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[Piggus]

The weed stores around here are pretty damn fancy. They're definitely making a lot.

 

[Kas]

What would be a good name for a strain of Neo gaf?


Purple Hendrix Mario Lush.

GAF Gold

 

[highrider]

It's one of the easiest plants in the world to grow. People in legal states are wasting a lot of money.

To grow medical grade cannabis, no, not easy at all.

 

[TheFatOne]

Not going to pass ever in NH with Hassan in office. She's super opposed to it in all forms, even medical.

I think it's going to be harder to not legalize marijuana in new england once Massachusetts legalizes it. It's going to be on the ballot in 2016 for Mass. and it's highly likely it's going to pass. NH time will come.

 

[Hale-XF11]

The only thing holding it back is republitards.

 

[BennyBlanco]

The only thing holding it back is republitards.

Like Hillary Clinton?

 

[Hale-XF11]

Like Hillary Clinton?

As far as I know she said that it's great that states are experimenting with legalization. Not that I'd vote for her, but just saying.

 

[Velcoro]

To grow medical grade cannabis, no, not easy at all.

Definitely not easy just gotta do your research and learn like everything else. Weed should be decriminalized everyone should be able to grow it.

 

[Kas]

I think it's going to be harder to not legalize marijuana in new england once Massachusetts legalizes it. It's going to be on the ballot in 2016 for Mass. and it's highly likely it's going to pass. NH time will come.

If Mass does, we will the year after. We bend over for Mass and their tourists, especially in the summer and fall. Hell, school vacations are always a week late in the winter because of all tourists who come in February vacation and go to the mountains. Can't lose that revenue.

 

[nillah]

Ohio, look in the mirror

Literally missing out on MILLIONS

 

[OSHAN]

It'll be on the ballot this year in Maine.

I don't think anyone is surprised by how well it is doing. I've never heard of someone having trouble selling drugs.

 

[nillah]

The only thing holding it back is republitards.

Thought Repubs were about that bank

 

[Third Strike]

He's almost done

Where does Rubio stand on marijuana? If he doesn't win this year, he'll likely run for governorship in 2018, and probably win. It might be awhile before we see a Democrat elected as governor in the state of Florida.

 

[BennyBlanco]

As far as I know she said that it's great that states are experimenting with legalization. Not that I'd vote for her, but just saying.

People on both sides of the aisle oppose it to varying degrees.

 

[TemplaerDude]

I would think states would be rushing to legalize it, how much money could they put into their coffers by taxing such a profitable item?

A more pessimistic person would probably say that $5.4 billion is a drop in the bucket in the overall GDP of the States.

 

[VendettaRed07]

New England needs to get on this shit already

We're supposed to be the liberal bastion of this country and were fucking slacking

 

[Hale-XF11]

Thought Repubs were about that bank

No, they're all about the status quo. It's why they're typically labeled as conservatives.

People on both sides of the aisle oppose it to varying degrees.

That's always been the case, but the majority of the opposition has always come from republican conservatives.

 

[Friggz]

i dont smoke, nor have i ever smoked pot. (partially because its been illegal in the states ive lived in)

but if they legalized it in my state, i certainly would have no problems going to a dispensary and buying some.

 

[Apt101]

How soon it becomes legal in each remaining state depends heavily on how much influence the alcohol lobby and the corrections lobby has over their state legislators. At the federal level it's probably not going to happen until at least half the states have legalized - Congress is simply bought and sold too much as a whole.

Interestingly, the president does have some options but it would take time (well, likely take time according to this lawyer):

The Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. section 811 delegates authority to the Attorney General, working in consultation with the DEA and the Secretary of HHS, to reschedule marijuana or (possibly) even to remove it from the list of controlled substances altogether. Moving marijuana to schedule IV or V, or removing it from the list altogether, would make the drug legal under federal law. There would be no more threat of criminal prosecution, of preemption, of tax penalties, of the loss of federal benefits, and so on.

It is important to note, however, that President Obama could not simply order the Attorney General to reschedule marijuana tomorrow. The CSA requires the Attorney General to follow certain, notoriously cumbersome procedures when rescheduling drugs (hold hearings, etc.), and it seems to require the Attorney General to adhere to any treaties governing the drug regardless of what those hearings might reveal. For these reasons, the President could probably order only limited legalization of marijuana (say, for certain medical purposes), and then, only after months if not years of formal hearings

 

[BennyBlanco]

No, they're all about the status quo. It's why they're typically labeled as conservatives.



That's always been the case, but the majority of the opposition has always come from republican conservatives.

Obama is against legalization for recreational use. I don't see it as "republitards" (very classy btw) holding it up, might just be a generational thing.

 

[Oppo]

somebody needs to tie infrastructure to weed tax in a stump speech

Bernie pls

 

[lawnchair]

isn't industrial hemp production still illegal in most states? huhhhh

 

[UrokeJoe]

That's a lot of money to lobby with. No turning back now.

