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When I was young, and lived in a small town, the ice cream shop was the best place to hang out.

It was a locally owned place, an off-brand Dairy Queen, where you could get all manner of sweet treats.

There were no tables or booths in this shop, just counters and stools. Everyone liked to hang around, eating sweets and talking, so it was the main spot for all teens and kids. Forty years later, I find myself thinking about the old ice cream shop quite a bit, because I think it can teach me something about my own business. I run the local cannabis dispensary, however I feel that it would benefit by giving it the same vibe as the old ice cream shop. The old managers wanted a high turnover rate, so he discouraged people from hanging around the cannabis dispensary, however I am taking the opposite approach. My belief is that if people are comfortable and having fun they will stay longer, and eventually they will spend more money on cannabis products.We can’t have a smokers lounge, because it’s illegal to smoke cannabis or tobacco inside a business. What we can offer is a hang-out lounge, where people can use smokeless cannabis products, or just chill out and talk. There is no pressure to buy or use extra cannabis products, my goal is to offer a fun and great spot for people to chill for a while. I will have to wait a few weeks to find out if my new approach generates more sales for the cannabis dispensary.

 

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For a few weeks our store has been experiencing some troubles with a certain group of customers.

This is uncharted territory for all of us who work here.

In general, a cannabis dispensary is a really chill place to work, for the employees and the customers alike.We deal mostly with potheads, who are a relaxed group of people. We started having these school kids coming into the store, drunk out of their minds, and they would cause a scene.We had a security guard, although he quit because these young people were giving him too much grief. My manager made a bold move, and hired an ex-con named Stan to be the up-to-date cannabis dispensary security guard. Stan made an immediate difference, and suddenly the cannabis dispensary is a fun place to work again. Stan works the front door, like the bouncer at a club, and checks the IDs and cannabis cards for most people who want to come inside. He is so intimidating to look at that nobody wants to mess around and get on his bad side, so all those problem customers found another cannabis dispensary to bother. While he may look scary, Stan is as sweet as honey pie, and has become the most popular guy at the cannabis dispensary. Since Stan is still on parole, he cannot truly indulge in marijuana himself, although he doesn’t seem to mind, however once I asked Stan what he went to jail for, and with a sheepish grin he disclosed it was for robbing a cannabis dealer. I hope the bosses don’t find out!

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For several years I had an ongoing debate with my father about the legality of marijuana, but he was strongly against it, and agreed that potheads should be locked in jail.

• He had several reasons for his beliefs, none of which made any sense to me at all, first of all, my dad is a deeply religious guy.

He was born and raised in the Catholic church, which left a permanent stain on his soul. Seriously, you have to admit that the Church is responsible for more evil in the world than anything else. Still, the religious condemnation of cannabis makes little sense to me, because it comes from a plant. If you believe in God, and that God created all life on Earth, that means you believe God created the marijuana plant. If God created the marijuana plants, how can it be wrong, immoral, or sinful? You might as well say that potatoes are sinful! Beyond that fight, what about all the medicinal properties of the cannabis plant, how can those be dismissed? Cannabis is a powerful plant that can help a lot of people lead better, more fulfilling lives. Finally, last but not least, I asked my dad to point out the passage in the Bible that says cannabis is wrong. He could not do that, of course, because marijuana is not mentioned anywhere in the Bible. The people who run the church, and run it as a company might I add, have decreed cannabis is being immoral, but they made it up, because it was never written in the Bible.

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A few weeks ago one of the players on the school baseball team was kicked off due to smoking marijuana, but this has started a debate on campus, because most of us don’t understand why this happened.

Weed is not a performance-enhancing drug, so what’s the big deal? If a person does cocaine it gives them an unnatural burst of energy and focus, so athletes shouldn’t use it while in games.

Taking opioids can reduce pain and inflammation, and help a hurt player to play a little better, then but what benefits does cannabis provide an athlete? The only situation where I see cannabis being a performance-enhancing drug is for Nathan’s hot dog eating contest. This has led to a series of public debates on campus about cannabis use, and its legality. A big protest group even picketed the baseball stadium, because they felt it unfair that this student lost his scholarship just for smoking a little cannabis! I have listened to a few of these debates, and nobody has managed to change my mind about cannabis. While I think it is foolish for an athlete to smoke cannabis, by no means should be against the rules. If people want to smoke cannabis, let them! Slowly this country is changing the way it thinks about cannabis, but my buddy and I still have a long way to go. Eventually marijuana will be as commonplace as tobacco or alcohol, and I know this country will be better off for it. The bottom line is that marijuana is not a performance-enhancing drug, and never has been.

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I only smoke cannabis in the art studio, because I don’t want that intense pot smell to fill the house

Weed, art, and music are my “holy trinity” of the creative process. I am a writer and a painter, who is lucky enough to earn a living with his passions. I’m one of the precious few that gets to do what they love every day. In order to set myself up for success, I employ the aforementioned holy trinity. My office/art studio is filled with inspirational works of art. I have paintings and drawings all over the walls. I also have music playing in the art studio 24/7, even when I am not in it. Finally, I keep the room well stocked with several different strains of cannabis so that I never need to take a break to get stoned. Sativa strains are my favorite because they are a muse for artists and creative types. For those of you who don’t know the basics of cannabis, there are two predominant types, sativa and indica. Indica gives a full-body high that is very relaxing. Indica is the best for watching movies or hanging around doing nothing, and it’s great for using just before bed. Sativa is a mental high that perks up my brain and fuels those creative impulses. I love keeping sativa close at hand, because it’s a ready source of inspiration for my art. I only smoke cannabis in the art studio, because I don’t want that intense pot smell to fill the house. I’ve been told that cannabis edibles are great for artists, because they come on gradually and last for a long time. I prefer to smoke sativa.

 

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