Old Gimlet Eyes
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Vaporizers and edibles bruh.
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Legal marijuana is finally doing what the drug war couldnt
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Horsemama1956
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Weed isn't the problem? It's the shit people get hooked on and can kill you that is the problem.
Endorphineforeverybody
Member
You bet wrong...maybe you Google carcinogens and mj.
Admiral Woofington
Member
If legalized and across the country and I can smoke it without getting fired then I'll just smoke 24/7
dskillzhtown
keep your strippers out of my American football
Would be interesting to see if other drug exports increased at the same time.
Commanche Raisin Toast
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It should be legal to grow and cultivate your own, and require the same business licenses etc for you to sell, just like any other market.
Corporations can try to sway us with their special product and marketing, but as long as I could theoretically grow plain jane stuff in my back yard I'm okay with it.
If there was a good time for people to fund studies into marijuana use it's now. Positive data followed by more positive data could do wonders for all the voters on the fence about the issues.
Corporations can try to sway us with their special product and marketing, but as long as I could theoretically grow plain jane stuff in my back yard I'm okay with it.
If there was a good time for people to fund studies into marijuana use it's now. Positive data followed by more positive data could do wonders for all the voters on the fence about the issues.
Markets really are pretty cool.
frankie_baby
Member
Hopefully not, the world would be a much better place if more people took drugs
andthebeatgoeson
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Like meth? I'm just hopeful that mary jane is enough for some people. Decriminalize others and make weed legal.
A ton?
Hopefully the corporations that do warm up to the fact that it's largely a wasted expense that really doesn't translate to hiring better workers.
LegendofJoe
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I can't wait for the road trip I'm taking to Colorado in June. I just wish the drive was a bit shorter (about 10 hours) so I could make the trip more often.
FloatingDivider
Member
Add me to the +1's for world wide decriminalization too. I guess you could probably tell from my avatar though.
Smoking will become the "old" way to consume pot once legalization hits the whole country. Edibles + vaping + drinks, etc will see the industry move towards less harmful ways to consume. Hell, you can get high with fucking lip gloss now.
Host Samurai
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Vaping marijuana is the future
Commanche Raisin Toast
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Not only that, but we need more accurate testing, so in the event someone is hurt while on, say, a construction job, they can test him to see if he was high *while on the job* instead of a highly inaccurate THC test that just gives you a yes or no to of the person smoked weed within the last few weeks.
That way you can say "you're allowed to smoke pot off the clock, but if you're high at work and your job is dangerous we will fire you" which I think is more than fair.
Just picked up a firefly last week. Never smoking anything ever again. Vaporizers are amazing.
Crimson_Fate
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on marijuna from the ALA
http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/marijuana-and-lung-health.html
on e-cigs from the ALA
http://www.lung.org/stop-smoking/smoking-facts/e-cigarettes-and-lung-health.html
Only time will tell... hope I'm wrong
Pretty much. The drug economy is huge, and the profits are absurd. Criminal organizations can't grow that much simply on the back of things like smuggling and extortions because those things can work only at a smaller scale. If they grow too much, they kill the economy and then you can't extort anything anymore.
only because it has no value.
Hale-XF11
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You gotta love how people make this argument with nothing to back it up all while intentionally ignoring the fact that people have been using vaporizers for years now. Nevermind that there is no link to lung cancer from marijuana use in the first place.
LucidMomentum
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Just don't try to spread the good news by vaping in people's faces.
I only vape weed privately in my home, lol. Not gonna be blowing that in anyone's face.
I do have an ecig which I take to the office with me, but it's a pretty casual environment and most of my usage is in trips back and forth to the break room for coffee or restroom. Even then I tuck it away if we've got a client visiting. Some locations I will vape inside, but it depends on how crowded the area is and how inconspicuously I can do so. Typically I'll just hold my breath so that the vapor has time to dissipate before exhaling.
What if smoking weed makes you concentrate more? A performance enhancing drug.
Edit: May have misread your post.
DontBeThatGuy
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Absolutely. It can stay in your system for a long ass time, is a wasted expense(although someone is making money) and it shouldn't be anyone's damn business, but here we are.
PHOENIXZERO
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I thought cartels were already moving into the mining/metals business?
Fake edit: Yeah. www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/17/cartel-dealing-iron-ore/6512167/
They're also stealing from mining companies.
They'll probably follow a similar route as the Italian Mafia did after alcohol prohibition ended and just move into other, possibly less visible areas of crime unless its an area they rule.
