So 64 just got signed

[Fmedges]

There are people who feel the same way about guns.

Well luckily for us guns are ok on both levels while mj is not. This law is like your mom telling you it's ok to do something yet your dad would beat your ass for it. No business, bank or school is going to risk prosecution by the Feds. Here you have something that is legal yet on the other hand other than growing your own product, there is no legal way of obtaining it. You can get fired for using it. That's why this law is pointless and foolish.

[TAR31]

This whole thing is foolish. I hope the Feds come in and regulate.

Yeah, we need more senseless regulation, not less. As Americans we need the government to tell us how to live our lives because we are not capable of making decisions for ourselves.

[MATT02GT]

Its a step towards national legalization of it and imo, itll get there one day. Like its been said before, there are too many petty cases tying up cops, courts, jails, etc for weed. Also, besides recreational use, there are many uses for mj/hemp and proven medical uses for it. Hell, if it was legal and regualted in every state with its many different uses, that sure could stimulate the economy in many ways. The big hold up I see is something that can test real time like a dui test can do.I voted yes and hope to see progress with it becoming totally legal, and I can also pass a piss test btw.

[Fmedges]

Yeah, we need more senseless regulation, not less. As Americans we need the government to tell us how to live our lives because we are not capable of making decisions for ourselves.

Oh did the Feds just pass a law outlawing mj, therefore adding more "senseless" regulation? We live in a nation of laws. If you want to live somewhere without laws, you are free to do so. Your utopia where you just run around and do whatever the fuck you want and nobody can tell anybody isn't practical.

[TAR31]

Oh did the Feds just pass a law outlawing mj, therefore adding more "senseless" regulation? We live in a nation of laws. If you want to live somewhere without laws, you are free to do so. Your utopia where you just run around and do whatever the fuck you want and nobody can tell anybody isn't practical.

I think my point is that we need less laws and more personal responsibility. Laws should only exist to protect people from others, not to protect people from themselves. But I guess you need the gov to tell you what's best for you.

[centrarchidae]

This whole thing is foolish. I hope the Feds come in and regulate.

What Federal regulations will make this better?

[cofi]

This whole thing is foolish. I hope the Feds come in and regulate.

that's what we need since the feds do such a great job with everything else......

[Kraven251]

I have always been on the side of legalize. People are going to sell it, people are going to use it. This should help prevent folks from getting something laced with other narcotics etc. I have never heard of anyone ever OD'ing on pot. Beyond that there is the side revenue, with the hemp industry. Hardest thing that hit the hemp industry was all of the federalbureaucracy about growing the plants, granted a majority of the seeds used to grow industrial hemp would probably suffocate you by the time you imbibed enough to get a buzz the same as drinking a beer. The fact remained though that it was still heavily monitored regulated etc. This would potentially make hemp fiber more readily available.

I don't care for drugs and don't use them, but if the government is going to tax everything else, why not tax this. Also, when they say all this money from drugs is being used to fund terrorism etc. legalize it, let it be home grown, and keep the money in our economy. The DEA is still going to be plenty busy as is the IRS, but now they can focus more on the external and worry less about busting some idiot college kid who got stoned in his dorm room.

[birddog]

You guys need to light up and calm down. Anyone got any snacks?

[Great-Kazoo]

I have always been on the side of legalize. People are going to sell it, people are going to use it. This should help prevent folks from getting something laced with other narcotics etc. I have never heard of anyone ever OD'ing on pot. Beyond that there is the side revenue, with the hemp industry. Hardest thing that hit the hemp industry was all of the federalbureaucracy about growing the plants, granted a majority of the seeds used to grow industrial hemp would probably suffocate you by the time you imbibed enough to get a buzz the same as drinking a beer. The fact remained though that it was still heavily monitored regulated etc. This would potentially make hemp fiber more readily available.

I don't care for drugs and don't use them, but if the government is going to tax everything else, why not tax this. Also, when they say all this money from drugs is being used to fund terrorism etc. legalize it, let it be home grown, and keep the money in our economy. The DEA is still going to be plenty busy as is the IRS, but now they can focus more on the external and worry less about busting some idiot college kid who got stoned in his dorm room.

Locally it is. The feds could decrease debt by X amount over say 1 year. As an example. In this town we had 3 dispensaries up and running. The town released figures of 2nd quarter revenue after they were up and running. 3 dispensaries paid to the town $165K in taxes! One quarter tax revue if you went on the low side of say $1K per Q that's still $400K annually, $400K! SO What does the city do? Allows a petition to outlaw them on the ballot. Who voted for it, drinkers and fear mongers. After the election, we lost approx $400 in taxes annually, Way to go. Ft. Collins during the first ban not only lost tax revenue, the number of now vacant business didn't help anyone let alone the owners. Even worse the same place the anti-weed proponents wanted to keep weed out of, neighborhoods, was now the only place licensed growers were allowed to sell out of.

Decriminalize it and deal with more serious crimes. whats that saying? YMMV

Smoke a Joint Go to jail
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