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When will marijuana be available in new jersey

When Will Sporting Cannabis Be Free in NJ?

New Jersey administrators had at first intentionally avoided cutoff times with regard to cannabis regulation. They were worried, to a limited extent, that a race to permit legitimate deals would prompt inventory deficiencies and long queues, Goldstein said. In spite of the absence of cutoff times, Goldstein as well as authorities with the state's CRC communicated hopefulness following the April 11 endorsements about "first day of the season" for sporting weed.

Supply issues make the most ridiculously troubling issue for imminent purchasers in the months to come. Additionally, disappointments for mother-and-pop retail shops could mount on the off chance that licences for more modest pot organisations are not given for a little while, Goldstein and DiPisa said.

Where Could I at any point Purchase Weed Legitimately in NJ?

There are as of now just clinical maryjane dispensaries working in New Jersey. Those are controlled by eight public organisations, which consolidate to have 23 areas all through the state. Here is a guide of the areas.

Seven of those organisations got the last endorsements for sporting licences and will be quick to venture into that domain soon. A lot more imminent sporting retailers are likewise attempting to open in New Jersey.

As a matter of fact, the CRC has given 102 restrictive endorsements, which incorporate many little new companies. In any case, DiPisa said huge obstacles stay for fire up retailers, including getting zero-and low-interest credits and acquiring neighbourhood grants from regions to open.

Contingent endorsements are not equivalent to the seven endorsements passed out April 11 by the CRC, and are only an underlying move toward the administrative interaction toward a state permit. DiPisa said a method for working on the cycle for many more modest imminent retailers is to let loose those favourable credits during the restrictive endorsement stage. That isn't presently the situation, he said.

Why Are Large Weed Organizations Like Curaleaf and Climb Getting First Dibs on Sporting Pot in NJ?

One piece of the 2021 regulation permitting sporting pot use specified that the current clinical cannabis dispensaries would get the principal endorsements, Goldstein said.

"The CRC might have needed to have a more extensive first day of the season" that included different retailers, he said, yet the commission doesn't actually have a lot of space for error as a result of how the law is composed.

The seven clinical pot organisations, which will sell sporting maryjane at 13 dispensaries, are:

Land CCF New Jersey

Curaleaf

Columbia Care

Verano

GTI New Jersey

Rise New Jersey

TerrAscend

Those organisations are multi-state administrators, meaning they have existing pot organisations in areas across the US.

The amount Does Maryjane Cost in NJ?

The primary thing to know is that it costs a great deal, the specialists expressed, both for restorative purposes and, in the long run, for sporting purposes.

An ounce of "bloom," which is the crude bud item, costs between $320 to $480 for New Jersey restorative patients, as indicated by a new distributed report by NJ.com. There is no state-directed cost, yet there are state and neighbourhood deals charges in view of weight that add to costs set by retailers.

The expense is high contrasted with costs in different states, including Maine, Florida and those in the West Coast. That has a ton to do with supply, land expenses, and high neighbourhood and weed explicit duties, the specialists said.

Close by Pennsylvania patients likewise should follow through on extremely significant expenses for restorative cannabis, Goldstein said. He generally faults a framework overwhelmed by public partnerships and unbending administrative obstacles.

April 20 may be the informal occasion for pot smokers, yet April 21 will be the genuine day of festivity for the lawful weed industry in New Jersey.

On Thursday, grown-up use maryjane deals will become legitimate in the Nursery State — making the ways for what examiners accept could be a $2 billion market by 2025. It's been a significant delay for New Jersey's defenders of sporting weed: Citizens in the state previously endorsed a polling form measure sanctioning sporting pot deals in Nov. 2020, and Gov. Phil Murphy marked the bill into regulation in Feb. 2021.

Postpones in laying out an administrative structure for the business have left buyers standing by over a year for the second when anybody beyond 21 one years old stroll into one of the state's dispensaries and leave with legitimately bought pot.

What's more, after a significant delay, New Jersey's dispensary proprietors are anticipating that Thursday's send off should have something of "a celebratory viewpoint to it, without a doubt," Joe Bayern, Chief of weed organisation Curaleaf, tells CNBC Make It. "Individuals simply need to be important for the experience and gain and come from an instructive point of view, to see what's really going on with it."

What you can hope to see in New Jersey

Just seven organisations that got endorsement from New Jersey's Pot Administrative Bonus to start sporting deals of weed blossom and marijuana implanted items on April 21.

They get the main break at the possibly enormous market since they as of now work clinical maryjane dispensaries in the state — important they're more averse to sell out or confront other calculated difficulties on the very beginning.

Also, request is positively expected to be, all things considered, high. Only 13 all out dispensaries are set to open for sporting deals on Thursday, across a condition of in excess of 9 million individuals — in addition to clients probably flooding in from neighbouring states like Pennsylvania and New York.

Curaleaf, which is situated in Wakefield, Massachusetts, possesses and works two New Jersey areas - in Bordentown and Edgewater Park - that are adding sporting weed deals to their current clinical maryjane dispensaries on Thursday. Bayern says he's anticipating long queues toward the beginning of the day.

"We've had long queues in a portion of our areas without grown-up use. So I think this will simply be adding to that," he says. "We've welcomed additional individuals, we've chipped away at traffic studies, we've opened up new [point-of-sale] stations by any means of our dispensaries. So we've given our very best, I think, to be ready for it."

"A gram of gold is going for $62 nowadays. A gram of hash oil in Pennsylvania dispensaries sells for $100," Goldstein said. "You're letting me know pot costs more to create than the disclosure, mining and refining of a valuable metal?"

#new jeresy #cannabiscommunity #420mom #weed community

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troughtonmedia · 2 years

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Living with my Parents at 34 years of age

Sometimes it is wise to not leave the comforts of home. My home has a hot tub, a pool, a pool table, several chill areas to relax, xfinity internet, 4 BBQs, 1 smoker and free parking! All this with a room, a nice bathroom, plus an office space as well. How much do I pay to live here you might be asking and at one point of time it was free but in today's time I pay $600 a month with water and electricity.

What is the drawback? I'm living with my parents! Look, I have been told it is completely normal for a son to live with his parents until he is married. To me it makes a little bit of sense for example, a partner can pitch in and help pay for the always increasing rent. Getting a home is always another option but your combined income needs to be at least $100 Grand!

Living with your parents is living with immediate family. There will be moments of discomfort or at least in my case. My parents love each other but they often quarrel. It can be quite annoying and unfun but I guess it is not uncommon in America. People yell at other people all the time. I'm not trying to defend it but I try to avoid yelling.

My name is not on a mortgage and I've used it as a mailbox during all my ventures away from home. I've lived in Folsom, Eugene, Oregon and Las Vegas, Nevada. I love the west coast it is the best coast. I can fish, I can hunt, and my commute is about 20 miles there 20 miles back to a county watershed project. I make enough money with this job to pay my rent, other bills, food and drink costs.

