17/Oct/18 what's with the dope everyone is talking about

Good morning Cape Breton.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home.

Today is a bit of a historic day in Canada.  It's the day that "The Dope" becomes legal.

Is it really called that?  "The Dope".  No.  

The Big Guy thinks that he has a great sense of humor.

The Nova Scotia Liquor Commission (NSLC) is the only legal place where you can purchase cannibis.  Or it's other name, marijuana.  Since Newfoundland is a 1/2 hour a head of us, they will be the first place in Canada to sell it.

There is going to be one NSLC outlet that will be selling "The Dope" for all of Cape Breton.  The Big Guy is calling it "The Dope" store.  (He thinks he's being funny here)

Now, Tonya and the Big Guy just don't have the lungs to be able to smoke this stuff.  But there is other ways to get "The Dope" as well.  

When the Big Guy was growing up, his friends would smoke "The Dope".  Not him though.  He stayed on the straight and narrow.  He wanted to join The Canadian Forces.  Back then, they had a pretty intolerant view of "The Dope".  One strike and you were out.  After a bit, they relaxed and would send you on a "coffee course", where they would tell you how bad "The Dope" was.  If you passed the course, you went back to work.  So they had adopted a new, three strikes and your out.

Now that "The Dope" is legal.  The Big Guy wonders what and how they are going to adopt for their new policies.  It will probably be like alcohol.  No drinking while on duty.  No using "The Dope" before going to work too.  But when your off, you could likely do what you want.  But will they allow you to bring "The Dope" with you when you go to sea?  Or for the Army folks, on deployment?

The Big Guy says that he isn't against "The Dope".  Just the smoking of "The Dope".  To him, smoking "The Dope" is like an extension of smoking cigarettes.  Neither one can be good for you if your smoking it.  Then again, you don't see any nicotine brownies out there.

So...  will the Big Guy try "The Dope" after so many years of abstaining?  He says he will try it.  But not smoking it.  He will find some recipes so that he can eat "The Dope".  Just to see what all the hype is about.  He has got moderate to severe arthritis in his knee and wonders if this would ease the pain in his knee.

Many many years ago, there was prohibition on "The Booze".  That eventually came to an end.  

Welcome to the future.  It's finally happened.  Prohibition on "The Dope" has ended in Canada today.  For some, April 20th will have finally met it's end.  (For those of you that don't know, April 20th was coined: International "The Dope" smoking day)

In other news...  the Compact Florescent Light, or the curly light has finally burnt out in the outside fixture in the back yard.  It lasted 12 years.  The Big Guy replaced it with one of those new Light Emitting Diode lights (LED Lights).  So for 7 watts of power, you get the light of a regular 60 watt bulb, which seems like a 100 watt old incandescent bulb.  See...  there is more to talk about today than "The Dope".

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