A Trip To The Local Pot Shop

[MP-5]

No free ride Bernie!

 

[ladder13]

I guess it’s a feel good way to go.

Cannabis Users Face Substantially Higher Risk of Heart Attack - American College of Cardiology

www.acc.org

 

[Norton 750]

"Legal" here in Missouri, but not federally so you can't use it and own guns. Seems to me like it would be easy to get caught up in a Federal net at some point...never tried pot, never will.

 

[max503]

It would be fun to go in and look around but I have no interest in using any of it. Any. Did my fair share back in the 70's.

For pain you can get diclofenac over the counter.

 

[Harv 24]

I'm not sure exactly how to say this and I'm pretty sure it's going to start a fight so my apologies.

When Colorado put legalizing weed on the ballot I voted in favor. I did so because I thought that people should make their own decisions. The measure passed by less than 20 votes.

And IMO it absolutely destroyed Colorado.

Our homeless population skyrocketed. People came from all over the country for "Free weed". I'm not sure where that idea got started but I'm telling you a bunch of the people that I ran into at work thought that they were going to be able to have free weed in Colorado.

Our crime rate went up because the cartels moved in here and they started growing weed legally and illegally for shipment to the rest of the country.

The government looked at weed as a cash cow. Every time they wanted to pass a measure they raised the tax on weed to fund it.

What's that actually did was create a situation where the elicit dealers could raise the price on their product significantly and still undercut the legal weed stores. And once weed is in a jar at your house the cops can't prove you didn't buy it from Maggie's Farm.

Weed is an all cash business because the banks won't touch it. Weed dealers get robbed. Weed Dealers get busted for income tax evasion. Quite a few of the "dispensaries" in Colorado Springs have gone bankrupt and gone out of business.

And people still think legalized weed is the best thing that ever happened to Colorado

It takes a big man to admit a mistake. Like you, my initial thought was legalize it, let freedom have at it and let people decide for themselves. I still feel that way, but my fellow Americans are making poor choices with all that Freedom and were starting to look like the Middle east when it comes to civil engagement.

We want to do what we want, without thinking of the long term implications. WI has not legalized it, and frankly, I'm surprised we have not yet, We have a very liberal Governor but the Republicans still control the legislature. Having Michigan next door, where it is legal, allows alot of WI plates to cross over to get it, which I'm sure is happening.

 

[SMSgt]

They legalized medical MJ here in FL a few years back. Immediately MJ shops opened up on every corner faster than Walgreens and CVS. A head cold and $125 would get you a MJ medical permit at any one of them. Since then, sitting at almost any traffic light smells like a skunk's outhouse. Fortunately a recent "constitutional" amendment to legalize all MJ was shot down, but the pro smokers will simply continue to push for legalization until they get it one way or another.

 

[biku324]

I'll never go near a 'dispensary.' Just in my agencies there was too much blood spilled and too many lives ruined by a failed 'War on Drugs.'

 

[venomballistics]

There's way too much anecdotal evidence related to the hippie lettuce to ignore.