The “Radical” Russ Marijuana States of America Map is available as a poster in sizes from 10″x10″ to 18″x18″. You can get it from my shop website at RadRuss.com.
Lori’s SONORML establishment was next door to the federal building in Medford, Oregon. The operational models she and other activists across the state created became the blueprint for the bill to create Oregon’s first medical marijuana dispensaries in the pre-legalization era.
This is just the simple medical marijuana and recreational marijuana map, updated in April 2023 for the addition of Delaware. Soon, I’ll have to update it for Minnesota.
I know all y’all don’t see how the pendulum could ever swing back now on marijuana legalization. But I have very good friends in marijuana legalization who were certain it would be legal by 1980. I also remember well how ubiquitous cigarette smoking used to be, and not a single cigarette smoker was arrested to make it the huge taboo it is today.
Back when marijuana was strictly illegal, when the mere smell of it would draw police attention, when simply being caught in possession of it meant immediate arrest, there was a proliferation of illegal weed stores in New York City. But now, when the smell and possession of weed is legal, law enforcement’s going to really crack down.
In the two years and nine months since allowing for regulated sales, the small Eastern Oregon town of Ontario has sold over a quarter-billion dollars of marijuana products.
Despite Idaho police making twice the arrests, marijuana use among Idaho adults continues to rise, with college-aged Idahoans’ increased use rate outpacing the national average.
Data from the Oregon Liquor & Cannabis Commission reveal that 2021 marijuana sales growth was greatest in Malheur County and accounted for over a quarter of the $70.9 million annual marijuana sales increase for the state of Oregon.
Shared from RadicalRuss.com—The City of Ontario has now generated over $205 million in marijuana sales since its first state-regulated cannabis
I used to be a Twitter power user, but since Elongated Muskrat has turned it into a Nazi pub, I have since migrated to Threads. Whaddaya gonna do? It’s the social media run by the lesser-evil billionaire. I’m also on BlueSky, Mastodon, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok as well, just not as often.
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