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re: Map of where each state stands on marijuana laws. :cheers: to Mississippi
Posted on 6/15/13 at 6:16 pm to Roger Klarvin
Posted on 6/15/13 at 6:16 pm to Roger Klarvin
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The fes have no qualms with busting individuals discovered or divulged in the process of busting distributors. State police also have tons of loopholes that allow them to arrest you and turn you over to them.
The can undoubtedly still bust individuals, and I don't doubt that they do so. But one could assume it's on a lesser scale than when pot was categorized as a schedule 1 narcotic. And let's be honest here. Cops will always continue to do whatever they want. Marijuana will never be treated as 100% legal. Once legalized on a federal level, it will still come with stipulations, and like alcohol, people will continue to be arrested.
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The law is a nice gesture that is essentially meaningless.
The states that have voted in legalization have seen significant economical benefits in a very short period of time.
Although this article is about an upcoming spike in marijuana prices, it gives some good numbers for how much it has benefited the state of Colorado. Source is Time magazine.
This post was edited on 6/15/13 at 6:17 pm
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Posted on 6/15/13 at 6:16 pm to cas4t
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Yea a Mississippi blew my mind
You're better off with 99% of an ounce than get caught DUI in MS..
Posted on 6/15/13 at 6:18 pm to TeLeFaWx
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TeLeFaWx
The article I posted was not the one I'm looking for, but one I ran across while looking for the one about the schools being built.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 6:23 pm to five_fivesix
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we had intelligent lawmakers, they would not only legalize weed, they would regulate it and tax the shite out of it like booze. Would be a couple of billion dollars a year in revenue.
Not really. Weed is homegrown a hell of a lot easier than booze is made.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 6:32 pm to PrivatePublic
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Not really. Weed is homegrown a hell of a lot easier than booze is made.
If it was legal, very few people would make it as opposed to an easy purchase just like alcohol..
Posted on 6/15/13 at 8:18 pm to cas4t
I don't know what they considered decriminalized but my buddy got taken to jail for having a bowl in his car.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 8:26 pm to cas4t
They can't even agree on growing hemp here. I won't see marijuana in my lifetime. Local government makes too much money off the "War on Drugs" here.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 8:31 pm to BluegrassBelle
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government makes too much money off the "War on Drugs" here.
Yep, and it's so stupid. How much money could the govt. bring in on taxing weed? A fricking ton.
Sadly, the extra money would go to stupid shite, but still......
Our government is so fricked up.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 9:31 pm to BluegrassBelle
It's being voted on in TN next week I believe.
No chance.
No chance.
Posted on 6/15/13 at 10:07 pm to cas4t
Go Mississippi 
Posted on 6/15/13 at 10:52 pm to cas4t
What's crazy is TN an KY were top 3 in marijuana production last time I saw an article.
There could be so much money made over a plant that grows naturally.
It's even sadder thinking about people who ingest pills daily that are far more damaging to the body.
There could be so much money made over a plant that grows naturally.
It's even sadder thinking about people who ingest pills daily that are far more damaging to the body.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 5:11 pm to Hardy_Har
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You're better off with 99% of an ounce than get caught DUI in MS..
True..it's bass ackwards here with DUI convictions as they never go off your record
Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:34 pm to cas4t
As an avid cannabis consumer, i truly thank you for posting this cas4t. Stinking bible thumping Alabamians have pretty harsh laws. The state i'm currently living in, Maryland, has just decriminalized cannabis. I smoke up here at will and nobody bothers me.
Posted on 6/16/13 at 8:38 pm to bamagreycoat
My downstairs neighbors smoke up at will, and no one bothers them either. 
Posted on 6/16/13 at 9:13 pm to CatFan81
No wonder prisons are overflowing. You can get charged with a felony in he state of TN for a single marijuana plant? Sometimes you just gotta ask - what the frick?
Posted on 6/16/13 at 10:27 pm to cas4t
police state
Posted on 6/17/13 at 8:36 am to CtotheVrzrbck
Colorado's legalization of weed will have it's measurable economic benefits, and that will increase over time. The problem state lawmakers are having right now is regulating it, similar to alcohol regulations. They are trying to hash out marijuana DUI laws, dispensary laws, and other basic marijuana laws that they can enforce regulation just like alcohol. Legalization here is still very much a work in progress for the state legislature.
