#cannabis-policy

#cannabis-policy

As of August 2025, approximately 563,400 veterans were living in New York. That figure accounts for 3.6% of the state's adult population and places New York 51st among U.S. states and territories in terms of veteran population per capita. While that statistic might suggest a smaller community in proportion to other states, the reality is that hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers have served-and many of them rely on cannabis to support their health and quality of life.

As a young man, Seth Ferranti ran a drug-dealing operation distributing vast volumes of cannabis and LSD across college campuses in the United States. It was the 1980s and US President Ronald Reagan had proclaimed that marijuana pot, grass, whatever you want to call it is probably the most dangerous drug in the United States. I didn't believe them, says Seth Ferranti, now a documentary filmmaker and director of Tortured Mind: The Reality of Post Incarceration Syndrome.

Stan's father Randy's cannabis farm Tegridy has fallen on hard times after an ICE raid abducts the entirety of his workforce. He then turns to ChatGPT for a solution to his labor problem, and the sycophant chatbot encourages him to pivot to become an "AI-powered marijuana platform for global solutions." The new company, named Techridy, is also powered by an unhealthy amount of ketamine, as Randy and his assistant Towelie become dependent on one of Silicon Valley's microdosing drugs of choice.

VOA highlights America's significant attitude shift towards cannabis, emphasizing its transition to a mainstream issue with broad social acceptance and political consensus.