In summary, I believe it is a wise decision to be currently living with my parents. Other options include renting a room elsewhere, moving into an apartment, buying a home, living in a RV, and so on. I have been on the same routine for well over a year since I got the park service job which I truly enjoy. Prior to that was over 4 years delivering pizzas for Domino's! That is a whole another story.

THE ENDING

#stories #home

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earlgreytea68 · 3 years

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This post got me thinking about Pete and religion.

Fall Out Boy lyrics are full of Christian religious imagery. You kind of get the impression that Pete was raised in a household where he was just casually surrounded by all of this STUFF, that he absorbed and turned over in his lyrics. I mean, “Knock once for the Father, twice for the Son, three times for the Holy Ghost”... (West Coast Smoker).

He’s preoccupied by Heaven as an exclusive party. The idea shows up again and again. The Black Cards (I *love* the Black Cards stuff, I need to devote a whole thing to Black Cards at some point) have an entire song called “A Club Called Heaven.” On “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Fame,” “Heaven’s got a gate full of metal detectors.” On “Thriller,” he shows up with his plus one to the afterlife.

But Pete’s not entirely sure he’s getting into that party. In fact, usually Pete puts himself in Hell: He might be dancing in a club called Heaven, but he knows the doorman in Hell personally. The road to his house is paved with good intentions in Hum Hallelujah (which is, of course, traditionally what the road to Hell is paved with); “we’re just Hell’s neighbors” in America’s Suitehearts (if we’re not in Hell, we’re right next door, and that could be Heaven but I don’t think so). To get on St. Peter’s list, you need to lower your standards, says Rat-a-Tat. This is what Pete Wentz lyrics do, a simple sentence like that is LOADED with meaning. Because after all, his name is Peter, and it could be Peter Wentz’s list he’s referring to there, and it could also be the list to get into Heaven, and it could be that getting on Peter Wentz’s list doesn’t actually take that much (lower your standards, I’m never getting any better than this) and it could be that it’s St. Peter at the gates of Heaven who needs to lower *his* standards (again: I’m never getting any better than this).

(My absolute favorite Heaven/Hell lyric, though, is when Pete throws in Purgatory, that place in Catholicism where you go to do penance for your sins before you’re let into Heaven: On w.a.m.s. Pete writes, “My head’s in Heaven, my soles are in Hell, let’s meet in the Purgatory of my hips.” The glorious beauty of the sex innuendo being the *purgatory*: what you have to get yourself through to get to actual Heaven. ugh, Pete Wentz kills me sometimes with the way he uses words.)

He left his conscience pressed between the pages of the Bible in the drawer, but what did it ever do for him? So asks XO, and the gorgeously ambiguous phrasing of those lines KILLS ME. What’s the antecedent to the “it”? His conscience, sure, that’s what he’s thrown carelessly in the drawer. WITH THE BIBLE. Which could also be the “it”: What did that whole faith thing ever get me anyway?

But he wants it *so badly.* My second favorite lyric from Hum Hallelujah (a song that is nothing but excellent lyrics is “I love you in the same way there’s a chapel in a hospital.” There is SO MUCH packed into that line. SO, SO MUCH. And one of the things in there is the ambiguous irresistibility of faith: Sure, maybe the chapel is a last-ditch effort when nothing else works, or maybe that chapel is the ONLY thing that works and the only thing that matters in the whole place. I love you like that, like I don’t know if you’re all I’ve got left or you’re the only thing that matters, and I don’t know which it is but wow, either way, it would be great if you gave me a sign. Ugh that liiiiiine. “Have you ever wanted to disappear and join a monastery?” asks 20 Dollar Nose Bleed.

“I will never believe in anything again,” says (Coffee’s for Closers), but who really believes that? The temptation of belief creeps up in between the proclamation (”kick drum beating in my chest again,” “preach electric to a microphone stand”), undercutting it in the same way that its over-repetition in the song starts to ring hollow (Pete doth protest too much). The comfort that religious people get from their faith in God, Pete wants that. But he can’t get there. He’s always hedging his bets (“in case God doesn’t show” --Thnks fr th Mmrs). He’s always doubtful of God’s good intentions if He is there (”when the world ends, will God go down with it?” --What a Catch, Donnie).

So he tries to find substitutes for this faith he doesn’t have. “My words are my faith,” says Hum Hallelujah, but then, immediately afterward, “To hell with our good name,” so that’s how much actual trust he thinks you should place in that. “We’re a bull and your ears are a china shop.” Look at what a mess my words can make in there if you let them in; that’s what faith does to you, buddy. His gospel is the gospel of giving up (Arms Race). “Follow the disorganized religion of my head,” says West Coast Smoker. “I can work a miracle,” boasts Uma Thurman. “I’m the holy water you have been without,” says Fourth of July.

But he’s not really what he wants to believe in. “We’re saints just swimming in our sins,” Twin Skeleton’s reminds everyone. “If we pray to the Lord,” goes the outro on w.a.m.s., “does he sing on a stage?” Maybe rock and roll is what he should be believing in? “I’m the last damn kid still kicking who still believes,” claims Save Rock and Roll. “I will defend the faith, going down swinging.”

All of which brings us to MANIA. Religion, faith, belief is ALL OVER MANIA. In fact, the entire album is constructed as a journey toward finding the thing you believe in, the thing you have faith in, and finally settling in to cling tight to it. The first song on the album, Stay Frosty, Royal Milk Tea, is struggling with loss of things to believe in: “All my childhood heroes have fallen off or died.” (Champion later has the same theme: “I’m young enough to still believe, but young enough not to know what to believe in.” The most explicit Pete has ever been about his journey toward faith.) But then, in the second song, Last of the Real Ones, the lyrics have found someone to revolve around, someone to be with forever: “the ultra-kind of love,” that ultimate faith. But it’s not quite there yet. There’s doubt in there. “Tell me I’m the only one even if it’s not true.” “There’s been a million before me.” The bridge is expert Fall-Out-Boy song ambiguity. “I’m done with having dreams, the thing that I believe / you drain the fear from me.” Is that “I believe that you drain the fear from me”? Or is that “I’m done with the thing that I believe”? The song’s phrasing lets it be both at once, both a proclamation of faith and a proclamation of doubt, all at the same time.

