as a Denver resident, weed was/is pretty "legal" here already (not really, but everyone smokes it freely and openly). I am excited about the tax revenues and the tourism and all that. Super stoked.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 05:34 (eleven years ago) link
bring on the rasta hats.
the tourism is going to be crazy, i'm thinking ILX FAP in WEED CAPITAL OF AMERICA
― Mordy, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 05:34 (eleven years ago) link
I don't even smoke weed really fyi and I am still excited about this
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 05:35 (eleven years ago) link
and OBAMA and ELIZABETH WARREN and TAMMYsuper happy
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 05:36 (eleven years ago) link
was surprised the tourism angle was never talked about in WA. gonna be bigi' m mostly glad about access issues. no more paying the weed doctor $100/yr for a letter
― ou th (anky), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 05:38 (eleven years ago) link
on the tourism front, WA seems like it might benefit more than CO. On the other hand, the Mile High city angle could be a good draw.
― wk, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 05:41 (eleven years ago) link
General good strategic move for the southwest in general too, politically speaking and in terms of reducing violence on both sides of the border, I would think.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
whats the weed scene like in WA right? Medical marijuana only?
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 05:46 (eleven years ago) link
er right now
as in today
medical yes, but I don't think they decriminalized it yet.
― wk, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:00 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwARpaKHx_w
― Tome Cruise (Matt P), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:02 (eleven years ago) link
my mind is going NUTS thinking of how this will all play out!
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:02 (eleven years ago) link
we already have some really awful shit that goes down here, like those weird 12-person bikes that people drive around town while drinking beer. Also.. this thing
http://www.fischline.com/images/2011/MemorialDay/06BanjoBilly
like, this shit isn't my jam AT ALL. And I live down the street from the city's most popular brew pub hippy bars. oh dear.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:04 (eleven years ago) link
john denver otm
― wk, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:06 (eleven years ago) link
WA was medical only (no decrim). doctors letters (a joke) and dispensaries. lots in seattle. allowed to grow up to 45 plants. weirder scene in more conservative eastern wa, county by county city by city rules. previously! gonna puff one on the front porch instead of the back, basically
― ou th (anky), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:09 (eleven years ago) link
it's been clear for awhile, but i think even more crystalized tonight, that we're heading in the direction of broad legalization of marijuana (medical + otherwise) in the near future. i think obama would be smart to start to embrace it, even passively - go back to not enforcing federal laws on state decisions. his opinion could be "evolving," like re gay marriage.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:10 (eleven years ago) link
according to an article about the WA law They could buy up to an ounce of dried marijuana; one pound of marijuana-infused product in solid form, such as brownies; or 72 ounces of marijuana-infused liquids.. hahaha what?
― wk, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:11 (eleven years ago) link
lol at the liquids. an ounce is not a small amount though. like PA law capping single beer bottle purchases at 12. tedious but hardly draconian.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:13 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, an oz is not small at all. and really when it gets to that level of legalization who cares how much somebody possesses? But yeah, an oz of bud vs. a pound of hash is pretty lol.
― wk, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
but wait, seriously in PA you can't buy more than 12 beers at a time!?
― wk, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:16 (eleven years ago) link
WA is 56% / 44% right now.
"One ounce of marijuana will be legal as of Dec. 6, and the state will begin a year-long process of creating a closed, tightly regulated and heavily taxed market for recreational marijuana sales at state-licensed retail shops."
I seriously have no idea what will come of this, it is kind of insane to think about. I live in a town that's approximately 60% college kids and is surrounded for hundreds of miles by incredibly fertile farmland so shit could get kind of crazy.
― joygoat, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:18 (eleven years ago) link
previously w/my mmj letter in WA i could carry upto 24oz, which i always thought was insanean oz is much more sensible. wonder how many times you can shop in a day
― ou th (anky), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:18 (eleven years ago) link
ready to throw in my app for the state board of weed regulation
― ou th (anky), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:20 (eleven years ago) link
you can buy by the case at a beer depot but a local bar opened up a shop to sell singles and they cap it at 12 beers at a time.
