Cinderella 99

Interesting study, or survey, put out by the Olbg.com blog on the wildest cities in America.  The criteria for a city rank covers such variables as night life, casinos, marijuana use, alcohol consumption rates, adult entertainment establishments, and a few other Friday night favorites.  While Las Vegas was hands down winner in the overall contest of debauchery, as far as weed consumption per population levels, Portland, Oregon and Indianapolis, Indiana came in numbers 1 and 2 for weed usage per resident.

Kobie Evans of Pure Oasis is a Massachusetts marijuana legend.  Kobie was one of the first SE or EE applicants to get a retail dispensary license set up from start to finish.  It was a long and grueling process that took up over 4 years of Kobe’s life.  He was rewarded for all that hard work with the chance to open the first recreational dispensary in Boston proper.  Kobie set up Pure Oasis as the first recreational cannabis location in Boston, hence having the first-mover advantage in a city or roughly 700,000 people. Yes, there were medical dispensaries set up like NETA in Brookline, MA and Patriot Care on Milk St in Boston, but no on had a recreational shop approved and open yet.

Due to this shift in paradigm, the DEA was forced to shift their stance on certain drugs. First with cannabis and now with psychedelics. The public had to twist the arm of the government in order to have them say, “Sure we’re thinking about making it easier to research…just give us time!”