But things get better. We eventually get to “Church.” An entire song where the religious imagery is pitched toward love (or blowjobs, like, same thing, maybe, for Pete Wentz). “If YOU were church, I’d get on my knees, confess my love, I’d know where to be, my sanctuary, you’re holy to me,” is the refrain of the whole song. It can’t get any clearer than that. Pete Wentz has found what he wants to believe in, and it’s the YOU (whoever that might be ahem just saying that in “Sunshine Riptide,” the she says “I love you ‘til I don’t,” while the You is the “truest feeling yet”). The other enduring theme in MANIA is fakeness and pretend: fake tears, fake friends, people you’re pretending with and around. That theme shows up in Church, too: “I’ve got a few more fake friends and it’s getting hard to know what’s real.” But in Church the proclamation of faith is in the chorus, which means that no matter how anxious Pete gets himself in the lyrics, he resolves back to the central belief: I’ve got you, I know where I should be. YOU’RE what’s real, right here, forget everyone else.

AND THEN we get Heaven’s Gate. Which revisits Pete’s favorite idea that Heaven is a party he’s going to have to try to crash. But here the song is all about how he’s no longer aimlessly looking for something to believe in; he’s found it: “I’m a missile that’s guided to you.” Maybe he’s gotten it wrong, that he’s chosen the You as his thing to believe in, that the only thing he wants is Your love, but if he’s gotten it wrong, he’s got faith the You is going to get it right and give him the boost he needs into Heaven. “Honey, please come through” and take me along with Your awesomeness, because I’ve decided it’s You I’m going to follow, Your dreams I’m going to make come true, and I’m not going to try to detox from You anymore, I’m just going to go all-in on this whole thing, and in the end, if I don’t make it on the list, will You slip me a wristband?

The album closes out with Young and Menace, with “I’ve lived so much life I think that God is gonna have to kill me twice,” which is such a beautiful bookend to “I read about the afterlife but I never really lived” in Saturday, like, ugh, that always kills me, look how far Pete Wentz has come, and then finally into Bishop’s Knife Trick: “I’m yours, ‘til the earth starts to crumble and the heavens roll away.”

Let’s go back to the places that we never should have left.

Idk, maybe you could read this as: Pete Wentz finally found something to believe in, and it ended up being the person who hasn’t left his side in 20 years, the person he’s never had to pretend with, the person who’s been there through all the fake friends, the person who’s golden and amazing and DEFINITELY going to get it right when Pete doesn’t. I mean, maybe you could read it this way.

#long post #peterick #pete wentz #fall out boy #fob

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grell-writes-stuff · 5 years

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Interlude Playlist + Lyrics

My Interlude Playlist (plus lyrics that might make @fenfaerie cry)

Feel free to suggest others that capture the mood/vibe/feeling/whathaveyou

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All I Want – A Day To Remember

I'm always screaming my lungs out 'til my head starts spinning Playing my songs is the way I cope with life Won't keep my voice down Know the words I speak are the thoughts I think out loud

All Signs Point to Lauderdale – A Day To Remember

Remember when I tried I never strayed to far from you Forever by your side No matter what I was going through

This Could Be Anywhere in the World – Alexisonfire

Every breath I take I feel my lungs seal This breeze feels more like shards of glass I'm more scars than skin

Rough Hands – Alexisonfire

Was I left behind? Someone tell me, tell me I survived And don't look so surprised that I'm home, but just for tonight With rough hands and sore eyes So don't speak, I am tired Let's just live through this lie

Heroes – All Time Low

You're not a hero, you're a liar You're not a savior, you're a vampire Sucking the life out of all the friends you've ever known

Somewhere in Neverland – All Time Low

Tell me how you feel over and done with Like your life is a map with no compass to guide

The Irony of Choking on a Lifesaver – All Time Low

You're the snake hidden in my daffodils when I'm picking flowers That's just my luck these days Why can't you just be happy for me? You're the brake lights failing as my car swerves off the freeway It kind of feels like sabotage Why can't you just be happy for Why can't you just be happy for me?

Canals – All Time Low

Smile, tell me I'm alright With a goodbye You are so misleading A kiss or a gun fight High-noon or midnight Darling, I don't want to know If I'm just a short sight on a cold night The canals are freezing So tell me I'm alright with a goodbye

Oh, Calamity! – All Time Low

I'll remember nights alone And waking up to dial tones Always found my greatest moments In the sound of your hello's Now I struggle to recall The reasons you would come to leave

Nightmares – All Time Low

Now there's a ghost in the back of this room And I don't like it I fall asleep with my covers pulled up And try to fight it I gotta say, it's hard to be brave When you're alone in the dark I told myself that I wouldn't be scared But I'm still having nightmares

Therapy – All Time Low

My ship went down In a sea of sound. When I woke up alone I had everything: A handful of moments I wished I could change And a tongue like a nightmare that cut like a blade.

For What It’s Worth – Amber Pacific

Though I wish that you were breathing I still just can't believe You're gone

Postcards – Amber Pacific

When I'm without you I'm not the man that I know I can be Because you're not here with me

Red Flag – Billy Talent

The kids of tomorrow don't need today When they live in the sins of yesterday

Wishful Sinking – blessthefall

So just breathe slow, caught in the undertow And I'm fighting the current Holding my ground if you can't let go The pressure will hold you down

Sleepless in Phoenix – blessthefall

'Cause I carry ghosts of the things you've said But you won't come home even if you're dead

Hey Baby, Here’s That Song You Wanted – blessthefall

I keep putting together, what we've lost But pieces keep falling one by one Cause this life has us holding on For tomorrow then it's gone

It’s My Life – Bon Jovi

It's my life And it's now or never I ain't gonna live forever I just want to live while I'm alive

Blood On Blood – Bon Jovi

Through the years and miles between us It's been a long and lonely ride But if I got a call in the dead of the night I'd be right by your side

Livin’ On A Prayer – Bon Jovi

We've gotta hold on to what we've got It doesn't make a difference if we make it or not We've got each other and that's a lot

Practice Makes Perfect – Cute Is What We Aim For

I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son And I have done a few things I regret I've become what a mother wouldn't want in a son And I have done what a mother wouldn't want What a mother wouldn't want in a son

Newport Living – Cute Is What We Aim For

Now just look at that social clique Do you really wanna be a part of it? Let's not let us forget Where she gets the habit She gets the pills from her skills She gets the skills from the pills And just look at that clique Do you really wanna be the star of it?

There’s a Class for This – Cute Is What We Aim For

Drama doesn't follow me it rides on my back

The Curse of Curves – Cute Is What We Aim For

I want someone provocative and talkative But it's so hard when you're shallow as a shower

Hysteria – Def Leppard

I gotta know tonight If you're alone tonight Can't stop this feeling Can't stop this fire

Tell Me I’m A Wreck – Every Avenue

When you tell me I'm a wreck You say that I'm a mess How could you expect anything less?

