Marijuana prohibition nearing an end?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/08/medical-marijuana-sails-to-victory-in-florida/

Several states have voted to allow recreational use of the devil weed!  Medical marijuana passed in my own state (Florida) and hopefully a few years from now adults will be allowed to use it for recreational purposes.

Does this sort of thing make you happy or mad?

Marijuana will turn us all into gay, Birkenstock wearing, communist hippies. 

Maybe since Florida is allowing medical, some other southern states will follow. You should have seen the scary anti amendment 2 commercials, they were hilarious.

Marijuana kills.

Lmao, I hope they stop treating users like criminals, there is a big shift towards common sense in this issue I think.

Why does Sheldon Adelson spend so much money trying to block legalization?

Hmm...

On the one hand potheads would never have anything to talk about ever again.

On the other hand it seems that marijuana leads to jazz music and raping white women.

This shithole will probably be the last place to legalize it.

Seriously, Norwegian drug politics are taken right out of that Reefer Madness clip posted above. So much for "liberalism"... 

It took a long time but as a society we slowly came to the realization that filling our lungs with tobacco smoke and blowing it all over the place for other people to breathe was stupid. It used to be cool. Now it's not. This whole smoking marijuana movement is a step backward IMO. You wanna use it? Fine. I have no problem with it. I believe it has medicinal properties and/or it relaxes you. Just find some other way to take it.

The end.

It took a long time but as a society we slowly came to the realization that filling our lungs with tobacco smoke and blowing it all over the place for other people to breathe was stupid. It used to be cool. Now it's not. This whole smoking marijuana movement is a step backward IMO. You wanna use it? Fine. I have no problem with it. I believe it has medicinal properties and/or it relaxes you. Just find some other way to take it.

The end.

What's so wrong about smoking things if it doesn't directly impact anyone who does not want to be exposed to it?

Is it wrong of me to smoke a cigarette or a joint in my own home just because someone who lives three miles away doesn't approve of what I choose to do to my own body?

You say "Fine. I have no problem with it". And then you say "Just find some other way to take it". That makes no sense. At all.

Quote from: Boots on November 09, 2016, 06:32:50 PM

It took a long time but as a society we slowly came to the realization that filling our lungs with tobacco smoke and blowing it all over the place for other people to breathe was stupid. It used to be cool. Now it's not. This whole smoking marijuana movement is a step backward IMO. You wanna use it? Fine. I have no problem with it. I believe it has medicinal properties and/or it relaxes you. Just find some other way to take it.

The end.

What's so wrong about smoking things if it doesn't directly impact anyone who does not want to be exposed to it?

Is it wrong of me to smoke a cigarette or a joint in my own home just because someone who lives three miles away doesn't approve of what I choose to do to my own body?

You say "Fine. I have no problem with it". And then you say "Just find some other way to take it". That makes no sense. At all.

Well my comment does make sense. What it meant was I have no problem with taking marijuana. My problem is with smoking it.

As far as what you do in your own home that is your business. But smoking cigarettes is getting less and less popular which I think is a good thing. It used to be seen as cool and now nobody I know, even the ones that smoke cigarettes, thinks it's cool. Then along comes marijuana and suddenly it's cool to smoke again. I consider that a step backward. (And yes I know marijuana smoke is not as bad for your lungs as tobacco.)

Marihuana brownies for everyone!

I just need to stay something from experience, so listen to me, as this has happened many times before.

The first year or two that Marijuana is legalized, everyone will jump on it. Sales will skyrocket, bad events from marijuana will skyrocket, potheads will skyrocket. The opposing news will use this as proof that it won't work.

But they're wrong... the sales, mistakes, bad events and potheads will soon drop an stabilize as people have gotten used to it, and the "cool new thing" vibe has dwindled.

Pretty much like a kid with a new toy... eventually he will settle down and use it less frequently and more carefully as time goes on.

Here in Oklahoma, it's still a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Controlled DANGEROUS substance.
Other drugs Schedule 1:
LSD
Cocaine
Methamphetamine
Heroin
MDMA/MDA (ecstasy)
One of our state questions was changing possession of said substances from felony to misdemeanor. It passed.

Here in Oklahoma, it's still a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Controlled DANGEROUS substance.
Other drugs Schedule 1:
LSD
Cocaine
Methamphetamine
Heroin
MDMA/MDA (ecstasy)
One of our state questions was changing possession of said substances from felony to misdemeanor. It passed.

What city in OK are you in? I have some acreage in OK that has power wind turbines on them, so I vist there fairly often.

I agree with you that smoking it is not so good for you, Boots. There are plenty of other ways to consume it that won't damage your lungs, though! People who don't smoke cigarettes will most likely not smoke weed, they'll eat it or vape it. People who already smoke cigarettes are probably not too worried about smoking weed too.

