Hey Geniuses, notice how the streets have FILLED up with aggressive addicts in the last year?

Making any connections there, stoners?

@1 Correlation != Causation, you'll need harder evidence than that.

@1: aggressive pot addicts?

there's not a connection in the world between tweakers or junkies and legal weed. go into a rec store and see for yourself. it's your neighbors and they're all happy, healthy, and bright-eyed.

What an arrogant and elitist article. I'm glad you discovered some science behind cannabis. I'm glad that you had a good time at your wine tasting -- sorry, weed tasting. But to suggest that everyone before you simply ignored that aspect of marijuana is ridiculous. Imagine this article:

I managed to partake in quite the affair the other day. While most people drink beer to get wasted or pass the time at a sporting event, this was different. This was more like a wine tasting! People sniffed the beer and admired the aroma, before, of course actually drinking the beverage. Quite shocking indeed.

You do know that plenty of organizations have had weed contests for many years, and that High Times (yes, the stoner magazine) has covered them. Of course the strains are judged based on flavor. Who the hell wants to smoke some harsh crap just because it has a slightly higher THC value?

There are plenty of people who know their weed, and never eat stupid junk food. Do you really think everyone who smokes weed has the taste buds of a 15 year old? Do you think someone asks for organic, government certified cannabis to go with their Cheetos?

I see what you mean,The Stranger...I actually have been doing some side research on this in fact...Weed has a plant substance similar to hops that is found in beer and just like alcohol,it is all about the taste and can be used in other consumption products like candy bars or cookies and other edibles...if they can make a wine that is made from Weed instead of hops,it will send the Feds into a argument over liquor or weed...and futhermore and similarly, it is like how they make moonshine with rotten fruits and vegetables for the alcohol content...remember,weed is a plant and it could be used in that manner similar to any other product you use...I highly doubt the FDA would approve of it though...

Thanks, Max Solomon, but I do know the difference between your pet drugs.
You don't think the bums who flock here for the mild winters, and cash handouts from the latte liberals aren't also attracted to the *now legal* weed?
Please.

It was already a low police priority, and now we have to deal with these cretins "vaping" on the corner in between trips to buy more lotto tickets in the grocery store. We have hordes of mentally ill people here, and now they can pretty much toke up in the street. Sure, that's not technically legal, but in case you haven't noticed, the cops here don't do much except serve as a punching bag for the bleeding hearts when they cap the occasional creep.

It's a damned nuisance now. I'm not against it, per se, but as we see with the hobos on the bike trails and under the bridges, Seattle can't have nice things because it can't keep a clean house.