Pot is legal in CO and WA

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  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
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    Legalize and tax the shiz out of it...I don't use it, but don't care if others would like to.

    We have laws about operating while messed up but people can still be wasted. Why should the gov. decide how you can and cannot get messed up?
  • JessieGurlJb
    JessieGurlJb Posts: 441
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    Never been happier to live in WA!! Rolls a fat one**
  • sillygoosie
    sillygoosie Posts: 1,109 Member
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    Speaking as proud voter for Colorado's Amendment 64, I can tell you that this will do amazing things for this state. If you've ever been here, you'll know that half the people here partake in the use of marijuana anyway. Now it can be regulated and taxed with the money going towards funding our schools. In addition to that, our tax dollars will no longer be wasted pursuing small time marijuana sellers, growers and users, and can now be spent fighting real crime. Beyond the medicinal qualities of marijuana, it is a very valuable natural resource and we now have the freedom to benefit from it. Thomas Jefferson would be proud.

    ETA: There is no difference between this and the end of alcohol prohibition.
  • kaylaandthestarcatcher
    kaylaandthestarcatcher Posts: 836
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    If alcohol is legal, marijuana should be legal, too.
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
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    Speaking as proud voter for Colorado's Amendment 64, I can tell you that this will do amazing things for this state. If you've ever been here, you'll know that half the people here partake in the use of marijuana anyway. Now it can be regulated and taxed with the money going towards funding our schools. In addition to that, our tax dollars will no longer be wasted pursuing small time marijuana sellers, growers and users, and can now be spent fighting real crime. Beyond the medicinal qualities of marijuana, it is a very valuable natural resource and we now have the freedom to benefit from it. Thomas Jefferson would be proud.

    ETA: There is no difference between this and the end of alcohol prohibition.

    also, if it is legal, gov. can insure laws are in place such that the product is safe/know what's in it.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    The days of Prohibition are numbered. Congratulations to those two states, as well as the MA that will now allow legal access for patients. Cannabis is *by far* the safer alternative to alcohol.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
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    Maybe it is at the State Level... but those states will still have to contend with the Federal Government on this issue.
  • BeingAwesome247
    BeingAwesome247 Posts: 1,171 Member
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    Speaking as proud voter for Colorado's Amendment 64, I can tell you that this will do amazing things for this state. If you've ever been here, you'll know that half the people here partake in the use of marijuana anyway. Now it can be regulated and taxed with the money going towards funding our schools. In addition to that, our tax dollars will no longer be wasted pursuing small time marijuana sellers, growers and users, and can now be spent fighting real crime. Beyond the medicinal qualities of marijuana, it is a very valuable natural resource and we now have the freedom to benefit from it. Thomas Jefferson would be proud.

    ETA: There is no difference between this and the end of alcohol prohibition.

    also, if it is legal, gov. can insure laws are in place such that the product is safe/know what's in it.

    :smokin: :drinker: :heart:
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,731 Member
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    Cheetos a Doritos sales are about to spike in those states.
  • kaylaandthestarcatcher
    kaylaandthestarcatcher Posts: 836
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    Stoners rejoice. they can now smoke marijuana like they smoke cigarettes. The American IQ just took a big hit. What do you think?

    Was the "took a big hit" pun intended? Just wondering.
  • n0ob
    n0ob Posts: 2,390 Member
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    :smokin: :drinker: :heart:

    and just to let the thread know, I've never even seen an illicit drug in my life, much less used. So my opinion does not come from a wanna be legal user.
  • JessieGurlJb
    JessieGurlJb Posts: 441
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    http://youtu.be/gWhUqo9Aivs
    Its not a drug its a plant it just grows that way
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
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    Stoners rejoice. they can now smoke marijuana like they smoke cigarettes. The American IQ just took a big hit. What do you think?

    The benefits of marijuana are so great that this could NEVER be a bad thing. It cures cancer, it helps very sick people who cannot get relief from any man-made chemical and it end crime when legalized. Drug legalization = income from tax revenue and ending gang/cartel crime.

    YAY!
  • Owlie45
    Owlie45 Posts: 810 Member
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    Terrible I know, now our jails wont be full of non violent criminals.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
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    Stoners rejoice. they can now smoke marijuana like they smoke cigarettes. The American IQ just took a big hit. What do you think?

    The benefits of marijuana are so great that this could NEVER be a bad thing. It cures cancer, it helps very sick people who cannot get relief from any man-made chemical and it end crime when legalized. Drug legalization = income from tax revenue and ending gang/cartel crime.

    YAY!

    Weed kills cancer now?
    That's new one on me...
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
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    Stoners rejoice. they can now smoke marijuana like they smoke cigarettes. The American IQ just took a big hit. What do you think?

    The benefits of marijuana are so great that this could NEVER be a bad thing. It cures cancer, it helps very sick people who cannot get relief from any man-made chemical and it end crime when legalized. Drug legalization = income from tax revenue and ending gang/cartel crime.

    YAY!

    Weed kills cancer now?
    That's new one on me...

    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/19/marijuana-and-cancer_n_1898208.html

    Not to mention it vastly improves the quality of life of cancer patients. I read a story last week about a little girl who claimed that ingesting marijuana helped put her in remission.

    For me personally, I have a joint (yes joint) disorder that causes me excruciating pain daily. There is no real way to treat it, practically no doctors will see you for treatment and It effects my diet, speech and life greatly. The most common treatment is muscle relaxers or pain pills, both of which can be expensive, addictive and many doctors won't prescribe them long term. Marijuana is the ONLY thing that has helped me manage the pain and symptoms. It's natural, non-addictive and has improved my quality of life. Until a person lives with pain so bad that they average 2-3 hours of sleep, cry out daily and nightly in pain that is so bad they feel like they will pass out, and live with that pain daily, they have NO RIGHT to tell me I can't take a natural supplement to help me live a bit better.
  • WendyTerry420
    WendyTerry420 Posts: 13,274 Member
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    http://youtu.be/gWhUqo9Aivs
    Its not a drug its a plant it just grows that way

    And if you just so happen to set it on fire... :laugh:
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    Just one more thing they can tax to death.
  • meg7399
    meg7399 Posts: 672 Member
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    Countries who have legalized drugs (not just pot) have seen addiction rates drop tremendously. Humane nature is to get what we can't have...give it to the people and it loses appeal. If it doesn't then it just seems like natural selection at work to me!
  • cllovesdw4eva
    cllovesdw4eva Posts: 74
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    Clean marijuana plants have way more health benefits than a bottle of hard liquor ever will. If is taxed and regulated properly, it will solve way more problems than it creates.
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