I have been tokin' since 1967.

[NanceGreggs]

Tonight, I smoked my first “legal” joint.

Is this any way to run a country?

You bet it is.

--- Nance in Toronto

[Hoyt]

1. Envious.

[NanceGreggs]

4. Don't be.

It's exactly the same feeling as with the thousands of "illegal" joints I've smoked over the years.

The only difference with it being legal here is a sudden yen for a maple-glazed donut, poutine, and a good hockey game.

[dchill]

14. Having actually enjoyed a maple-glazed donut AND...

a good hockey game, I'm glad I don't have access to poutine! Pot, however, I believe I could use.

[a kennedy]

24. I'm sorry, I just can not see the love of poutine.......

I mean gravy on fries??? afraid of what it might do to me.

[Hoyt]

30. I don't know, I had some legal Colorado stuff once. It's much better than the junk

the last of my living friends get. Gonna have to organize a monthly bus trip to Colorado for senior citizens.

[kentuck]

31. You can rent a limo to take you on a tour of marijuana growers in Denver...

...and you can smoke on the way to the event. The Deluxe tour is about $100, I have heard.

[Glamrock]

2. Congrats mama!

Wish I could do the same!

[The_jackalope]

3. The oil I made for my wife when she had cancer is finally legal too.

Celebrating like it was 1968 again in Ottawa!

This is the very definition of a civilized country!

[gratuitous]

5. Okay, if I was 10 years older

And not married. And Nance wasn't already spoken for. And we lived in a severely alternate universe.

I still wouldn't stand a chance. Never mind.

[struggle4progress]

6. Reefer Man

[struggle4progress]

7. When I get low I get high

[struggle4progress]

8. Dave's not here

[NanceGreggs]

9. OMG!!!

After all these years, still one of my fave comedy bits of all time.

Thanks!

[nolabear]

10. Been legal here in WA for years. We're remarkably the same.

We stood in line that first day with college students and vets and grandmas (like I am now). It was a funny, giggly party. Nowadays it’s a terrifically nuanced, complex business.

And my joint pain is SO much better.

[kentuck]

29. I finally found a strain that helps my arthritis.

Some are better than others, I think?

[haele]

33. High CBD count is what you look for.

Spouse used pot -laced caramel corn to get off the opioids the pain doctors prescribed for his arthritis and spondylosis. I got ahold of the highest CBD oil infused coconut oil mix, and used an "amish" caramel corn recipe I found on the Internets and used that one-to one instead of the butter in the recipe. 1 cup of popcorn per dose; he started out with four a day (one before bed) and within three months he didn't need it any more.
Making mini-muffins with Krustez lemon bread and brownie mixes are also good alternative. Use the oil instead of the cooking oil they call for, and each muffin will have enough for a good dose.
There's also an infused CBD cream for joint pain, which he still uses occasionally.

BTW, he doesn't need pot for pain management any more. He's on a maintenance level with a biologic that keeps him from getting worse, and he's lost weight with a good pool-based physical therapy routine that also helps. Of course, this will change as time goes on, as the damage is already done to his joints. So long as he has his medicinal card and it remains legal, he's covered when it gets worse.

Haele

[nolabear]

36. Oh yeah? Whaddaya got?

The Leafly app and site are wonderful for breaking down strains into their relative contents and uses. I like Remedy, which is basically all CBD and Northern Lights, which is high CBD but has more of a kick. I’ve got nasty inflammatory issues too and am always looking for something that I can be sharp on but is good for pain.

[kentuck]

38. It's a hybrid...

...I think it is a mix of Durban and Kush?

I will be looking for any stray seeds that might be in it.

It seems to help for about 4-6 hours.

[TalenaGor]

11. isn't it great?

I had actually quit smoking but when it became legal here in Washington I took it up again because.... well fuck... I just had to LOL

[edbermac]

12. Bet you're a whiz at playing the piano.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. And $200 an ounce?

Sounds like weed for everyone.

By comparison, I smoked one outside the Hard Rock Cafe in Cleveland before the Garbage concert tonight. i took a grandson who just turned 21.

I wish I could have smoked it inside like the good old days, but security would have thought it was a cigarette and pounced like a cat on a mouse. It's decrim in Ohio, which is better than nothing.

Enjoy, Nance!

