Lets just forget about this. We have more than enough markets to sell bitassets, there's no point going into a market that carries extra risk.
Why are you afraid of risk? If you're afraid of pissing a powerful person off why would you even download Bitshares X?
Choose your battles (and your timing) wisely.
Because you're an American who happens to be in a state which criminalized marijuana? So if you're not an American? If you're not from one of those states? I guess you'll be going straight to Counterparty which appeals to a global userbase without fear.
I think as a global blockchain you have to take these risks or the competitor will eat your lunch. If Bitshares X can do commodities better than any other technology and it ignores one of the biggest markets because someone in US congress may not like it then that is a sign of problems.
A benefit of being decentralized and global is that you can take these risks. If you're behind on cannabis then you're risking losing the critical millennial demographic in favor of a demographic which will never care about Bitshares or use it. I think this caution on cannabis appeals to the wrong audiences for the wrong reasons and fails to follow what the polls say.
The polls say this is what the millennials want: http://www.people-press.org/2013/04/04/marijuana-changing-attitudes/pp_13-04-03_ss_marijuana_05_age/
65% of millennials support marijuana legalization. Follow the statistics not your fear.
Home Grown
It seemed a smell to Banjo -- he
was sly and begged -- sitting up on tiny hind legs.
Button the cat hears the gentle tinkle,
gazing all around. It was close once -- now
only another experiment that failed.
To the doormouse, the nearest (and
furthest) was the green cheese -- and remained
so until proved differently. The snap of
the trap ended all speculation.
We watched the monkey swing through
the sparkling trees one morn, the dew and sun
creating a myriad of crystal cosmoses;
his nimble fingers failed to loose the eternal
zookeeper's lock.
Such as these my eyes perceive care
not -- cannot, solve the riddle; their place
is fixed, their fates are cast.
Mine perchance only slightly better.
Spiral of Friends