12/20/2023 0 Comments Hotel limbo music![]() PAUL ARMENTANO: They can buy cannabis when they are staying in these cities, but they can't legally use cannabis when they go back to their hotel or out on the street. He says as more states legalize the recreational use of the drug, they're finding a need for designated use areas as people come in from other states to use pot. Paul Armentano is the deputy director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Currently, there are only six states that allow cannabis lounges, but the idea is gaining steam. Ceylon House only allows medical patients inside right now, but it plans to expand when the recreational market opens. The state voted to legalize recreational marijuana in November, but the marketplace won't open until July. Cannabis lounges aren't technically illegal in Maryland, but they aren't legal, either. MAUCIONE: Ceylon House operates in legal limbo. WHITE: You don't have to be in your bedroom, cooped up like me. MAUCIONE: White says the lounge gives people like her an opportunity to get out of the house while still dulling their pain. I'm glad it's the place to socialize and take your medicine, as well. SHERRY WHITE: I'm constantly in pain, and so I don't really go out at all. MAUCIONE: Jones is sitting with Sherry White, a middle-aged woman who's also a medical patient. JONES: Just to be able to come out and socialize with, you know, other people who are doing the same thing that you like to do. MAUCIONE: The lounge has swinging chairs and vendors showing off smoking products. ![]() GLORIA JONES: I'm very surprised at how it is, but it's great. Gloria Jones is 80 years old, in a wheelchair and smoking a joint. There's no food or beverages sold on the premises, but a food truck is just a few yards away for those who get the munchies. And inside, patients with medical marijuana cards can smoke, play board games and rent paraphernalia. Ceylon House is Maryland's first cannabis lounge. And the distinctive smell of marijuana permeates the air. But once you open the door, a glass case of colorful bongs greets you as a DJ blasts reggae music. It has a brick facade and shares its space with a dentist and a hair-braiding studio. SCOTT MAUCIONE, BYLINE: From the outside, Ceylon House looks like a medical office building. But as Scott Maucione of WYPR reports, the state's first cannabis cafe operates in a legal gray area. Maryland is currently in the process of legalizing marijuana. They're places where people can smoke pot in public and in the company of others. ABC Head of Comedy Todd Abbott.Marijuana lounges are catching on in places where recreational marijuana is now legal. ABC Executive Producer: Rebecca Anderson. Produced by Jennifer Cummins, David Jowsey, Angela Littlejohn and Greer Simpkin. Financed with support from Screen Queensland, with Screen NSW. Major production investment from Screen Australia in association with ABC. Production credit: A Bunya Productions and Heiress Films Production for the ABC. The series will also air weekly on ABC TV from Wednesday 24 th May at 9pm. ![]() In Limbo premieres on ABC iview on Wednesday 24 th May at 9pm with all episodes available to stream. The only comfort is that he’s facing it with his charming, witty and garrulous best mate by his side – albeit in apparition form. There are no levitating tables or flying books, but confronting the spectre of loss is the scariest thing Charlie’s ever done. When Nate dies at just 38, Charlie is forced to face his grief in a way he could never have imagined, when the ghost of his dead friend begins ‘haunting’ him. ![]() Exploring universal themes of friendship, love and grief, In Limbo will make you laugh and cry. The six-part series tells the story of best friends Charlie (Ryan Corr) and Nate (Bob Morley) as they’re faced with how hard it is to let go of those we love – especially when they’re taken too soon. In Limbo, ABC’s compelling new series starring Australian actors Ryan Corr ( Game of Thrones: House of the Dragon, Holding The Man, Wakefield) and Bob Morley ( Love Me, Blinder, Neighbours), premieres on Wednesday 24 th May at 9pm on ABC TV and ABC iview, with all episodes available to stream on ABC iview from launch. ![]()
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