Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

only times i drove high was cause we had no spot to do it without getting in trouble (high school & college days, no place of our own) cause...wait for it...it's illegal

Ton of NPR stories: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=127403401
Ton of CBS stories: http://www.cbsnews.com/2718-504243_162-156.html

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/06/11/marc-emery-canadas-prince-of-pot-extradited-to-u-s/

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/06/marijuana_law

Prop. 19 approval could decrease marijuana costs, increase consumption, report says

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_15460278

ca naacp chief catching hell from religious coalition for backing it

Granny D - the extradition of Marc Emery really pissed me off, fwiw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Guhk5dtwzQ

"i don't get the same euphoria that other people do . . ."

is montel has this?

And there's a lot of pot smoking in colleges, but I think the amount of in-class smoking is probably overstated

LOL. Not in the school down the road. I don't think ANYONE's sober there. I am kidding, teachers must be sober.

Granny Dainger, if only I had Spiccoli in my class. Would have been so much better.

the more cancer patients you get to know over the course of your life, the angrier you will get that medical marijuana isn't available to everyone who needs it imo - people opposing this shit on bogus danger-to-society grounds are a public health menace

<3 u Smithy for that.

Sign the Vienna Declaration for evidence-based drugs policy reform:

http://www.viennadeclaration.com/

http://blogs.laweekly.com/informer/marijuana/union-support-pot-legalization/

ufcw backs prop 19

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMM_T_PJ0Rs&feature=player_embedded

ok lol

that is adorable and ridiculous

love the gang war at the end

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/08/jane-hamsher-gets-into-the-marijuana-legalization-game/60861/

http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy/2010/aug/05/if_you_think_marijuana_legalizat

About the (obvious) conclusion that legalizing marijuana will reduce drug cartels. I can't help but think that ten-twenty years after we finally legalize marijuana people will hardly be able to believe that we kept it illegal this long. They'll look back on it like we look back on prohibition, but with so much more confusion since it's been around for almost a century now.

The measure being voted on in CA would legalize supply and sale (subject to local gov permission) right, as well as consumption, right? If so, is there anywhere on earth where such a law already exists? Large-sale cultivation is still illegal in Holland/Portugal/etc, even technically Jamaica, no?

http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_19,_the_Marijuana_Legalization_Initiative_%282010%29

personal use, not large-scale cultivation

I've heard a lot of talk about how post-prop 19 California will likely become the primary source for illegal marijuana throughout the country. That alone could do wonders for reducing crime.

Oh, that's weird. This bit:

May grow marijuana at a private residence in a space of up to 25 square feet for personal use.
Local government regulation of commercial production and sale
Local government may authorize the retail sale of up to 1 ounce of marijuana per transaction, and regulate the hours and location of the business.
Local government may authorize larger amounts of marijuana for personal possession and cultivation, or for commercial cultivation, transportation, and sale.

Is on the Prop 19 wikipedia page, but not the ballotopedia one, which is otherwise identical.

hmm that is odd. commercial production there maybe referring to dispensary sources...? I dunno. I would think if large-scale cultivation were being legalized, some specifics would be included.

Even Glenn Beck wants to legalize marijuana now!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0k4zTAe7TGw

the Head Shop drugs is a big issue in Ireland right now. they had a benzadrine sub, 3 pills for a fiver. they were the best things ever. slightly hallucinatory and quite euphoric, you could take them with 'squares' and nobody would know the difference. why are you taking my fun away from me? im more of a hindrance with drink, i can chat up birds and be mad elegant with this stuff. fuck you ireland. iwant them back again.

when i was in roscommon in june there were a number of delighted articles in the local paper about the busybodies who shut down the towns only head shop

certain shops have been set on fire by local dealers

I have no idea what any of the last three posts mean

"certain shops" - nom. pl. - some shops, but not all
"have been set on fire" - were by some means caused to be on fire
"by local dealers" - dative of means: these are the people who set the shops on fire

wait no dative of agent

sorry

material cause = "certain shops", efficient cause = "local dealers", formal cause = a burned-down building, final cause = I guess money?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/aug/05/marijuana-industry-canada

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/192121

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Does_dogs_have_THC_receptors

werd

http://gawker.com/5623930/

http://www.mediaite.com/online/arnold-schwarzenegger-signs-bill-decriminalizing-marijuana-in-california/

With the vote on legalizing marijuana in California only a month and a half away, the state has also officially decriminalized it. Late yesterday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill affectively making possession of up to an ounce of the drug equal to speeding. With this news, opponents of staunch drug laws are now holding their breath, wondering what’s next.

From the Associated Press:

“Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law late Thursday that reduces possession of an ounce or less from a misdemeanor to an infraction, with a maximum punishment of a $100 fine.
Even as a misdemeanor, possession of up to an ounce of pot was still punishable only by a $100 fine and no jail time. But offenders also faced arrest, a possible court appearance and a criminal record.”

Like Proposition 19, which could tear down the rest of the walls around marijuana in the Golden State come November, this move has less to do with the drug and more to do with the money it could make (or, in this case, save) California. Schwarzenegger, himself, said that he didn’t support decriminalization but recognized that officers and courts can’t afford to “expend limited resources prosecuting a crime that carries the same punishment as a traffic ticket.”

it's essentially legal already, if you're willing to do the paperwork and fork over $150-$300 a year

http://www.ninjadude.com/images/Arnold-Schwarzenegger/arnold-joint-smoker.jpg

just sayin

Reason on the politics of prop 19: http://reason.com/archives/2010/10/07/the-politics-of-proposition-19

President Calderon on prop 19
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iqW6idI8B_M28KOkXu98wpy58c6AD9INA9A02?docId=D9INA9A02

other than his fuzziness(or rhetorical fudging) on CA's proposition process, i was under the impression there was a more open discussion on legalization in Mexico than here (or especially 'the U.S.')

bonus tijuana town boosterism :)

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/10/27/george-soros-gives-1-million-to-back-legalized-marijuana-ballot/

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303467004575574450703567656.html

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-1020-lopezcolumn-20101018,0,493202.column

a little older, but no one has posted this yet: http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/montana/article_d6b1aaca-edfc-527f-ad11-f1691fdc6e3b.html

John McWhorter in TNR about why we should legalize drugs: http://www.tnr.com/blog/80669/getting-darnell-the-corners-why-america-should-ride-the-anti-drug-war-wave

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