Chris Goldstein
@chrisgoldstein.bsky.social
Dad, writer, activist, sailor; some jobs make money, other jobs make Change. #cannabis #marijuana
Priors: on air at KSFR-FM, weekly columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer, journalism adjunct at Temple University, comms/podcasts at National NORML
Priors: on air at KSFR-FM, weekly columnist at the Philadelphia Inquirer, journalism adjunct at Temple University, comms/podcasts at National NORML
So many writers warned us about techno-tyranny.
Now it's good vs evil.
Now it's good vs evil.
April 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
So many writers warned us about techno-tyranny.
Now it's good vs evil.
Now it's good vs evil.
During 2025 regulated cannabis is set to become New Jersey's 3rd largest industry.
Weed sales within NJ's borders will surpass the global sales of all the agricultural products produced on every farm in the Garden State.
Weed sales within NJ's borders will surpass the global sales of all the agricultural products produced on every farm in the Garden State.
April 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
During 2025 regulated cannabis is set to become New Jersey's 3rd largest industry.
Weed sales within NJ's borders will surpass the global sales of all the agricultural products produced on every farm in the Garden State.
Weed sales within NJ's borders will surpass the global sales of all the agricultural products produced on every farm in the Garden State.
Val Kilmer was a good human. And a pretty funny guy.
He was also a regular client onboard our Santa Fe, NM Learjet...
Some weeks we'd have separate flights for Val, Gene Hackman, Shirley MacLaine or other celebrities...all back and forth to Burbank.
He was also a regular client onboard our Santa Fe, NM Learjet...
Some weeks we'd have separate flights for Val, Gene Hackman, Shirley MacLaine or other celebrities...all back and forth to Burbank.
April 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Val Kilmer was a good human. And a pretty funny guy.
He was also a regular client onboard our Santa Fe, NM Learjet...
Some weeks we'd have separate flights for Val, Gene Hackman, Shirley MacLaine or other celebrities...all back and forth to Burbank.
He was also a regular client onboard our Santa Fe, NM Learjet...
Some weeks we'd have separate flights for Val, Gene Hackman, Shirley MacLaine or other celebrities...all back and forth to Burbank.
Thank you Cory Booker!
Truly proud that my votes in New Jersey help send this human to the US Senate.
Always outspoken on cannabis legalization, here's Senator Booker meeting with marijuana reform activists in 2017.
Truly proud that my votes in New Jersey help send this human to the US Senate.
Always outspoken on cannabis legalization, here's Senator Booker meeting with marijuana reform activists in 2017.
April 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Thank you Cory Booker!
Truly proud that my votes in New Jersey help send this human to the US Senate.
Always outspoken on cannabis legalization, here's Senator Booker meeting with marijuana reform activists in 2017.
Truly proud that my votes in New Jersey help send this human to the US Senate.
Always outspoken on cannabis legalization, here's Senator Booker meeting with marijuana reform activists in 2017.
my latest OPED for Marijuana Moment and NORML looks at 11 years of marijuana arrest data in Pennsylvania = it's costing taxpayers billions to arrest cannabis consumers with a few grams
www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania...
www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania...
Pennsylvania Taxpayers Spend Billions On Marijuana Criminalization While Neighboring States Reap Benefits Of Legalization (Op-Ed)
“People carrying less than one ounce of weed make up 45 percent of all substance possession arrests in Pennsylvania. That amount would be perfectly legal in most surrounding states.” By Chris Goldstei...
www.marijuanamoment.net
March 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
my latest OPED for Marijuana Moment and NORML looks at 11 years of marijuana arrest data in Pennsylvania = it's costing taxpayers billions to arrest cannabis consumers with a few grams
www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania...
www.marijuanamoment.net/pennsylvania...
I just listened to more than a dozen New Jersey medical cannabis patients testify about improving the program to the NJCRC...unaffordable prices were the biggest issue.
Here's some tracking on those product prices across multiple states headynj.com/dispensary/p...
Here's some tracking on those product prices across multiple states headynj.com/dispensary/p...
Price Gouging is Killing NJ’s Medical Cannabis Program | Heady NJ
Large companies have no good reason to charge double in New Jersey’s medical cannabis program compared to Pennsylvania or New York.
headynj.com
March 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I just listened to more than a dozen New Jersey medical cannabis patients testify about improving the program to the NJCRC...unaffordable prices were the biggest issue.
