{"id":156682,"date":"2024-05-13T07:00:11","date_gmt":"2024-05-13T11:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=156682"},"modified":"2024-05-12T22:04:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-13T02:04:09","slug":"monday-minor-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=156682","title":{"rendered":"Monday minor notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

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First of all, as I write this on Sunday – Happy Birthday to two rock icons.<\/p>\n

Stevie Winwood, whose long and illustrious career is perhaps exemplified by his screaming keyboard intro to Spencer Davis’ Group\u00a0 “Gimme Some Loving”\u00a0 turned 76 today (okay, yesterday for those who are a little slow.)\u00a0 A big cake for him, and instead of candles, perhaps 76 “Low Sparks of High Heeled Boys”.\u00a0Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n

And in other significant news, on May 12, 1965, one of the all-time rock GREAT tracks was laid down – and we got “(Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”.\u00a0Wiki II<\/a>\u00a0 Has there ever been a GOOD rock and roll session when that song hasn’t come out sometime?<\/p>\n

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Two years ago, Thailand decided to decriminalize marijuana. What a country… non-stop partying, gorgeous women (well, HOPEFULLY women), legal pot…woo hoo!<\/p>\n

Not so fast…I am sure many of you have seen news articles in which the Thais have expressed their sentiments that Westerners behave like, well, like the kind of folks who would come over for nothing but drunken debauchery. They cite the history and monuments of the ancient kingdoms, and ask that tourists respect the folks who live there. They want tourists, but not the obnoxious ones. Now, one of those partying draws may be on the way out.<\/p>\n

The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children and increased crimes.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister\u00a0Srettha Thavisin<\/span><\/span>\u00a0wrote on the social media platform X that he asked the Health Ministry to amend its list of narcotics to again include cannabis, and issue new rules to\u00a0allow its use for medical purposes\u00a0only.<\/p>\n

After cannabis was decriminalized in 2022, it was initially said that it would be allowed only for medicinal use, but in practice the market was unregulated. It has prompted public backlash and concerns over misuse and crime.<\/p>\n

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Reminds me a bit of Amsterdam – a once free-wheeling drug trade there had to be reregulated to get the drugs off the streets, and restrict their use to coffeehouses. One mayor, Femke Halsena, wanted to make the drugs illegal again a while back.<\/p>\n

Here in the US, while many states have made some drugs legal at a state level (in conflict with Federal law), there are states like Washington which are walking back their legalizations in the face of rising drug-related crime. Who could have guessed THAT would happen.<\/p>\n

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Only vaguely related question: we keep hearing of convicted murderers whose chosen execution drug is unavailable. Supposedly we are intercepting tons of fentanyl at our borders, and it is supposedly incredibly lethal. Wouldn’t it make everyone’s life easier to just use an ounce or so each to send off the murderers?<\/p>\n

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