The cruel inequity of cannabis availability

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I moved to Florida from Colorado last year, where I had the benefit of spending about 5 years in Denver. While I was there – it became crystal clear how much everybody else in most of the country has to forage for their cannabis. Yes, of course, it’s getting better but it’s still a tortured situation that I have more to say about in this week’s blog.

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Yes, “tortured situation” is how I describe it. And through my online sessions and courses, I have a front-row seat as people from all over the country – actually the world – join me for my emotional liberation work which is “cannabis assisted” – although amplifying with cannabis is always optional. But the general consensus in this work is that the plant medicine helps immensely in moving through emotional releasing.

So I have a lot of people who join me who are still in what I call “Have Not” states with nearly no cannabis legalization. Or those states with ridiculously narrow medical cannabis laws where it’s expensive to get a med card and you gotta jump through a lot of hoops, like here in Florida. I jumped through the hoops and I paid the money – so I have the legal ability to possess cannabis. And I need that because my emotions therapy work embraces cannabis… and my own wellbeing for that matter.

Anyway, when I lived in Denver, I could walk out the door and countless dispensaries were at my disposal. And now, in Florida – a state that has a narrow medical cannabis law, I must admit it is culture shock. Obviously, in more than half the country, if you want cannabis, that is THC, you still have to seek out a dealer on the black market.

It’s a whole thing, it’s such a throw-back… but it’s not a throw-back, it’s reality for a lot of people. Connecting with someone who can connect you with someone who can get you some product. Sure, there are a lot of good folks out there who sell cannabis in the underground. I guess we still call them dealers – and what an antiquated word. I prefer the word “supplier,” and you want to like your supplier.

But often, if you’re in this tortured situation, you don’t really know what you’re getting into. I mean, honestly, as a woman of a certain age, I’ve secured my share of cannabis over the years, the decades, from people who are a little shady – but then of course, they need to be a little shady, as they’re skirting the law? They’re navigating in illegal shadows. And, in the end, that’s because we want what they’re offering because you can’t get it legally.

The whole thing feels so twisted in this day-and-age, and it’s because state and federal lawmakers are acting against the best interests of their constituents. 68% of this country now – 7 out of every 10 Americans, wants cannabis FULLY legal. That’s a Gallup 2020 poll.

And given that a lot of those people are likely in “Have Not” states, that puts them in the position of securing product from the black market or illegally crossing state lines, right?

And it’s a thing. I mean, I’m a fine upstanding citizen. I’m a clinician, I’m a registered dietitian and nutritionist, I’m an emotions therapist specializing in human potential and transformation. Yet, in my online master courses, my private mentoring, my sessions, I have to address this situation… I have to thoughtfully answer questions about procuring cannabis plant medicine, although most who come to me already have a ready resource for their cannabis needs.  And that’s why I’m a stickler on keeping everything private and confidential.

Anyway, we’re moving in the right direction. So, for my friends in the “Have Not” states, hold that close to your heart. At some point, the black-market scene for cannabis in the United States, will just be a distant memory that you’ll be able to tell your grandkids about.

Where do you come down on this current situation? Are you reveling in a legal state or getting by in a less than legal one? Drop down to the comments section and let me know. I’m Becca Williams, and I want you to lead your most magnificent life, and I want to help you do that.

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9 thoughts on “The cruel inequity of cannabis availability”

  1. The continued illegality creates a barrier for many to learning how valuable this plant medicine is for an expanding scope of medical conditions. Of course, one could say that’s a reason why there are the barriers.

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  2. Florida is a funny state with much of the population in the south but the capital and political center in the redneck belt north.

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      • As you suggest, you gotta jump through a lot of hoops in Florida – but they do have hoops to jump through, LOL! … as in medical cannabis is available. So we could call it a “quasi- have not” state because you can still legally buy product. Florida has the same “medical” game that California played for years with their medical only law. That is, it was a no-brainer for a resident to find a doctor to qualify them for a med card, regardless of whether “the patient” had a condition that was qualifiable. How does the doc know that you really have lower back pain? Most docs issuing cards don’t really care and the residents who don’t have a qualifying condition, like it that way. All I can say is that at least Floridans have a circuitous way of getting their plant medicine. Far better than many other states yet. Fully illegal states to date include: Idaho, Wyoming, Kansas, Tennessee, South Carolina and Alabama. And a lot of the legal medical states have very narrow oppressive laws.
        As Floridans, we can actually consider ourselves lucky 😜

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