Are you fine with the upcoming expected fine for cannabis?
My pal Crusty Rusty called me -"$1000.00 !! One Thousand Bucks if your caught puffing not he sidewalk! This is legalization?!" 
The penalty for using cannabis in public is up to $1000 for a first offense and up to $5000 for subsequent offenses.    
What a joke this is.. & I can assure you - I will be smoking in public on occassion- when I feel the need.  There is nothing like a good, strong bong hit or joint to slow down my twitch giving me a bit of a break & time when I NEED that break before I break.  Edibles help the body but don't have the effect I need when smoking/vaping *before I GO any further- I myself DO NOT like to encourage SMOKING with children - I don't draw it in the mouths of certain characters & do not like the fact that Vape pens are being glamorized' because I feel it will encourage more children to try & get addicted to  cigarettes (the kind PROVEN to give you cancer) PLEASE... Don't be a dick - Don't smoke in front of kids (cannabis included) if it can be helped & I've never nor will I ever smoke on a 'school property'.

​BUT- back to these fines- COME on! DO they think Canadians have a sticker that states 'sucker' across our forehead?  This will end up in court- why...  BECAUSE OF THIS:

When I was younger a boyfriend & I were strolling around the block at 10 p.m. he had an open beer - I didn't have anything  - a cop pulled up and gave him a Ticket for just over $50.. the cop was a dick. I lived 8 doors away - it was hot, the stars were out - obvious we were a couple just enjoying the evening (what ever- perhaps he was jealous). BUT the current fine for driving with an open beer/liquor in a car is  ONLY $175.00
What the FUCK? !   Cheers.    This almost encourages drinking & driving!! 

What is wrong with those in power - this is NOT rocket science.
This is NOT right. FIGHT it if you get a ticket for smoking a joint in Public.  
​I won't even bother to compare the numbers of deaths related to each substance in the cartoon - there is another reason Cannabis PROVEN less harmful out of ALL three- YET- the fine $1000. for a 'first time offence?! 
Which leads me to address - I'm pretty sure I STILL see people DAILY out & about smoking a cigarette including on school property. How much are people fined for the PROVEN cancer causing 'coffin sticks' costing out government already due to health reasons? LOTS.
Don't believe me? RESEARCH - Prove me wrong...  

My new book arrived BYW  (below) only  a few pages in & :  
I fucking LOVE it!  
Amen!  lol   Book review soon.  

The coffins have been picked up and I'll show you where you can go 'RIDE' one!!  
IF YOU DARE!!      lol - More SOON!

With TLC & THC
Georgia

                                               >>>Spill any paint lately?<<<   

I am a little more tired than usual, I nap.
Usually 1 hour,  sometimes 2.
If it's a 3...  Leave me be.  

Usually every day @2 - I look forward to it. lol  
& I trained the girls to nap along.
I will go in my bedroom and no one is around, like magic... guaranteed with in 20 minutes -
I AM surrounded & It's the best feeling, it makes me giggle (usually) before we drift off for about an hour.  

I kid you not! Suddenly, Abracadabra! My cat appears and will look at me with such LOVE - intensely as she starts to massage my neck and face - this is not pleasant- she has difficulty gauging her 'depth of LOVE' for me  and I promptly tell her to 'stop, please.'  She does.
She knows she will be asked to leave if she does not 'stop' and she does not want to be excluded, no one does. A gentle breeze reminds me of the wind chimes in the back yard.. nap time is appearing to take place pleasantly peaceful.

Then Scruffy  plods up and at my feet like an anchor ready to set sail for a afternoon dream.
She snores - hopefully - I'll fall asleep before she does.
Next - guess..  My big girl!  
She sleep in the hall so she can continue to do what she loves be a good protective dog.
Then the little princess comes to see where everyone went because she's been hiding under a blanket all morning.  She never leaves me long though & once again soon enough- she has my back. Literally

We went out to pick up a craft supply today, she was cute & behaved as always. Unless a man addresses us - she won't say a peep.. but a man laugh at her & smiled - It's Canada Eh. ;)  I respond the same and she yaps back:

                            "Oh yeah! I'll take off a toe of you don't watch it!"
and does a little 3 step side hop - which I've never seen her do!
This caused him to step aside and belly laugh all the harder. 
Causing me to giggle - she looks at us both and then continues on with more attitude.
She learned this from the cat.  a.k.a. her hump buddy.

