A Trip To The Local Pot Shop

[pharmer]

Customer service does suffer somewhat............Joe

 

['79 Magnum GT]

"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.

Same with me. never have, never will.

Rick

 

[SMSgt]

Same with me. never have, never will.

Rick

Here in Florida, you get to try it at every traffic light, whether you want to or not.

 

[BE Mike]

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

My niece and her hubby moved out of Colorado. I think that it had as much to do with the oppressive gun laws as legalized marijuana. From what I've been reading we are just starting to learn about the problems with marijuana. Pot heads always make the loudest noise in promoting it. Per your post, I wonder if the cartels also have influence?

 

[Smoke]

I quit smoking weed on December 14th 1982. One week before I turned 17.

I've already said I'm absolutely convinced that marijuana destroyed Colorado. I also think that was a plan.

I'm pretty sure that weed will be the downfall of America.

The thing that annoys me the most about weed is folks move into this apartment building (and I'm sure every other apartment building in Colorado Springs) and they sign a lease agreement that they won't smoke weed on the premises. And then they proceed to smoke weed on the premises. And it doesn't so much bother me that they're smoking weed as it bothers me that I have to smell it.

It also bothers me that the management here (on paper) takes a hard line stance against marijuana. According to the lease agreement smoking marijuana on this property is grounds for immediate eviction.

I have seen management standing outside of an apartment with smoke rolling under the door and have had them look me in the eye and tell me that they can't prove it's marijuana and they can't prove it's coming from the apartments that they're watching it come out of so they can't do anything about it.

I've also trained people at work who the very first question they ask me is "How often do they test for weed"? or "How do I get around the weed test:?

You knew when you accepted this job that you weren't supposed to smoke weed. At least have the Integrity not to take the job knowing that you're not going to fulfill the job requirements that you agreed to.

 

['79 Magnum GT]

The people on the other side of the political spectrum absolutely HATE smoking and yet they want people to smoke weed. What am I missing here?

 

[Denverd0n]

Here in Florida, you get to try it at every traffic light, whether you want to or not.

Really? I don't think I have ever smelled it when out driving around the Tampa Bay area.

 

[JcMack]

I live in Indiana, a state where all forms of marijuana are illegal. Chicago is 30 miles from me and for the last 5-8 years Illinoisans have have literally moved here in droves. Lake Co. where I live is the only democratic co. in the state. So my new Illinois neighbors do whatever the hell they want and thumb their noses at the police depts in this county because the courts here have a "catch and release" attitude about "petty " stuff like marijuana. I guarantee marijuana is a gateway drug as proven to me by some former friends who ruined their lives by entering the "gateway".
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[Rustyt1953]

 

[Warren Sear]

I have yet to hear anyone claim marijuana made anyone smarter or more ambitious.

 

[Greyman50]

Have used the CBD cream for arthritis pain in the past and it was ok. Thank God dont need it anymore.

 

[Golphin]

I have absolutely no complaints with the VA. They have taken very good care of me for years. Being a Federal Agency, they are required to abide by Federal Law. Marijuana, THC, CBD, etc. are still illegal as far as the Federal government is concerned.

People need to remember that when they complete the form 4473.

 

[.38SuperMan]

People need to remember that when they complete the form 4473.

A person in enough pain will say screw the 4473 and guns if they can get relief any other way.

 

[Golphin]

A person in enough pain will say screw the 4473 and guns if they can get relief any other way.

I understand that and not saying I blame them. Just hope that is never used against anyone.

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

Saw an article about the pot shops in one town here in NJ, they're overjoyed with the revenue it provides-but they still have to raise taxes every year. The article danced around the accident rate and kids using it. There was a letter in the local newspaper in nearby liberal Princeton NJ urging the town
not to allow such establishments, it was signed by 3 people with Chinese names. Princeton has banned smoking in many public places.

 

[Warren Sear]

You are too cute by half, Rusty.

 

[DWalt]

This session, the Texas legislature passed an act prohibiting CBD sales. I have no personal position on that measure, but I was not unhappy that Governor Abbott vetoed it.

 

[Smoke]

I believe that there are some medicines that can be made from the marijuana plant.

I knew a woman many years ago who had surgery to repair deviated septum and they basically broke her nose and then they packed her nose and sinus cavities with gauze soaked in medicinal grade cocaine.

The point that I'm trying to make is that the legitimate medical use of cocaine in that instance and I'm sure others doesn't take away from the damage that the illicit use of cocaine has caused this country.

Similarly, the fact that some people get legitimate medical relief from CBD ointments and tinctures without getting high does not take away from the damage that the illicit use of marijuana has done to our society.

I've talked about this before and I'm going to be extremely brief, I believe that there are people in our government and our education system who are absolutely convinced that the only reason that communism has never worked any place that's ever been tried is because America hasn't tried it.

I believe that a lot of those same people are behind the current push to legalize marijuana. I believe it's part of the plan and I do not believe it's going to end well for this country.

 

[FlockTommy]

I tried something similar not long ago....ended up chatting with a budtender who handed me a vape with HHC distillate instead of regular THC. I didn't even know what it was at first, but the effect was smoother, kind of mellow without the couch lock. It's legal in more places since it comes from hemp, but I'd still double-check your local laws before picking some up.