2 Families, 2 Conversations

[brutal]

^^ Too late. I already filled her car with gas.

Damn you! Damn you straight to hell!

[KevDen2005]

Family 1: I stopped in a convenience store yesterday to refill my coffee cup. I grabbed an impulse packet of those little mini-donuts that were on the counter for .50 cents. As I was leaving a 30-ish looking guy with 3 little boys was approaching the door. The kids were in front so I held the door open for them. The dad told the boys, "That was very nice of him to open the door, huh? What do you say?" The two older boys, maybe 10 and 8, both gave the perfunctory "thank you" and walked inside. But the little guy, almost 4, stopped, pointed at the package of donuts I had in my hand and asked, "May I have one of your donuts, please?"

Very funny and very cute, I thought. How the hell do you say no to that? I figured it was someone telling me I didn't need mini-donuts. Dad was mortified and kept apologizing for his son..."I'm so sorry, he's only 3, he'll be 4 in a month, we're trying very hard to teach him manners", etc. I assured him it was fine and asked if I could share a donut. He said it was OK with him. So I told the little boy I'd give him the donuts if he'd share with his brothers. He said he would. Everyone was happy and I left with a smile on my face...even though I didn't have donuts.

Family 2: I had a stop on my route at an older but well-kept and neat, single-wide, owned by a local church in an outlying logging community whose best days are long since gone. The church maintains this place as a temporary home for families in need and I've been there several times.

When I got there I noticed a lot of trash in the yard, the grass wasn't cut, junky car...typical "I don't give a shit" look about it.

The "needy" lady of the house (turns out she was 22) came out to greet me while I was filling the tank. 3 dirty little kids, youngest was just past toddler stage to about 5 or 6 for the oldest (mom started very young apparently...but never confirmed they were all hers, either) were outside, running around out of control...trying to climb on the truck, crawling under the truck (PTO shaft spinning and all) and just generally being a nuisance. The girl started talking...boyfriend/baby daddy was 25, suffering from some illness that didn't allow him to work, she didn't work, just moved to ID from WA, hate it here because public assistance (she used that term) was hard to get, can't "smoke" like she did in WA, church was letting them live rent free and paying for propane delivery, empty toy boxes trashing up the yard were donations from church members, blah, blah, blah.

Being polite I mentioned I had recently moved to the area as well from CO and loved it. She got very excited..."That's where we're going as soon as we can get gas money! It's easy to get public assistance there and we can smoke without getting arrested."

My first thought was asking her how much she needed for gas. Then I thought, that's they type of person flooding into CO.

You guys are so screwed.

Every night on patrol I ask a homeless person or "needy family" where they are from and they rarely say Colorado. I try to get them to admit to me why they are here. I'm sure it has a lot to do with our easy "public assistance."

[68Charger]

That was a funny, but very telling post.
I was just thinking about how much I miss Colorado today

It was right after I did a FTF gun trade at the front gate of JBER military base in under a minute with nothing more than handshake at the end.
They are legalizing weed here too, the cold isn't gonna chase anyone out of Colorado if they are sticking around here. Plenty of addicts to all sorts of stuff can be found everywhere in these parts.

It was legal there LONG ago... all these states thinking they're trail blazing, but Alaska did it back in the 1975.... full on recreational, too... no transition with medical purpose.... just legal for an oz on the street, 1/4 lb in your house

Technically, other states tried decriminalization back then, too...

Want to read some history on legal mj? Look up Ravin vs State

[brutal]

It was legal there LONG ago... all these states thinking they're trail blazing, but Alaska did it back in the 1975.... full on recreational, too... no transition with medical purpose.... just legal for an oz on the street, 1/4 lb in your house

Technically, other states tried decriminalization back then, too...

Want to read some history on legal mj? Look up Ravin vs State

Hmmm, not according the the Alaska State troopers show I often watch.

[crashdown]

It was legal there LONG ago... all these states thinking they're trail blazing, but Alaska did it back in the 1975.... full on recreational, too... no transition with medical purpose.... just legal for an oz on the street, 1/4 lb in your house

Technically, other states tried decriminalization back then, too...

Want to read some history on legal mj? Look up Ravin vs State

Maybe... I have no idea as I don't care, but there sure is a lot voting going on regarding pot.
Seems like it might be legal to own, but no dispensaries here for medical or recreational.
Pretty sure it wouldn't be legal to be selling on the street corner either.
Colorado didn't really seem to suffer too much until the pot shops opened up.

[68Charger]

Hmmm, not according the the Alaska State troopers show I often watch.

It was recriminalized in the 90s (I was in another state, but heard they had made it illegal again)

Maybe... I have no idea as I don't care, but there sure is a lot voting going on regarding pot.
Seems like it might be legal to own, but no dispensaries here for medical or recreational.
Pretty sure it wouldn't be legal to be selling on the street corner either.
Colorado didn't really seem to suffer too much until the pot shops opened up.

It wasn't the same model back then... they weren't trying to tax it- just you could have it for personal use, and the state supreme court upheld that the right to privacy included smoking Cannibis in your house.

I just find it funny that the media thinks legalization is a new trend... when the only thing that's new is the dispensaries (so they can officially collect tax)
The kind of problems that have occurred here since it was passed I don't remember being a big problem- so maybe it's the dispensaries that are the problem... or the combination of easy public assistance that wasn't available in Alaska back then

[roberth]

I'm still trying to figure out how the state can bank the taxes from dope but the dopers can't bank their money from sales.

[CS1983]

I'm still trying to figure out how the state can bank the taxes from dope but the dopers can't bank their money from sales.

Because we threw off one tyrant to be ruled by many.

[68Charger]

I'm still trying to figure out how the state can bank the taxes from dope but the dopers can't bank their money from sales.

The state treasury isn't FDIC insured, as it is not a private bank?

As I understand it, it's the FDIC insurance that private banks don't want to jeopardize by dealing with dopers and their money.

[izzy]

Kind of in the same line- I agree with Carl- we are so screwed. They're already here. This is a story about my hometown (I intend to move back soon):
http://kdvr.com/2016/09/27/volunteer...reen-dog-park/
This wouldn't have happened just 5 or 6 years ago, but now we're importing these lazy, idiot, out-of-state people with no respect.

I have a new life goal to pose for a picture next to a giant pile of dog poop.