re: La. House to vote on recreational weed today. Updated with video link

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Senate Health and Wellness Committee voted 391, the raw marijuana for medical, as favorable by 6-1. This will pass.

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done deal? people with a card can buy raw bud?

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done deal? people with a card can buy raw bud?

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it still has to go to the full senate for vote, but yeah that one is a lock.
Decriminalization is about 95% now. It's a comprise for not passing recreational

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It's a comprise for not passing recreational

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Comprise my arse, its nothing more than a cop out. I can legally buy all the alcohol I want but can’t legally buy a plant that anyone with an IQ over 80 can grow.

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Explain it to me like I am 5:

If it is decriminalized can’t I just smoke reefer wherever and not worry about it anyway?

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Not like a complete fool. Possession over a certain amount would be more than a ticket.

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$100 fine for anything under a half oz

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Just stup

They get x amount of dollars per day per person in jail.
They get x amount from fine paid.

It's really not that hard to figure out. Same reason why small towns live traffic revenue

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even if you don’t smoke, the next time you are in a legal state go to a dispensary. It will blow your mind, and it’s just plain stupid that damn near half the country has come to its senses and LA is arguing simple possession still

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Not to mention the potential monetary windfall of being the only fully legal southern state. I guess some legislators prefer their individual windfalls they get from the DA & Sheriff's Associations to oppose.

I'm rooting for y'all. Hope the tax benefits aren't totally wasted by the State.

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Its going to take the marijuana people padding the pockets of both the legislature and the sheriffs to get recreational to pass. That or federal legalization.
La politicians don't vote with anything other than their personal bank account.

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Yea - never is that more apparent than now. All we hear about is the overwhelming public support in favor pouring into the legislature. If support is so overwhelmingly in favor, then why isn't this an easy pass? We all know why, but it's just frustrating. At some point, you start to feel like your voice doesn't matter at all.

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Its going to take the marijuana people padding the pockets of both the legislature and the sheriffs to get recreational to pass. That or federal legalization.
La politicians don't vote with anything other than their personal bank account.

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Yea - never is that more apparent than now. All we hear about is the overwhelming public support in favor pouring into the legislature. If support is so overwhelmingly in favor, then why isn't this an easy pass? We all know why, but it's just frustrating. At some point, you start to feel like your voice doesn't matter at all.

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Our voices 1000% don't matter. I remember in 2017, Senate Bill No.: 1 of Regular Session 2017 was filed by Senator Francis Thompson which was to rename LSMSA to the “Jimmy D. Long Sr. Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts."

The alumni and supporters of LSMSA bombarded the legislators in opposition of renaming the entire school and proposed, instead, that they name the soon-to-be (at the time) constructed $27M residence hall as the Jimmy D. Long Residence Hall. Which would have been very appropriate considering Jimmy Long was a huge proponent of the residential nature of LSMSA.

Regardless, the bill was pushed through, albeit watered down a bit to not affect diplomas, transcripts, logos, stationery and other items. Amendments to the bill also allowed the LSMSA's board of directors would have control on exactly how the name change is to be implemented, including signs and class rings.

Regardless of that, what I learned watching that process was: the legislators want to pat themselves on the back and don't really give two shits about overall public opinion.