Irresistible – Fall Out Boy

You're second hand smoke, second hand smoke I breathe you in, but, honey, I don't know what you're doing to me Mon chéri, but the truth catches up with us eventually Try to say live, live and let live But I'm no good, good at lip service Except when they're yours, mi amor I'm coming for you and I'm making war

Beat It – Fall Out Boy, John Mayer (Michael Jackson Cover)

You got to show them that you're really not scared You're playin' with your life, this ain't no truth or dare They'll kick you, then they'll beat you, Then they'll tell you it's fair

I Don’t Care – Fall Out Boy

I don't care what you think as long as it's about me The best of us can find happiness in misery

w.a.m.s. – Fall Out Boy

I'm gonna leave you I'm gonna teach you How we're all alone

West Coast Smoker – Fall Out Boy

Oh hell yes I'm a nervous wreck

Hum Hallelujah – Fall Out Boy

And one day we'll get nostalgic for disaster we're a bull, your ears are just a china shop I love you in the same way, there's a chapel in a hospital One foot in your bedroom and one foot out the door Sometimes we take chances, sometimes we take pills. I could write it better than you ever felt it.

Golden – Fall Out Boy

Tongues on the sockets of electric dreams Where the sewage of youth drowned the spark of my teens And I knew that the lights of the city were too heavy for me

Bang The Doldrums – Fall Out Boy

I wrote a goodbye note in lipstick on your arm When you passed out I couldn't bring myself to call Except to call it quits

Sunshine Riptide – Fall Out Boy

The sign says “don't tap the glass” But I read it in reverse, “ssalg eht pat t'nod syas ngis ehT”

The Last Of The Real Ones – Fall Out Boy

I wonder if your therapist knows everything about me

Red Sam – Flyleaf

You are the truth (you are the truth) Outscreaming these lies You are the truth (you are the truth) Saving my life

The Anthem – Good Charlotte

I'm gonna get by and just do my time Out of step, while they all get in line I'm just a minor threat, so pay no mind

Wondering – Good Charlotte

If you want me to wait, I will wait for you If you tell me to stay, I would stay right through If you don't wanna say, Anything at all I'm happy wondering

Girls & Boys – Good Charlotte

She'll get what she wants if she's willing to please This type of girl always comes with a fee Hey now, there's nothing for free

Hold On – Good Charlotte

But we all bleed the same way as you do And we all have the same things to go through

The Day That I Die – Good Charlotte

Can you feel the cold tonight? It sets in, but it's alright Darkness falls, I'm letting go All alone, but I feel fine

The Young & the Hopeless – Good Charlotte

And if I make it through the day Will tomorrow be the same? Am I just running in place? And if I stumble and I fall Should I get up and carry on? Will it all just be the same?

Movin’ On – Good Charlotte

Life, hope, truth, trust, faith, pride, love, lust Pain, hate, lies, guilt, laugh, cry, live, die. Some friends become enemies some friends become your family. Make the best with what you're given. This ain't dying, this is living!

Jesus of Suburbia – Green Day

It says home is where your heart is But what a shame 'Cause everyone's heart Doesn't beat the same It's beating out of time

Holiday / Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Green Day

I beg to dream and differ from the hollow lies This is the dawning of the rest of our lives /

/ Read between the lines Of what's fucked up and everything's alright Check my vital signs To know I'm still alive and I walk alone

Basket Case – Green Day

Do you have the time to listen to me whine About nothing and everything all at once I am one of those Melodramatic fools Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it

Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) – Green Day

So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial For what it's worth it was worth all the while

Still Breathing – Green Day

As I walked out on the ledge Are you scared to death to live? I've been running all my life Just to find a home that's for the restless And the truth that's in the message Making my way, away, away

Silver Bullet – Hawthorne Heights

Being Alone, Just like them, Being Alive, Feeling so... Dead.

Ohio Is for Lovers – Hawthorne Heights

Because you kill me. You know you do, you kill me well. You like it too, and I can tell. You never stop until my final breath is gone.

How You Love Me Now – Hey Monday

Tell me how can you sleep? How can you breathe? Baby tell me how How you love me now

The Distance – Hot Chelle Rae

It's like you're living with a ghost Someone you can't hold And you say it's so unfair

Alright – Hot Chelle Rae

In the dark you come to life The memories of you and I I want to keep you here with me Don't wake me up just let me dream

Blank Space – I Prevail

'Cause, darling, I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream

My Heart I Surrender – I Prevail

Will our stars ever align? Will two hearts, beat in time? These words you should always remember, To you, my heart I surrender.

Sweetness – Jimmy Eat World

So tell me what do I need (tell me what do I need) When words lose their meaning (When words lose their meaning)

Jamie All Over – Mayday Parade

And please don't tell me that I'm dreaming When all I ever wanted was to dream another sunset with you

Jersey – Mayday Parade

I'll be fine, I swear I'm just gone beyond repair

Oh Well, Oh Well – Mayday Parade

And I'll just smile, and make believe I don't feel a thing. That doesn't work for me.

Kiss Me, Kill Me – Mest

A tragedy that's built on destiny It left you with everything but Blood from the knife that I cut your heart out with Now relax, close your eyes, what comes next is the surprise

Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na) – My Chemical Romance

Everybody wants to change the world Everybody wants to change the world But no one, no one wants to die

Bulletproof Heart – My Chemical Romance

And though I know how much you hate this Are you gonna be the one to save us From the black and hopeless feeling? Will you mean it when the end comes reeling?

SING – My Chemical Romance

Every time that you lose it sing it for the world Sing it from the heart Sing it till you're nuts Sing it out for the ones that'll hate your guts Sing it for the deaf Sing it for the blind Sing about everyone that you left behind Sing it for the world

Planetary (GO!) – My Chemical Romance

If my velocity starts to make you sweat Then just don't let go 'Cause the emergency room got no vacancy Tell me who do you trust, Do you trust And we just Get up and go!

Kill All Your Friends – My Chemical Romance

'Cause we all wanna party when the funeral ends. And we all get together when we bury our friends. It's been ten fucking years since I've been seeing Your face 'round here. And you're walking away, and I will drown in the fear.

Demolition Lovers – My Chemical Romance

I'm trying, I'm trying To let you know just how much you mean to me And after all the things we put each other through

Desert Song – My Chemical Romance

Well tonight, well tonight Will it ever come? Spend the rest of your days rocking out Just for the dead

The Kids from Yesterday – My Chemical Romance

'Cause you only live forever in the lights you make When we were young, we used to say That you only hear the music when your heart begins to break Now we are the kids from yesterday

AMBULANCE – My Chemical Romance

And if you save my life I’ll be the one who drives you home tonight And if I ever let you down I’ll be the one who drives you home tonight

The End. – My Chemical Romance

I'd encourage your smiles I'll expect you won't cry

Dead! – My Chemical Romance

If life ain't just a joke Then why are we laughing?