 

[Hale-XF11]

Obama is against legalization for recreational use. I don't see it as "republitards" (very classy btw) holding it up, might just be a generational thing.

They've been holding it up for decades. It's not even close to being a generational thing.

 

[Third Strike]

Obama is against legalization for recreational use. I don't see it as "republitards" (very classy btw) holding it up, might just be a generational thing.

I think Obama, and many other politicians, don't have a personal problem with recreational use, but I think they're afraid of losing votes if they come out in acceptance of legalizing it. Older Americans are still against it, and they are the most reliable bloc of voters in the country. Once more states legalize it, you'll see more politicians come out in favor of it.

 

[Fenderputty]

Obama is against legalization for recreational use. I don't see it as "republitards" (very classy btw) holding it up, might just be a generational thing.

I suspect it's just not a politically expedient position for him to have. They've given banks an avenue to accept money from sales in these states though. Which is a big step in itself

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/us/us-issues-marijuana-guidelines-for-banks.html?referer=&_r=0

 

[killer rin]

Come on Trudeau, just legalize it already. Flip the political switch

 

[Anth0ny]

Come on Trudeau, just legalize it already. Flip the political switch

4/20

It's happening #blazeit

 

[ChouGoku]

I live in colorado and I've been high basically the past 3 months.

 

[BennyBlanco]

They've been holding it up for decades. It's not even close to being a generational thing.

holding it up from who? you act like the democrats are out here fighting the good fight tooth and nail. hillary is basically saying the same things rand paul is saying about marijuana, decriminalization and more support for medicals users. obama is against recreational use and went as far as to suggest it wouldn't be good for the economy (in 2011).

on the state level, there are tons of states with democrat governors not touching this with a 10 ft pole. let's see some receipts. or did you really just wanna use "republitards" in a sentence?

 

[bodyboarder]

Come on Australia its easy money!

Ha.

 

[pa22word]

Republicans aren't really ideologically against pot (well, maybe except for the freedom caucus) for the most part anyways, it's just that they have to get elected too, and recreational drug use has been a beating tool for both parties for so long that it's going to have to take a generation to die off before either party can really take an open stance too towards it.

 

[theepicoftyler]

Legal marijuana is a really good example of institutional racism right? Minorities have been disproportionately going to prison for years for selling weed, yet now that it's legal it's a giant multi-billion dollar industry that is lining the pockets of white people.

 

[VLEXP]

What would be a good name for a strain of Neo gaf?


Purple Hendrix Mario Lush.

Neo G

 

[BennyBlanco]

Legal marijuana is a really good example of institutional racism right? Minorities have been disproportionately going to prison for years for selling weed, yet now that it's legal it's a giant multi-billion dollar industry that is lining the pockets of white people.

what a ridiculous notion. if weed is legal, nobody is going to prison for it. and it's also not just white people making money here.

 

[ph1l0z0ph3r]

Hopefully it passes in Mass!

 

[Heavy_D206]

I'm in Seattle and think it's fantastic that we legalized it.

I know I contributed quite a bit into that 5BN pot.

 

[lawnchair]

what a ridiculous notion. if weed is legal, nobody is going to prison for it. and it's also not just white people making money here.

it's mostly white people making money here, if you're referring to people who run stores

 

[BennyBlanco]

it's mostly white people making money here, if you're referring to people who run stores

If you're talking about Colorado, the state is 82% white. Washington State is 77% white.

I haven't been to either state and can't really comment, but anecdotally I went to a couple dispensaries in CA a few years ago and neither was run by white people. To suggest it's racist to legalize weed is completely absurd. The war on drugs was/is institutional racism.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Won't matter if it's legal if jobs still frown upon it.

 

[Tesseract]

Won't matter if it's legal if jobs still frown upon it.

if it goes federal / medical, they can't do shiat

 

[buttery fistful]

meanwhile, my state (nebraska) wants to sue colorado because we have to spend more of our resources at the border combating all the pot.

would just be easier to make it legal and not have to waste the money + earn the money from the sale of it, but that would "go against what makes nebraska great"

 

[PHOENIXZERO]

That's a lot of money not going to Mexican drug cartels.

And they along with their farmers are feeling it, badly.

 

[ScottSullivan]

Up here in Alaska it's legal to posses, but the taxed stores haven't happened yet. Not even sure if it's going to happen in 2016

 

[Lord_Byron28]

Obama use one of your final executive orders before you leave office to legalize weed nationwide, please.

 

[Nekofrog]

i've contributed so much money to that 5.4 billion lol

 

[Blablurn]

The weed stores around here are pretty damn fancy. They're definitely making a lot.

i agree, they are no bad

 

[enemy2k]

sitting here high af like damn

 

[FStop7]

What would be a good name for a strain of Neo gaf?


Purple Hendrix Mario Lush.

Amiibo OG

 

[Agnostic]

What would be a good name for a strain of Neo gaf?


Purple Hendrix Mario Lush.

Virgin Kush