Who lives in an area with Medicinal or Recreational Marijuana ? And do you agree

[armada67]

with it or Disagree?

Me:
Florida
We have Medicinal only and I think we should have just done both at the same time. In a couple years it will be back on the ballot for recreational and we will have to go thru the whole thing all over again.

 

[darlasmaster01]

The state I live in got it all wrong. The medical marijuana is worthless and I can only hope for the legalization.

 

[Adjudicator]

I definitely support legalization of marijuana. It is not yet legal in my state.

 

[albertaboy]

The amount of time and money spent by the Government failing to prevent the dealing of weed is ridiculous.

Tax it and make it legal for personal consumption.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Look, marijuana is not nearly as bad as it's made out to be; it's not addictive except in the sense that you might learn to like it, and there is no known lethal dose. But it's not harmless: It may cause short-term memory loss; there is some evidence it lowers IQ in teenagers; and it may cause short-term memory loss.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Legalize and tax it. I'm hoping up here it can be bought only a government type outlets. Most beer and liquor in Ontario comes from the Beer Store or LCBO. The Beer Store has a government monopoly on beer sales over a six pack. It is owned by the manufacturers and retailers. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has a 'quasi' monopoly on liquor sales. It is a Crown corporation.

The LCBO had a profit last year of 1.7 billion. Plus Ontario gets the 13% sales tax and the 10% alcohol sales in bars and restaurants.

The Beer Store operates as a non-profit. But takes in 700 million in incidental profit.

Legalize it, tax it and control it's distribution. Shame we didn't do that with cigarettes early. Might have saved a couple of lives. Lots of money too.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Legalize and tax it. I'm hoping up here it can be bought only a government type outlets. Most beer and liquor in Ontario comes from the Beer Store or LCBO. The Beer Store has a government monopoly on beer sales over a six pack. It is owned by the manufacturers and retailers. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario has a 'quasi' monopoly on liquor sales. It is a Crown corporation.

The LCBO had a profit last year of 1.7 billion. Plus Ontario gets the 13% sales tax and the 10% alcohol sales in bars and restaurants.

The Beer Store operates as a non-profit. But takes in 700 million in incidental profit.

Legalize it, tax it and control it's distribution. Shame we didn't do that with cigarettes early. Might have saved a couple of lives. Lots of money too.

Sorry we aren't state slaves, we work for profits and ourselves here. They should get ZERO taxes from cannabis, for every year they prohibited it, they should let the people have it as a free market. Or we'll just stay black

Please take your communist shit and go fuck yourself with it. - M'uricuh.



I'm looking forward to the Trump administration raiding the shit out of dispensaries and farms this year

 

[slipslopstud]

"I'm not sure we're going to be a better, healthier nation if we're going to have marijuana being sold at every corner grocery store"

The words of attorney general Jeff Sessions. Who I wish would do us all a favor and walk off a cliff. Maybe he should say the same thing about fast food restaurants. It's crazy to think that the government classified marijuana and CBD as a schedule 1 drug just because it's been said that the PLANT has no medical benefits when it's been clearly shown that it helps for things like chronic pains and seizures.

I'm all for legalizing.

Last year Colorado generated over 1 billion in tax money from rec/medical sales. That's more than the state made from taxing tobacco and alcohol. Imagine how much other states would make as well, there is a great amount of benefit in tax generation if legalized and taxed.

 

[Comshaw]

with it or Disagree?

Me:
Florida
We have Medicinal only and I think we should have just done both at the same time. In a couple years it will be back on the ballot for recreational and we will have to go thru the whole thing all over again.

I live in a quiet low key place that has a few things others would think are insane: medical and recreational marijuana, physician assisted death with dignity to name a few. Do I agree with all of those? I voted for each one of those and wouldn't live any where else. While not perfect, we are who we are and we try to remember that we are a population of individuals.


Comshaw

 

[KingOrfeo]

"I'm not sure we're going to be a better, healthier nation if we're going to have marijuana being sold at every corner grocery store"

We would certainly be a mellower nation -- and right now, that appears to be a very important consideration.

 

[crashD]

Colorado here.

Nothing but positives.

Tax reverenues have been very good.

I know of a lot of stories of people receiving great benefits medically.

