How many businesses are going to take advantage of 420 Day?

[theguru]

Jeremy Jacobs, co-Founder of Eyechronic, a dispensary technology company that provides advertising and tools to the cannabis industry, said his traffic analytics tools "show that our partners are seeing as much as 10 times more consumers on 4/20 than the average day and they expect that this year's 4/20 will generate more traffic than ever."

 

Many retailers are booming, and "the smart ones" are getting better at targeting the consumers they want to attract said James. “Some stores are pursuing a Costco type of strategy based on big volume and low margins, while others are targeting higher end connoisseurs,” he said.

 

https://www.forbes.com/sites/julieweed/2018/04/18/weeds-420-holiday-has-hazy-origins-but-the-economic-impact-is-very-real/#3b31c51362a6

 

And while we are on this topic should Kentucky legalize Marijuana?

 

Are we missing the boat in Kentucky just like we are with gambling (I mean gambling beyond hypocritical horse racing)?

 

And if anyone wants to quote increased "whatever" because of Marijuana please quote what may have improved. For example, if Marijuana related traffic collisions are on the rise in a certain area, are alcohol related traffic collisions decreasing in that same area?

 

It is fun seeing all the advertisements on TV and online by companies looking to maximize their profits on 420 Day.

 

It's 4:20 somewhere...

 

[TAC]

No to legalization.

1.) gateway drug

2.) No test to prove if a person was driving under the influence. Alcohol is a .08. How do you determine how stoned someone is?

[Bengal Maniac]

Yes to legalization. The rest I don't know anything about. It may change my mind if I had facts. But at first brush, yes.

[archangel]

Yes to legalization.

 

No to legalization.

 

Most definatley a gateway drug.

 

Maybe make it legal to buy for people above the age of 35.

[MJAlltheWay24]

I personally don't believe it's a gateway drug. If we want to play that game, alcohol is a much bigger gateway drug in my opinion.

[MJAlltheWay24]

I have no article or statistics behind this, but I have always felt that KY would be one of the last to legalize it because too many are making money off of it the way that it is and will do everything in their power to prevent it from happening.

 

I would vote for it to be legalized.

[UKMustangFan]

What MJ said.

[Hellcats]

Yes to legalization. The money saved on incarceration and criminal costs would be enough to justify. Not to mention the tax revenue.

 

It’s a gateway drug because it puts people in contact with drug dealers who push other drugs on their consumers—-Kind of like doctors do.

[StrongSide]

I really don't like the stuff at all or anyone who partakes in it. I find they are typically lazy slobs who really don't care about anything that is going on around them. With that said, I say legalize it simply for the tax revenue it would bring.

[UKMustangFan]

I really don't like the stuff at all or anyone who partakes in it. I find they are typically lazy slobs who really don't care about anything that is going on around them. With that said, I say legalize it simply for the tax revenue it would bring.

 

I'll give you that some are definitely as you've described, but I bet you'd be surprised at the number of high level corporate jobs are filled with high-functioning guys/gals that partake in some sort of recreational drug use.

[TAC]

I personally don't believe it's a gateway drug. If we want to play that game, alcohol is a much bigger gateway drug in my opinion.

 

I do think it is a gateway drug. Do you think anyone that has done Heroin has never done pot? My guess is the % is very high of it being a gateway. I do know there are many that like an occasional joint and don't get hooked.

Plus I still have concerns of how we gauge/test just how high someone is.

[UKMustangFan]

I do think it is a gateway drug. Do you think anyone that has done Heroin has never done pot? My guess is the % is very high of it being a gateway. I do know there are many that like an occasional joint and don't get hooked.

Plus I still have concerns of how we gauge/test just how high someone is.

 

I'd agree with MJ that alcohol is a much more dangerous gateway drug than weed.

[StrongSide]

I'll give you that some are definitely as you've described, but I bet you'd be surprised at the number of high level corporate jobs are filled with high-functioning guys/gals that partake in some sort of recreational drug use.

 

Yeah I would say you are probably right in assuming that some high level employees partake. Look at wolf of wall street for example :jump:. There is a documentary out about adderall on netflix and how that has become abused in the corporate world.

[sportsfan41]

No to legalization.

1.) gateway drug

2.) No test to prove if a person was driving under the influence. Alcohol is a .08. How do you determine how stoned someone is?

 

As far as #2 goes. I've seen plenty of folks arrested for DUI that has smoked marijuana only. You can still administer standardized field sobriety tests the same way. Also a lot of time the video evidence is pretty damning when available. This goes for people on pills, heroin, etc.

[sportsfan41]

I do think it is a gateway drug. Do you think anyone that has done Heroin has never done pot? My guess is the % is very high of it being a gateway. I do know there are many that like an occasional joint and don't get hooked.

Plus I still have concerns of how we gauge/test just how high someone is.

 

If we really want to play that game and I deal with them often. I'm not sure I've ever seen a heroin user/opioid addict that doesn't also smoke cigarettes.