On edit:

I see it only took the Mounties until an hour after midnight to ticket someone for smoking in their car:

https://jalopnik.com/canadian-cops-issue-first-ticket-for-driving-while-smok-1829837313

[tandgf]

15. Since 67 eh ??

I had so many things run through my mind when I read your post - I finally just stopped and smiled and thought "My how things have changed" - I was a new kid in town walking down the Strand in Hermosa Beach, California back in 78 coming from a town of 5000 people from SW Kansas when a gypsy kind of guy approached me with a form to fill out to become a member of NORML - I thought hmmm "Toto I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" - Before it is all said and done I have full intentions to get my picture taken in front of one of these pot stores or weed stores or whatever they call them - And that will make for a good day in my life - I don't participate anymore but I sure appreciate those who do - "No stems no seeds that you don't need Acapulco Gold is bad a** weed" !!! Right on to you Nance - Enjoy !!!

[NanceGreggs]

19. "No stems, no seeds ..."

Can't tell you how many times I have sung that song to myself as I roll a spliff.

[Cha]

16. Lucky Nance in Toronto!!

[LittleGirl]

17. I started in the mid-70s

Thanks for coming "out"!

I knew you were a good writer, now I know your inspiration. I do my best thinking after a smoke. I can't wait until they legalize it all over the world. It really helps my anxiety and sleep. I have used it for pain as well. Smoke 'em if you got 'em!

[NanceGreggs]

18. Thank you for thinking I am a good writer.

The truth is that I write most of my OPs while "under the influence" to some degree.

Tokin' definitely feeds my muse.

[LittleGirl]

23. I have kept

a journal since 1976 and some of my most lucid writings come after a smoke. In fact, I don't really want to write unless I have a smoke first.
Hubby doesn't partake but he sees how my mind works when I do. He knows it helps me.

Nance, you are the reason I joined DU. I love your rants. I always have. I joined so I could give you a K&R to your posts.

[SunSeeker]

20. Damn. Legal weed and single payer healthcare. Canada sure is looking good these days.

I used to live in Vancouver, B.C. as a child. I had a Canadian version of a green card at the time. Wonder if it's still good. What's amazing is even though we only lived there a few years, when my mom retired here in the US, they started sending her a little retirement check from the Canadian version of Social Security. It was only about $33 a month, but then her Social Security check was only $700, so she was glad to have it. I love Canada in the summer, but I just can't take the cold the rest of the year.

[argyl]

21. Burned my first reefer in '67 as well.

In Texas. First offense simple possession was two to life.
Two seeds could get you that.

Harshest laws outside of Red China. Dallas cops would tear out your car's back seats looking for a roach.

Law loosened in 1972 and it's much more lenient now but far from legal.

So smoke a legal one for me, muchas gracias.

[yuiyoshida]

22. Congratulations, I would light up as a toast...however

I have a really bad cold right now, and my doctor said "NO SMOKING WEED until your lungs get better", so I guess I will wait till Monday. BOTH JUJU and I smoke WEED FOR medical reasons, but hey recreational is cool too!!

[randr]

25. Smilin with you from Colorado

[flakey_foont]

26. I used to smoke weed

I still do, but I used to also.

First hit - 1970

Congrats, Canada, and enjoy, Nance.

'Twould be nice to live in a place with this conversation -

"I'm going to the Shit 'n Git. You want anything?"

"Yeah, running low on bud. Pick me up some... oh, and some Doritos too"

"OK"

[kentuck]

27. Me too!

September 1967 in South Vietnam.

[democratisphere]

28. Must be nice to live in the true "Land of the Free" and the "Home of the 'eh' ".

Maybe someday the US will grow up and become a civil and rational nation.
Congratulations on your freedom to smoke a dube!

[Scurrilous]

32. LOL

[Adrahil]

34. Just don't smoke in a public place...

I can't stand the smell of cigarettes, and joints are 5 times worse.

But enjoy!

[lunasun]

35. here is some celebration music & congrats on the sensible move Citizens of Canada

I live in the city Chicago, and also am not the music's normal demographics I'm not much a fan of most CW
But gosh darn if they don't have some great celebration marijuana songs from that genre I would not expect
Keep your Tennessee whiskey and pills I got a hundred dollar bill and it's all goin to pot 🎶

Get High 🎶
https://m.

Smoke a little
https://m.

🙃

[GulfCoast66]

39. Brings tears seeing Merle. He was great till the end.

Here’s hoping Willie still has some years in him.

[JuJuYoshida]

37. *passes from California...

[voteearlyvoteoften]

40. Woo hoo

[garybeck]

41. I'm in Vermont and I just grew my first legal plant

It's drying right now.

Cheers!