking cigs and drinking (regularly). He now only smokes herb and sells it…he is trying to get me to stop smoking cigs too….

Magz

11/14/09, 10:55:am

Woohoo Obama! Regardless who smokes it (including me) I hope they stop putting kids in jail for the years for selling it. That’s step 2. Drug dealers get more time than rapist and killers!

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 11:00:am

@LOCIALLY SPEAKING- I think many people have addictions in general and I agree it doesn’t have to be drugs. It can be as you stated sexual whether actually have intercourse or masturbation, haroders, eating food just all kinds addictions. I knew about Amsterdam years ago, not so much about the crime rate so I can’t say too much on that.

bklynlady

11/14/09, 11:03:am

Kids pack ya sh*t up! We moving to Oregon!

LOOK AT THAT KUSH!!!!!! GOOD LAWD! ***SNIFFING MY COMPUTER SCREEN****

lol

bklynlady

11/14/09, 11:09:am

I’ve never seen anyone rob, steal, lie or prostitute for no damn weed….

I'm Just Me: Keeping It Real Since 1983....IS OFF FROM WORK TODAY!!!

11/14/09, 11:19:am

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WTF…PROSTITUTING FOR BUD???? THAT HAS GOT TO BE A FIRST. NOW IF THIS IS TRUE IT COULDN’T HAVE BEEN REGULAR BUD IT HAD TO BE LACED WITH CRACK OR SOMETHING ELSE…REGULAR WEED DON’T HAVE PEOPLE ACTING LIKE THAT!!

BLACK-A-RIFICK

11/14/09, 11:23:am

why cant every body just have there own opinion? *****odys gonna change their mind…. PEOPLE R SOOOO WACK

I'm Just Me: Keeping It Real Since 1983....IS OFF FROM WORK TODAY!!!

11/14/09, 11:23:am

no such thing as a gateway drug, I have never ever tried anything outside of weed,

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ME EITHER.

PERSONALLY I BELIEVE ALCOHOL AND IT’S EFFECTS ON YOU ARE FAR WORSE THAN ANY EFFECTS OF MARIJUANA ON YOU.

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 11:24:am

@IJM- *waves hard* HEEEY!- I’ve heard of people going crazy when someone laced the weed w/a strong other chemical drug such as PCP.

I'm Just Me: Keeping It Real Since 1983....IS OFF FROM WORK TODAY!!!

11/14/09, 11:25:am

And anyone knows a recreactional cannibas user who doesnt use tobacco and doesnt drink Alcohol?

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ME!!!!

I just smoke bud. Ciggs are disgusting and leave a very bad aftertaste. I don’t like alcohol because it seems to me to make people too violent!

I'm Just Me: Keeping It Real Since 1983....IS OFF FROM WORK TODAY!!!

11/14/09, 11:28:am

@ Ms. EJ

HEY!!! Good morning.

Oh yeah, I definitely heard my share of weed laced with stories. That is why I consistently go to the same two people. If they are dry, I just wait it out. It took a minute to trust these two and they are good. I cannot just trust everyone and their bud.

I'm Just Me: Keeping It Real Since 1983....IS OFF FROM WORK TODAY!!!

11/14/09, 11:30:am

@ Ms EJ

Trust me. I am not going past weed. I have crackheads in my family and see how it goes. I am not interested in going “higher”. Weed just mellows me and takes away the stress from the day. Personally I couldn’t afford to have a worse habit anyway. But to me people who use weed as a gateway drug, were headed to those other drugs anyway. When I don’t get as “high” I stop smoking for a week or two. That brings it right back. You have to have some sort of control over it, IMHO.

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 11:32:am

@IJM- *waves back* I do agree and know that it is a fact that alcohol is far more dangerous due to the killing of others in car accidents. I think some people are forgetting that people do get murdered regarding weed by drug dealers over terf and/or robbing someone of their weed stash (First 48RHS) or robbing someone for the money made off of selling it. Alot more murder goes on when dealing with drugs. I do not think it makes a person a bad person though, its just something I will never understand.

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 11:34:am

I’m Just Me: Keeping It Real Since 1983….IS OFF FROM WORK TODAY!!!

@ Ms EJ

Just seen your comment sorry Ms. Lady and I can meet you half way on it. I too have crackheads in my family too. I think many people do.

