Cheech and Chong are not the spokespersons for the Dyed Pirates Society. No greeny Fleur de Leafs are growing out back of the store on Highway 49 south of Dadeville and smoke doesn’t billow from within when the front door opens. In fact, the establishment that sells products associated with marijuana shares rental space with pizza and hot dog dispensaries.

In conservative Tallapoosa County, the debate over the safety and legality of using CBD — also known as cannabidiol — is going mainstream because it’s going into the bloodstreams of those who seek relief from nausea, depression, arthritis, diabetes, anxiety, diarrhea, epilepsy and even doggy angst.