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Sorry, Massachusetts, no legal pot sales for you for now; Mexican drug cartels and El Chapo's daughter are currying favor by handing out food and supplies amidst the pandemic, and more.
"El Chapo"-branded face masks being distributed in Mexico by a company owned by his daughter. (Facebook)
International
British Columbia Rolls Out Safe Drugs for Street Users. Last month, the Canadian government urged provinces to lower barrier to prescription medications as part of the effort to self-isolate during the coronavirus pandemic, and now British Columbia is becoming the first province to apply those guidelines to people using street drugs. Healthcare providers are increasing the supply of opiate maintenance drugs and even dispensing some of them via a unique vending machine. By providing a safe supply of legal drug alternatives, the province hopes to lower a sudden spike in drug overdose deaths that coincided with the coronavirus outbreak in Vancouver.
Mexican Drug Cartels Hand Out More Coronavirus Aid. One of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's daughters and several Mexican drug trafficking organizations have been handing out aid packages to help poor residents get through the coronavirus pandemic. Guzman's daughter Alejandrina is seen in Facebook videos filling boxes with slick logos and an image of her father with food and toilet paper. The video narrator calls them "Chapo's provisions." The boxes were distributed in Guadalajara, Jalisco. The products are made for El Chapo 701, a legal business run by his daughter. But other active cartels are also handing out goods to local residents in some areas in a bid to gain public support. In one case, the Jalisco New Generation Cartel can be seen handing out packages of food and supplies labeled: "From your friends, CJNG, COVID-19 contingency support." The Gulf Cartel did a similar free distribution of supplies to poor residents of Victoria, Tamaulipas, last week.
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Baker could have just banned sales to out of staters
So who the hell are he and the judge trying to kid? Baker's a cannabis hating bigot and he's using the pandemic as an excuse to stick it to cannabis users and businesses. He and his fellow bigots are rubbing their hands in glee over destroying the cannabis industry in Mass. 'Nice silver lining to the pandemic', I can hear them saying it. And not a chance in hell these businesses will be included in the DC small business bailout program. What a slick move by the fascist pigs this is!
Your name will be mud, bigot Baker, that's how we'll get even with you. And we'll overgrow you too, dirtbag. Alcohol is so much more dangerous than cannabis to life, limb and fetus that there is utterly no comparison. And alcohol is what Baker wants to shove down the throat of people who want to ger a buzz, even if they can't handle alcohol, Baker says who cares, use it anyway, you can't have weed, because I say so.
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