Quote from: IonSpen on November 10, 2016, 09:52:04 AM

Here in Oklahoma, it's still a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Controlled DANGEROUS substance.
Other drugs Schedule 1:
LSD
Cocaine
Methamphetamine
Heroin
MDMA/MDA (ecstasy)
One of our state questions was changing possession of said substances from felony to misdemeanor. It passed.

What city in OK are you in? I have some acreage in OK that has power wind turbines on them, so I vist there fairly often.

Duncan. They just erected several in and near Rush Springs, Alex, and east of Marlow. All little towns south of OKC, east of Lawton/Ft. Sill.

Quote from: Babyhighspeed on November 10, 2016, 10:28:14 AM

Quote from: IonSpen on November 10, 2016, 09:52:04 AM

Here in Oklahoma, it's still a Schedule 1 controlled substance. Controlled DANGEROUS substance.
Other drugs Schedule 1:
LSD
Cocaine
Methamphetamine
Heroin
MDMA/MDA (ecstasy)
One of our state questions was changing possession of said substances from felony to misdemeanor. It passed.

What city in OK are you in? I have some acreage in OK that has power wind turbines on them, so I vist there fairly often.

Duncan. They just erected several in and near Rush Springs, Alex, and east of Marlow. All little towns south of OKC, east of Lawton/Ft. Sill.

Oh you are south Oklahoma. My land is north, about 15 miles outside ponca city. Literal middle of no where.

It is getting to be a big business there and in Kansas because the land isn't that fertile, but it is very flat. Green energy companies are Really helping property values for open acreage that was once tanking. Used to the area was only about 1400 dollars an acre, now it have been inching close to 4700 ALL thanks to green energy.

I heard in the news that Trump is not big on renewable energy. And that sector has taken a hit in the international markets, too. I'd sell before it's too late.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/04/house-votes-to-legalize-weed-442903

The House on Friday passed a landmark bill that would remove federal penalties on marijuana and erase cannabis-related criminal records.

The bill passed by a vote of 228-164, with several Republicans on board. While the MORE Act is not expected to come up in the Senate this year, and likely won't in the next session of Congress either, its passage nevertheless marks a monumental step in marijuana policy.

It's amazing how much has changed since this thread started 4 years ago!

I've got lots of family in Oklahoma, they've got incredibly lax medical marijuana laws, and it's one of the cheapest places in the country to get licensed to grow it.  (I reread the thread, too bad IonSpen isn't here to talk about it)

Congress won't get in a hurry on this, but so many Republican states have legalized some form of marijuana usage, I don't know why Republicans in the Senate would be against it.

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/12/04/house-votes-to-legalize-weed-442903

Quote

The House on Friday passed a landmark bill that would remove federal penalties on marijuana and erase cannabis-related criminal records.

The bill passed by a vote of 228-164, with several Republicans on board. While the MORE Act is not expected to come up in the Senate this year, and likely won't in the next session of Congress either, its passage nevertheless marks a monumental step in marijuana policy.

It's amazing how much has changed since this thread started 4 years ago!

I've got lots of family in Oklahoma, they've got incredibly lax medical marijuana laws, and it's one of the cheapest places in the country to get licensed to grow it.  (I reread the thread, too bad IonSpen isn't here to talk about it)

Congress won't get in a hurry on this, but so many Republican states have legalized some form of marijuana usage, I don't know why Republicans in the Senate would be against it.

Because it's the devil's lettuce.  But seriously, there is overwhelming support from both Democrat and Republican voters for legalization, so they have no reason not to support it other than to appease their lobbyist friends.

Decriminalizing it is one thing.  Not getting fired for using it is another.

Legalize and tax the hell out of it.

Gods hate masterbators and junkies.
It's right there in the pamphlet.   

I'm indifferent towards marijuana legalization.

I may or may not have partaken in the devil's lettuce on multiple occasions, mostly in high school and college, and it didn't do much for me. I didn't really care for it.

But if other people dig it, that's cool. And obviously it's got a lot of medicinal properties.

Gods hate masterbators and junkies.
It's right there in the pamphlet.   

God invented marijuana.
Man invented beer.
Who do you trust?

Legalize it, don't criticize it.

Where does Stash keep his stash?

Quote from: Bullwinkle on December 05, 2020, 05:59:04 AM

Gods hate masterbators and junkies.
It's right there in the pamphlet.   

God invented marijuana.
Man invented beer.
Who do you trust?

Not god, that's for sure.  He does not have a good record.

Marijuana kills.

Lmao, I hope they stop treating users like criminals, there is a big shift towards common sense in this issue I think.

So does water.