 

[JerichoEd]

I don't smoke pot, but that's a personal preference. I do support it's legalization for both medical and recreational usage. If I could grow it legally, I would do so for recreational usage - but some asswipe is always around to to either report you to law enforcement or steal it for themselves.

My state requires a two-thirds supermajority vote to make it to the ballots as a state constitutional amendment, I doubt it will ever happen. If it does so here, we will be among the last to do so. The last 2 proposals included that taxation monies (proceeds) be split to supplement both educational projects and transportation infrastructure purposes. Even if marijuana does make it to the ballots in my state, I seriously doubt the proposed usage of proceeds will happen. I have no faith in politicians or their financial backers to utilize anything to the full advantage of majority voters.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Colorado here.

Nothing but positives.

Tax reverenues have been very good.

OTOH, it might have some deleterious effect on spelling/typing skills.

 

[Hard_Rom]

I have less issues with recreational use than medicinal. Still a believer it is a depressant and should not be used to treat anxiety and depression type issues. There is a shop here in town that has a doc who will give out scripts for pot if you are depressed. He should not be writing scripts for anything! Probably over prescribes Percs too!

 

[Not Normal]

"I'm not sure we're going to be a better, healthier nation if we're going to have marijuana being sold at every corner grocery store"

The words of attorney general Jeff Sessions. Who I wish would do us all a favor and walk off a cliff. Maybe he should say the same thing about fast food restaurants. It's crazy to think that the government classified marijuana and CBD as a schedule 1 drug just because it's been said that the PLANT has no medical benefits when it's been clearly shown that it helps for things like chronic pains and seizures.

I'm all for legalizing.

Last year Colorado generated over 1 billion in tax money from rec/medical sales. That's more than the state made from taxing tobacco and alcohol. Imagine how much other states would make as well, there is a great amount of benefit in tax generation if legalized and taxed.

Jeff Sessions is far more dangerous for Amerika than weed is!

 

[neci]

Jeff Sessions is far more dangerous for Amerika than weed is!

Weed doesn't lie.

 

[LizVegas79]

Nevada: medical with recreational due to go into effect sometime this year.

I'm all for it! The list of side effects for Oxycotin and all the drugs doctors push on is laughable if it wasn't so tragic.

I also feel that the decriminalization of it puts a major dent into the wealth and power of drug cartels. All our Vegas Metro PD friends totally agree.

WEED HELPS!

(plus, hemp makes great clothes!)

 

[Hard_Rom]

The prohibition on hemp growing would be good to get rid of. Lots of good stuff from the hemp plant. Pretty sure the stuff used for commercial purposes won't get you high. Hemp oil, seeds, fibres and cellulose.

 

[HisArpy]

Legalized pot is abhorrent.

In Colorado alone, there's been a 154% increase in traffic deaths. 77% increase in emergency medical treatement. 40% increase in school suspension (from UNDER AGED MINORS who aren't supposed to have access).

The traffic deaths alone are absurd. When contrasted to alcohol related traffic fatalities, pot related incidents are more than half the alcohol related fatalities. This increased the total deaths from 170 (alcohol only) to 264 (combined total). And this is just in Colorado.

Someone here said that the taxes in Colorado are ~1 bil/yr from it. How much of that was spent for drug related medial treatment? Law enforcement? Judicial costs? Lost Fed dollars for fewer school kids in school? Increased auto and health insurance? Increase spending on road and highway maintenance to repair damages from DUI accidents? Loss of work? Higher unemployment?

None of that is free. It's paid for with tax dollars. Tax dollars from YOU and ME. The money from pot taxes may not cover it all. Which means our taxes go UP or we get a bigger budget deficit. Colorado STILL has a budget deficit even with the pot tax so there's no proof it's helping the State budget at all.

I believe it's a net sum loss. Not because of the money but because 94 of those 264 Colorado fatalities had lives and families and paid taxes. They played little league and went to school and had friends. They bought groceries from mom & pop stores, gave donations to the poor, bought lottery tickets, went to church, baked cupcakes and cookies, and contributed to society in ways that can't be measured. Now they're gone.

