Thanks for the link about Uncle Ike's,
@CFS_for_19_years. I can see why the church and protesters would be concerned, but I have to admit, I also think it's pretty funny!
My sister wanted to go there because she passes it when she goes to work downtown. When there's not construction there, she said there's a carnival-like atmosphere in front of the store.
We smelled pot a lot while we were walking around Seattle. She said busting people for smoking in public is at the very bottom of the Seattle Police's list of priorities. And with all the edibles and other forms of pot, it's easy to consume it in public without anyone noticing.
I was amazed at all the creative names for bud and the long menu lists and also the sheer number of dispensaries in Seattle. They are everywhere! The other dispensary we went to was Herban Legends, a short walk from the market.
When I got my receipt from the first place we went, I marveled at how smart it is to legalize pot, standardize it, and then tax the hell out of it. The cannabis tax was hefty.
I think other states are going to start noticing how much WA and CO make from pot sales and come up gradually, in some cases, with ways to justify it in their own states.
For a tiny step in TX, there's bipartisan talk of decriminalizing possession of small amounts of pot and just fining people instead of throwing them in jail. It was interesting: The Republican in the article I read said that the many people in jail for pot cause a drain on social services when they get out. If that's how they have to frame it to get support, so be it.
But then our doofus governor was quick to say that he's committed to keeping pot illegal in TX. But he and his party are not always going to be in power here, so maybe it won't be too terribly long before we at least have medical pot.
Sadly, I think you were right about how at least some THC needs to be present in addition to CBD in order to work. We can buy CBD products without THC in TX, but they don't work for me.
