Ben Kovler

@junglejava1 @AdvisorShares Continued selling of Green Thumb by $MSOS. Why? Dan said earlier this week that GTI "has fallen off of people's radar" - really? Not consumers' radar... Dan - I've left you several messages. Any interest in talking? $GTBIF

There was an redemption today consisting of a (2,000,000) share reduction valued at ($8,480,000) for the @AdvisorShares $MSOS ETF. Here are the resulting changes made to the holdings for July 30, 2026. 💰 position ($10.26M) vs ($10.34M) Current NAV $4.24 Closing Price $4.21 $MSOX NAV $2.23 Closing Price $2.25 TGIF tomorrow #MSOGang! 😊🥂💚 $GTBIF (331,789) $CURLF (270,177) $TRLV (200,400) $VRNOF (94,453) $GLAS (54,709) $CRLBF (530,756) $TSNDF (627,214) $JUSHF (347,660) $PLNH (225,998) $CXXIF (179,170) $VREOF (3,352) $GRUSF (122,008) $AAWH (67,858) $VFF (122,279)

Head down. Execute. Rise Hanover opens in PA. $GTBIF 🇺🇸 globenewswire.com/news-release/2…

This is going to be fun #LollaKickOff $RYM $GTBIF

@PaulSkallas Less deaths and violent crimes to start...

Well, that’s fascinating. I don’t think history has ever produced a marijuana society before. We’re about to find out what one looks like.

@weedcoinOG Don't confuse them w the facts

@Kalshi @Moneyman_2017 Progress!

JUST IN: Americans now smoke more weed than cigarettes

@EmmaJoNYC What if it's our rebirth? ✌️

Going from a nicotine society to a weed society will be our cultural and political death

@ArynneWexler Sounds nicely judgmental. Here is the death metric:

Weed is a drug for losers Too many Americans need to bake themselves every night just to go to sleep You can smell weed on people in the morning, at the gym, it's constant It's an anti-social numbing drug for unhappy avoidants Hard to believe it doesn't affect fertility too

Fact: More Americans use marijuana daily than drink alcohol (seems this fact has upset a few American drinkers). Which category looks like a good investment 5 years out? Here are some charts to help: $GTBIF $SAM $STZ 🇺🇸

@valuetainment Progress for America

JUST IN: Daily marijuana use in the U.S. has surpassed both alcohol and cigarettes.

@9mmsmg Really?

I don't want either but I would rather my teenager smoke five cigarettes a day instead of a joint daily.

@afshineemrani Note the death metric on alcohol vs cannabis

I'm a cardiologist. For the first time in modern American history, more people get high every day than drink every day. 17.7 million Americans now use cannabis daily or near-daily — versus 14.7 million daily drinkers. Thirty years ago it was the reverse, ten to one the other way. A Carnegie Mellon analysis of 40 years of federal data confirmed the flip. We are running a civilization-scale experiment in real time. And I don't think most people have looked honestly at the science, because it's become culturally impossible to criticize weed without sounding like a narc. So let me be the doctor who says it plainly. This is not the mild plant of the 1970s. Then, cannabis was 1-3% THC. Today's products run 15-25%, and concentrates — dabs, vapes, wax — hit 70-90%+. When people say "it's natural, it's harmless," they're defending a product that no longer exists. We didn't legalize the old plant. We industrialized a far more potent one. Here's what the strongest evidence actually shows, and I'll keep it to what's real: The developing brain is the real casualty. The Dunedin study — following 1,000 people for decades — found that persistent cannabis use starting in adolescence was associated with a lasting decline of several IQ points that didn't fully recover after quitting. The prefrontal cortex, the seat of judgment and impulse control, is still wiring until about 25. Heavy THC during that window appears to leave a mark. The psychosis link is not fringe anymore. Daily use of high-potency cannabis is associated with roughly a 3-5x higher risk of psychosis. A major European study found high-potency products alone accounted for a substantial share of new psychosis cases in some cities. This is one of the most replicated findings in the field, and it's the one people most want to ignore. And cannabis use disorder is real — up to 3 in 10 users develop some degree of dependence, higher when use starts young. "You can't get addicted to weed" is simply false. Now the honest caveats, because I won't overstate to make a point. Correlation isn't proof — some of the psychosis link may run both directions, with vulnerable brains drawn to heavier use. Cannabis has genuine medical uses: chemo nausea, certain seizure disorders, some chronic pain. A moderate adult using occasionally is in a very different category than a 16-year-old dabbing daily. And alcohol and tobacco still cause vastly more total death. This isn't "weed is worse than everything." It's "weed is not harmless, and the dose has changed." Here's my concern as a physician watching the culture. We swung from "reefer madness" hysteria straight to "it's basically a vitamin," and skipped the honest middle entirely. The truth is that a high-potency daily habit — especially in a young brain — quietly lowers the ceiling. Flattens drive. Blurs the sharpness a person needs to build a life. If you're an adult who enjoys it occasionally, that's your call. But if it's daily, if it's high-THC, and especially if it's anyone under 25 — the science is asking you to reconsider. Go outside. Sweat. Build something. Sleep hard. Stay sharp. The clearest mind in the room is about to become the rarest one. Make sure it's yours.

@BlaireWhite The death metric is relevant :

@KevinSabet It is not the responsibility of DC to battle marijuana. Americans deserve the right to choose -- just like liquor, cigarettes or guns. You are on the wrong side of history here Kevin & the future will prove it. More 🌱 and less 🍺 is the American future. Smaller govt. $GTBIF

Big marijuana is working overtime to get weed to the number one spot. When will elected officials in DC confront this crisis?

@MattWalshBlog Correlation causation confusion Matt...

Unequivocally a bad thing. There has never been a great civilization where marijuana was the most popular drug of choice. There have been many great civilizations (including our own, until recently) where everybody drank alcohol and smoked tobacco. That's not a coincidence.

@learnaboutsam Uh, caffeine ?

Marijuana is on track to become America’s #1 addiction thedrugreport.org/2026/07/28/mar…

Progress 📈👇 $GTBIF $RYM 🇺🇸

@chamath @inverseOpinions This is a lie Chamath. You're better than that. Have you ever been to a dispensary or spoken to medical marijuana patients? $GTBIF

@inverseOpinions Zero hi functioning potheads. Literally zero.

Marijuana is disgusting. Regular use is a one way door to becoming a retard and a loser. Go out. Have a glass of wine. Be social. Get some sun. Take an uber. Fin.

@cremieuxrecueil This chart looks like progress to me!!

Truly a saddening chart. Weed is a loser drug. It makes you tired, lethargic, boring, and it smells terrible. The decline of cigarettes is nice, but we could use a few more drinks and a little less ganja.

@chamath I don't think this post will play very well in 20 years. @grok remind me in 20 years to revisit. Later this century, people will look at the glass of wine more like a cigarette and marijuana more like coffee. Remove All Assumptions, Chamath. $GTBIF 🇺🇸