Here's some tracking on those product prices across multiple states headynj.com/dispensary/p...
Here's some tracking on those product prices across multiple states headynj.com/dispensary/p...
“Governors now appoint cannabis commissioners and even adjust taxes. Each candidate should have a clear picture for how they will grow and improve the programs,” Goldstein said.
[ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/24/g... ]
[ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/24/g... ]
Governor hopefuls say it's time to allow New Jerseyans to grow their own cannabis • New Jersey Monitor
Four Dems and one Republican hoping to become governor say medical and recreational cannabis users should be able to grow their own plants.
newjerseymonitor.com
March 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“Governors now appoint cannabis commissioners and even adjust taxes. Each candidate should have a clear picture for how they will grow and improve the programs,” Goldstein said.
[ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/24/g... ]
[ newjerseymonitor.com/2025/03/24/g... ]
"When you're going through Hell, keep going." - attributed to improvised wartime rally speeches by Winston Churchill
March 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
"When you're going through Hell, keep going." - attributed to improvised wartime rally speeches by Winston Churchill
A tyrant is shutting down our government to loot the public coffers.
The ultra-rich have put our country on a war footing with our friends, while embracing our enemies.
This is the history of humans again and again.
However, America is always The People, never 'government.'
We can do better.
The ultra-rich have put our country on a war footing with our friends, while embracing our enemies.
This is the history of humans again and again.
However, America is always The People, never 'government.'
We can do better.
March 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A tyrant is shutting down our government to loot the public coffers.
The ultra-rich have put our country on a war footing with our friends, while embracing our enemies.
This is the history of humans again and again.
However, America is always The People, never 'government.'
We can do better.
The ultra-rich have put our country on a war footing with our friends, while embracing our enemies.
This is the history of humans again and again.
However, America is always The People, never 'government.'
We can do better.
"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. -- it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."
Thomas Paine - The American Crisis
Thomas Paine - The American Crisis
March 23, 2025 at 12:54 PM
"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. -- it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."
Thomas Paine - The American Crisis
Thomas Paine - The American Crisis
What's in your ouid?
Potency levels listed on regulated cannabis labels are not accurate...
www.app.com/story/news/l...
Potency levels listed on regulated cannabis labels are not accurate...
www.app.com/story/news/l...
NJ legal weed joints found with more bacteria, less potency than advertised, study says
Members of the Safe Leaf Society sent pre-rolled joints for testing and found higher microbial levels than allowed and less potency than advertised.
www.app.com
March 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
What's in your ouid?
Potency levels listed on regulated cannabis labels are not accurate...
www.app.com/story/news/l...
Potency levels listed on regulated cannabis labels are not accurate...
www.app.com/story/news/l...
day 60 of living with the first AI-assisted tyranny
March 20, 2025 at 12:06 PM
day 60 of living with the first AI-assisted tyranny
"New Jersey residents face some of the highest regulated prices in the country and inconsistent product safety. Allowing a few personal gardens won’t hurt the billion dollar industry,” = me about Steve Sweeney supporting medical cannabis home grow
www.marijuanamoment.net/former-new-j...
www.marijuanamoment.net/former-new-j...
Former New Jersey Senator Running For Governor Says ‘It Is Time’ To Let Medical Marijuana Patients Grow Their Own Plants
A former New Jersey Senate leader who’s now running for governor says “it is time” to give medical marijuana patients an option to grow their own cannabis plants for personal use. He’s also pledging t...
www.marijuanamoment.net
March 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"New Jersey residents face some of the highest regulated prices in the country and inconsistent product safety. Allowing a few personal gardens won’t hurt the billion dollar industry,” = me about Steve Sweeney supporting medical cannabis home grow
www.marijuanamoment.net/former-new-j...
www.marijuanamoment.net/former-new-j...
former NJ Senate President and now gubernatorial candidate Steve Sweeney endorsed medical home cultivation yesterday - this is a big shift as he previously opposed any homegrow legislation
www.instagram.com/p/DHUFsf_B19...
www.instagram.com/p/DHUFsf_B19...
March 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
former NJ Senate President and now gubernatorial candidate Steve Sweeney endorsed medical home cultivation yesterday - this is a big shift as he previously opposed any homegrow legislation
www.instagram.com/p/DHUFsf_B19...
www.instagram.com/p/DHUFsf_B19...
“Lab shopping has been endemic in the industry,” = my quote
Cannabis consumers and registered medical patient implicitly trust product labels ... despite little oversight
www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2025/03...
