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Legalization Nation

Rectangle OCR: LEGALIZATION NATION IT'S AN EPIC JOURNEY TO START A SMALL CANNABIS BUSINESS IN A PLACE LIKE MASSACHUSETTS. YOU WAIT FOR REGULATORS TO PROCESS YOUR APPLICATION. IT COULD BE MONTHS OR YEARS. MEANWHILEYOU'RE STILL PAYING RENT. 42 43 4 YOU'D FIRST FIND REAL ESTATE- EITHER BUY IT OUTRIGHT OR SIGN A COMMERCIAL LEASE AND BEGIN PAYING RENT. IF APPROVEDYOU PAY LICENSING FEES AND RECEIVE A PROVISIONAL LICENSE. YOU BUILD OUT YOUR FACILITY AND WAIT FOR INSPECTION. FOR LEASE BEWARE NWM APO 000 BRIAN BOX BROWN IT HAS TO BE IN A TOWNSHIP THAT HASN'T OPTED OUT OF CANNABIS. YOU HAVE TO PAY THE LEGAL AND MUNICIPAL FEES TO OBTAIN A HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENT. IF YOU PASSYOU CAN START PRODUCING CANNABISBUT YOU CAN'T OPEN DOORS UNTIL YOU'RE INSPECTED AGAIN. MAN MOST PROVISIONAL LICENSEES NEVER OPEN THEIR DOORS. Mom'N' Pop's CANNABIS SHOP COMING SOON BB ©2023 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES LEGALIZATION NATION IT'S AN EPIC JOURNEY TO START A SMALL CANNABIS BUSINESS IN A PLACE LIKE MASSACHUSETTS . YOU WAIT FOR REGULATORS TO PROCESS YOUR APPLICATION . IT COULD BE MONTHS OR YEARS . MEANWHILEYOU'RE STILL PAYING RENT . 42 43 4 YOU'D FIRST FIND REAL ESTATE EITHER BUY IT OUTRIGHT OR SIGN A COMMERCIAL LEASE AND BEGIN PAYING RENT . IF APPROVEDYOU PAY LICENSING FEES AND RECEIVE A PROVISIONAL LICENSE . YOU BUILD OUT YOUR FACILITY AND WAIT FOR INSPECTION . FOR LEASE BEWARE NWM APO 000 BRIAN BOX BROWN IT HAS TO BE IN A TOWNSHIP THAT HASN'T OPTED OUT OF CANNABIS . YOU HAVE TO PAY THE LEGAL AND MUNICIPAL FEES TO OBTAIN A HOST COMMUNITY AGREEMENT . IF YOU PASSYOU CAN START PRODUCING CANNABISBUT YOU CAN'T OPEN DOORS UNTIL YOU'RE INSPECTED AGAIN . MAN MOST PROVISIONAL LICENSEES NEVER OPEN THEIR DOORS . Mom'N ' Pop's CANNABIS SHOP COMING SOON BB © 2023 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES

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Publication OCR: LEGALIZATION NATION CURALEAFTHE LARGEST CANNABIS CORPORATION IN THE WORLDIS PULLING OUT OF CALIFORNIAOREGON AND COLORADO. HAULIN' 10000 POUNDS OF MIDS10-4. Curaleaf CURALEAF SIMPLY COULD NOT COMPETE IN THESE THREE THRIVING STATE CANNABIS MARKETS. HOLLYWEED AAA S42 W2 AR 388 NEXT CURALEAF SAYS THIS IS BECAUSE SAFE BANKINGA BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW BANKS ACCESS TO THE CANNABIS MARKETHAS YET TO PASS. SAFE D M1 A THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T SHUT DOWN IN STATES WHERE THEY ENJOY LIMITED COMPETITION AND/OR FIRST-MOVER ADVANTAGE. Pennsylvania WELCOMES YOUCURALEAF Winter ^^ HA A M ^!!"BRIAN BOX BROWN BUT SAFE BANKINGOR ACCESS TO MORE CASHCOULD NOT HAVE SAVED THEM IN THESE STATES FOREVER. PULLING OUT OF COMPETITIVE STATES IS ALL BUT AN ADMISSION THAT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL RELIES ON SHUTTING OUT LEGAL COMPETITION. 100 00 39494 IN NEW JERSEYA LEGAL STATELEGISLATORS HAVE EVEN PROTECTED CURALEAF FROM THE COMPETITION OF HOMEGROWWHICH REMAINS A FELONY. BB ?2023 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES LEGALIZATION NATION CURALEAFTHE LARGEST CANNABIS CORPORATION IN THE WORLDIS PULLING OUT OF CALIFORNIAOREGON AND COLORADO . HAULIN ' 10000 POUNDS OF MIDS10-4 . Curaleaf CURALEAF SIMPLY COULD NOT COMPETE IN THESE THREE THRIVING STATE CANNABIS MARKETS . HOLLYWEED AAA S42 W2 AR 388 NEXT CURALEAF SAYS THIS IS BECAUSE SAFE BANKINGA BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW BANKS ACCESS TO THE CANNABIS MARKETHAS YET TO PASS . SAFE D M1 A THEY CERTAINLY DIDN'T SHUT DOWN IN STATES WHERE THEY ENJOY LIMITED COMPETITION AND / OR FIRST - MOVER ADVANTAGE . Pennsylvania WELCOMES YOUCURALEAF Winter ^^ HA A M ^ !! "BRIAN BOX BROWN BUT SAFE BANKINGOR ACCESS TO MORE CASHCOULD NOT HAVE SAVED THEM IN THESE STATES FOREVER . PULLING OUT OF COMPETITIVE STATES IS ALL BUT AN ADMISSION THAT THEIR BUSINESS MODEL RELIES ON SHUTTING OUT LEGAL COMPETITION . 100 00 39494 IN NEW JERSEYA LEGAL STATELEGISLATORS HAVE EVEN PROTECTED CURALEAF FROM THE COMPETITION OF HOMEGROWWHICH REMAINS A FELONY . BB ?2023 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES

Pattern OCR: LEGALIZATION NATION CANNABIS CULTURE HAS ADOPTED THE TERM "CHAD" A DEROGATORY CATCHALL FOR A BRO-TYPE. THERE ARE A LOT OF CHADS AROUND. THEIR PRESENCE AND DOLLARS CAN SHIFT THE MARKET AND EVEN LEGISLATION. Mids ONLY STORE IN TOWN 8 IT'S BECOME DESCRIPTIVE OF A PERSON WHO HAS COME INTO THE CANNABIS SPACE TO MAKE MONEY BY CO-OPTING THE CULTURE. $$ 1 beer THE GOALS OF THE CHAD DIVERGE FROM THE GOALS OF THE WELL- INTENTIONED PRODUCER AND USER. ACTUALLYHOMEGROW IS BAD FOR THIS NASCENT MARKET... BUS USA $$ €3 KB1177 BRIAN BOX BROWN THEY CAN RANGE FROM HUGE CORPORATE CEOS TO PETTY WEED STOCK INVESTORS TO OUTRIGHT SCAMMERS. i WELL-INTENTIONED PRODUCERS WANT TO GROW AND BREED GOOD CANNABIS AND PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT THE PLANT CAN DO FOR PEOPLE. AND UNLIKE CHADSTHE GOAL OF THE WELL- INTENTIONED USER IS TO I CONSUME THAT GOOD CANNABIS. BB ?2023 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES LEGALIZATION NATION CANNABIS CULTURE HAS ADOPTED THE TERM " CHAD" A DEROGATORY CATCHALL FOR A BRO - TYPE . THERE ARE A LOT OF CHADS AROUND . THEIR PRESENCE AND DOLLARS CAN SHIFT THE MARKET AND EVEN LEGISLATION . Mids ONLY STORE IN TOWN 8 IT'S BECOME DESCRIPTIVE OF A PERSON WHO HAS COME INTO THE CANNABIS SPACE TO MAKE MONEY BY CO - OPTING THE CULTURE . $$ 1 beer THE GOALS OF THE CHAD DIVERGE FROM THE GOALS OF THE WELL INTENTIONED PRODUCER AND USER . ACTUALLYHOMEGROW IS BAD FOR THIS NASCENT MARKET ... BUS USA $$ € 3 KB1177 BRIAN BOX BROWN THEY CAN RANGE FROM HUGE CORPORATE CEOS TO PETTY WEED STOCK INVESTORS TO OUTRIGHT SCAMMERS . i WELL - INTENTIONED PRODUCERS WANT TO GROW AND BREED GOOD CANNABIS AND PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF WHAT THE PLANT CAN DO FOR PEOPLE . AND UNLIKE CHADSTHE GOAL OF THE WELL INTENTIONED USER IS TO I CONSUME THAT GOOD CANNABIS . BB ?2023 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES

