bigtacofarmer outside of this thread I dunno if we agree on everything but you are right in what you are saying here. I used to grow, and smoke, years ago. Have not been smoking in recent years. Thought legalization was or is a good thing. I mean freedom, I don't mean the law or prop 64. Now I realize that folks like you are way ahead of the curve. You were right all along. People don't want to listen, even growers and smokers argue about it, so the general public isn't going to put up much of a fight most likely. That is big weed's view on it. The same as big pharma and police and the bank who forecloses on people's homes. But for people at the slow end of the uptake it might sound like paranoia or propaganda, they aren't ready or willing to hear it or to listen. This doesn't mean that I am in some frantic state. In fact I am happy that I can grow without fear of going to jail now. But it is not good for people so much as a money grab meaning a race which will end up hurting many of us I feel.