This Is How I Disappear – My Chemical Romance

Can you hear me cry out to you? Words I thought I'd choke on, figure out

The Sharpest Lives – My Chemical Romance

You're the one that I need I'm the one that you loathe You can watch me corrode like a beast in repose 'Cause I love all the poison

Welcome to the Black Parade – My Chemical Romance

And though you're dead and gone believe me Your memory will carry on We'll carry on And though you're broken and defeated Your weary widow marches on

Sleep – My Chemical Romance

And through it all How could you cry for me? Cause I don't feel bad about it. So shut your eyes, Kiss me goodbye, And sleep. Just sleep.

Teenagers – My Chemical Romance

They're gonna rip up your heads, Your aspirations to shreds Another cog in the murder machine

Disenchanted – My Chemical Romance

It was the roar of the crowd That gave me heartache to sing. It was a lie when they smiled And said, "You won't feel a thing."

Famous Last Words – My Chemical Romance

I see you lying next to me With words I thought I'd never speak Awake and unafraid Asleep or dead

Helena – My Chemical Romance

Burning on just like a match you strike to incinerate The lives of everyone you know And what's the worst you take (worst you take) From every heart you break (heart you break) And like the blade you stain (blade you stain) Well, I've been holding on tonight

To The End – My Chemical Romance

She keeps a picture of the body she lends. Got nasty blisters from the money she spends. She's got a life of her own and it shows by the Benz She drives at 90 by the Barbies and Kens.

I’m Not Okay (I Promise) – My Chemical Romance

But you really need to listen to me Because I'm telling you the truth I mean this, I'm okay! (Trust Me) I'm not okay I'm not okay Well, I'm not okay I'm not o-fucking-kay

Cemetery Drive – My Chemical Romance

When will I miss you, when will I miss you so far

Heaven Help Us – My Chemical Romance

But can't tell if I've been breathing or sleeping Or screaming or waiting for the man to call And maybe all of the above Cause mostly I've been sprawled on these cathedral steps While spitting out the blood and screaming "Someone save us!"

Camisado – Panic! At The Disco

You're a regular decorated emergency

LA Devotee – Panic! At The Disco

You got two black eyes from loving too hard And a black car that matches your blackest soul I wouldn't change ya, oh Wouldn't ever try to make you leave, no

Dying in LA – Panic! At The Disco

Drink of paradise They told you put your blood on ice You're not gonna make it Every face along the boulevard is a dreamer just like you You looked at death in a tarot card and you saw what you had to do

Let’s Kill Tonight – Panic! At The Disco

May your feet serve you well And the rest be sent to Hell Where they always have belonged Cold hearts brew colder songs

Memories – Panic! At The Disco

Oh Memories Where'd you go? You were all I've ever known How I miss yesterday How I let it fade away?

Trade Mistakes – Panic! At The Disco

So, let me save you Hold this rope and I'll pull you in 'Cause I am an anchor Save her or feel it sinking in

The Calendar – Panic! At The Disco

There is simply nothing worse Than knowing how it ends And I meant everything I said that night I will come back to life But only for you Only for you

Hard Times – Paramore

All that I want Is to wake up fine

Rose-Colored Boy – Paramore

And I want you to stop insisting that I'm not a lost cause 'Cause I've been through a lot Really all I've got is just to stay pissed off If it's alright by you

Told You So – Paramore

For all I know The best is over and the worst is yet to come Is it enough? To keep on hoping when the rest have given up?

Fake Happy – Paramore

Oh please don't ask me how I've been Don't make me play pretend

Pressure – Paramore

Just don't let me fall asleep Feeling empty again Cause I fear I might break and I fear I can't take it Tonight I'll lie awake feeling empty

Emergency – Paramore

I've seen you cry Way too many times When you deserve to be alive

Ignorance – Paramore

Don't wanna hear your sad songs I don't wanna feel your pain When you swear it's all my fault 'Cause you know we're not the same

Ain’t It Fun – Paramore

If it don't hurt now then just wait, just wait a while

Last Hope – Paramore

And the salt in my wounds isn't burning any more than it used to It's not that I don't feel the pain, it's just I'm not afraid of hurting anymore And the blood in these veins isn't pumping any less than it ever has And that's the hope I have, the only thing I know that's keeping me alive

Still into You – Paramore

Let 'em wonder how we got this far

That’s What You Get – Paramore

It's your turn, so take a seat we're settling the final score And why do we like to hurt so much?

Misery Business – Paramore

Second chances they don't ever matter, people never change. Once a whore you're nothing more, I'm sorry, that'll never change.

Let the Flames Begin – Paramore

What a shame we all became such fragile, broken things

crushcrushcrush – Paramore

If you want to play it like a game Well, come on, come on, let's play

Fences – Paramore

And it's obvious that you're dying, dying Just living proof that the camera's lying And oh, oh open wide 'Cause this is your night, so smile 'Cause you'll go out in style

Be My Escape – Relient K

I fought you for so long I should have let you win Oh how we regret those things we do And all I was trying to do Was save my own skin But so were you So were you

High of 75 – Relient K

And its funny how you find You enjoy your life When you're happy to be... Alive

Who I Am Hates Who I’ve Been – Relient K

And I was positive that unless I got myself together, I would watch me fall apart. And I can't let that happen again 'cause then you'll see my heart In the saddest state it's ever been.

Savior – Rise Against

That's when she said, "I don't hate you, boy. I just want to save you while there's still something left to save." That's when I told her, "I love you, girl, But I'm not the answer for the questions that you still have."

Changing – Saosin

One last breath to say goodbye I tell myself another lie Stripped of all I hold so dear The moment's lost and I am sinking down lower I drown myself in the water And I am watching my life pass before my eyes It comes as no surprise

I’d Do Anything – Simple Plan

And I wrote this letter in my head Cuz so many things were left unsaid But now you're gone And I can't think straight

Fat Lip – Sum 41

I don't want to waste my time Become another casualty of society.

Meant to Live – Switchfoot

We were meant to live for so much more Have we lost ourselves? Somewhere we live inside

Twin Size Mattress – The Front Bottoms

This is for the lake that me and my friends swim in, naked and dumb on a drunken night And it should've felt good but I can hear the Jaws theme song on repeat in the back of my mind Make sure you kiss your knuckles before you punch me in the face There are lessons to be learned, consequences for all the stupid things I say And it is no big surprise you turned out this way The spark in your eyes, The look on your face

Bob (Cousin O.) – The Gits

Awaken to the only chance I've got Hide behind these walls, I look through the cracks I see the same mistakes that I once made All that I can tell you there is a price to pay

Absynthe – The Gits

Do you ever think when you're dealing with the worst The outcome is the best thing for you

Another Shot of Whiskey – The Gits

It's like a sword of hate You brandish it so proud I wonder if you're taught what you feel Or is it the way you got it cold dead in your eye?

