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Our firm invests in many areas.

One is school security systems. When we invest in something we do a lot of diligence. Rather than relying on major media as a source of knowledge we dig ourselves and spend a lot of money doing so. So if we are investing in school security businesses we want to know what would possess some one to go into a school and shoot children. We’ve also looked at weed investments. A reasonable analysis here would involve learning about any negatives from legalization including higher crime levels. I can’t find anything compelling on weed given the history of money gone up in smoke here and the movement of non legit weed dealers into other drugs (fentanyl). But I digress from the weed shooters. You can research almost every mass shooting in history in online data bases. You can also pay folks to dig through social media posts and other sources about every one who has been a mass shooter. You can also get a lot of data from law enforcement sources who focus on this as well. Usually they are glad to share the work they have done. Prior arrest data is also helpful. I am always amazed the news media doesn’t look into prior records much. Due to the major media bias to continue to push for legalization of marijuana the tie between mass shootings and weed is often downplayed or even removed (parkland is the best example). There are some sources on the internet that have done a decent job covering the tie, but the weed industry and its lobbyists seem very quick with the rebuttal pieces from experts. Based on our research, which we pay for, I can assure you there is a big correlation to school shootings and other violence and weed use. If you take the shooter databases and actually dig on your own your can find many of these ties even though many major media companies don’t cover it. Putting hallucinogenic drugs into developing brains, especially folks with other social or prescription drug addictions, has deadly consequences. Anyone who tells you that weed psychosis isn’t a threat probably hasn’t had a fried or family member go through it. I don’t share firm research but there are many places online you can piece the drug use of specific shooters together using the online shooter databases and other sources available to any one with a mouse and keyboard. I am very, very confident in my 6 of 10 statement.
Posted: 04/21/2023 at 11:05 AM ET
(In response to this post by J-Dub)

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How did Hitler’s birthday get associated with weed?
mancunian 04/21/23 05:50 AM ET
It didn't **
Brown Water 04/21/23 09:35 AM ET
Based on Bob Dylan's tune Rainy Day Women #12 & 35. 12x35 = 420 and the
Tuckahokie 04/21/23 08:38 AM ET
No idea, but if Hitler smoked a lot of weed, maybe he ends up a lot more
Late 80s Hokie 04/21/23 08:10 AM ET
Stalin and Mao were worse. On a % basis, so was Pol Pot.**
Atlee Hokie 04/24/23 02:28 AM ET
More likely he develops psychosis and becomes a mass shooter. **
GreenvilleVT 04/21/23 09:10 AM ET
Any evidence to support this assertion?**
J-Dub 04/21/23 09:59 AM ET
6 out of the last 10 school shooters. **
GreenvilleVT 04/21/23 10:20 AM ET
I would bet each has something else in common other than weed.
reestuart 04/21/23 11:54 AM ET
You are correct.
GreenvilleVT 04/21/23 12:07 PM ET
Not very compelling evidence there. If you pull 10 random people
Tafkam Hokie 04/21/23 11:13 AM ET
Angry and isolated describes a huge percentage of the population
GreenvilleVT 04/21/23 12:27 PM ET
Lolol**
Gobbler-100 04/21/23 11:11 AM ET
Something like this: Fox News induced shooting of teenager
J-Dub 04/21/23 10:37 AM ET
I asked for evidence. Where is the marijuana-induced Psychosis evidence?
J-Dub 04/21/23 10:26 AM ET
see, they smoked dope on occasion, so that turned them into murderers.**
reestuart 04/21/23 11:28 AM ET
Our firm invests in many areas.
GreenvilleVT 04/21/23 11:05 AM ET
do you believe 6 of 10 is significant? Feels like a fat nothing burger to
BG Hokie 04/23/23 09:56 PM ET
***
J-Dub 04/21/23 01:33 PM ET
Oh boy just wait to you find out how many people consume weed AND alcohol!!**
Brewing_Hokie 04/21/23 12:27 PM ET
And burgers.**
reestuart 04/21/23 12:36 PM ET
Wait, we forgot drink water!!!**
Brewing_Hokie 04/21/23 12:58 PM ET
Noooo!!! Not dihydrous monoxide! Scourge of the earth, that stuff
Tafkam Hokie 04/21/23 01:04 PM ET
Sounds like correlation without causation to me.**
NokieHokie 04/21/23 11:27 AM ET
Sounds like something a guilty pothead would say**
Nova Hokie 95 04/21/23 12:04 PM ET
Never consumed weed before. So nope...**
NokieHokie 04/21/23 12:07 PM ET
Curious...did you research the use of other drugs.
vthokieq 04/21/23 11:21 AM ET
I run a family office.
GreenvilleVT 04/21/23 12:26 PM ET
Come on now ...
Nova Hokie 95 04/21/23 04:50 PM ET
Ok**
GreenvilleVT 04/23/23 12:52 PM ET
You are confident. But right? Nah...**
NokieHokie 04/21/23 02:40 PM ET
A family office for what?
vthokieq 04/21/23 01:38 PM ET
It's the "family firm" of course! :)**
NokieHokie 04/21/23 02:40 PM ET
I have no need or rationale to explain what I do to you.
GreenvilleVT 04/21/23 01:49 PM ET
LOL**
vthokieq 04/21/23 02:07 PM ET
If states really loved the tax revenue, it would've been legal decades ago.
NokieHokie 04/21/23 01:15 PM ET
Well, one problem is the feds never legalized weed.**
RJHokie 04/23/23 10:14 PM ET
Do the states really love the revenue
Tafkam Hokie 04/21/23 01:11 PM ET
I think they love the revenue as cigarette sales volumes drop.
GreenvilleVT 04/21/23 01:14 PM ET
Kinda getting off topic, but the point of representative democracy
Tafkam Hokie 04/21/23 01:25 PM ET
LOL.**
reestuart 04/21/23 09:48 AM ET
Still a lot less death**
turkeywinghokie 04/21/23 09:22 AM ET
Hitler was hepped up on goofballs a lot...
mancunian 04/21/23 08:52 AM ET
LOL. I had the exact same thought. **
reestuart 04/21/23 08:47 AM ET
Instead he chose crystal meth, and we saw how that turned out.**
EDGEMAN 04/21/23 08:15 AM ET
Meth is bad mkay**
turkeywinghokie 04/21/23 09:23 AM ET
that's the story I had always heard, but now there is a new one
Vienna_Hokie 04/21/23 07:10 AM ET
I'd always heard 420 came from the time 4:20pm
Tafkam Hokie 04/21/23 09:31 AM ET
Your post is unclear to me. Are you saying you always heard it had to do
BG Hokie 04/21/23 09:00 AM ET
no kidding- I've always heard the home alone after school version
Vippie1 04/21/23 09:11 AM ET
anyways, to be clear, I call complete BS on what you're saying.**
BG Hokie 04/21/23 09:02 AM ET
you are calling BS on the fact that I heard years ago the Hitler/420 link?
Vienna_Hokie 04/21/23 09:15 AM ET
The BS was that you said the new story was only a few years old and you
BG Hokie 04/21/23 09:29 AM ET
I swear the story of 420 coming from 4:20pm after high school
Tafkam Hokie 04/21/23 09:42 AM ET
right, word of mouth story that was finally printed probably in the late
BG Hokie 04/21/23 10:20 AM ET
Now that you mention it, I always remember it being shown as 4:20
Tafkam Hokie 04/21/23 10:41 AM ET
for sure**
BG Hokie 04/21/23 10:43 AM ET