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 11:36:am

@IJM- oops major correction girl I meant to say I do not think that those who smoke weed are bad people are that weed smoking makes them bad.

smmb

11/14/09, 11:43:am

As Mariah put it “Purple taking me higher”. A friend of mine lived in Amsterdam where they have a ton of “cafes”. He said they have a menu and it tells you the effect of each type of weed. They have some that make you hallucinate.

MARK RICH

11/14/09, 12:09:pm

bossip wont let me post anymore
I wasnt to talking directly to MS.EJ

The Bear...YES I'm BACK

11/14/09, 12:20:pm

Its hard enough for me as a Black man to achieve the great things that I would like to in this world. At times I feel like I already got 2 strikes against me and I have to defeat the odds.

The LAST thing I need is marijuana or any other drug altering my state of mind as I set about conquering this world. That is why I have never and will never touch the S-H-I-T.

I’m done.

BWild in Portlnad, OR

11/14/09, 12:21:pm

Portland is VERY pot friendly. You often smell it burning as you walk around the city in the summer. The medical user has to have a grower (who also gets a card to legally grow) and the grower provides free pot (a predetermined amount) to the patient on a regular basis. The patient and grower do have to pay for licensing. The grower keeps the rest to do whatever with.

The reason for the two person system is often the patient is too ill to tend to a the “garden”. And these growers out here have that mess DOWN TO A SCIENCE. It’s very labor/time intensive. Most growers have two or more patients and many growers do not smoke weed at all.

I am a smoker but not a patient. My neighbor who has a medical card (advanced HIV) went on Friday to the cafe and said it was a very nice place. And it will be better when the news crews leave.

Smoke Oregon bud & Drink Oregon wine! Life is good here.

sasasasa

11/14/09, 12:27:pm

Americans r so backwards on some issues in toronto we have these all over the place you just cant sell or buy chron there but u can rent bongs , uses vaporizers yu cant smoke since smoking inside is banned in ontario , you can alos buy some of the highest grade of seeds any where in the world

Young Lady

11/14/09, 12:38:pm

Put me down for a vacation for 2 please!

Rayy

11/14/09, 12:54:pm

you guys are tripping weed is not hazardous what so ever.If it was so hazardous why was jimmy carter gonna legalize it in 1980?.but never got the chance because President Reagan got into office and started the whole “weed is bad” thing.

Rayy

11/14/09, 12:56:pm

I bet anything if marijuana is legalized we will be out of this damn recession,because people are going to smoke..might as well tax it and make some money off of it..hell they doing it with tobacco.and thats killing millions everyday.

turkishjamaican

11/14/09, 13:18:pm

legalize it….its about time “chefin on my strawberry kush”….

C-Red

11/14/09, 13:59:pm

Wow! Bossip got a pic of some good s**t. Man, I wantsome that.

GGooDeiMC

11/14/09, 14:02:pm

Okay…you guys need to stop with oh Weed is a horrible drug. Oh live life on a natural high.

You are taking your judgments by what society has programmed in your head. Weed has been used in many religious rituals and cultural practices. Weed is a product of nature. A plant that was made by our Creator and our Mother Earth.

So, please stop with weed is a bad drug. I smoke week everyday and as soon as I get through cooking I will be rolling a blunt. I have been smoking since I was in college and I have not tried any other drug but weed.

I have a banging ***** job working in IT and I am far from lazy and addicted. If you are addicted to weed or killing someone because of your addiction to weed…then you are just as dumbfounded as the next person and it is not a product of the substance (weed) that you are using but your own personal issues as a human.

I can understand that everyone has their opinion. But STOP going by what you read in a pamphlet or see on a ‘Truth’ and and take some time to educate yourself about weed/hemp/sativa and see what endless possibilities you can find with marijuana that does not involve smoking or getting high.

Thanks!

We "Blacks" Are The REAL Hebrew Israelites

11/14/09, 14:10:pm

Oooh…that looks like Purple Haze or kush. Us in California have been able to go to the clinics for a while now..but NOW I have incentive to leave my fair state.
Yaaaay.

w.i.t.h??

