Kaliko Castille

If you care about an industry that centers communities most impacted by cannabis prohibition and the small entrepreneurs that made the cannabis industry possible, I need you to understand that this is our Empire Strikes Back moment.

There have been millions of dollars put into a PR campaign over the last few years aimed at convincing everyone that SIII is progress and good for small operators.

But what if this stalled out any further momentum at the federal level now that w**d is no longer Schedule 1?

Having taken a decent amount of lobbying meetings in the halls of Congress over the years, I can tell you it was easy to get folks to understand the lunacy of Schedule 1 — I’m not convinced it will be as easy when you are explaining the nuances of 5 schedules and all the drugs in each category.

At some point in the doldrums of desperation, the cannabis industry led by Dutchie/Trulieve and others, lost the plot. It’s the only reason anyone could celebrate a policy shift as “rational” that doesn’t end a single arrest or make a single business legal at the federal level.

I’ve been quiet for a while but looks like we need to start reorganizing the rebels on Endor.

Just a constant stream of gaslighting coming from ’s feed.

                                                     

It’s time to connect the dots.

Our problems are not an issue of resources, they are issues of morality.

The game is rigged against working class people because the wealthiest use their power and connections to maintain an inequitable systems while the rest of us have to use GoFundMe to stay alive or stay in our homes.

Last weekend we lit $150 million on fire for an illegal military strike that almost entangled us in a hot war, at the same time that Republicans are proposing to cut seniors, kids and people with disabilities off their health insurance.

It’s unfortunate that Congresswoman Janelle Bynum doesn’t see the connection in being staunchly anti-war (including ending support for Israel until they end their genocide) and being able to invest in the programs she claims to care about.

Being anti-war means being anti-poverty. You can’t fix the endless list of issues at home when we are committed to constantly participating in an international missile measuring contest.

I refuse to let my kids grow up listening to Tupac’s words as anything other than a snapshot in history rather than timeless critique of American society.

This weekend separated those who learned lessons from the Iraq War and those who didn’t.

I think we all know where ended up.