The "Stoned" Ice Cream

April 28, 2011

Published in To Pontiki
(Greece) on 28 April 2011
by AK (link to original link to original)

Translated from by Peter Savvidis. Edited by Jenette Axelrod.

Patients who use marijuana for medical reasons in the United States will be able, from now on, to eat it instead of smoke it.

An American businessman launched an ice cream that contains marijuana and has already been released in three flavors. The ice cream costs $15, is aimed at adults only and, up to this point, has not been legalized for personal use.

Marijuana is grown only for medical use, and the state of California collects at least $1.4 billion from the taxation of its cultivation.

It is notable that a number of Californians are in favor of the legalization of the marijuana ice cream. Everything indicates that it’s not impossible for the legislators to be convinced, since it has potential to be a lucrative business venture …

Οι ασθενείς που κάνουν χρήση μαριχουάνας για ιατρικούς λόγους στις ΗΠΑ, θα μπορούν πλέον και να την… τρώνε αντί να την καπνίζουν.
Ένας αμερικανός επιχειρηματίας λανσάρισε ένα νέο παγωτό που εμπεριέχει μαριχουάνα και ήδη κυκλοφορεί σε τρεις γεύσεις. Το παγωτό κοστίζει 15 δολάρια, απευθύνεται μόνο σε ενήλικες και μέχρι στιγμής δεν έχει νομιμοποιηθεί για προσωπική χρήση.
Το φυτό καλλιεργείται μόνο για ιατρική χρήση και η πολιτεία της Καλιφόρνια εισπράττει τουλάχιστον 1,4 δισεκατομμύρια ευρώ το χρόνο από την φορολόγησή της καλλιέργειας του.
Να σημειωθεί ότι ένα μέρος των Καλιφορνέζων είναι υπέρ της νομιμοποίησης του παγωτού μαριχουάνας και όπως όλα δείχνουν οι κυβερνώντες δεν αποκλείεται τελικά να πειστούν, καθότι είναι και μια κερδοφόρος επιχείρηση...

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