11/14/09, 14:20:pm

that pic is BEAUTIFUL…ive never tried cigs, the smell, the taste, uggghhh…hate em. i use to drink but no more. i may have some wine every now and then but thats it…just the herb for me pls…thk u….but it do be havin me paranoid sometimes. not too long ago i was sitting on the couch wit my girl after we had just blowed, everything was calm & quiet and out of no where i just jumped up and screamed..i cant breathe!!! after we both calm down we laughed for soo long..hilarious…but i luv me some bud. definitely my vice. and it does induce laziness even tho im naturally lazy so i cant blame it all on the herb…but it DOES not lead to more serious drugs..like some1 stated earlier thats more about the person. i would never do meth or acid and im no criminal. i would never harm another individual unless they were trying to harm me. no stealing killing or prostitutin here…man i wish tx would follow suit…

i see the world second and get high first…lol

Txhustla15

11/14/09, 14:21:pm

Its pure comedy some of the ignorance and delusion in regards to cannabis in here – some need to read a book or find out why it was made ‘illegal’ in the first place. As far as that road to hell/gateway drug nonsense need to go kick rocks with that , go take some prescription medicine that is approved by FDA like Vioxx or Yaz and enjoy some of the unintended deadly side effects….

We "Blacks" Are The REAL Hebrew Israelites

11/14/09, 14:27:pm

Oh..and I’m smoking right now as we speak. And I’m mad that Bossip posted some stuff that looks better than my stuff.

:’(

We "Blacks" Are The REAL Hebrew Israelites

11/14/09, 14:29:pm

cont
Marijuana became criminalized in the 1930’s and 40’s when white women were quaffing opium and c*oke lace “medicines” (Yeah ok, Miss Ann..) like it was going out of fashion (please refer to the earlier Lindsay Lohan post for a modern study). The result of the availability of these “medicines” AND pressure from pharmaceutical companies led to propaganda that the filthy Kneeeee-Grooooowz would somehow start defiling white women in a drug induced craze.

xhia

11/14/09, 14:30:pm

It looks like something from outer*****e!!!!

Like fungus…

We "Blacks" Are The REAL Hebrew Israelites

11/14/09, 14:30:pm

Oh..and I’m smoking right now as we speak. And I’m mad that Bossip posted some stuff that looks better than my stuff.

:’(

Oh and, I’m with CGoo. I smoke every day and I am in the process of pursuing my Masters in Library Science.
People need to understand the this country was BUILT on the production of marijuana/hemp. It was mandatory to grow hemp crops.(starting in 1619) From the early 1600’s to the early 1800’s marijuana/hemp was used as legal tender. The benefits of this plant is ancient and was known through out the ancient world from China to Kush(no pun intended).
Marijuana became criminalized in the 1930’s and 40’s when white women were quaffing opium and *****e lace “medicines” (Yeah ok, Miss Ann..) like it was going out of fashion (please refer to the earlier Lindsay Lohan post for a modern study). The result of the availability of these “medicines” AND pressure from pharmaceutical companies led to propaganda that the filthy Kneeeee-Grooooowz would somehow start defiling white women in a drug induced craze. And you KNOW how snow n*iggers are..so the thought of a big Black Mandingo “buck” was ESPECIALLY threatening. They were also afraid these same “medicines” would loosen the morals of white women and cause them to commit drug induced acts that might lead to *gasp* miscegenation (don’t mind the fact that white men have been doing it for centuries. We all know what’s good for the gander isn’t good for the goose). So marijuana is basically outlawed because white men were scared of black men and women having sex.
Unfounded fear since it ended up happening anyways. Forbidden fruit syndrome.

Ahh..the mysterious ways of the albino male. I must study them further.

xhia

11/14/09, 14:31:pm

Or a Mardi Gras King Cake!

GGooDeiMC

11/14/09, 14:40:pm

@We “Blacks” Are The REAL Hebrew Israelites

That is right my friend. Good luck with your studies. I know when I was in college smoking weed helped me on many term papers. But thanks for that info. A lot of people need to know that information so they can their facts straight.

Like I said in a previous post…stop relying on pamphlets, Truth ads and Just Say No slogans and get educated on the beautiful world of hemp!

LET MESAYSOMETHING

11/14/09, 14:49:pm

I don’t know about this!! Something don’t sound quite right to me.

Tony Redds

11/14/09, 14:56:pm

Thanks Bossip Ima bout to relapse!!

That nugget right there looks like the most stickiest of the icky..lol

white male

11/14/09, 15:01:pm

If people want to smoke weed they should be able to but don’t raise my taxes because “we need free healthcare” when u get problems from drug use.

I smoke weed but I”m cutting back and trying to cut it out completely. If you do smoke and can afford it you should get a volcano vaporizer. It’s healthier than blunts, thats for sure.

Tracey

11/14/09, 15:45:pm

charlieblanko

@ Tracey, they make smokeless ways of inducing THC. Also, weed has no tobacco in it. Rolling joints and blunts is outdated. Pipes and bongs are ways of smoking it without any kinds of papers.

