Why the 'NJWeedMan' Voted Against Legal Marijuana
Why the 'NJWeedMan' Voted Against Legal Marijuana
Ed “NJWeedMan” Forchion is a local New Jersey cannabis legend. His shop, NJWeedMan’s Joint, located directly across the street from City Hall, has been operating as a cannabis marketplace since 2015 – before legalization. NJ has been clear about the distinction between marijuana and cannabis; marijuana, street-cannabis, will still be illegal, but cannabis, corporate regulation, won’t be. NJ’s anti-corporatization beliefs were rooted in his on-and-off relationship with the New Jersey legal system. In 2016, months after its establishment, NJWeedMan’s Joint was raided by police. He served more than 400 days in prison. Now, since recreational legalization, he’s making sure the Black Market is included in the state’s equity efforts.
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So did I, I voteded against it too
Greedy irresponsible lame
It has to do with taxes people the government can’t make money from it it can’t be legal it’s illegal to have any business if you not paying taxes from it wake up
8 dispensers within 2 blocks ….ALL WHITE PEOPLE.
Why?
Sometimes a little smoke is all we have in this hard life we did and for a moment gives us clarity understanding and patience take that away and all you have is anger
lol 3:22 – 3:25 why even wear a mask?
I’ve been in the game for 35 years. We said stay out of our rights as humans to enjoy cannabis.
Ww said just walk away from the protest, let the hippies outta prison.
We (the people) said : we’re tired of being prosecuted for natural remedy and medical application.
They said: well… sorta.
I never felt the tentacles of "big pharma" so tight as when they created manufacturing buildings out of car factories and shut down Walmart’s. Flooding the market with mediocre all be it smokable super affordable flower dropping the return price for farmers taking back billions and just basically throwing a wrench into a many spoked wheel.
I just travelled up to Humboldt. Can get a unit (pound) of great outdoor ocean grown flower for 180$!!
A whole pound for what an ounce costed a couple years ago.
Lol he just wants to make hella money
Hey Bro stick your stems in rubbing alcohol.CURSES ARTHRITIS.DA OLD MEXICAN MEDICATION WORKS GREAT.
To save the world. Stop breeding stop using animal products buy seed bearing plant products .Pool the profits salaries wages and split them evenly. Decriminalize all drugs tax there sale and use the taxes to first provide fresh clean drinking water provide health insurance & scientific college degrees.
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I don’t agree with drugs, there shouldn’t be a neuroactive substance that is legal for recreational use. People need to earn their dopamine, not buy them. Of course I am against tobacco as well.
My entire criminal record is nothing but weed charges my whole life and I have so many charges I’m basically forced to live homeless outside my home state of Texas
C’mon dude don’t be Stupid! I mean Alcohol is legal but can you just up and set up on a block and sell beer? No you need a license same as you would to sell weed!!!!
Capitalism ruins everything good
Jesus: I made it a plant.
Why are you selling it?
(I may be ignorant. Me. The all-knowing.
Please educate)
Look like a bunch of junkies to me.
The Battle Is win not the war
Make that millions. Ima weedman myself but weed has lost its sacredness. It seems like a commercial joke these days, wish it was illegal again
DELTA 8 SUCKS BRING BACK DELTA 9
I see, guess keeping all people out of jail isnt as worthy as keeping only black people out of jail @ 4:27
Too make more money 🖕
Nothing new, we all know the legalization of both medicinal and recreational marijuana is dominated by corporations. When you have former Republican Speaker of the House (congress) John Boehner pushing for recreational marijuana, you know corporate America wants in. I do believe it’s in the right step to expunge criminal records for possession. I just wish local entrepreneurs will benefit instead of the obvious corporate giants.
Government and the weed man are both greedy. When it’s legal just grow it as it should be and cut them both out
Probs cuz you can make good $$ if its illegal
the man is saying the truth qll the truth
LET ALL of gods plants 🌱 grow. Why do the demonize it then control it . I say everyone boycotts dispensaries! And do it all on the black
Market , same as it ever was
Coz americans need to make hype out of everything…everything is "american dream" 😀
White rich people legalized it in new jersey so they can corner the market nj weed man always provide a service to us and the community hes one of us hes a humble brother who always help the little people in trenton.
Store weed sucks ass…. They should all be shut down or sued for false advertisement. There is ZERO RESIN on the buds and potency % is all lies. They use moisture packets that alter smell and flavor. Conspiracy is all the real stores that were shut down/raided in the early 2000’s and the real strains were hidden or killed off….facts! Heard that now in CA there is abundance of herbs and they cannot even sell Ps for 1000. Oz should not cost more that 100.
Its corporate not legal.
Legalization kills black market, im not for people doing hard drugs, but if you took a different approach to this you could almost wipe out the black market in about a year.
So what if the ceos are white It just mean do a better job and maybe just maybe you will be a CEO yourself…
I grow from seed to vegetative to flower to trim & cure to smoke. But yeah homeless. Victim of the war on drugs
Did time with him and he was a good dude even behind bars. Now I’m a private vendor in south jersey myself lol.
I got a jail cell too
I went to prison for weed 😞
He’s just afraid he can’t keep up with lower prices and higher quality of big companies.
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Nobody wants to smoke that NJ weed man pine resin… That weed be sprayed with THC dissolute ethanol and turpanese sprayed over some fucking hemp… I’ll stick to the store bought million dollar grow op…
Why is it that someone always has to say racism over everything
In Illinois it’s both legal medical and recreational the black market is thriving because the dispensaries are way to expensive.
nothing makes me squeal like the idea of “government” weed.
Nick lachey is selling weed. Smh
Show it us. I ain’t showin you shii
Where’s the warrant
Git eem
Learn from berner.. Bay Area home grown
He voted agisnt it because hes gonna be out of business lol.
One time in Roselle they tried to arrest me for half a joint and wanted me to face 5 year BUT thankfully I knew my rights regarding laws in a municipal that I do NOT live in. Legally municipal laws are only there’s and not federal. And I’m a free man because of this.
Look up the 6th edition Constitutional Law book, they have a whole chapter on municipal laws