Fake edit: Yeah. www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2014/03/17/cartel-dealing-iron-ore/6512167/
They're also stealing from mining companies.
They'll probably follow a similar route as the Italian Mafia did after alcohol prohibition ended and just move into other, possibly less visible areas of crime unless its an area they rule.
Yeah, I got that. I just can't believe the profit margin if those numbers are accurate. Going by gram, in most places decent quality stuff is $20
according to Google
I'm guessing the cartels get a pretty good wholesale deal. Just like you can get a gram for $20 an ounce isn't gonna cost you $560. Once you multiply that by thousands of plants i'm pretty sure the people at the top of the food chain are getting it for the super low.
Vigilant Walrus
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How much money can the government earn from legalizing pot across the entire US? It would be a significant amount wouldn't it! Such an amount that could do a difference elsewhere.
Get that highwaytrustfund up and running, get the unemployment down, and productivity up.
Get that highwaytrustfund up and running, get the unemployment down, and productivity up.
Princess Carl
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Today I learned agriculture operations and human trafficking/slavery are equivalent in viability. Oh wait.
That literally sounds like a Fox News contributor, no offense.
That literally sounds like a Fox News contributor, no offense.
FelixOrion
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Colorado had made so much that they're was some sort of hubbub about the state maybe having to issue small refunds to residents because they made too much, iirc.
Bananajama
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I once got questioned while eating cookies on a street corner
Not your cheap cookies either!
Depends on where you're at. In SoCal it's $300 for an ounce of top shelf and there are about a zillion strains to choose from - all of them good.
Not sure about some of what you're saying but a good way to sidestep the risk is vaporizing.
At least that's what I heard on a television show about the marijuanas.
BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Sorta wanna grow some dro myself. Home growing strictly for medicinal users is bs tho
Sad that such an obvious thing has taken so long, but great news, especially for Mexico. The first step to taking down/limiting the power of the cartels is to cut off their funding, which primarily comes from marijuana. Less funding means less money for bribing politicians and law enforcement, and less money for purchasing firearms.
"Oh, but they'll just move on to other crimes, like kidnapping," idiots will say. If those activities were as profitable, they would be doing that instead of wasting time smuggling marijuana. The problem isn't that Mexico is full of criminal masterminds that can't be stopped, it's that those criminals are fucking rich and it's because of us.
I'm happy to see that we're finally doing something about it, even if it's for other reasons.
"Oh, but they'll just move on to other crimes, like kidnapping," idiots will say. If those activities were as profitable, they would be doing that instead of wasting time smuggling marijuana. The problem isn't that Mexico is full of criminal masterminds that can't be stopped, it's that those criminals are fucking rich and it's because of us.
I'm happy to see that we're finally doing something about it, even if it's for other reasons.
BibiMaghoo
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Can you drink 24/7 and not get fired? You won't because you presumably like having a job, and just about every job that exists stipulates you show up in a fit state, ie, not drunk or wasted.
US needs to legalise it federally first.
rokkerkory
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Good riddens
Optimusdouche
Banned
$20 is like what the end user would pay. But you have growers, processors, and retailers. The growers are wholesaling, in legal states, for considerably less than $10 a gram. That $20 has a ton of taxes built into it.
Good man your lungs will also thank you for it.
WesternHeretic
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A lot of engineering firms around here don't. I remember a few years ago during my search, no one even asked in any interviews.
Most software companies wouldn't dream of doing it, and rightfully so, it would seriously hamper their chances of hiring good engineers.
But that's the thing about the software sector, there are more programming jobs than people who are qualified to fill them, so that bargaining power is on labor's side.
Feels good man.
and yet so many people are still okay with unpaid overtime. fucking class unconscious nerds.
Didn't gang related crime drop dramatically after we repealed prohibition?
jfoul
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If I'm not mistaken, Washington alone has made over 580 million in tax revenue since legalization. It's only a matter of time that it will be legal in all states, or on a federal level.
Hip Hop
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Yeah, I mean, it sure is hitting Marijuana hard but this void will easily be filled by harder drugs.
And now reverse smuggling is a thing as pointed out by the OP. Marijuana from the U.S. is getting smuggled to Mexico because of its high quality, and people down there are willing to pay for it.
I don't see the power struggle changing anytime soon in Mexico.
And now reverse smuggling is a thing as pointed out by the OP. Marijuana from the U.S. is getting smuggled to Mexico because of its high quality, and people down there are willing to pay for it.
I don't see the power struggle changing anytime soon in Mexico.
Tesseract
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weed is all you need ~ hillary clinton
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