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I can smoke pot now...
jltrent
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The Commonwealth of Virginia becomes the first Southern state to legalize weed for recreational use, effective at 12 a.m. Thursday, July 1, 2021.
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Don't you know smoking is bad for you! On the other hand, baked into brownies....😀 Bob
Is that a good thing or just alcohol you smoke? The war on drugs has been a multi-trillion dollar utter failure. We all have lost freedom because of it and it has done no good. If pot, fenantol, heroin and cocaine became legal across the USA I still would not use any of them.
Never smoked and not planning to start, but I can't believe it is legalized now.
Interesting how government policy at numerous levels has for years worked to reduce tobacco smoking, but now they are all falling all over themselves to promote smoking weed. Follow the money.
Lots of money in tobacco, too. Or at least there used to be. I remember when they stopped having tobacco ads on TV I was bummed out because they had some pretty good ads. I grew up watching cigarette ads, but I have never bought a pack. I have smoked a few, maybe 15 or so. Didn't like it. Maybe in a few years they will have weed ads on TV. With Liberals, nothing is too far out to believe.
can't legit smoke weed and truthfully complete a 4473...........just sayin'
Legal too today in Ct. Called this decades ago.
when I was 18 to maybe 21 my buddies and I did what we could to safe others by smoking all we could find LOL .
at that time we could never understand why not just make it legal , now from what I have read its still federal law so no guns no matter what the state laws are .
JMHO pot smokers were a lot more laid back just wanted to be happy listen to the music have a good time did not to go p all the time unlike most of the drunks ( yes I did a bit of that also ) who wanted to mouth off fight and prove they whip any one in the bar not to mention puking and nasty hang overs passing out , waking up with 20 or 30 hickys ( remember those ) on my neck ( and YES it was a girl by the way I came too a few times to see her we had been drinking buddies a few months by then and a group of us were out drinking )
don't forget beer googles when they all start looking good at closing time and beer muscles with the no fear
I think as I am sure many more do the billions if not trillions of dollars spent on anti-drug laws and cost and yet here we are
exactly
hunter biden got a way with it so can you
If you're retired, it doesn't matter.
But I recall when Colorado made it legal, the cable company, Cox, fired a bunch of people. Said fired employees sued. Well, cause pot is legal! Foot stomp foot stomp.
Cox won. Can't smoke the devil's lettuce and keep your job, if your company tests for it.
I don't want to smoke it, but I would like to grow some.
In Illinois became legal like almost a year? ago. I thought they touted smoking is very bad and taxed it to Hades to "save the children"? Well pot and it's derivatives came along and IL. is broke and now pot is great for the people. They took in millions in taxes the first month. JB Prickster smiled and said yes, it is great "job maker" for the state. 😐️
Follow the money, and as above, buy it in Illinois, you are now rejected for a gun purchase although they, the state stated that the purchases are mot shared with the feds.😝😨🤪.
That is wild. A Deep South state has legalized pot.
There was a little known story from the Supreme Court last week. Justice Clarence Thomas issued a dissent about a case that the court had refused to take:
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nypost.com
Conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday issued a blistering dissent arguing that federal marijuana prohibition may no longer make sense.
Although the dissent doesn’t immediately change anything, it could become significant if its reasoning inspires lower-level judges to strike down laws that make marijuana illegal.
Thomas wrote that tolerance for state-level pot legalization created a “half-in, half-out regime” and a “contradictory and unstable state of affairs” that “strains basic principles of federalism and conceals traps for the unwary.”
Thomas attached his opinion to a court case dealing with whether a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado, Standing Akimbo Medical Dispensary, could deduct business expenses before paying federal taxes. State-legal pot companies can’t deduct expenses because the drug remains federally illegal.
Thomas wrote, however, that tolerance for state-level pot legalization means that “[a] prohibition on intrastate use or cultivation of marijuana may no longer be necessary or proper to support the Federal Government’s piecemeal approach.”