NOW believe it or not and I'll have to set up my camera to show it.. Bird realizes what's happening and he flies into my bedroom about 3 times  back & forth until all settle down then he goes into his cage for a nap too-  Isn't that awesome!  Yes, it does amuse me.
How can it not? 

I AM never alone, and surrounded by love - good it's 'that time' of the year - to snuggle in'.

I love my girls. - Bird is the only male. He has to return to his cage.. lol
I just got that - it has me giggling, amused, feeling blessed  & grateful.

I felt like drawing it so you could see how cute they all are.

Adopt a pet, treat it with love, hugs, games- warmth in Canada & when needed and you too will have such joys!! A few toons soon regarding Cannabis in Canada and pets- Eh..
​I'm going to do some simpler cartoons strips while painting on canvases - so I can keep up!

We are never alone.
xox
​
Georgia

This cartoon is just to show you simply the hypocrisy surrounding these laws' and those who make them.  In Canada  we are permitted to have limitless amounts of alcohol in our homes.  Growing up- who had a "home bar?"  Oh my gosh, the first bar I remember was so cool at the time- a little thing set up - complete with 2 stools and tons of booze for Friday night entertaining with friends. Saturday and Sunday too.   Later in life my dad had a huge bar built in the basement "Billys Bar" it was really something, sports themed with mirrors along the back wall  and every shelf (glass) was covered in bottles of booze - some 80% PROOF, gifts from friends over the years. My dad was in the car business and he would come home with cases of booze at christmas, to drink and give. It was the norm and still is for many- many homes still have a bar in the corner if not an entire 'Man Cave" - much like my dad had way back before they became a "thing". There is NO LIMIT to the amount of alcohol we can have in our home. No limit on the cases of beer we can have- heck- some build furniture out of them cases.. until they need the money for empties. 

How many homes have wine cellars? I like a nice wine, although I've really have not drank since I bet my friend Chris- if he cut back on his meat consumption - I wouldn't drink. Not even one drop over the holiday weekend. It was not noticed or missed. We can have limitless amounts of wine in our homes, red, white, rose and don't forget the sparkling! We can have a bar & a wine cellar in our homes.

Cannabis- it will be regulated and IF you have OVER the permitted amount in your home, you can still be arrested. It won't happen. Unless you have a crazy amount- good luck, I don't understand the thinking- it's still keeping us under control- an attempt to anyway. It's still prohibition. CONTROL over our lives & choices. 
The federal government also proposed possession limits for adults and youth. Under the federal proposal, adults would be allowed to have up to 30 grams of dried legal cannabis, while people under 18 years old could have up to five grams.

We can  get fall down drunk at a friends bar- at 9 in the morning if we choose (some do) yet  we won't be able to have a cannabis party- it will be too expensive and with the limit- we might let some smell our best bud- but we won't be sharing or comparing.  lol  
Actually most cannabis consumers do share, they have a better attitude and understand the lies surrounding the plant.  It's all fear mongering.  Who will stick to this law?  
Cannabis  has many strains- with many different results from feeling more energized to some that calm you down, some help my mind and others help my body. I look forward to all the varieties which will be offered to people!

WARNING- many for the first time will get  HIGH. I've yet to meet anyone yet who stripped and ran naked though the streets once they have consumed cannabis- if someone does it will be more about the exhibitionist than the cannabis.

It's simple until you know: just go slow.  
Tiny bowls, Tiny puffs.. tiny bites & wait. 
Learn to know how cannabis makes you feel, slowly.. and then collect a strain or two- for the mood you want. I always have a few strains to choose from & have my favourites.  Now to start the day & calm my twitch - #humbervalleykush.. later some #grapeescape for some  great gardening work to be done - this is what I do when I'm high, no lie.

More examples of Canadian cannabis fear mongering coming soon.

With Love
G

I forgot to mention this cartoon was inspired by comment on FB.
I asked him to explain & he did... clearly the thoughts of many Canadians.
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"In our cabinet we have about twenty bottles of different liquors. As well,  I have many bottles of wine. I don’t intend to drink them all at once neither will I sell them to anyone else. Why is the proposed limit of x amount of grams or you go to jail valid. I don’t smoke weed myself but I would think that regular smokers could also enjoy different types of weed. Why could they not have a collection to draw from. Not all weed is the same flavor or strength. Anyone can make their own beer or wine at home for their own use so why would there be a limit (within reason) on weed. In my mind this is not legalization.