Second Skin – The Gits

I need a second skin Something to hold me up Can't do it on my own Sometimes I need just a little more help I've got that chance to give every drop that's left in me I need a second skin Something I cannot break out of

Mr. Brightside – The Killers

I'm coming out of my cage And I've been doing just fine Gotta gotta be down Because I want it all

You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid – The Offspring

There's something in your way And now someone is gonna pay And if you can't get what you want Well it's all because of me

Neon Gravestones – Twenty One Pilots

Promise me this If I lose to myself You won't mourn a day And you'll move onto someone else

The Hype – Twenty One Pilots

But you don't get thick skin without getting burnt

Holding on to You – Twenty One Pilots

Fight it, Take the pain, ignite it, Tie a noose around your mind Loose enough to breathe fine and tie it To a tree. Tell it, "You belong to me. This ain't a noose, this is a leash. And I have news for you: you must obey me."

Car Radio – Twenty One Pilots

I ponder of something terrifying 'Cause this time there's no sound to hide behind I find over the course of our human existence One thing consists of consistence And it's that we're all battling fear

Guns for Hands – Twenty One Pilots

I'm trying, I'm trying to sleep

Skyway Avenue – We The Kings

We'll race right off the cliff They will remember this It all got so mundane With you I'm back again Just take me by the hand We're close to the edge

Sad Song – We The Kings (feat. Elena Coats)

Without you, I feel broke Like I'm half of a whole Without you, I've got no hand to hold Without you, I feel torn Like a sail in a storm Without you, I'm just a sad song

Check Yes, Juliet – We The Kings

Run baby run Don't ever look back They'll tear us apart if you give them the chance

Lights And Sounds – Yellowcard

Smile big for everyone, Even when you know what they’ve done. They gave you the end but not where to start; Not how to build, how to tear it apart.

Ocean Avenue – Yellowcard

If I could find you now things would get better We could leave this town and run forever Let your waves crash down on me and take me away

Telescope - Yellowcard

And something took you from me I can't understand why But wherever you're resting I'm carrying your line

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Sweet! In that case I’d kindly ask you to rank Fall Out Boys albums in order of which ones you like the most to the least. (Or least to most. Whichever you prefer.)

I love this question! Thank you so much for asking, anon

To preface my list, I’ll clarify that I’m not including Mania yet because I haven’t listened to it enough in one day to give a solid ranking compared to the other albums. However, I’ll say for sure that’s amongst my absolute favourites. I will be ranking the Pax Am Days EP just because I don’t feel like it’s fair to count that in with Save Rock And Roll even though the EP was released as part of a special edition as well as a standalone. The style of Pax Am Days is so significantly different from their other releases that I felt it deserved it’s own spot. The same goes for My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue, being an acoustic EP.

So, in order from least favourite to favourite, here we go:

American Beauty/American Psycho

Let’s be honest, I still love this record. In fact, I adore the sound they achieved on this album and I really like the concept of using samples in every track. Twin Skeletons (Hotel In NYC) might just be one of my favourite Fall Out Boy songs ever, regardless of album. However, this album didn’t give me quite so solid an emotional sucker-punch as some of their other releases, which is why this takes the last place. Don’t think this means I dislike it, because in fact I take the opposite stance, but it is the album I listen to the least and probably the one I have the least emotional attachment to.

Save Rock And Roll

Again, I love the sound here. The entire concept, the mini-movie compromised of music videos, Save Rock And Roll has so much going for it. Like with American Beauty/American Psycho, however, it’s the lyrics that held this one back from being higher on my list. Believe me, I will always love the lyricism in Fall Out Boy’s releases and the fact that these two albums take the lowest places doesn’t mean I dislike the lyrics- I still like them more than I like the work of most other lyricists- but these don’t hit home in the way that the older albums do, for me. This is logical, in all honesty. I’m nineteen. The songs that were written when they were younger do have more emotional relevance to me, and I love the raw honesty of their older work in a very visceral way. I love this more polished style as well, but you’ll understand when you get further down why I had to leave these albums at the top of the list.

My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue

There’s not that much to say about this- it’s short but sweet. I love that early acoustic sound going on, and it makes me so grateful that I got to see a short acoustic set live when I saw Fall Out Boy back in late 2015. Not only are there acoustic recordings of one track from Take This To Your Grave and three tracks that were completely new at the time, one of which was an acoustic demo for a track later featured on From Under The Cork Tree, and lastly, an acoustic Joy Division cover. It’s charming, sweet in its simplicity and it’s always a good EP to listen through.

Take This To Your Grave

Man, this album speaks of teenage dreams like no other. It perfectly captures that limitless and ambitious sense of excitement. It’s not so much the lyrics but the music in which you can really feel it, but I can’t listen to Saturday without the urge to hop into my partner’s car with our two best friends and go take on the world with nothing but fists wrapped in fingerless gloves and a relentless, mutual love. Same goes for Homesick At Space Camp. The lyrics are sprawling and the music is rough, but ready. This album means a lot to me, in all honesty. It means a hell of a lot.

Pax Am Days

Like with the earlier EP I discussed, there’s only so much I can say about a short release. However, I have to point out quite how much it stands out against Fall Out Boy’s other releases as a totally unique thing- especially compared to their newer albums released at similar times. This EP is just special, you get the feeling it’s entirely circumstantial, they had a weekend, a studio to go to, and a couple of ideas to mess around with. If anything happened to be different, this just would not exist. It’s eighties and nineties inspired hardcore punk, and it’s honestly just a gem.

(Also, my mum can’t stand it. This just makes me love it even more.)

From Under The Cork Tree

Now here, here is where the lyrical style of their first album combines with a slightly more polished, yet still organic sound. And boy, do I love it. This album is emotional, and that’s something I can’t avoid in this little summary of a review. It’s drenched not only in the emotion that the band wrote into every note, into every word, it’s also become splattered with my own emotions and attachments over the years. This album covers a lot of emotional ground. It starts off self-deprecating in a way that hints at hidden confidence, moving quickly through resentment and jealousy onto anger, lingering on a deep, haunting sadness before taking a U-turn back into anger and resentment. There’s a lot to cover, but what I can say without hesitation is that I’ve often found comfort in this album. There is, running close under the surface of this album, a fear of not living up to expectations. And well, look at the chart performance this release got, not to mention the level of critical acclaim. It gives me an everlasting hope that I always do better than my doubts tell me I can.

Folie A Deux

I know exactly what you’re thinking right now. “Beckett, if you like clear, honest and emotional lyrics, why is the metaphorical mess that is Folie A Deux so high up on this list?” So, here it is:

It’s because of the sound. The sound on Folie is fucking phenomenal. Everything from the rhythms, the riffs and the complexity added by the collaborations to the clean, powerful vocals, every aspect of this album seems like it was specifically designed to murder and resurrect me all at once. It’s so crisp, so strong, it’s hard to describe exactly how it feels without directing you to go listen to it right now for yourself. I don’t dislike the lyrics, but it’s true that with this album more than the others I struggled to make sense of them. That said, tracks like 27 really knock it out of the park in regards to both lyricism and composition. Actually, 27 is my favourite Fall Out Boy song. Considering every album, every song, 27 is my favourite. I think that speaks volumes about Folie A Deux.