Fact check: http://www.factcheck.org/2016/08/unpacking-pots-impact-in-colorado/

It's a gateway drug.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebat...rug/marijuana-has-proven-to-be-a-gateway-drug

You can't die from an overdose but you can poison a child. That seems to be the new wave of having fun with pot (though most people call THAT child abuse and endangerment). No one knows if there will be any long term effects from pot poisoning.

https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/09/edible-marijuana-kids/

ANYONE who thinks legal pot is harmless is an idiot. It's not. It's been proven to not be harmless. Yet, some people think being able to light up whenever they want makes them cool. They're not cool. Instead, most American's call them assholes.

 

[albertaboy]

Nevada: medical with recreational due to go into effect sometime this year.

I'm all for it! The list of side effects for Oxycotin and all the drugs doctors push on is laughable if it wasn't so tragic.

I also feel that the decriminalization of it puts a major dent into the wealth and power of drug cartels. All our Vegas Metro PD friends totally agree.

WEED HELPS!

(plus, hemp makes great clothes!)

What will the legalization of weed do to the Casino experience?

I can't imagine playing blackjack high, but I do it every time I go to Vegas and still play relatively well as I get progressively drunker.

 

[KingOrfeo]

What will the legalization of weed do to the Casino experience?

Bring in more customers, many of whom will enter the casino by mistake.

I can't imagine playing blackjack high, but I do it every time I go to Vegas and still play relatively well as I get progressively drunker.

No one plays a casino game well or badly; they're games of pure chance. (But if you're drunk, you might bet more and it might pay off. Yeah, keep telling yourself that.) Casinos don't like the risk of games you can win with skill, like poker.

 

[crashD]

Legalized pot is abhorrent.

In Colorado alone, there's been a 154% increase in traffic deaths. 77% increase in emergency medical treatement. 40% increase in school suspension (from UNDER AGED MINORS who aren't supposed to have access).

The traffic deaths alone are absurd. When contrasted to alcohol related traffic fatalities, pot related incidents are more than half the alcohol related fatalities. This increased the total deaths from 170 (alcohol only) to 264 (combined total). And this is just in Colorado.

Someone here said that the taxes in Colorado are ~1 bil/yr from it. How much of that was spent for drug related medial treatment? Law enforcement? Judicial costs? Lost Fed dollars for fewer school kids in school? Increased auto and health insurance? Increase spending on road and highway maintenance to repair damages from DUI accidents? Loss of work? Higher unemployment?

None of that is free. It's paid for with tax dollars. Tax dollars from YOU and ME. The money from pot taxes may not cover it all. Which means our taxes go UP or we get a bigger budget deficit. Colorado STILL has a budget deficit even with the pot tax so there's no proof it's helping the State budget at all.

I believe it's a net sum loss. Not because of the money but because 94 of those 264 Colorado fatalities had lives and families and paid taxes. They played little league and went to school and had friends. They bought groceries from mom & pop stores, gave donations to the poor, bought lottery tickets, went to church, baked cupcakes and cookies, and contributed to society in ways that can't be measured. Now they're gone.

Fact check: http://www.factcheck.org/2016/08/unpacking-pots-impact-in-colorado/

It's a gateway drug.

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebat...rug/marijuana-has-proven-to-be-a-gateway-drug

You can't die from an overdose but you can poison a child. That seems to be the new wave of having fun with pot (though most people call THAT child abuse and endangerment). No one knows if there will be any long term effects from pot poisoning.

https://www.statnews.com/2016/08/09/edible-marijuana-kids/

ANYONE who thinks legal pot is harmless is an idiot. It's not. It's been proven to not be harmless. Yet, some people think being able to light up whenever they want makes them cool. They're not cool. Instead, most American's call them assholes.

you are totally full of shit

 

[Christobal]

There have been recent studies that patients given the opportunities between pot and opioids they pick pot. Sounds like a better choice to me. Pot is much less addictive.

 

[BotanyBoy]

Legalized pot is abhorrent.

So is your communist ass, horribly failed, war on drugs.

ANYONE who thinks legal pot is harmless is an idiot. It's not.

Nobody is saying it's harmless, just less harmful than a lot of shit that's regulated, like Mc Donalds, and significantly less harmful than prohibition policy.

Also it's evil as fuck socialism and wholly anti-American.

 

[KingOrfeo]

Also it's evil as fuck socialism . . .

Legal prohibition of a drug might be a bad idea, but it's not socialism. Governments prohibit a lot of things, that's just what they do.