Reading the HIDTA report on Oklahoma medical cannabis left me frustrated and deeply concerned about the narratives we allow to shape public policy.

Here’s my effort to call it out.
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The FinCen filing has been a real bane of my existence for awhile, and I really dislike how @rollingstone.com is presenting this story. Trump's bragging about something the courts have been litigating without him for months...

Today the Ninth Circuit Court ruled in favor of the DEA, affirming the Controlled Substances Act over the Right To Try Act for psilocybin use in terminal illness.
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Last Friday Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) introduced the "No Deductions for Marijuana Businesses Act," a bill aimed at preventing cannabis businesses from qualifying for federal tax deductions or credits even if cannabis is rescheduled.
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There is no greater hell for legal weed than Illinois.

Word is both men who filed suit were named CHAD.

All the content my friends share out of Austin Texas feels like a pharmaceutical commercial for new age kids.

I actually think it’s impressive that Trump worked the most Christian nationalist shit I’ve ever seen and the literal gay anthem into a single rally.

I’ve been wanting to do a blended macro of flower + concentrate for a minute but needed access to matching strains to shoot my shot. Finally got a few going here this weekend on a project for a new NM co about to hit the scene with some fire. First attempt:

Mark it a W for weed and an L for the billionaire boys club who wants to co-opt everything.

I found JB’s “power of special interests” comment esp hilarious since the legal weed lobby has IL officials trying to reduce access via farm bill amendments as well
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The tl;dr on SB 39:

1. Formalizes prohibition and penalties for carrying while impaired on mmj

2. Protects your 2A rights to an Oklahoma handgun license as an mmj patient

I talk precedents, penalties and more on the Gies Law Firm blog.

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Patient purchasing caps are almost guaranteed to push people back to the black market.
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One of my latest true macros. Find myself shooting on my macro lens the majority of the time, but I don’t always get this close. Shot on an a7IV with a Laowa 2.5-5x lens (newest addition to the bag). You’re looking at trichomes.

#cannabis #photography #sonyalpha #macrophoto

Just learned Toby Keith has a cannabis biz called Big Dog. I cannot overstate the enormity of the missed opportunity not going with with “Toby Kief’s.”

My latest blog on how a manufactured compliance crisis is forcing many Oklahoma cannabis licensees to shut down operations.
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What a state coordinated industry shutdown looks like in numbers:

OBNDD Active Manufacturers yesterday: 6,728

OBNDD Active Manufacturers today: 3,730

OBNDD Active Distributors yesterday: 2,476

OBNDD Active Distributors today: 1,777