The other eight justices didn’t justify their decision to turn down the case, leaving a lower court ruling against the business in place. But Thomas broadly attacked the “disjuncture” on federal policy beyond the tax dispute."
When a conservative justice is writing that federal marijuana laws may no longer make sense, we are not too far from nationwide legalization.
I use to grow a small amount of tobacco, couple acres. Hard work and not much $$$ left after expenses. I said at least 30 years ago that tobacco would become illegal and pot would become legal. Folks that prophecy is about here.
Saw a fellow chunk down 8.65 on the store counter for a pack of Beech Nut. I don't and never have used the stuff, nasty in ever way.
It's all about the money kannoneer .
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I have to admit, in my mis-spent youth I used to smoke pot. I liked it! Once or twice a week I would have a few hits. Not much different from having a few beers. Back then I thought pot should be legal, nothing has changed my mind since then.
Ten years ago I got a CDL. I had to leave the pot alone, not even a few tokes at a party, because CDL drivers get drug tests. You can test positive two weeks after you smoked pot. You test positive one time and your driving career is over!
I am not sure how they handle that in Colorado, against [federal] CDL rules to test positive, yet, pot is legal in Colorado.
I smoked it for years with no ill effect, but I must say, one of my friends didn't do so well. I went to high school with Charlie and he got accepted at Ga. Tech. They don't let you in to Tech if you are a dummy.
At age 20 Charlie got on the reefer and he would stay up until 3 am every night getting stoned, and would wake up at 12:00 noon and have a joint for breakfast. Charlie had been a starting football player in high school, tall and good looking and real smart.
Last I heard, two years ago, Charlie was still living in Mommy's basement. Hasn't had a job in 48 years. Crawled into a bag of reefer as a young man, and has never crawled out. Sad, sad story.
Charlie's life shows the futility of the War on Pot. Back in 1970 possession of a few joints in Georgia was a felony. And yet, for 50 years Charlie has gotten all the pot he wanted and he never got busted.
It is state approved but not fed approved and there is the rub. Guy came into my fav gunshop wanting to know what to do after he purchased weed at the dispensary and he was denied on the ATF call in. Well nothing now as far as we know, you are done. Kind of backdoor gun control on a level that no one thinks about.
Most people can have a couple of beers with their buddies occasionally. Most people, from what I hear, can have a few tokes now and then. A minority become alcoholics or stoners. Prohibition did not prevent us from having alcoholics and illegal marijuana did not prevent us from having stoners. I am not a toker myself but don't think the majority should be denied because of the few that can't handle it responsibly. Hmmm.... Kinda sounds like a gun control argument. Bob
I was on the back roads coming home a while back and got behind an old,faded Toyota pick up with an old guy with the white hair and beard driving.He had a bumper sticker that said CHICKEN POT PIE.Underneath in small letters it said-My three favorite things.
A stoned society is a controlled society. It’s not just about the money.
...Best not get caught smoking if you live here in Texas...Texas has some of the toughest penalties and highest arrest rates in the US...some of the big cities have lightened up because of jail over crowding and cost of prosecution, while the small towns will wear you out! ...
"...Possession of 2 ounces or less of marijuana is a Class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days imprisonment and a fine not to exceed $2,000. Possession of between 2 and 4 ounces of marijuana is a Class A misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment of up to 1 year and a fine not to exceed $4,000..."
I was driving out in west Texas several years ago and I saw this billboard. It turns out, lots of guys from Texas drive up to Colorado to buy the legal pot, and then they bring it back to Texas. Texas cops have figured out who to stop and they are making a killing busting these pot importers.
As Texas 1911 said, you can get in to all kinds of trouble with marijuana in Texas. I doubt somebody is going to make that long drive just for four ounces for the misdemeanor, I bet Texas cops are making all kinds of felony stops.
from the David Sloan web site:
Possessing any amount of marijuana is illegal in Texas. Possession of less than four ounces will result in misdemeanor charges, but possessing any more is an automatic felony.
