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Vermont becomes the 9th state to legalize marijuana
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The 2019 legislative session in Texas will be interesting. The two marijuana bills in 2017 had some bipartison support and co-sponsors which was surprising. I think in 2019 they'll actually go to votes (and probably not pass). I do expect either medicinal or recreational to pass in 2021 or 2023 though. That's if the federal government doesn't get to it first lol. Dan Patrick is a shit-stain though and will probably do everything he can to muck it up but maybe revenue figures from Cali will convince.
Sure, but marijuana legalization must not reverse what has been done, plus like I said it's stupid that cigarettes are still sold at all since the FDA is always banning dangerous substances every year and no one cries over it. It is hypocritical and only serves a few businesses' interest in making money on the back of people's health and at society's expense. Society is literally subsidizing tobacco businesses so that they can make money by killing people. A straight up wealth transfer from your paycheck to theirs, to make people sick and kill them to generate profit, whether you smoke or not. Only taxes make up for that, in a stupid Kafkaesque way.
I mean at the very least forbid them to sell tobacco in the form of cigarettes and forbid them from marketing the tobacco as something that is meant to be smoked. From there it would be even easier to ban all sorts of additives from the sold tobacco. Stop making half-hassed efforts.
Actually we are trying to have more choice with what we do with our own bodies, not less.
Don't half ass banning things. Full ass giving people the choice and making sure that everyone is well aware of the dangers associated with certain products. Make it in a safe environment and tax it. Every single person knows the risks of smoking, and some choose to do it still. Which is perfectly fine. Give other drugs the same treatment.
So are you going to complain about not being able to consume micoexanitedibufromorphen when the FDA bans it? FDA bans stuff all the time so that companies can't make people sick for profit reasons. Should we unban all that is already banned and just rely on education, let companies sell anything, just rely on people being woke?
I mean I think it was last year they banned a substance used in bread, also used in the production of gym mats. But no, "Just educate yourself!".
Also, cigarettes are addictive, what now? No ban still? Or ban only if addictive?
That's not what I said. Some things are banned for very obvious reasons, and we don't need to talk about that stuff.
I thought we were talking about Cigarettes and Marijuana, with maybe a few other widely used, illegal drugs mixed in.
I have no wish to eat gym mat bread.
Ok, but we know how toxic cigarettes are, probably more than the substance they put in the bread was, plus it's addictive. My point about marijuana is not that it should be banned, but that there is no reason to allow it being sold as cigarettes, nor allow businesses to promote it as a substance meant to be smoked. We shouldn't end in the same situation as what led cigarette sales to be too lucrative for governments to ban both due to taxes and lobbying.
Yeah, fuck it! Lets ban alcohol too! And fast food! And Soda!
This makes no sense....its going to get smoked whether it comes as a cigarette or just gets smoked freeform out of a bowl...
Yeah, I'd be beyond shocked if Utah legalized it before its legal in the whole country. They're gonna be a holdout. :P
Like a clockwork. Do you whine about everything the FDA bans every year because of its toxicity? Cigarettes are explicitly toxic, always, and addictive. Why complain about banning that, but then not about banning the less toxic stuff companies have been putting in food or medication or household products?
Do you whine about everything that's not banned because of its toxicity? People can choose for themselves how healthy they want to be as long as its not affecting someone else's health.
You get used to it pretty quick, but the first time I stopped in a dispensary was definitely crazy.
What freaked me out he most was the receipt and the shopping bag. The employees were laughing too, it was a great experience.
It's * illegal* in Canada (for 5 more months) because of "cooperation with the USA" . thanks guys.
Because the influence created by the smear campaign he described went far beyond just the USA. Also, Canada will legalize it soon.
I will make this statement in every single MJ thread (since it's true): There is no justifiable reason for the possession and consumption of cannabis to be a criminal act.
Noice!!! Here's hoping Oklahoma becomes the 10th state to do it.
Who am I kidding? Oklahoma will be the 50th state to do it.
It will be fully legal everywhere in Canada by July 1, 2018. It might as well be legal right now as it is for sale everywhere, both store fronts and online.
And yeah for Vermont! So it will be legal in Quebec but at the US border crossing between Vermont and Quebec everyone has to deny they have even heard of cannabis. Hmmm ...
its only a matter of time before non violent weed offenses goes the way of the dodo. Hopefully the wave continues
Well, we decriminalized it in MD and medicinal dispensaries opened up fairly recently. With DC, it's only a matter of time.
The fact that it's only 9 is sort of pathetic. Reefer Madness was like 60 years ago and you still got fools drinking the koolaid.
Medicinal is legalized in some capacity in 29 states so that's a start I guess. Even Texas is moving in the right direction but only CBD oil is legal currently and only for epilepsy.
Maine legalized it, but all these old, rural assholes keep voting to ban retail sales. It's upsetting.
Agreed. Then, for bonus points, use the ABV for cuilinary purposes.
lol, that's just nonsense. Everyone knows it had to become illegal because the blacks genetically react badly to it.
Yeah. We use one of these services in DC. We buy a t-shirt for like $100 lol. They even deliver; it's great.
Can't legally sell it but it ends up as just a small fine for possessing(aka here in Philly it's like a 20 dollar fine for anything an ounce or under)
Never used on before since I don't live in the city proper. Do they require you to have a DC address to deliver or can they deliver anywhere? (like a coffee shop for instance).
Philadelphia decriminalized not too long ago. Basically, if you're caught with under a certain amount in Philly, you get a citation. It's a smallish fine...less than $100 anyway. No arrest, no criminal charge, etc. Just pay the ticket and you're good to go.
Isn't everywhere outside of NYC super conservative with NYC and NY kinda racist?
Upstate New York I could see being like that, but I'm from Long Island and most of us aren't like that.
Well the world is anti weed somewhat because there was some kinda worldwide narcotics act in 1925, like League of Nations or UN or something like that. Most of the world was on board. They added weed to the list.
It was around then it became illegal in a lot of the world.