Marijuana Legalized in Two States

[kortin]

What a damn shame. More and more people going to ruin their lives.

 

[Rastien]

Will be interesting to see what happens it's a good start for more freedom for sure, i dislike the goverment being able to tell you what you can and can't put into your body i feel this should be down to the choice of the individual and as long as they are not being a public nuisance in doing so, let them be and get on with it.

Oh but think of the children!?

Educate them properly on the substances and point out all the effects both negative and positive and let them decide for themselves WHEN THEY ARE ADULTS if they wish to take part in such things.

Personally i think it's a good thing will be interesting to see everyones opinions on the matter though

Also food for thought maybe?, i've never seen 2 stoners fighting, but if i walk up the road on a friday night at 2AM when the bars are kicking out it's a safe bet i will find someone fighting with someone else.

Well.. It is a problem when you eat people's faces. I'm sure that the government has a right to tell you that you're not allowed to do that.

That was PCP or close to it "Bath Salts" now i want scientists to pin point what part of the drug causes cannibalism, isolate it, then make it transmitted by bodily fluids and we got ourselves a zombie apocalypse!

Unless someone gets a severe case of the munchies i haven't heard of MJ causing cannibalism.

 

[Lunar Templar]

Well, fundamentalist Christians get their wish.

Men who sleep with other men are to be stoned (Lev 20:13).

and in my state, they can be married now to

 

[repeating integers]

Well, fundamentalist Christians get their wish.

Men who sleep with other men are to be stoned (Lev 20:13).

This made me laugh very hard. Thank you and well done.

 

[GoddyofAus]

Great, I'm sure now everybody in my vicinity will not stop to shut the fuck up about how it should be legalized like, everywhere because it's the most perfect plant ever and the big cool US are doing it too because we all know the US has always been the perfect example for all our issues in the EU.

Sod drugs and this rebel culture.

It is not a rebel culture. It is a mind your own fucking business culture.

 

[Mr.Squishy]

Well, fundamentalist Christians get their wish.

Men who sleep with other men are to be stoned (Lev 20:13).

Ahahaha, that is solid gold!

Also, this.

thumbs up from the netherlands, we knew you could do it.

Ain't from the netherlands meself, but the point stands.

Captcha: Train surfing. LoL! captcha's stoned already

 

[VladG]

This is amazing. If only Texas would follow suit (YEAH RIGHT). I wonder though, what happens to the people already in jail?

They stay in jail. They broke the law.

It's an interesting and rather unexpected move. I didn't think I'd see it legalized any time soon (if at all) in the US and it makes me slightly more hopeful that Europe might follow.

 

[EightGaugeHippo]

I smoke every day, and my biggest problem is getting decent stuff. Smoking a joint is as normal for me, as having a cup of coffee, in fact, I wouldn't have a cup of coffee at home without a joint. Most people would label me a pothead, but I've only really been properly stoned a couple of times this year, it relaxes me, that's why I smoke it... being stoned out of your mind is actually pretty unpleasant IMO - I like the middle ground, when you hear sounds differently, surround sound systems freak you out, you get the munchies and waffles turn into the most awesome invention ever. Being so stoned that you don't want to have any more is not fun. I have been smoking for... about 20 years, and have never felt the need to take anything stronger.

That is essentially me, except I've only been smoking for 3 years. What I hate is people who have no experience with something (like many people in this thread) making uneducated comments about something they have no first hand knowledge in and then grouping everyone who smokes it into one "stoner waste of life idiot" category.
Today, if you smoke weed you get labelled pothead and it casts a black shadow over your social life.

Sure if you smoke loads you become lazy and a little paranoid. But you're happy when you do it and it only lasts for around an hour.

But if you drink loads you become violent, stupid, slow, randomly upset, it fucks your liver up and then you vomit. Waking up in the morning you can't go to work because you drank too much and have a hangover.

Cannabis doesn't do any of that, but remember kids the Government says that it's okay to drink your drugs.

 

[Quaxar]

Great, I'm sure now everybody in my vicinity will not stop to shut the fuck up about how it should be legalized like, everywhere because it's the most perfect plant ever and the big cool US are doing it too because we all know the US has always been the perfect example for all our issues in the EU.

