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Will Colorado start a trend w/ legal weed?
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:20 pm
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:20 pm
It's crazy how many people were waiting around that whole state just to pay for it
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Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:21 pm to hsfolk
Yes.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:22 pm to hsfolk
Once the tax revenue numbers come in - it's over for marijuana legislation in the U.S.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:22 pm to hsfolk
Hopefully. As much as I appreciate the job security that prohibition creates for me, the war on drugs has wasted our wealth, destroyed lives, and eroded freedom at an alarming rate. I would love to see it end sooner rather than later.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:23 pm to hsfolk
It's all happening, man.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:32 pm to TheFolker
Absolutely. One it's not harmful at all compared to the way perscription drugs are abused in this country, but more importantly once politicians see a means to get more tax revenue it's all over.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:33 pm to hsfolk
Take a look at this article from Popular Science.
There is no commercially available, reliable, rapid assay for determining the degree of impairment like there is for alcohol (aka breathalyzer).
I don't see landslide momentum building for legalization until a standardized metric is developed for determining how stoned someone currently is.
There is no commercially available, reliable, rapid assay for determining the degree of impairment like there is for alcohol (aka breathalyzer).
I don't see landslide momentum building for legalization until a standardized metric is developed for determining how stoned someone currently is.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:48 pm to hsfolk
Yes.
The dominoes are starting to fall and it's only a question of when it'd going to be legal everywhere, not if.
Thank god. Americans are finally starting to wake up and see what an abomination the war on drugs is. We spend billions on the WOD and it wasn't made a dent in drug use rates. It's also enabled law enforcement to abuse the civil rights of citizens
Thanks Colorado for starting it all.
The dominoes are starting to fall and it's only a question of when it'd going to be legal everywhere, not if.
Thank god. Americans are finally starting to wake up and see what an abomination the war on drugs is. We spend billions on the WOD and it wasn't made a dent in drug use rates. It's also enabled law enforcement to abuse the civil rights of citizens
Thanks Colorado for starting it all.
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:55 pm to hsfolk
quote:Hopefully.
Will Colorado start a trend w/ legal weed?
Posted on 1/1/14 at 11:56 pm to hsfolk
This is a great example of how the Laboratories of democracy is suppose to work
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:00 am to Ace Midnight
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Once the tax revenue numbers come in - it's over for marijuana legislation in the U.S.
Yes. If CO and WA do several billion in sales over the next few years, I'd like to see which states are going to be willing to turn a blind eye to those much-needed new revenue streams.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:03 am to dr smartass phd
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This is a great example of how the Laboratories of a republic is supposed to work
FIFY.
The states themselves are supposed to be laboratories where you experiment with what laws and programs could work.
That's not always the case though, It's one of the biggest issues that I have with ObamaCare being pushed on the federal level. For example, Vermont is going with universal healthcare at the state level and it may work there because they are willing to do it and homogenous enough to support it. What may work on the state level certainly would not on the national level.
That won't be the case with drug legalization though.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:05 am to Big Scrub TX
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Yes. If CO and WA do several billion in sales over the next few years, I'd like to see which states are going to be willing to turn a blind eye to those much-needed new revenue streams.
Correct.
But It's sad though it's all about money to legalize something. Why can't it be about personal liberties and freedoms for once?
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:07 am to Sentrius
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Why can't it be about personal liberties and freedoms for once?
Because those things are far down the list of things people in this country care about.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 12:08 am to TejasPete
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Absolutely. One it's not harmful at all compared to the way perscription drugs are abused in this country, but more importantly once politicians see a means to get more tax revenue it's all over.
Yep, the left for the most part already wants it. The right when it sees the $$$ will move over to the libertarian side of the arguement and want it like alcohol. They might have to add a stipulation like using the tax revenue to treat addiciton to get the religious right not to stroke out.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 5:51 am to willthezombie
It won't happen. The prison system in America is being privatized and drug busts keep the prison beds and pockets of the investors full.
This post was edited on 1/2/14 at 5:58 am
Posted on 1/2/14 at 5:53 am to reverendotis
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There is no commercially available, reliable, rapid assay for determining the degree of impairment like there is for alcohol (aka breathalyzer).
I don't see landslide momentum building for legalization until a standardized metric is developed for determining how stoned someone currently is.
i have an easy method: video cameras in cars
Posted on 1/2/14 at 5:58 am to hsfolk
funny thing is the price hasn't come down. It is selling at $400 per ounce which is $100 more than it sold for in the late 90's in Seattle.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 6:49 am to Zahrim
Yes! This is the start of the legalization of Marijuana.
Posted on 1/2/14 at 9:08 am to hsfolk
I suspect that the Prog State will end up subsidizing pot to them that won't/can't afford it as a medicinal (psychological) form of therapeutic treatment, covered under ACA. And for various physical ailments too.
The folk are going to need some form of 'entertainment' and mental 'expansion' in order to *understand* the altruistic workings of their new 'Animal Farm' State....seeing that jobs will be very scarce. Outside of the government version, that will be paid for by the few that still work in what will be left of the Private Economy. Janet Yellen may as well keep those money presses well-oiled; she'll be ramping back up soon enough.
Hell, if this keeps up, I may have to polish up my old cultivator skills; last ones were thirteen footers. The local Sheriff's Office and State Police can back that up, if their records go back that far.
What a scene!
The folk are going to need some form of 'entertainment' and mental 'expansion' in order to *understand* the altruistic workings of their new 'Animal Farm' State....seeing that jobs will be very scarce. Outside of the government version, that will be paid for by the few that still work in what will be left of the Private Economy. Janet Yellen may as well keep those money presses well-oiled; she'll be ramping back up soon enough.
Hell, if this keeps up, I may have to polish up my old cultivator skills; last ones were thirteen footers. The local Sheriff's Office and State Police can back that up, if their records go back that far.
What a scene!
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