Another marijuana thread

[cdarro]

It can't. There are many instances of such local laws (e.g. city ordinance), the terms of which are in conflict with state or federal law. The local law doesn't overrule the others (in fact, if anything, it's the opposite). But within the confines of the locality, it is often the case that there is no state or federal enforcement of the state or federal law, such that by enforcement of the local law by the local authorities, it wins the day.

Thanks for the info. Municipal governments have little power here in Canada. In terms of criminal law, the feds write it but the provinces administer it, which leads to some differences in interpretation and enforcement. While a bill to decriminalize simple possession of marijuana died in 2006 when the government changed, very few get arrested for it anymore.

 

[midlifebear]

Well, despite California's Central Coast tradition of being as tight and neo conservative as your Aunt Nelly's old girdle, one can obtain some righteous herb with a prescription from a qualified physician. The dispensaries in Santa Barbara, for example, are more common than liquor stores. Was just there for a week and terribly amused. Still, smoking it in public is verboten.

 

[Flashy]

I long for the day when i can legally walk two blocks here in NYC, like i used to do in Amsterdam, to my friendly neighborhood high grade, organic, no chemicals, top of the line "gourmet" marijuana store, inspect the new crops of 100s of different strains, and choose four, and have them weighed out and put in bags, as if they were a type of food in market, go to the checkout counter, smile at the owner i know well, make small talk about whatever, hand him my credit card, sign my receipt, wave goodbye and waltz home with my treasured plants, far too long outlawed by a despicable, tyrannical government and obnoxiously puritanical part of the populace...

that will be quite a day.

 

[jason_els]

I can't wait for it! Pot helps a great deal with peripheral neuropathy and nausea suppression and appetite stimulation.

I long for the day when i can legally walk two blocks here in NYC, like i used to do in Amsterdam, to my friendly neighborhood high grade, organic, no chemicals, top of the line "gourmet" marijuana store, inspect the new crops of 100s of different strains, and choose four, and have them weighed out and put in bags, as if they were a type of food in market, go to the checkout counter, smile at the owner i know well, make small talk about whatever, hand him my credit card, sign my receipt, wave goodbye and waltz home with my treasured plants, far too long outlawed by a despicable, tyrannical government and obnoxiously puritanical part of the populace...

that will be quite a day.

 

[Bbucko]

I'm more a hashish kinda guy myself. Dope is too much of a head buzz.

 

[jason_els]

I'm more a hashish kinda guy myself. Dope is too much of a head buzz.

I had blond Lebanese opiated hash once. One hit and the room started spinning. Not spinning horizontally, mind you, but vertically. My friend took away the bong and the toking board (I was the keeper of the dorm bong as I was assigned the room with the hidden panel so was always obliged to have at least one hit) and I apparently launched myself from the lounge chair I was in and promptly hit the floor. I don't remember anything after that except it was damned pleasant.

 

[thirdlegmeat]

Breckenridge Votes Overwhelmingly To Legalize Marijuana

Marijuana is now legal for recreational possession and use in Breckenridge, CO for adults 21 and over, and there's nothing you can do about it :wink:. I think I'm going to move there after I graduate in December...a huge victory for us rational folk. Can I get an amen?

I don't even "smoke," but I'll give you a boisterous "AMEN." I don't believe in drug laws or consential crimes... it's like Prohibition or sodomy laws. :biggrin1:

 

[midlifebear]

Yup, the "War on Drugs" has been the biggest and longest war the USA has ever fought. There are so many things wrong with USA drug laws. But again, I'm too old and life is too short for me to worry about "when" the USA will change.

Therefore, Flashy, me thinks you'll be better off back in Amsterdam. Why wait? (Then you can have the ultra right conservative God-Bless-'Mericuh types who fall in and out of this site why YOU (in upper case letters) HATE 'MERICUH SO MUCH?

But I won't do that. You ignorant slut!

 

[TheMarchHare]

Amen! But it's just a small step on a loooonnnnnnnggggg road.