Legalization has begun!!

[HeckaTrebeka]

Here I am sitting at work and all anybody can talk about right now is how Marijuana legalization has passed in my state as well as in Colorado. Personally, I'm pumped and can't wait for the rest of the world to follow suit. Not only for the fact that "yay we can all get high legally over here", but because this also shows progress. Soon, the Hemp industry will be able to reclaim its place as a very practical material that we can use in our daily lives for food, clothing, and general health.

What I want to know right now is: what are your thoughts on the legalization of a 100% natural product after 75 years of ignorance caused by big greedy corporations?

[tom4bren]

It don't make no nevermind to me.

(You have to say that with a real hard southern accent).

Weed makes me violently ill so I can't say that I've ever had the pleasure of imbibing.

[Scott Harness]

Hemp is a lot stronger than cotton and WAY easier to grow.Requires less water and is insect resistant IIRC (what was I talking about,oh yea)
Tax it and fix the infrasturcture and roadways

[HeckaTrebeka]

It can replace many products made from lumber as well. And I'm talking more uses than just getting high. Sorry that weed makes you ill, Tom. I've never heard of that before.

[pbkid]

Im good with it and im not a smoker. Two positives-
1- id rather be around stoners than cigarette smokers, they smell much better.
2- more stoners means more job opportunities for me

[rowhard]

Here I am sitting at work and all anybody can talk about right now is how Marijuana legalization has passed in my state as well as in Colorado.

Now that I am retired and no longer have to put up with UA'S was initially happy to hear of it's passing,

then Sandy found this.
http://sensiblewashington.org/blog/i502/

maybe we got more then we bargained for.

[Dumke]

Im good with it and im not a smoker. Two positives-
1- id rather be around stoners than cigarette smokers, they smell much better.
2- more stoners means more job opportunities for me

Jack I LOL'd when I saw Colorado made it legal. It made me think of you and the time when we busted Ray good on that Joke.. Sorry off topic but its STILL greatness we both laugh to this day about that joke.




I will be glad when they make it across the board (all states) along with gay marriage (sorry off topic again). I mean seriously no one is hurting anyone on the stuff. Smokers just want to sit at home. Its the Drinkers that can get loud and rowdy and kill people on the road. Who cares what someone wants to do with thier life I say go ahead as long as it doesnt effect me or my children have at it .

I also agree with Scott tho. Soo many uses for Hemp. No down fall to legalizing it. Also it makes money for government too

[tom4bren]

Sorry that weed makes you ill, Tom. I've never heard of that before.

Me neither ... I'm special. All I know is that I do NOT enjoy explosive vomiting enough to 'aquire the taste'.

[PK]

I don't participate, but a family member does for pain control.
Seeing his re-actions and driving skills, both before and after - what are you all going to say after someone stoned kills a family member in a traffic accident??

It is still illegal here, and the booze buses catch nearly as many on THC as they do on booze.

PK

[eternal21]

I don't imbibe either, but it makes sense. Now the govt. can tax it

[Scott Harness]

Industrial hemp(what ever you call it) doesn't get you high and it's still illegal

[mdwyer]

It was kind of funny to hear all the whooping and cheering in the downtown neighborhoods when the passage was announced.

What I want to know right now is: what are your thoughts on the legalization of a 100% natural product after 75 years of ignorance caused by big greedy corporations?

I think that C. botulinum is a 100% natural product, but that doesn't mean I want to be around it. Being 'natural' means two things, and one of them is 'jack'.

Best case is that this finally convinces the feds to reschedule it. There's no evidence to support it being as dangerous as its scheduling suggests. That argument looks even sillier when you compare it to the harm and damage that alcohol causes.

Im good with it and im not a smoker. Two positives-
1- id rather be around stoners than cigarette smokers, they smell much better.

Man, your stoners must be getting a totally different class of weed than ours. Fortunately, there are hundreds of other ways of getting your fix. Brownies, anyone?

[HeckaTrebeka]

what are you all going to say after someone stoned kills a family member in a traffic accident??

I-502 has placed ridiculously strict limits when it comes to issuing DUIs. Basically, you cannot have more than 5 micrograms of THC in your blood stream while driving.

That being said, alcohol is a much higher factor when assessing aggressive and violent behavior - especially while driving. The number of people killed in car accidents caused by a drunk driver is higher than that of those under the influence of THC.

[eblank]

I'm curious to see how legalization affects crime. I would think that with marijuana being easily available, it would cut down on heavier drug use, and the crime (and people funded by drug sales) that goes along with that.

[93 BLue Rodeo]

I'm not a smoker of weed anymore but if it was legal I may give it a whirl again.
But I imagine Canada will be close behind other than the possesion of it we are allowed to have on ones body.
I agree tax it and help economy, hell I would start a hemp farm.