A felony conviction can have devastating impacts on your life. Not only will you have to spend time in prison, but also lose the right to vote and have a difficult time finding employment. You should contact legal representation right away if you have been charged with marijuana possession.
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If you want to smoke weed it is fine by me, go for it and have fun. Alcohol is a proven driver problem. Weed smokers, not so much. Laid back stoned is acceptable, drunk, not so much.
I disagree...........here in Travis county people smoke openly.......I see it and smell it all the time. The defunded police dept. has bigger fish to fry.
It should be treated the same as alcohol. I don't want anyone drunk or stoned driving around.
That said I have seen booze destroy far more lives than weed.
Potheads are easy to spot on the road. They are driving 1/2 the speed limit or less.
Tried it years ago and didn't like that strange feeling of being "paranoid" under the buzz.
allen griggs I saw that same billboard yesterday between Decatur and Rhome Texas on HWY 287 (a corridor to Colorado) Just about 7 miles from my place.
"I disagree........here in Travis county people smoke openly..."
....Travis county is where Austin is located, along with UT...Austin is, and always been a big college town...
try smoking "openly" in one of the small towns in North or East Texas and have one of the local Sheriffs see you, and see how quick the local cops are all over you...move away from any big college town and its very different...if you don't believe me come on up to my town and smoke a joint "openly"...
Drunks do also!!!
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I think we need to separate this issue.....Recreational AND MEDICAL. I get the argument against recreational, but I still think it should be legal(liquor kills and it's legal) and we could discuss that side. BUT no one can convince me that MEDICAL should be illegal! Have someone you know(or yourself) in severe pain, thc is better for you than pain pills and less lethal. Medical thc helps cancer patients eat and sleep. Medical also helps kids with seizure disorders.
My point is, there is a big diff between medical use and rec use. You can argue, and may win, that no one needs to get high just because. BUT the people who need it for REAL medical reasons should have access.
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Rooooll another one
Just like the other one
You've been hanging on to it
And I sure would like a hit
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Roll another one
Just like the other one
That one's just about burnt to the end
So come on and be a real friend
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me !
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I halfway feel they should decriminalize all illicit drugs.
That sure would cull a lot of the the worthless part of society.
Bottom line.... If you are a believer in the Constitution, and believe in freedom you will support legal weed. When Washington voted to legalize weed, I checked the "yes" box. Do I plan to use any? Nope, there's a reason they call it dope. Do I think the "law" should tell people what they will/will not put into their body? Nope, that's for the individual to decide. See how freedom works? But hey, I know plenty of so called conservatives who claim to believe in freedom, but only if it is something they agree with....That's what the libbies do too.
25 million scripts for Adderall in the US. I wonder what % of adults actually have ADHD. A stone throw away from meth.
"The Pusher" by Steppenwolf. This was the theme music for Easy Rider and Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper were stoned the whole time they were making the film:
You know I've smoked a lot of grass
O' Lord, I've popped a lot of pills
But I've never touched nothin'
That my spirit could kill
You know, I've seen a lot of people walkin' 'round
With tombstones in their eyes
But the pusher don't care
Ah, if you live or if you die
God d***, The Pusher
God d*** I say The Pusher
I said God d***, God d*** The Pusher man
You know the dealer, the dealer is a man
With the love grass in his hand
Oh but the pusher is a monster
Good God, he's not a natural man
The dealer for a nickel
Lord, he'll sell you lots of sweet dreams
Ah, but the pusher ruin your body
Lord, he'll leave your, he'll leave your mind to scream
God d***, The Pusher
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WHAT ? !!!
See: https://www.psycom.net/adhd-test
ThiS trend is going to dumb down the population some more.The new Hybrid weed is 100 times more potent than back in the day but with all the trends happening the last 30 years it's just another day in The liberalism of America. Soon harder street drugs will be accepted as normal like in Mexico. Just watch!
Medical marijuana and recreational use are two different colors of horses however.
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