Cannabis consumers and registered medical patient implicitly trust product labels ... despite little oversight
www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2025/03...
N.J. cannabis fails safety tests, consumer group finds
Private labs test weed for contaminants before it goes to dispensaries. Consumer groups charge cannabis companies seek labs that are less likely to fail their products.
www.lehighvalleylive.com
March 18, 2025 at 11:03 AM
“Lab shopping has been endemic in the industry,” = my quote
Cannabis consumers and registered medical patient implicitly trust product labels ... despite little oversight
www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2025/03...
Cannabis consumers and registered medical patient implicitly trust product labels ... despite little oversight
www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/2025/03...
NEW = independent lab testing reveals serious safety issues with New Jersey's regulated cannabis supply
Pre-rolls had very unsafe mold/pathogens
Pre rolls tested for potency (THC) failed with levels 1/3 or 1/2 of what was on the label
info www.safeleafsociety.com/data-1/proje...
Pre-rolls had very unsafe mold/pathogens
Pre rolls tested for potency (THC) failed with levels 1/3 or 1/2 of what was on the label
info www.safeleafsociety.com/data-1/proje...
March 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
NEW = independent lab testing reveals serious safety issues with New Jersey's regulated cannabis supply
Pre-rolls had very unsafe mold/pathogens
Pre rolls tested for potency (THC) failed with levels 1/3 or 1/2 of what was on the label
info www.safeleafsociety.com/data-1/proje...
Pre-rolls had very unsafe mold/pathogens
Pre rolls tested for potency (THC) failed with levels 1/3 or 1/2 of what was on the label
info www.safeleafsociety.com/data-1/proje...
7 leaf clover = extra lucky
March 17, 2025 at 2:13 PM
7 leaf clover = extra lucky
Choosing cannabis over alcohol = Going green for St. Patrick's Day!
#StPatricksDay #cannabis #ouidbebetter
#StPatricksDay #cannabis #ouidbebetter
March 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Choosing cannabis over alcohol = Going green for St. Patrick's Day!
#StPatricksDay #cannabis #ouidbebetter
#StPatricksDay #cannabis #ouidbebetter
S1393 - a bill that would allow medical cannabis home cultivation in New Jersey just gained another important cosponsor - Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez of Camden County
March 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
S1393 - a bill that would allow medical cannabis home cultivation in New Jersey just gained another important cosponsor - Senator Nilsa Cruz-Perez of Camden County
Next week will mark a full year since I was invited to the White House by Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable on cannabis justice.
By now we would have been working on national, federal legalization with a Harris admin.
So far, Donald Trump has ignored the plant, again.
By now we would have been working on national, federal legalization with a Harris admin.
So far, Donald Trump has ignored the plant, again.
March 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Next week will mark a full year since I was invited to the White House by Vice President Kamala Harris for a roundtable on cannabis justice.
By now we would have been working on national, federal legalization with a Harris admin.
So far, Donald Trump has ignored the plant, again.
By now we would have been working on national, federal legalization with a Harris admin.
So far, Donald Trump has ignored the plant, again.
lazy, ineffective leaders tend to make war on the poor
March 6, 2025 at 11:55 AM
lazy, ineffective leaders tend to make war on the poor
Tyrants always appear popular, until they are deposed by We The People.
March 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Tyrants always appear popular, until they are deposed by We The People.
New Jersey residents oppose S4154 - a bill from Senate President Scutari that would restart prohibition
norml.org/act/new-jers...
norml.org/act/new-jers...
New Jersey: Don’t Recriminalize Cannabis Purchases
Contact your lawmakers!
norml.org
March 5, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New Jersey residents oppose S4154 - a bill from Senate President Scutari that would restart prohibition
norml.org/act/new-jers...
norml.org/act/new-jers...
What could be happening:
"President Harris announces plans for national cannabis legalization"
vs what's actually happening...again:
"Donald Trump completely ignores cannabis"
#alt47
"President Harris announces plans for national cannabis legalization"
vs what's actually happening...again:
"Donald Trump completely ignores cannabis"
#alt47
March 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What could be happening:
"President Harris announces plans for national cannabis legalization"
vs what's actually happening...again:
"Donald Trump completely ignores cannabis"
#alt47
"President Harris announces plans for national cannabis legalization"
vs what's actually happening...again:
"Donald Trump completely ignores cannabis"
#alt47