― Mordy, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:22 (eleven years ago) link
hahaha, 24 oz? wow. A qualifying patient and designated provider may possess a total of no more than twenty-four ounces of usable marijuana, and no more than fifteen plants. This quantity became the state's official "60-day supply" I can't comprehend smoking almost a half ounce every day.
― wk, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:24 (eleven years ago) link
stay tuned to this thread for Aero and Mordy's Epic Colorado Vacation
― Inconceivable (to the entire world) (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:25 (eleven years ago) link
and wk you could have 2 other peoples' letters on hand for up to 45 plants. at an ounce and a half each every 12 weeks and jesus christ do the math unless you're too high
― ou th (anky), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:27 (eleven years ago) link
this WA law is way more complicated than the CO one
― wk, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 06:32 (eleven years ago) link
Software for pot dispensary management will be a, er, growth market.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 07:32 (eleven years ago) link
srsly the only reason i thought at all about voting "no" on 64 is drug tourism. oth come on by, hippie johnies.
― sweet emoticon (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 07:42 (eleven years ago) link
i wanna move to a weed state
― am0n, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:42 (eleven years ago) link
http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/1b794eee288611e2822f22000a9f09ca_7.jpg
― am0n, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:27 (eleven years ago) link
Everyone thinks the feds will intervene on this one. Anyone have any opinions? I am hoping O will just let it be. I am excited about how this will help CO's economy.
― homosexual II, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:47 (eleven years ago) link
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― *rad hug eomticon* (Control Z), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
i'm already planning a weekend trip to CO for skiing and weeding
― Mordy, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 16:56 (eleven years ago) link
well is anything it forces them to address the issue somewhat head on for the first time. and they see that the state does not fall apart with stoner zombies running around in the streets robbing and murdering for their fix.
― carne asada, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
Thank you, CO and WA for throwing this in the teeth of the feds and the DEA! The road to ending marijuana prohibition is still going to be long and rocky, but this was a long step toward demonstrating that voters are ready for a different, more sensible approach. The feds will surely intervene, because no doing so effectively concedes total loss of control over the issue and they aren't ready for that step.
OR's initiative was wretchedly written, but I voted for it anyway, as did approx 45% of OR voters. That is a respectable number and adds further impetus behind legalization/regulation/taxation, but politicians worship majorities, not respectable losses.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:01 (eleven years ago) link
skiing and weeding
― Mordy, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:56 AM
yes
― am0n, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:08 (eleven years ago) link
skweeding
― carne asada, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:11 (eleven years ago) link
would love to hear the conversations right now in dorm rooms nationwide: dude, i am soooo moving to colorado and i'm gonna have a house made out of weed and a car made out of weed and a dog made out of weed and i'm going to ski down mountains of weed on skis made out of weed!
― scott seward, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:18 (eleven years ago) link
Love how CNN used a green color scheme for their weed initiative infographics
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
i work in the CO tourism industry and i voted yes for this -- but gotta say, my boss was not into the idea of weed tourism at all, basically saying we'd lose a ton of convention business because of it. is that true? i dunno, he might just be mistake about how much people care about it.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
Your boss prob thinking about droves of dirty hippies lounging around every park and street corner, passing around fatties in a haze and panhandling every passerby.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
that's pretty much the way it is now, so ...
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
yeah hippies LOOOOVE to hang out by convention centers
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
[jk]
― tylerw, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
i'm moving to an (rx) weed state next month. and I have a legitimate health condition to qualify. not sure how the whole thing works. like can you just go to any doc and make a "i want teh weed" appt?
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
@SmokeyCloud The elections biggest winner? Peyton Manning for buying 20 Papa Johns in Colorado a week before weed was voted legal.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Wednesday, 7 November 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link