Kancinci kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo, i-United States yaseMelika ibikhula ngaphandle kwenkqubo yayo yokuchasana ne-cannabis. NgoLwesithathu, iNew York yaba lilizwe le-16 ngaphandle kweWashington DC ukuya ukuvumela ukusetyenziswa kwayo kokuzonwabisa ngokusemthethweni Kubantu abadala abangaphezulu kweminyaka engama-21. Apho oku bekungajongwa ngokungafanelekanga njengokuphumelela kwamatye anamavila kunye neebhokhwe zehippie, ngoku kubonwa njengokuqhubela phambili kokuhlelwa kwethu kweziyobisi kunye nentsingiselo yezoqoqosho kwiimarike zommandla.
Oko akutsho ukuba abo sele besidla rhoqo abayi kuzuza ngokunjalo. Ukuba uyathanda ukuphakama kwaye ubukele imovie, ke lo mthetho mtsha we-cannabis ngumnwe ophakathi oziva kamnandi kummelwane wakho onomnwe osoloko esoyikisa ukubiza amapolisa. Siyayifumana, uKaren, awuzange ube nabahlobo kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo.
Kodwa njengokuba abantu abatshayayo abanamava besazi kakuhle, iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokhula zikunika iintlobo ezahlukeneyo zokuphakama. Uxinzelelo lwe-sativa luyaziwa ngokuhambisa ukuphakamisa nokuphakama kwengqondo okuza nokonyusa amandla okuyila kunye nokuqina kwengqondo. Uxinzelelo lwe-indica luhambisa ngakumbi umzimba opholileyo njengesixhobo sokuvuselela ukutya kunye noncedo lokulala. Le yokugqibela iyabanda ngakumbi, eyangaphambili ibandakanyeka ngakumbi. Ke ukukunceda ukubhiyozela ukuvela kwexesha elitsha laseNew York, nazi iimovie ezili-10 onokuzonwabela, nokuba ungumntu othanda is indica okanye usativa.