[Pesqueeb]

http://www.policymic.com/articles/90565/6-months-since-legalizing-pot-washington-looks-very-different-than-colorado

 

[Pesqueeb]

Business is booming.

 

[AngryMetalsmith]

^^ $54 million total legal sales for one month. There are only 5 million people in CO. Dayum ya'll smoke a lot of weed.

 

[rideit]

Do the school districts in counties that still ban pot sales still share in the unbelievable tax windfall? Seems hinky.

 

[Pesqueeb]

^^ $54 million total legal sales for one month. There are only 5 million people in CO. Dayum ya'll smoke a lot of weed.

The marijuana tourism industry is a growing field. Job creatin' one might even say.

Do the school districts in counties that still ban pot sales still share in the unbelievable tax windfall? Seems hinky.

I believe so, and I agree. Though as a parent living in an area where that does not approve of homosexual creating demon weed, I'm also glad that my child will still see the benefits.

 

[rideit]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/11/3447725/gambling-mogul-spends-25m-to-oppose-florida-medical-marijuana/

 

[Pesqueeb]

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/06/11/3447725/gambling-mogul-spends-25m-to-oppose-florida-medical-marijuana/

I'm willing to bet he's wasting his money. Not that Adelson is all that concerned about tossing 2.5 mil into the wind.

 

[DaveW]

Jah mon

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27827678

 

[Pesqueeb]

Toke up a little easier?

http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/51046/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=14003

 

[$tinkle]

"it will be a great day when medical marijuana raids are funded by bake sales"

 

[Pesqueeb]

"it will be a great day when medical marijuana raids are funded by bake sales"

Must spread rep.

 

[rideit]

NY, always being hard to get along with
http://news.yahoo.com/medical-marijuana-york-moves-legalize-advocates-not-thrilled-172103678.html

 

[jimmydean]

https://music.yahoo.com/news/willie-nelson-important-political-message-stoners-154520262-rolling-stone.html

A message to all you pot heads.

"Get out and go vote, If it's the day to go vote, make sure you go vote before you burn one down. Don't get high and forget to vote."

 

[boostindoubles]

Chow down, hippies!

http://rt.com/usa/169204-marijuana-truck-washington-cannabis/

 

[Pesqueeb]

Support the troops.

 

[$tinkle]

just a nit, but i'm sure they mean "since it was most recently prohibited"

i'm sure a few sailors returned from the barbary states conflict to a "hero's welcome", as TJ was a hempophile

 

[$tinkle]

for steve: http://www.vocativ.com/underworld/crime/cute-bitches-love-show-big-busts/

 

[Pesqueeb]

Big-pharma.

 

[Pesqueeb]

Toke up Washington!

 

[jimmydean]

Toke up Washington!

$20/gram? That's highway robbery! From what I have been told...

<edit> $10/gram is average street price.

 

[$tinkle]

not so fast, hippies: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10951691/Dopeless-in-Seattle-legalised-cannabis-prompts-pot-shortage.html

 

[jimmydean]

not so fast, hippies: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10951691/Dopeless-in-Seattle-legalised-cannabis-prompts-pot-shortage.html

That's what I said...

He said the shortage would contribute to high prices at stores, which in turn would send people to the black market instead. The prices at stores are expected to be twice those on the street.

If you can get a decent strain on the street for $10/gram and the store is out of everything, it only makes sense. I have a feeling the state is shorting the industry to drive higher prices for more of a cut of tax $$$/gram sold.

 

[mykel]

basic hydro - quarter for sixty in my parts.
- maybe another nickle or dime for some super-primo when in comes around.

 

[jimmydean]

basic hydro - quarter for sixty in my parts.
- maybe another nickle or dime for some super-primo when in comes around.

Or so I've been told. One shop for all of Seattle with only 20# to start with, it's a good thing stoners are non-violent. If this was heroin there would be a riot.

 

[jimmydean]

Hundreds line up for legal pot in Washington state

Pete Holmes, Seattle's elected city attorney and a main backer of the state's recreational marijuana law, said he wanted to be one of the first customers to demonstrate there are alternatives to the nation's failed drug war.

He spent $80 on 4 grams, including $20.57 in taxes.

 

[$tinkle]

legal pot AND a lawyer getting screwed? what's not to love about that?

 

[jimmydean]

legal pot AND a lawyer getting screwed? what's not to love about that?

Well, if anyone can afford $20+/gram, it would be him.

And a WAY better headline.

Seattle City Attorney Buys Legal Pot for 'Personal Enjoyment'

<edit> QFT

"If you're willing to stand in line for 5 hours to buy pot in Seattle, you don't know anything about buying pot in Seattle."

 

[stevew]

for steve: http://www.vocativ.com/underworld/crime/cute-bitches-love-show-big-busts/

you're never allowed to pet them.

 

[rideit]

Interesting contrasts in just how different this is playing out among different states. The crime rate/causality issue is pretty fascinating. Mellow states are mellow, harsh states are harsh!
http://mic.com/articles/66131/marijuana-legalization-if-you-live-in-louisiana-and-love-pot-it-sucks-to-be-you

 

[Pesqueeb]

Interesting contrasts in just how different this is playing out among different states. The crime rate/causality issue is pretty fascinating. Mellow states are mellow, harsh states are harsh!
http://mic.com/articles/66131/marijuana-legalization-if-you-live-in-louisiana-and-love-pot-it-sucks-to-be-you

Alternate title: "If you live in Louisiana at all, it sucks to be you."

 

[jimmydean]

Alternate title: "If you live in Louisiana at all, it sucks to be you."

Louisiana, it just sucks. Sounds like a license plate tag line.

 

[$tinkle]

First marijuana customer in Spokane says he was fired

wait -- he had a job???

 

[Westy]

Alternate title: "If you live in Louisiana at all, it sucks to be you."

Alternate alternate title. "If you are black and live in Louisiana, it sucks to be you"

 

[jimmydean]

Weed the poor.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/07/10/berkeley-california-orde_n_5571964.html

 

[stevew]

smart kid...

 

[jimmydean]

 

[jimmydean]

House Republican, in a first, backs legalizing marijuana

&#8220;If they put it on the ballot that they would legalize it, I&#8217;d probably support that ballot measure,&#8221; Representative Rohrabacher said in a phone interview. Elaborating on the issue nationwide, he adds: &#8220;By providing the federal government the right to control personal behavior, it&#8217;s totally contradictory to what our country is all about.&#8221;

I hope to gawd that's Steven Seagal.

 

[$tinkle]

"morals can be bought"
"if you don't like these morals, i have others"

- paraphrase of groucho marx, whose cigar was sometimes just a cigar

 

[jimmydean]

Green Gold: Colorado Underestimated Marijuana Demand

Folks in Colorado are consuming a lot of marijuana &#8212; 130 metric tons per year, actually. Of the state&#8217;s 5.36 million people, 485,000, or nine percent, are identified as regular adult marijuana users. While that doesn&#8217;t seem like an awful lot, the most frequent users are by far creating the most demand. Heavy users especially, or those who use cannabis on a daily or near-daily basis, have been the biggest drivers. According to the study&#8217;s numbers, the top 21.8 percent of the heaviest users account for 66.9 percent of the demand. In stark contrast, the lightest users &#8212; those that use marijuana less than once per month on average &#8212; make up roughly one-third of the entire user pool but only represents 0.3 percent of total demand.

 

[Pesqueeb]

http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=16574

Flight attendant I know got popped today for a whiz-quiz, alcohol test, and a safety audit. I wonder how disproportionately CO and WA based employee groups are going to be hit for "random" tests while the airline plays catch up? I personally haven't been tested in years.