This week: A poll finds that a lot of people like weed, Virginia’s governor is a dick, cannabis fertilizer and Florida is stupid
Happy Good Friday everyone. I am hoping to slip the F-word past the editor this week (fingers crossed) and I got the chance to hit that dusty memory lane to look back at the bygone era of cannabis fertilizer brands.
Time is a precious commodity here at Marijuana Venture, so when it comes to news briefs, we like let the more incremental coverage fall to the wayside.
Here is a candid, possibly even antagonistic, recap of the stories from the past week that we didn’t cover in full detail:
Annual Pew Pew
Pew Research Center has some new stats on American support for federal legalization and, okay, 88% is a lot. You couldn’t throw an ultimate frisbee without hitting someone who likes the industry. It’s like eight out of 10 people are into it and the other two are a couple that vacations annually in Portland (they don’t hate being around cannabis but they wouldn’t want to live there).
What’s that? The polls are consistent with prior years and there was actually more support in ’22 and ’23? It’s a nice bit of news to hear that the public opinion of 300 million people isn’t moving the needle for anyone in D.C.
Official Photo by Christian Martinez, Office of Governor Glenn Youngkin.
Safety first in Virginia
Glen Youngkin, the Virginia governor and partially melted Ken doll found ashore, vetoed several bills earlier this month including one that would establish a marketplace for recreational marijuana. This week he was quoted saying the bill “endangers Virginians’ health and safety,” seconds before slithering his head back into his rectum. The safety of Virginians is certainly in question as he also vetoed two dozen gun-related bills, including one that would have prevented new sales of assault rifles and another that would have banned high-capacity magazines.
Cannabis fertilizer brand expands in New York
Canadian company Reefetilizer is expanding into New York, but I am only mentioning it because: Holy shit! Remember cannabis fertilizers?
Ten years ago, there were a billion of these brands bleeding out of every issue of Max Yield and High Times. Each brand would try to court stoners with their ad/packaging artwork, like they would have “Blueberry Wizard” and there would be some scantily clad elf babe laying against a willow tree holding a mushroom-shaped bong and blowing yin-yang smoke rings.
Man, what a fantastic, stupid time.
Florida’s indecisive heritage
The Florida Supreme Court is going to let the state’s 22-million-or-so residents know if they are even allowed to vote on recreational cannabis, but before they do, they want to make sure they suck as much as possible by holding out on making the decision as long as they can, which is midnight on Monday, April 1. I don’t think any of these guys are going to let this decision cut into their weekends, so I am guessing the answer will come later today. I think a good license plate for Florida would be “Sunny and Stupid” or “Yeah, Fuck You Too.”
Least appealing of the week
Least appealing of the weekIt feels like nothing happened again this week, but I was pretty happy with all the stupid news at least. This week we have: San Francisco’s annual 420 event on Hippie Hill gets canceled; Kansas “tables” its cannabis program; and stoned Detroit woman jumps out of rideshare on I-96. And running it back from the top: It makes sense because SF is one of the most corporate, fake-liberal cities in the U.S.; it’s okay Kansas, everyone works at their own pace; I feel a similar urge every time I have to use a rideshare.