(Actually, I can’t move on without pointing out my favourite piece of musical and lyrical detail from Folie A Deux. You know in West Coast Smoker, when the bridge counts “Knock once for the Father/ Twice for the Son/ Three times for the Holy Ghost” and then the drum line does one beat, two beats and three beats on each line to hammer it home? Yeah, I’m a sucker for that.)

Infinity On High

Well, we’re finally at the top (or, more literally, the bottom) of the list. At last, I get to rant about my love of Infinity On High. Firstly, it’s named for a Van Gogh quote, which sets my little artist’s heart aflame. Secondly, it combines the elements I love the most from all of their other albums. It has the lyrical openness of their early work with the more structured, polished style to the wording. There’s metaphors, but they don’t saturate the whole of the album and I find them easy to pick up. And though I technically do slightly prefer the powerful sound of Folie A Deux, this is where that sound began. It may not be quite so omnipresent, but it’s there and many of what I would call my favourite Fall Out Boy songs come from this album for that exact reason. The running theme of fame is something that the band themselves have called “arrogant” in hindsight, but I actually feel that’s a little harsh. When they wrote the album they were still new to fame and recognition and, therefore, the hardships it creates. Getting to hear that process and that part of their journey, that time of adjustment to a new social landscape, it’s fascinating to me. They had a whole new goldmine of resources bought to them not only by label success but also by name and reputation, and there’s a clear shift at the release of this record where you can feel them really pin down what their ideal sound was at the time. Yeah, this is my favourite Fall Out Boy album as it currently stands.

(That said, Mania is certainly creeping up the ranks!)

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Cannabis Career in Florida, Opportunities Ahead

In California, many people started 2018 with the chance to buy legal recreational marijuana. California joins seven other states and Washington D.C. to legalize weed. The state is presently the biggest market for lawful marijuana in the nation and specialists trust it could produce no less than a billion dollars in tax income every year.

In the Sunshine State Florida, Voters of November 8, 2016, general election endorsed the Florida Medical Marijuana Legalization Initiative. The activity required a super majority vote to go, with no less than 60 percent of voters voting in the help of a state-protected correction. On January 4, 2018, in any case, Sessions revoked the Cole Memo, a 2013 mandate that prioritized the implementation of government marijuana laws in states where cannabis had been legalized. The Florida Cannabis Act may show up on the vote in Florida as a started sacred correction on November 6, 2018. The change was not put on the ballot in Florida as an initiated constitutional amendment during the election on November 8, 2016. The change would legalize ownership of up to one ounce of pot by residents no less than 21 years of age. Residents would be permitted to develop up to six plants for each family. The plants would need to be grown in “an enclosed, locked space,” and users would not be permitted to sell the plants they grow. Under the correction, cannabis would be dealt like alcohol, it would be prohibited for people under 21 years old, buyers would need to indicate proof of age before buying pot from retail offices and it would be illegal for anybody to drive while stoned or affected by marijuana. The change also plots control over marijuana cultivation, retail pot deals, and manufacturing cannabis products.

As such a large amount of cannabis cultivation happens on the west coast, the south eastern quadrant of the nation is gradual, yet clearly paving the way for development operations, dispensaries, and different cannabusinesses. With new law set up, Florida is set to start new, turning it into a pot powerhouse as the following years. Florida can possibly turn into the second biggest medical marijuana showcase in the nation behind California and could end up being a central point in destigmatizing cannabis and reducing the energy of significant pharmaceutical organizations.

In each state that has moved from unlawful to legal cannabis operations, noticeably shifts occur in the state’s job market as a whole, not just in direct Florida marijuana jobs like growing and marijuana dispensary jobs. Although numerous cannabis job applicants will probably scan for positions including communication with pot plants and items, the cannabusiness will require support in its subordinate industries in order to be successful. At last, Florida pot employments will show up along a wide range that includes each position from marijuana dispensary security jobs to weed demonstrating occupations.

Dispensaries are amazingly essential for Florida cannabis occupations as they are staffed basically with entry level or intermediate workers. Most people searching for work in the Florida cannabusiness don’t have huge legal involvement in the business, positioning dispensaries as a crucial point for the careers of dedicated marijuana users.

As far as Florida weed occupations go, lead cultivators are repaid higher than most other industry representatives. They have the vital and detail oriented job of reinforcing the cannabusiness. Cultivation sector enables workers to collaborate with cannabis daily, meet experts in the development, processing and distribution sector of the industry.

With new technology, trimming cannabis can technically be done by a machine, but there is really no replacement for the hard-working people producing piles of manicured marijuana. Trimming is another solid sector for beginning a shining career. Concentrates show up in various different sectors, for example, wax, oil, honeycomb, smash and crumble. These substances (often referred as “dabs”) may differ in consistency, yet they are all high demand

Another gathering of cannabis items that holds extraordinary significance for the restorative pot group is edibles. Edibles have been a piece of cannabis culture for quite a while, yet edibles chefs are currently making delicious treats that will fill your stomach and get you high.

Marijuana critic jobs have shown up in higher frequencies as cannabis experts and interested newcomers look to “proficient smokers” to give a breakdown of the bunch strains and stuff available today. Major dailies like The Denver Post and The Oregonian are ready for proficient pot analysts and it is highly demand-able.

Marijuana and cannabis-related jobs, features, marketing, blogs and many other things can be found in “ChronicJobs.com”. You can filter and search for jobs near you or wherever you desire. If you are looking for an employee, you can post any jobs for your company. As in Florida, ChronicJobs offers some amazing dream jobs for you such as sales representative, Dispensary Manager, Delivery Specialist, Processing Manager, wellness coordinator and many more. And yes, all these jobs and new career opportunities are in Florida, the state of sunshine.

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Marijuana Slang for Beginners

Happen to have walked into a marijuana dispensary for the first time and found yourself totally lost within minutes? The first few visits to a dispensary can be a little confusing.

First of all, the brand of cannabis you will find inside each dispensary may vary from state to state. In Massachusetts for example, it is mandatory that each dispensary produces their own cannabis, so consequently, you won’t find a West Coast cannabis brand there. However, if you have a brand you find at Patriot Care Boston, it is also likely that you will find it at Patriot Care Lowell.

Don’t forget to bring some cash. Due to federal banking restrictions, the cannabis market primarily a cash-only business. CanPay is a new app that is popping up all over the place and actually allows customers to use their credit card(s) at dispensaries. Give it a shot if your local dispensary supports it.