Comparing weed to Heroin or anyother hard drug is academic. It’s not like Burger king vs McDonalds…

Its like a big mac…vs… a chicken salad. Anything in excess can be bad for you…

I think this is a very good convo actually. I really like medicinal marijuana laws.

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I have many friends and family and members who have and do smoke weed. They all build their joints with a combination of tobbaco and Weed. Some are the nices people in the world, some are gord damn horrible. I also have an uncle that turned mentally ill because of Weed.

I know there are medical conditions where cannibas does ease peoples illnesses, mental stresses and actual body physical pain. And I do feel God has given the world this natural drug to ease medical conditions and the pharmaceutical companies are using this product in many drugs….just not for recreational use…..though!

Tracey

11/14/09, 15:47:pm

I would like to add, I wouldnt dream of telling people how to live their lives.

Ms. EJ

11/14/09, 15:56:pm

I know everyone will not agree on everything, because if that was the case then the world would be pretty boring, but I do not understand that just, because someone does not agree or think the same thing that he or she needs to “go somewhere” or is not “educated” on a matter. I can only speak for me, but I am fully aware of the history regarding this particular plant, however that still does not change and will not change my mind. It is ones opinion, it doesn’t mean to get upset or start beign sarcastic or calling folks names. I do not think that those who smoke weed are bad people, because I do have some relatives that do smoke weed for whatever reason and it is their choice, just like it is my choice to have a natural high. It does not make you, me or anyone else better than the other. Lord, knows I am not into ebeefs or to offend anyone.

Young Lady

11/14/09, 16:00:pm

I just finish smoking as a matter of fact i smoke every time I’m on here at home yall funny as hell. But like someone said before it does make you a little lazy my boyfriend is very active so it doesn’t bother him. Light the ganja!!

” When you smoke the herb it reveals you to yourself”. – Bob Marley

Young Lady

11/14/09, 16:14:pm

@ E.J.

I understand perfectly where you are coming from. I started smoking 3 years ago I’m only 25. most of the guys i know have been smoking since they were 12 and 13. When I was in high school I remeber saying all these things especially this one ” i don’t need to smell like a posion ivy i have a natural high.” Boy Has life changed but honestly it’s made me a much calmer person.

Ms. EJ

11/14/09, 16:23:pm

@YOUNG LADY- First and foremost thank you for a response that wasn’t in an attacking way. I always appreciate ediscussions where it is on an adult mature level. Its funny that you said you remember saying all those things when you were younger, but how life has changed, because there are many things I said that I would not or never do including drugs and/or weed. Somethings I did do and other things I stood solid on and that was weed and I am now 28. I sure do feel you though on how life changes, b/c you do change right along with it. Some for the worst, and others for the better and just some who just add a little here and take a little off.

Ms.EJ

11/14/09, 16:35:pm

To ALL have a blessed weekend *exits*

WordtotheWise

11/14/09, 17:25:pm

I’m not surprised this cafe would be opening here in my hometown. I used to live right around the corner from this location. Glad I’ve moved.

Mock Rock Star

11/14/09, 20:01:pm

Tracey

Yes, I do shelter myself as a T total adult, and I am very proud of myself for doing that!

My high is watching F1, eating good food, doing Yoga, completing a 2 hours exercise cl***** (the natural hormones that pump through the body is amazing) and a good comedy and a hot bath :0)

Tried a cig at 11yrs old and decided then it was the most pointless and stupid thing, there and then.

Get high for too long, you could find yourself in some Al queda group being paranoid about the CIA, strapped with some device on your back!
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Or you could be the President of the United States. Now step back for one moment and think: if marijuana was so bad then it would’ve been legal back in the day and then taken off the market because enough was grown in America for the government to make a “legal” high profit.
Also Ms. Tracey all of the things you mention that you do people who smoke do them also. Though I do applaud you for your resistance it’s so improper to down those who do. Do you ever ride roller-coasters…marijuana is about as dangerous as that. BTW, this whole segment is pushing toward making it more *****essable.

Mock Rock Star

11/14/09, 20:28:pm

@We “Blacks” Are The REAL Hebrew Israelite
You know I do remember seeing that on the History channel. Somehow in my heart (or somewhere I read) I know it had to also do with profit. I guess their fear cause them to be reluctant to invest and distribute the “herb” nationwide.

