Harvest

[insomniaczzz]

Thanks Tika!

Dontknownuttin, I have no idea of the final weight at harvest. I don't have an electronic scale. Hope to get one by the time curing is done, so I can measure the final weight.

[insomniaczzz]

Even seeded plants have a use. Next time, or before then, look up dry sifting and ice water extraction. It gets the goodies and gets rid of everything else at the same time!

I hear ya. This go round, we kind of needed to get things wrapped up quickly, so we didn't even save our trim for making hash. Trust me, next time will be different.

[dontknownuttin]

[dontknownuttin]

The leaders of Arizona’s anti-Proposition 205 group, Arizonans for Responsible Drug Policy (ARDP), have received a letter from a group of Colorado politicians requesting they stop airing TV commercials that are “highly misleading to wholly inaccurate,” according to AZ Central.

For months, ARDP has been airing TV commercials that primarily contain lies to portray a negative light on marijuana legalization. ARDP is operated by and supported by elected officials; Yet, they knowingly lie to the public with their “reefer madness”-style marijuana propaganda. Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk runs ARDP, and both Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and Governor Doug Ducey aggressively support ARDP.

The letter to ARDP reads:

Dear Mr. Leibsohn and Ms. Polk:

It has been brought to our attention that your committee has produced and aired television ads that convey inaccurate and misleading statements about Colorado’s experience with regulating and taxing marijuana for adult use.

Specifically, your ad titled “Empty Promises” features a former Colorado local school official saying, “We were promised millions of new revenues for our schools, but they were empty words.” It also features a Colorado school principal saying, “Politicians spent more money on regulation and bureaucracy than in the classroom.” Similarly, in your ad titled “Mistake,” former Denver mayor Wellington Webb says, “We were promised new money for education. Instead, that money is going to regulation and the pot industry.”

The proponents of the initiative you are opposing and members of the Arizona media have raised questions about the validity of these claims. We have also heard from Colorado residents who read or saw stories about these ads in our local media outlets and were confused by the claims that they make.

As members of the Colorado Legislature who played intimate roles in the budgeting and appropriation of marijuana tax revenues, we feel it is our duty to set the record straight so that voters in both states have accurate information about this subject.

We can say with certainty that the claims about Colorado marijuana tax revenues featured in your committee’s ads range from highly misleading to wholly inaccurate. As you can see in the attached issue brief provided by Colorado Legislative Council staff and fact sheet produced by the Colorado Department of Education:

– Of the approximately $220.8 million in total marijuana tax revenue distributions made in FY 2015-16 and FY 2016-17, more than $138.3 million was distributed to the Colorado Department of Education to benefit Colorado schools. This far exceeds the amount that was distributed for the purposes of regulating marijuana, which included $15.8 to the Department of Revenue, $2.4 million to the Department of Agriculture, $2.8 million to the Department of Law, and less than $500,000 to the Governor’s Office of Marijuana Coordination.

– Of those funds, $114.9 million was distributed to the Building Excellent Schools Today (BEST) public school construction program. When Colorado voters adopted Amendment 64, they were promised a tax on wholesale marijuana transfers would raise $40 million per year for the BEST program. That tax actually raised more than $40 million in the last fiscal year, resulting in $40 million for the BEST program in FY 2016-17, plus an additional $5.7 million for Colorado’s Public School Fund.

– In addition to the funds raised for the BEST program and the Public School Fund, more than $5.5 million was used to increase the presence of health professionals in our schools, and more than $4.3 million was used for health-related programs in schools. In addition, $2.9 million was used for drop-out prevention programs, and $2.9 million was used for school bullying prevention and education.

It is also worth noting that more than $1.5 million in marijuana tax funds were distributed to the Department of Public Health and Environment to conduct the Healthy Kids Colorado Survey, which is the most comprehensive survey of our state’s middle and high school students. As you can see in the attached fact sheet from that department, the survey’s findings contradict the claim that “marijuana use among our students soared,” which is made in your ad titled “Empty Promises.” Rates of teen use have actually remained relatively unchanged since 2009 and are in line with the national average. In fact, they were slightly lower last year than they were prior to legalization.

We respectfully request that you stop airing or otherwise publishing campaign ads that contradict these facts. We also trust they will be reflected in any of your future communications to Arizona voters regarding Colorado’s experience with regulating and taxing marijuana for adult use.

Sincerely,

Rep. Jonathan Singer

Member, Colorado House Appropriations Committee

Rep. Millie Hamner

Chair, Colorado Joint Budget Committee

Vice Chair, Colorado House Appropriations Committee

Sen. Pat Steadman

Member, Colorado Joint Budget Committee

Member, Colorado Senate Appropriations Committee

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[dontknownuttin]

This is the kind of stuff they put on tv here

[PuravidaC]

Jeezzzz. Anybody here seen Reefer Madness??? This is the new Reefer Madness. Do people really believe this?

[Budlofsky's Dinner]

The surgeon part of that video is kinda interesting. I have always heard of surgeons toking up a bit before a long surgery so their hands are steady and they are focused. Might be hearsay, but seems to make sense if you think about it.

[insomniaczzz]

Bravo for those Colorado politicians. If Arizona doesn't comply with their requests, things could really turn ugly and Ariz will not come out on top.

[dontknownuttin]

I like the surgen video

[dontknownuttin]

I like how the self defence instruter trys to break a bord but instead hits himself in the head.

[Royal Nugs]

Yeah, a lot of us in AZ have had it with our elected officials and their corporate and religious backers.

I'm pretty sure that's almost every state in the union... maybe not religious but certainly corporate ties. I wouldn't be surprised to learn the officials funding the ads are in big pharma's back pocket. We're so jaded by politicians bending rules it's become the status quo.

If there's on thing I learned from history, it repeats itself. The roman empire ruled and flourished for hundreds of years until internal corruption rotted it away from the inside out. You'd think we'd learn from their mistakes....

[insomniaczzz]

Royal Nugs, you and my hubs would have great convos. You sound just like him. Do you watch the history channel much?

[Royal Nugs]

I do. I love WW2 and roman empire stuff. War of the Roses is my personal favorite. I've loved history since middle school.

Mr. Insomniac and I should have a beer and a joint some time

[dontknownuttin]

[insomniaczzz]

I do. I love WW2 and roman empire stuff. War of the Roses is my personal favorite. I've loved history since middle school.

Mr. Insomniac and I should have a beer and a joint some time

Absolutely, he loves anything WW2 and yaks at me about stuff, and my eyes glaze over. His vast knowledge goes back to the beginning of time, history channel, documentaires, science stuff, religious stuff, he would love to have another amateur philosopher to engage in an animated debate with!!

[VietVet72]

So if you're in to early history, check out a site called Vcoins. There are a vast array of dealers that have ancient coins and antiquities. Even if you don't buy, neat to check out.