Comic book OCR: LEGALIZATION NATION UH-OH! HERE COMES THE SMELL POLICE. I SMELL YOU! BUT WHEN CANNABIS BECOMES LEGALTHE SMELL POLICE MUST LOOK FOR NEW WAYS TO PUSH CANNABIS USERS TO THE MARGINS. NO CANNABIS IN THE PARK $500 FINE IN THE PROCESS OF LEGALIZING CANNABISTHE ACTUAL SMELL IT PRODUCES REMAINS AN ISSUE THAT ICAN GUM UP THE WORKS. THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HARASS USERS AS MUCH AS THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH. 5858525 CANNA-WO BRIAN BOX BROWN AROUND 70% OF TOWNSHIPS WILL OUTLAW CANNABIS BUSINESSES ALTOGETHER AND MOST STATE LAWS OUTLAW USE IN PUBLIC. THE ILLEGAL NATURE OF CANNABIS CREATED NOT ONLY STIGMA AROUND THE SMELL BUT SHAME IN THE USER. JUST Say NO Detention RYAN?? VIOLATION AS LAWS CHANGEWE CAN EITHER UNASHAMEDLY RECLAIM SPACE FOR OURSELVES OR CONTINUE TO ACCEPT SHAME AND DISCRIMINATION. THERE'S THAT SMELL AGAIN! DO SOMETHING! BB ©2023 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES LEGALIZATION NATION UH - OH ! HERE COMES THE SMELL POLICE . I SMELL YOU ! BUT WHEN CANNABIS BECOMES LEGALTHE SMELL POLICE MUST LOOK FOR NEW WAYS TO PUSH CANNABIS USERS TO THE MARGINS . NO CANNABIS IN THE PARK $ 500 FINE IN THE PROCESS OF LEGALIZING CANNABISTHE ACTUAL SMELL IT PRODUCES REMAINS AN ISSUE THAT ICAN GUM UP THE WORKS . THEY'LL CONTINUE TO HARASS USERS AS MUCH AS THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH . 5858525 CANNA - WO BRIAN BOX BROWN AROUND 70 % OF TOWNSHIPS WILL OUTLAW CANNABIS BUSINESSES ALTOGETHER AND MOST STATE LAWS OUTLAW USE IN PUBLIC . THE ILLEGAL NATURE OF CANNABIS CREATED NOT ONLY STIGMA AROUND THE SMELL BUT SHAME IN THE USER . JUST Say NO Detention RYAN?? VIOLATION AS LAWS CHANGEWE CAN EITHER UNASHAMEDLY RECLAIM SPACE FOR OURSELVES OR CONTINUE TO ACCEPT SHAME AND DISCRIMINATION . THERE'S THAT SMELL AGAIN ! DO SOMETHING ! BB © 2023 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES

Window OCR: LEGALIZATION NATION THE U.S. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS CONSIDERING CHANGING CANNABIS'S SCHEDULING. IT'S CURRENTLY SCHEDULE IHAS NO MEDICINAL VALUE AND HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE. HEROIN ACID CANNABIS IT WAS CREATED TO PUNISH BLACK PEOPLE AND "HIPPIES" FOR BEING A THORN IN NIXON'S SIDE. NIXON'S WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL ADMITTED TO THIS. IT'S THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE FAILED WAR ON DRUGS. T 2 MUSHROOMS MDMA THE CONSENSUS OF CANNABIS ADVOCATES IS TO DESCHEDULE CANNABIS AND REMOVE ALL RESTRICTIONS. 0 NIXON HAD HEAVILY ASSOCIATED BLACK PEOPLE WITH HEROIN... CLICK! ? THERE IS A CHANCE IT COULD BE RESCHEDULED TO MAYBE 4 OR 5. THIS WOULD LEGALIZE BUT STILL MAINTAIN A LOT OF FEDERAL CONTROL. ROBITUSSIN VALIUM AND WEEDSHROOMS AND LSD WITH HIPPIES. ALL OF THOSE BECAME SCHEDULE I DRUGS WITH HARSH PUNISHMENTS. TNAM no ROBITUSSIN cough grAPE BRIAN BOX BROWN REALLYTHE ENTIRE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED. JELTZIN'S www C.S.A. sor HERE ARE SOME DRUGS WITH NO MEDICAL VALUE AND HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE THAT WERE NEVER SCHEDULED: THIS WILL KILL YOU |?? ?2022 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES LEGALIZATION NATION THE U.S. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS CONSIDERING CHANGING CANNABIS'S SCHEDULING . IT'S CURRENTLY SCHEDULE IMEANING IT IS ILLEGALHAS NO MEDICINAL VALUE AND HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE . HEROIN ACID CANNABIS IT WAS CREATED TO PUNISH BLACK PEOPLE AND " HIPPIES " FOR BEING A THORN IN NIXON'S SIDE . NIXON'S WHITE HOUSE COUNSEL ADMITTED TO THIS . IT'S THE LIFE BLOOD OF THE FAILED WAR ON DRUGS . T 2 MUSHROOMS MDMA THE CONSENSUS OF CANNABIS ADVOCATES IS TO DESCHEDULE CANNABIS AND REMOVE ALL RESTRICTIONS . 0 NIXON HAD HEAVILY ASSOCIATED BLACK PEOPLE WITH HEROIN ... CLICK ! ? THERE IS A CHANCE IT COULD BE RESCHEDULED TO MAYBE 4 OR 5. THIS WOULD LEGALIZE BUT STILL MAINTAIN A LOT OF FEDERAL CONTROL . ROBITUSSIN VALIUM AND WEEDSHROOMS AND LSD WITH HIPPIES . ALL OF THOSE BECAME SCHEDULE I DRUGS WITH HARSH PUNISHMENTS . TNAM no ROBITUSSIN cough grAPE BRIAN BOX BROWN REALLYTHE ENTIRE CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE DESTROYED . JELTZIN'S www C.S.A. sor HERE ARE SOME DRUGS WITH NO MEDICAL VALUE AND HIGH POTENTIAL FOR ABUSE THAT WERE NEVER SCHEDULED : THIS WILL KILL YOU | ?? ?2022 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES

Illustration OCR: LEGALIZATION NATION THE CANNABIS "GATEWAY DRUG" MYTH HAS ITS ROOTS IN 1930S CANNABIS PROHIBITIONIST PROPAGANDA. IT WAS FIRST REFERRED TO AS THE STEPPING STONE THEORY. HEROIN HE SITTING NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN (D) IS AGAINST LEGALIZATION BECAUSE: WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OPIOID EPIDEMIC. THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE SEEN SUGGESTS THAT IS A WAY THAT MORE PEOPLE GET INTO DRUGS. AD THIS NEARLY 100-YEAR- OLD TALKING POINT HAS BEEN STUDIED MANY TIMES IN THE LAST CENTURY. IT'S A GATEWAY TO HARD DRUGS. Bo 000 THE DATA SHOWS THAT WHILE CANNABIS IS OFTEN AN ADDICT'S FIRST DRUG EXPERIENCE DUE TO IT BEING THE EASIEST DRUG TO OBTAIN... G FEDERAL LEGALIZATION DISCUSSION IS ABOUT TO GO MAINSTREAMEXPECT TO HEAR "GATEWAY DRUG" BANDIED ABOUT. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GATEWAY DRUG HERE! + Yo.... HIT THIS. BRIAN BOX BROWN ...THE VAST MAJORITY OF USERS DO NOT MOVE ON TO "HARDER DRUGS." PARROTING THIS IN THE PRESENT IS AS IRRESPONSIBLE AS SPREADING ANY OTHER CONSPIRACY THEORY. SIN 1 INSANITY VICE BB ?2022 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES LEGALIZATION NATION THE CANNABIS " GATEWAY DRUG " MYTH HAS ITS ROOTS IN 1930S CANNABIS PROHIBITIONIST PROPAGANDA . IT WAS FIRST REFERRED TO AS THE STEPPING STONE THEORY . HEROIN HE SITTING NEW HAMPSHIRE SENATOR JEANNE SHAHEEN ( D ) IS AGAINST LEGALIZATION BECAUSE : WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OPIOID EPIDEMIC . THE RESEARCH THAT I'VE SEEN SUGGESTS THAT IS A WAY THAT MORE PEOPLE GET INTO DRUGS . AD THIS NEARLY 100 - YEAR OLD TALKING POINT HAS BEEN STUDIED MANY TIMES IN THE LAST CENTURY . IT'S A GATEWAY TO HARD DRUGS . Bo 000 THE DATA SHOWS THAT WHILE CANNABIS IS OFTEN AN ADDICT'S FIRST DRUG EXPERIENCE DUE TO IT BEING THE EASIEST DRUG TO OBTAIN ... G FEDERAL LEGALIZATION DISCUSSION IS ABOUT TO GO MAINSTREAMEXPECT TO HEAR " GATEWAY DRUG " BANDIED ABOUT . WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A GATEWAY DRUG HERE ! + Yo .... HIT THIS . BRIAN BOX BROWN ... THE VAST MAJORITY OF USERS DO NOT MOVE ON TO " HARDER DRUGS . " PARROTING THIS IN THE PRESENT IS AS IRRESPONSIBLE AS SPREADING ANY OTHER CONSPIRACY THEORY . SIN 1 INSANITY VICE BB ?2022 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES

Slope OCR: LEGALIZATION NATION THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS OFFERS US A FRONT-ROW SEATTO SEE A MARKET BE MONOPOLIZED. 8333 #HEA RIGHT OUT OF THE GATEMANY STATES LIMIT THEIR MEDICAL CANNABIS OPERATORS TO A SELECT FEW. THIS IS A BRAND-NEW INDUSTRY BEING CONSOLIDATED AT ITS INCEPTION. THOSE WITH THE MEANS AND CONNECTIONS TO OBTAIN ONE OF THESE FEW LICENSES SIMPLY MOVE FROM STATE TO STATE REPEATING THE PROCESS. THI BRIAN BOX BROWN THE PROCESS IN MANY STATES HAS COMPLETELY REJECTED THE CONCEPT OF FREE MARKET COMPETITIONSOMETHING BOTH PARTIES PAY LIP SERVICE TO. AND LEGISLATORSAGAIN FROM BOTH PARTIESALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO PLAYED THIS GAME WITH THEM ARE NOW HANDING THEM THE KEYS TO THE ADULT-USE MARKETTOO. WEED 7300 IT'S ALL HAPPENING NAKEDLY OUT IN THE OPENAND WE GET TO WATCH IT HAPPEN IN REAL TIME. BB ©2022 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES LEGALIZATION NATION THE LEGALIZATION OF CANNABIS OFFERS US A FRONT - ROW SEATLUXURIOUS ACCOMMODATIONSTO SEE A MARKET BE MONOPOLIZED . 8333 #HEA RIGHT OUT OF THE GATEMANY STATES LIMIT THEIR MEDICAL CANNABIS OPERATORS TO A SELECT FEW . THIS IS A BRAND - NEW INDUSTRY BEING CONSOLIDATED AT ITS INCEPTION . THOSE WITH THE MEANS AND CONNECTIONS TO OBTAIN ONE OF THESE FEW LICENSES SIMPLY MOVE FROM STATE TO STATE REPEATING THE PROCESS . THI BRIAN BOX BROWN THE PROCESS IN MANY STATES HAS COMPLETELY REJECTED THE CONCEPT OF FREE MARKET COMPETITIONSOMETHING BOTH PARTIES PAY LIP SERVICE TO . AND LEGISLATORSAGAIN FROM BOTH PARTIESALL OVER THE COUNTRY WHO PLAYED THIS GAME WITH THEM ARE NOW HANDING THEM THE KEYS TO THE ADULT - USE MARKETTOO . WEED 7300 IT'S ALL HAPPENING NAKEDLY OUT IN THE OPENAND WE GET TO WATCH IT HAPPEN IN REAL TIME . BB © 2022 BRIAN BOX BROWNDISTRIBUTED BY KING FEATURES

Read the Legalization Nation comic strip from February 8, 2023, and check out other Legalization Nation comics by Brian "Box" Brown.

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