Asia

11/14/09, 21:30:pm

Damn! I need to head over to Oregon, lol. JK

EleKtrik EccEntriK (ban conformity)

11/14/09, 22:29:pm

Cool. Now open one in Miami and we will be in business! lol
Nah but if they start growing hemp again it will be a billion dollar industry… maybe Obama should think about that versus bailing out banks and the auto industry… just sayin…

SCOOPY

11/14/09, 23:56:pm

This is America. People have the right to smoke or the right not to smoke. It seems to me the difference between the two is people who don’t smoke LOVE to down and demean people who do. Let people live their lives.

It is just like if I am at the restaurant and I see some 400+ pound person slamming a cheese burger. Do I tell them how detrimental that burger is to their health? No because that is not right. But when I am smoking my cigs, people have no problem telling me how bad they are for me. Whatever you smoke it is YOUR business as an American. So to all of those who wish to impose their views and opinions can truly kick ROCKS.

unlimitedwhispers

11/15/09, 01:15:am

@CharlieBlanko, Thanks for the info. I had no clue. I don’t smoke weed, but I did as a teenager. I don’t see why it is labeled a drug since it is naturally grown from the earth just as vegetables and fruits are. I had a roommate in college that called it earth. She was Muslim, BTW. I’m not sure it that was the reason they called it that, but it was part of their everyday life. They were 5% or something like that. I forgot. Can anybody explain why it is labeled a drug? Whatever is in it that makes a person “high” can be compared to the vitamins that are in the vegetables and fruit we consume. Those different nutrients give off effects too. Your thoughts?

Child Please

11/15/09, 01:33:am

Weed should be legalized, period. In Amsterdamn, it is legal to smoke and they have nice coffee shops where you can order your weed, sit down with a cup of coffee and just chill.

The government is able to tax the weed establishments and they are making good money from that. ISince people are going to smoke their weed — me included — legalize it and help reduce an activity that is illegal, but not as harmful as alcohol. Come on U.S., let’s catch up with the Netherlands and let our people smoke!

Nat Turna

11/15/09, 12:15:pm

@Tracey, and @Ms.EJ

i respect you guys opinions. but some of the things you are saying shows your ignorance on the subject matter. I mean Tracey i read one of your comments and you dont even know what a “joint” is. people dont take filters out of cigs and use the paper to roll joints. they sell rolling papers in the store. And who do you know that prostituted themselves and stole and was a menace over some weed?WTF! And it is not a gateway drug, you sound like a 80’s Barbara Bush just say no commercial. if someone started smoking weed and then started using harder drugs its because thats what they wanted to do in the first place. i smoke weed and i have never done any other drug. i dont smoke cigs, but i will have me a cold beer every now and then. i just think you guys dont know enough about the subject matter so you put weed in the catagory with crack and heroin. weed in no way affects you like hard drugs. you get high, get hungry, and you get sleepy(and for some ladies i have heard it makes them horny) and thats about it. so calm down boo boo, smoking green is not going to bring the world into total anarchy!!!lol!! lighten up! sheesh!

Nat Turna

11/15/09, 12:22:pm

Get high for too long, you could find yourself in some Al queda group being paranoid about the CIA, strapped with some device on your back!
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@Tracey

see what im talkin about. comments like that let me know you are totally clueless.

QueenStar

11/15/09, 22:57:pm

PORTLAND REPPIN!!!!!

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juststopit

11/16/09, 01:08:am

if it wasn’t for weed I would be doing hard drugs. weed is the safeway drug not the gateway drug.

Liars move from blog to blog posing

11/16/09, 01:10:am

Besides EJ, how many of you that are black, have a friend or relative that lives in the hood? EJ, you are so damn phony. You try to act to perfect and poise. U are as fake as an 3 dollar bill. Lying a–!!!

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11/16/09, 10:26:am

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11/16/09, 10:27:am

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REAL

11/16/09, 11:46:am

@ Ms. EJ & TRACEY… get a life and go back to the Anne Frank attic you have been living it !! GEESH !!
It’s from the earth get a grip !! You both sound like you need some to lighten up —- typical tight *****es !!! lol
LEGALIZE IT AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!

knowledge

11/16/09, 13:31:pm

is it me but why the government protect something that leads to murder or other ridiculous crimes……i have to say is because weed doesnt do those thing…weed is first off an herb from the earth…(natural) but meth and those other drugs are altered to make a deadly drug//so im with this these decision..maybe it change your mind when a family members need weed to cope with pain

Simone

11/16/09, 16:31:pm

WOW “Tourette’s syndrome” SERIOUSLY!?!

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