We just have the most influential “local” media in the world. People from all over the country read the damn NYT, WSJ, NY Post, the New Yorker etc. IIRC NYC is literally the safest large (>1M people) in the country

I understand the sentiment, however, does NYC or NY State even have the regulatory capability of enforcing and monitoring weed safety right now? Something like that would take considerable regulatory oversight.

Hotel stars is more a checklist thing than actual review on the quality of accommodations

I’m not talking about genetic predisposition (albeit certainly a factor). When you take a physically addicting drug it can cause alterations of genetic expression. In other words, your body will uptick, or reduce, the number of various receptors within the nervous system. This same effect is what causes withdrawal. Some drugs are physically addicting because they cause physiological alterations in the nervous system’s reward complex.

Genetic predisposition and narcotic alteration of genetic expression are two different concepts.

Well this isn’t exactly right. Certain drugs cause direct alterations to the nervous system’s reward complex. These can easily be seen with animal experimentation. Many mammals can develop crippling addictions to certain substances. So it’s not exclusively a “human” condition. It’s one that’s common among the animal kingdom.

I actually have some knowledge of this. There are some theories to how it can be cured. We know that addiction, to some degree, is caused by a change in genetic expression within the reward center of the nervous system. Theoretically, if you can find a way to change that genetic expression and not screw anything else up in the process, you could reverse the adjustments your nervous system makes when a person consumes reinforcing (addicting) drugs. Of course the mechanism of how to achieve such a thing is currently in the air.

It’s also just not that pertinent of an issue. The questions are whether he lied to shareholders and customers.

He’s screwed homie. He’s been a dead man walking for a while. His counsel is likely going to spend the whole time arguing his ignorance but the facts are overwhelming.

Edit: Should add that the DOJ are going to bring just as good, if not better, lawyers. There are some incredibly talented attorneys that work for them.

Yeah even Blackrock and Bain are completely different companies.