The words weed, bud, dank, sticky icky, ganja, and herb are all terms that have been used for decades to refer to our lovely cannabis flowers.

Before you walk into a dispensary, try and familiarize with the terms and strains. If not it’s totally fine, Flowers are sold by their weight, which can be confusing since they’re a mix of metric and imperial units. You will find the smaller batches in grams and largest in ounces.

In case you are no very good at rolling joints and wish to have yours perfectly packed and rolled, you can ask for a pre-roll. You usually find them with half-gram to a full gram of flower. If you are worried about the potency of the flower, most of them in the legal market vary from 15% to 25% THC content, but can certainly can go lower and higher.

Another term you may want to familiar with is extraction. It is the process of “extracting” THC, CBD, and other cannabinoids and terpenes from cannabis. It is done using a commercial, food-grade processor, extracting a concentrated oil of cannabis leaves and flower. Lots of products from extract, including vape cartridge and high-end dabbing waxes.

Vape cartridge are one of the most common devices to consume extract. The cartridge refers to one half of the cannabis vape pen; the other is the battery that powers the heating element.

Rosin is a kind of hand-crafted form of a concentrate. It is done by pressing a cannabis flower in a heated hydraulic press, which results in concentrated oil, free of solvents or added ingredients.

Wax is a concentrate in a waxy form, which you can consume in a dab rig or in a special vaporizer. Shatter is a concentrate in opaque brittle solid form.

Dabbing refers to a concentrated form of vaporizing cannabis, usually in a form of wax or hash.

Almost all forms of concentrates come from specific strains, which possess different properties, corresponding to the qualities exhibited in their flower form.

Edibles are your favorite childhood lollipops, lozenges, pie, cookies, brownies, candies and beverages… except these are infused with THC and/or CBD. A pro tip for enjoying your edibles is to start slow. You need to know how your body reacts, or it will hit hard even for the most experienced of smokers.

Tinctures are a liquid form cannabis extracts, consumed by placing drips under your tongue. You can also mix them with beverages or food. Tinctures are a great entry point for consumers trying not to go for the smokable forms of cannabis. The dosages are also pretty easy to measure, unlike with edibles. You can start with 1 milliliter of your finished tincture and if you’re happy with the effects, you’re done. If not, you can try 2 ml the following day until you find the amount you’re ok with. Don’t start with large drops or you may get a little too elevated.

Topicals are cannabis-infused lotions and skin products that contain THC, CBD, and/or other cannabinoids. You’ll probably find lotions, soaps, transdermal patches, massage oils, body balms, shea butter, and other products on dispensary shelves. They are absorbed through your skin and are responsible for relieving localized pain, soreness, and inflammation.

Now that you know it all about marijuana talk, it is time to go after a dispensary and test your knowledge when buying your cannabis.

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How Vape Friendly is Your City?

If you’re a longtime vaper, you probably already know the general feeling towards vaporizers in your community. However, for those who don’t know, many cities treat vaping very differently from one another. Some cities have been especially vape-friendly, while others have all but banned vaporizers. How does your city stack up?

How Cities Are Ranked

Vape friendliness has to do with more than just allowing vaporizers in the city. Other important factors include how vaporizers are taxed, how vapor businesses are treated and how well the city understands the health impacts of vaping. It also includes whether or not local businesses like restaurants and bars are welcoming to vapers in general.

Vape-Friendly Cities

It’s no surprise that some of the friendliest cities for vaping are located in Colorado and Arizona. Phoenix, Denver and Colorado Springs are all leading the charge by being extremely friendly to vapers of all kinds. These cities have a really strong track record of supporting vapers and also are home to several vaping organizations that are actively advocating for vapers’ rights.

Outside of the Midwest, the most vape-friendly city is Virginia Beach, VA. All of these cities are full of people who tout the benefits of vaping over smoking and tend to be very health-conscious. At first it seems like marijuana-friendly cities also tend to be vape-friendly, but that is not always the case.

Of course, there are many shades of vape friendliness to keep in mind, so even if you don’t live in one of these ultra-friendly cities, you may still be in a place that is moderate or indifferent towards vaping in general.

Look around you and consider whether or not your city actively welcomes vape shops, or if they are required to go through extra steps to open up shop in the area. Ask yourself if your favorite hangouts are inviting toward vapers or not. Also look into your local representatives and see whether or not they have expressed any overt opinions about vaping.

Less Vape-Friendly Cities

Oddly enough, some of the least vapor-friendly cities in the U.S. are on the West Coast. Seattle and the entire state of California are generally unwelcoming to vapers.

Of course, California’s Proposition 56 was a pretty damning hit to the industry and showed vapers that they have a long fight ahead of them. In addition, Boston and Chicago also rank pretty low on the list. Some of these cities rank poorly because of strict taxes alone. Others rank poorly because of a lack of vapor-friendly businesses and limited availability of vapor products.

What To Do If You’re In a Non-Friendly Area

If you happen to live in a city that is not very vape-friendly, there is good news. As with Colorado and Arizona, it is possible to change the course of events by educating people and advocating for your rights. If you find a city particularly unwelcoming, it is likely that other vapers do, too.

Seek out others in your area who want to organize and turn things around. Again, your representatives are a good starting point because they may not have given any thought at all to vaping just yet, or they may have lumped it in with traditional tobacco products due to a lack of understanding. They are your ticket to a better vaping atmosphere.

Educating your peers and neighbors is the next step in the process. Even if you can get your representatives to stay vape-friendly, the fact is that you need the community to stand behind you as well.

A large part of this is informing your neighbors about why you started vaping in the first place. Share your struggles with trying to give up cigarettes and pull out a few quick and easy facts that demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of vaping as an alternative.

Be prepared to answer a lot of strange questions about things they’ve read on the web, and dispel fears about vaporizers exploding and maiming people. Statistics are your friend.

Many people out there don’t realize that vaping is not just a trend that young kids are taking up. They need to understand that it is a choice that millions of smokers are making to improve their lives. If it was their relative facing the health hazards of lung cancer from cigarettes, they would want all available resources to help them quit.

Just because a city isn’t particularly vape-friendly today doesn’t mean that it can’t get there. Vaping got a lot of bad press in the early years and it has taken a consistent effort by advocates in places like Colorado and Arizona to really turn the tables. Residents of other cities can learn from the communities in those states and form their own organizations to effect change in their areas.

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How Vape Friendly is Your City?

How Cities Are Ranked

Vape-Friendly Cities

Less Vape-Friendly Cities

Oddly enough, some of the least vapor-friendly cities in the U.S. are on the West Coast. Seattle and the entire state of California are generally unwelcoming to vapers.

What To Do If You’re In a Non-Friendly Area

Be prepared to answer a lot of strange questions about things they’ve read on the web, and dispel fears about vaporizers exploding and maiming people. Statistics are your friend.

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