Sod drugs and this rebel culture.

It is not a rebel culture. It is a mind your own fucking business culture.

Thank you, this is exactly my point.

I'm sick of, when I say I have never done any drugs, people trying to talk me into trying it.
These laws don't really stop many people anyway because apparently in this society we are now free to choose what we obey and what we ignore and all those silly things like narcotics or driving laws are totally out of line. I've never heard someone moaning that it's ridiculius to get a prison sentence for manslaughter while driving under influence but still thousands of people a year think they are above the law and totally cool to drive, it was only 5 beers and half a bottle of vodka anyway. Or they are too important and too late to be driving less than 20 km/h over the limit.
Of course it's a rebel culture. All the villages where they completely removed all road signs saw a drastic decrease in accidents and speeding because people stopped thinking they knew better than those warning and stop signs at crossroads with bad view and that clearly those 30 km/h signs were totally out of their mind.
We just love to know better than the law.

 

[Agayek]

I'd like it if *all* drugs were legalized. However, when there's a major US city that wants to ban *soft drinks* above 16 oz. and pressures new mothers into breastfeeding (both for society's "own good"), then I hold little hope for the Drug Wars to end in the US.

What this guy said.

They really need to decriminalize everything, let people choose their poison and get on with life already.

Education on the effects is great, banning not so much.

 

[TakerFoxx]

I just hope it doesn't happen in my home state. Not because I give a shit about marijuana itself, but because I deliver pizzas for a living, and stoners are terrible tippers.

 

[Kolby Jack]

I think I'll always have a low opinion of people who use drugs as a crutch for their own happiness, legal or otherwise, but I'm not really opposed to the new law. I don't live in either state, but times are changing so it's not a stretch to assume the new stance on it will spread further. I do know a cop in Colorado, though, and she says that medical marijuana was enough of a nightmare for police and this law will cause so many more headaches for them.

 

[GTwander]

This makes me very hopeful for the rest most of them, and next should be California. Though, now there will be a HUGE backlash where the neighboring states will feel they have to devote a lot more law enforcement presence at their borders, raise taxes, and then use that red-state hatred of raised taxes to make sure it never happens - and they will likely push for heavier federal illegality on it.

Tricky situation, but thank god we now have an experiment to work with.

 

[KingsGambit_v1legacy]

Considering how much more harmful alcohol is compared with marijuana, I've long thought it should be legalised, controlled, taken out of the shady corners, taxed and regulated. This is a very good first step.

 

[Mellomi]

SPEAKING AS AN ACTUAL WASHINGTONIAN
thank you.

The law, as it stands: you cannot grow your own without a license. You can not have any if you are under 21. You may not posses more than an ounce of pure marijuana, 16 ounces of infused solid product, and/or 72 ounces of liquid product. The DUI laws have been changed to include "under the influence" as 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter. The main opposition here was only worried that the DUI laws would affect those using medically. Finally, it will be taxed. 55% of the tax will go towards health-care, 25% towards substance education and abuse prevention programs. Here [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Washington_I-502_Revenue_Dispersion.jpg] is the pie chart breakdown of where the taxes are going.


THANK YOU

Edit: corrected DUI law misstatement.

 

[Twilight_guy]

I still don't like drugs. Yous still can't convince me that smoking Marijuana is a good thing. I still support banning it because it discourages its use. I still don't care who smokes it, but I think they're wrong for doing so.

 

[GTwander]

The DUI laws have been changed to include "under the influence" as 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter.

How does that work?
The chemicals can stay in your system between 9 and 45 days. Technically you could get a DUI weeks after use, unless, there is a system involved that I don't know of that can actually tell the difference. Oh, mouth swabs can detect it up to 72 hours as well.

 

[Mellomi]

The DUI laws have been changed to include "under the influence" as 5 nanograms of THC per milliliter.

How does that work?
The chemicals can stay in your system between 9 and 45 days. Technically you could get a DUI weeks after use, unless, there is a system involved that I don't know of that can actually tell the difference. Oh, mouth swabs can detect it up to 72 hours as well.

There was also a part that said "active THC levels," so that could be it. I'm mostly just simplifying the Wikipedia page, since nobody else seems to be looking at it. I didn't actually know that, so thank you!