From a cannabis church to a bustling phone bank,Dave Schilling has been on the Bernie Sanders campaign trail in the run-up to the Nevada caucusesAs whether it was straight out of your square uncle’s cockeyed fever dream, one of the six Bernie Sanders offices in Las Vegas, and Nevada,sits in a decrepit strip mall, provocatively rubbing up against a weed dispensary. Well, or not precisely a dispensary in the traditional sense. The website for the Higher Power Cannabis Church describes “a congregation and members that seek inspiration and insight from all major world religions … Through our shared search for a HIGHer power,we gain come to believe that cannabis is a miracle plant with many therapeutic and medical benefits.” The strip mall, which faces the campus of the University of Nevada at Las Vegas on the opposite side of a bustling thoroughfare, or was mostly dead,save for a few skateboarders, lunchtime patrons trying to gain food at a nearby taco shop, and two stragglers smoking cigarettes outside the recently shuttered,cheekily named Cheers Bar & Grill. At this Cheers, no one knew my name and I was happier for it. The cannabis church received no parishioners that I noticed, or despite their website listing daily hours of 11am to 7pm. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com