In terms of getting busted, it just depends on what jurisdiction officer you are talking to and that particular situation. If you're in Denver sitting at a bus stop smoking a joint while waiting for a bus and a DPD cop rolls by, nothing is going to happen. If you're in Breckenridge sitting on your front porch smoking a pipe, nothing is going to happen. If you're speeding down the interstate burning down a blunt and a state trooper pulls you over, something will happen. Some towns/municipalities have passed their own ordinances that still ban marijuana to different extents. Some ban it all together, some ban it in public, some ban growing, some ban selling. It varies widely by each of those towns.
Although CO is undoubtedly moving in the right direction IMO (I haven't smoked for the past 6 years), it's still a work in progress and the marijuana regulatory environment here is not consistent throughout the state, or throughout a given calendar year as laws progress.
In terms of getting busted, it just depends on what jurisdiction officer you are talking to and that particular situation. If you're in Denver sitting at a bus stop smoking a joint while waiting for a bus and a DPD cop rolls by, nothing is going to happen. If you're in Breckenridge sitting on your front porch smoking a pipe, nothing is going to happen. If you're speeding down the interstate burning down a blunt and a state trooper pulls you over, something will happen. Some towns/municipalities have passed their own ordinances that still ban marijuana to different extents. Some ban it all together, some ban it in public, some ban growing, some ban selling. It varies widely by each of those towns.
Although CO is undoubtedly moving in the right direction IMO (I haven't smoked for the past 6 years), it's still a work in progress and the marijuana regulatory environment here is not consistent throughout the state, or throughout a given calendar year as laws progress.
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Posted on 6/17/13 at 9:39 am to five_fivesix
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If we had intelligent lawmakers, they would not only legalize weed, they would regulate it and tax the shite out of it like booze. Would be a couple of billion dollars a year in revenue.
Typical pot lover's fantasy.
IDGAF if it is legal or not, but the argument that it will generate billions in revenue every year is pure fantasy. Alabama's entire 2014 state budget (education + general fund) is 7.5 billion. That's every single state tax. Sales, property, lodging, you name it.
Tobacco taxed (state and local) generated about 160 million in 2012. Alcohol revenues (again at all levels) bring in about 200 million. The state's share is about 75% of this, so say a total of 280 million.
Together, the two principal sin taxes are responsible for less than 5% of the state's budget but pot taxes would bring in 35%?
Cheech and Chong can't smoke that much weed in a year.
Posted on 6/17/13 at 9:48 am to cas4t
Yeah I got caught smoking a little nose burner on the Square in Oxford by the OPD, only weed I had was what was in the bowl, and all they did to me was tell me to stop and confiscated it ... nothing else, nothing more.
I so thought I was fricked when I saw them coming over given the OPD's record with alcohol related charges ... luckily nothing happened
ETA: For the record I don't smoke anymore, personal choice.
I so thought I was fricked when I saw them coming over given the OPD's record with alcohol related charges ... luckily nothing happened
ETA: For the record I don't smoke anymore, personal choice.
This post was edited on 6/17/13 at 9:50 am
Posted on 6/17/13 at 2:47 pm to five_fivesix
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If we had intelligent lawmakers
It so simple, right?
It has nothing to do with intelligence, and it has everything to do with money/government power. Ask yourself a few questions....
Government Side:
- How much money does state/federal government receive from fines stemming from marijuana arrest? Probation fees, seizure of assets, etc.
-What's the relationship between our government and privatized prison developers?
-How many people are employed to fight "the war on drugs"? How come we've never won it?
-How have government agencies such as the CIA benefited from illegal drugs?
Pharmaceutical side:
- What's their relationship with the government?
- How much money do they earn when compared to other Fortune 500 companies?
- How much do they spend on lobbying? How is that comnpared to other F500's?
- How much of a loss would they take if consumers quit taking their Ambien, Xanax, Percosets?
-How many people do you know on prescription medication?
Those questions will tell you why marijuana is illegal.
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