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Black Market Marijuana

Users Beware

For those of you thinking I am talking about law enforce-
ment. Wrong! As the legalization of marijuana is now hap-
pening all over the nation, your friendly neighborhood drug
dealer is having to come up with new business plans on how
to make money. One way that is being done is by “cutting”
your purchase with legal hemp. Now before you complain BY JEFF GREENE
that your “high” doesn’t seem as good as it used to, the ben-
efits of hemp and for that matter your marijuana as long as its not laced or cut with other
chemicals is helping your endocannabinoid system. You may be asking yourself, who
buys weed at a dealer when there is legal medical marijuana at the local dispensary?
Trulieve’s 58th Dispensary Opens in There can be many reasons, first, most dispensaries are running short on product, the
vertical model that Florida instituted was not intended to be in the best interest of the
Tampa Hillsborough consumer and it has proven it is not. Second, some strains are either cheaper or better
outside the legal process. Lastly, not all people qualify or can afford to go through the
medical verification process, albeit relatively easy, it still costs a couple of hundred dol-
lars to get through and that can get onerous on someone living paycheck to paycheck
and just wanting to relax when they get home.
Liberty The reason for this article is anecdotal, you never really know what you are getting
when you buy street drugs. Most people that do are addicted to the feeling and don’t
North rationally weigh the risks. However, I personally know dozens of “old stoners” that have
been buying their weed from a trusted source for years and have no interest in changing.
Miami To those that fall in that category I would suggest going down the legal path, the
Grand risk/reward is huge. On the other hand, if you really don’t like getting high but you do
enjoy the relaxed feeling that cannabinoids provide, give hemp a try. It’s cheaper, it
Reopening doesn’t get you high and arguable its healthy.

If you need a source, join the Florida Hemp Council as a general member and we would be
happy to point you in the right direction. Visit www.TheFLHC.org.

One Plant

Opens Its
Ocala

Dispensary

Fort Myers Welcomes Trulieve’s

59th Dispensary

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