Legal Marijuana

[Guildedagain]

This is only fitting.

 

[Brad Little]

Now they're working on making magic mushrooms legal in Michigan.

It's come up in CT, too.

 

[DrumBob]

Seeing that this thread is a year old already, we now have seven or eight legal dispensaries here in NJ. It took a couple of politicians to get the ball rolling last year, and it finally happened. They're doing a booming business, and it's welcome tax dollars for the state. It's hard to believe that it's finally legal after all these years, and now accepted as commonplace.

The dispensaries are clean and well staffed with hipster kids working who are very helpful. You go in and look at what's for sale on a kiosk, place your order, it's filled within minutes, you pick it up at a counter, pay for it and that's it. Quite an improvement over the days when you had to worry about The Man busting you.

 

[davismanLV]

We have a friend who used to do the CBD tincture.... well we thought it was. Trouble was you'd take some and it had too much THC in it and YIKES!! You'd get sleepy and quiet and then two hours later you'd wake up HIGH AS A KITE!! Not my vibe. So someone put the wrong address on some CBD gummies and we got them. Couldn't figure how to get them to the people. So apparently they're really great. Don swears by them. Maybe I'll try them tomorrow. Or the next day.....

 

[crank]

Happy 420 day!

Not sure how Dust In a Baggie fits with weed as it's about crystal meth?

CBD gummies should be closer to taking a bunch of ibupropen than getting stoned on weed... Unless it's a combo of CBD and THC, which, by the way, is our favorite and we bought a bunch in Vegas last year that are not too strong and are very enjoyable.

Weed is now legal here in NY but as of yet legal dispensaries are few. We still purchase in MA as we drive through the state several times a year heading to VT for skiing or to our friend's place near Lake Sunape in NH.

I'm about to purchase some seeds online and grow a plant or so at home.

 

[jp]

Our current crisis in Oregon is the incredible surplus! Too much cheap weed. This was like my high school dream, but I haven't touched it in years. There are billboards advertising eighths for $3.50.

We're also allowed to grow up to four plants for personal use.

 

[Minnesota Flats]

Haven't smoked weed in almost 50 years, so I'm indifferent about its legal status. I stopped because it made me even lazier/less ambitious than usual and because I preferred to spend my money on other things.

Oh yeah: and because it was a non-trivial bust at the time.

 

[Neal]

It is legal to grow four plants of your very own in your back yard garden here in Virginia. This summer will be Year 3 since legalization.

The General Assembly, in establishing the legislation, evidently did not factor in how enthusiastically pot grows in good soil under the hot summer sun in Virginia. Four well-tended plants = about 30 quart jars full to the brim with dried bud, roughly 60 oz. People are just giving it away, which they can legally do, one ounce at a time. The smell is unmistakable as you walk through my town on a hot August day. Weed growing everywhere.

The General Assembly has yet to establish a legal market for selling marijuana. Big Ag wants in on the action. But they might be a few years late, once people realize how easy it is to grow WAY more than one person could ever need.

 

[DrumBob]

Towns around here are handing out growing licenses, mostly to farmers, who already have everything in place to get the plants happening. The town of Sussex recently gave out four or five licenses to local farmers, all very highly respected members of the business community.

 

[HeyMikey]

Just be forewarned that it is still illegal Federally. So if you own firearms and you purchase, are found using, admit to using, or even register for a medical card you will become a prohibited person and loose your Right indefinitely in all States.

 

[richardp69]

It's like going to the store for a pot roast and coming home with everything but the roast.

 

[Guildedagain]

 

[Walter Broes]

We're still in the dark ages over here in Belgium, laws got tightened even.
Meanwhiile, you can get liquor on every other street corner any time night or day. Legal drinking age is officially 18, but that hardly gets enforced at all. People suck.

 

[Midnight Toker]

Just be forewarned that it is still illegal Federally. So if you own firearms and you purchase, are found using, admit to using, or even register for a medical card you will become a prohibited person and loose your Right indefinitely in all States.

Many states have also passed legislation to not allow the sharing of state medical marijuana info w/ the Feds.

Plus...according to ATF laws....alcoholics aren't supposed to own guns either, and no one has ever done squat enforcing that. I have yet to see gun advocacy groups warning people of losing their rights outside of AA meetings or warning anyone that has more than 4-5 drinks during the course of a week. Hell, 1/2 the cops I know would have to turn in their firearm!

"To purchase a firearm, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) requires the buyer to fill out federal Form 4473. One of the questions asks:

“Are you an unlawful user of, or addicted to, marijuana or any depressant, stimulant, narcotic drug, or any other controlled substance?

That alone probably disqualifies 10-20% of current gun owners before even considering pot!!

 

[HeyMikey]

Luckily buying alcohol doesn’t require registration or entering your name into some database. At least not yet!

I have heard of people (on another forum) who have lost their firearms and license for registering for a medical card or buying from a State sanctioned shop. Very costly to hire an attorney to attempt to fight it. Not a concern for me as I don’t use it, but I know it does help others suffering from various illnesses.

Sorry for the thread veer.

 

[Midnight Toker]

Luckily buying alcohol doesn’t require registration or entering your name into some database. At least not yet!

I have heard of people (on another forum) who have lost their firearms and license for registering for a medical card or buying from a State sanctioned shop. Very costly to hire an attorney to attempt to fight it. Not a concern for me as I don’t use it, but I know it does help others suffering from various illnesses.

Sorry for the thread veer.

Either does pot in any recreationally legal state. All you need is ID for proof of age. Md goes full recreational July 1st.

 

[FNG]

Many states have also passed legislation to not allow the sharing of state medical marijuana info w/ the Feds.

Plus...according to ATF laws....alcoholics aren't supposed to own guns either, and no one has ever done squat enforcing that. I have yet to see gun advocacy groups warning people of losing their rights outside of AA meetings or warning anyone that has more than 4-5 drinks during the course of a week. Hell, 1/2 the cops I know would have to turn in their firearm!

"To purchase a firearm, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) requires the buyer to fill out federal Form 4473. One of the questions asks:

That alone probably disqualifies 10-20% of current gun owners before even considering pot!!

The rest of the question you posted: "Warning: The use or possession of marijuana remains unlawful under Federal law regardless of whether it has been legalized or decriminalized
for medicinal or recreational purposes in the state where you reside. "

It doesn't ask about alcohol use on Form 4473. Alcohol use is mostly addressed by state law. Alcohol is not a controlled substance.

 

[fronobulax]

How about we stick to legal marijuana use?

 

[Guildedagain]

Hitler's Bday is 4-20 (1899), odd juxtaposition, a coincidence but nevertheless there, and in other weird connection, the ultimate hippie car of the 60's, the VW bug was born during the Third Reich as the Volkswagen, the People's car, other variations available, the Schwimmwagen.

So how did a WW Nazi era people's car become a symbol of the hippies, how did Hitler's Bday turn into a weed celebration?

I think he'd be very upset.

 

[chazmo]

Is that supposed to be funny?

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