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Siwsan

(27,337 posts) Mon Dec 2, 2019, 01:18 PM Dec 2019

Activist and poet John Sinclair among first to purchase legal recreational marijuana in Michigan

50 years after his historic arrest

ANN ARBOR, MI -- Marijuana activist and poet John Sinclair, although older now at 78, is no less the rebel he was in 1969.

“I knew they were going to be after me, but you can’t let them determine your life,” he said of his 1971 release from prison for possession of two joints.

About 9:49 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at Arbors Wellness in Ann Arbor with a happy line of hundreds wrapped around the block, Sinclair made what was likely the first-ever licensed recreational retail marijuana sale in Michigan.

He paid $160.35 cash and grinned as he clutched a handful of pre-rolled joints with names like Gorilla Glue no. 9 and Forbidden Jelly.

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2019/12/activist-and-poet-john-sinclair-among-first-to-purchase-legal-recreational-marijuana-in-michigan-50-years-after-his-historic-arrest.html

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Activist and poet John Sinclair among first to purchase legal recreational marijuana in Michigan (Original Post) Siwsan Dec 2019 OP

Super! cilla4progress Dec 2019 #1

Sooooo glad to be there, too! Siwsan Dec 2019 #2

Good for him! Baked Potato Dec 2019 #3

Reading that article really brought a smile to my face Siwsan Dec 2019 #5

I had a close friend in HS in early 70s Baked Potato Dec 2019 #6

Not arrested for breathing Air! PubliusEnigma Dec 2019 #4

$160 for a coupl'a joints. 3Hotdogs Dec 2019 #7

Yea, I'll be cutting those edibles into rationed portions, that's for sure Siwsan Dec 2019 #8

I remember paying $10 for an ounce back in 1975. Quemado Dec 2019 #9

If you get a chance, see the movie 10 for 2. safeinOhio Dec 2019 #10

cilla4progress

(25,970 posts)

1. Super!

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 01:24 PM

Dec 2019

Welcome to the fold, MI!

Siwsan

(27,337 posts)

2. Sooooo glad to be there, too!

Reply to cilla4progress (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 01:40 PM

Dec 2019

I'm really looking forward to getting some THC gummies. There are 2 'pre qualified' dispensaries in my area but I'm waiting for the initial purchasing rush to end. Hopefully the place, right down the road, will get their licensing in order, soon.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)

3. Good for him!

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 01:41 PM

Dec 2019

I’m glad he lived to experience this!

Siwsan

(27,337 posts)

5. Reading that article really brought a smile to my face

Reply to Baked Potato (Reply #3)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 01:45 PM

Dec 2019

I was in high school and can remember the arrest, so clearly.

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)

6. I had a close friend in HS in early 70s

Reply to Siwsan (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 01:52 PM

Dec 2019

Who also got busted for a couple joints. He was a Senior, top grades. A sweet young lady probationer kept him out of jail. He was lucky.

PubliusEnigma

(1,583 posts)

4. Not arrested for breathing Air!

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 01:43 PM

Dec 2019

3Hotdogs

(13,502 posts)

7. $160 for a coupl'a joints.

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 02:44 PM

Dec 2019

Why I remember, when I was a 'ute, you could get an oz. for $25.00

Siwsan

(27,337 posts)

8. Yea, I'll be cutting those edibles into rationed portions, that's for sure

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 02:47 PM

Dec 2019

I've got a 'green thumb' so I might end up growing some of my own plants. We can have up to 12, under the new law. If I can figure out how to infuse some oil, I can make my own edibles.

Quemado

(1,262 posts)

9. I remember paying $10 for an ounce back in 1975.

Reply to 3Hotdogs (Reply #7)

Mon Dec 2, 2019, 03:34 PM

Dec 2019

But, a bag could contain a lot of sticks and seeds. And, the weed back then wasn't as high in THC as it is now.

safeinOhio

(34,242 posts)

10. If you get a chance, see the movie 10 for 2.

Reply to Siwsan (Original post)

Tue Dec 3, 2019, 04:25 AM

Dec 2019

Yoko owns the rights to it and not shown much. I got to see it and John in 1991 at the State in AA. When Ann Arbor passed the five dollar fine for simple possession, I thought that would be the best we'd ever see.

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