Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

I've always held out hope that when the passage of time resulted in those who became adults before "the sixties" dying off and provided an evergrowing influx of voters who were born post "the sixties", what seemed impossible would quickly become inevitable.

Fucking UN:

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/official-calls-marijuana-ballot-rollback-17770065#.UKwi66WmDzI

Clue for that UN guy: your official interest is to control narcotics. Plz consult a reference book regarding marijuana's non-narcotic status. ty

What a poorly written article too. It's obviously not about "decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana" since that has already happened without issue in other states.

http://nymag.com/news/features/war-on-drugs-2012-12/

Meanwhile, in AZ http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/11/11876/corrections-corporation-america-used-drug-sweeps-public-school-students

CCA can stuff it afaic -- esp their for-profit immigration detention centers

CCA, the nation's largest for-profit prison/immigrant detention center operator, with more than 92,000 prison and immigrant detention "beds" in 20 states and the District of Columbia, reported $1.7 billion in gross revenue last year. This revenue is derived almost exclusively from tax payer-funded government (county, state, federal) contracts through which the corporation is paid per-diem, per-prisoner rates for the warehousing of prisoners and immigrant detainees.

Crazy documentary (not specifically about cannabis but not sure of a better thread to post it on):

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

I'm not gonna watch that but the screencap is amazing.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2012/12/14/obama_on_state_marijuana_laws_president_tells_abc_news_that_he_has_bigger.html

http://www.salon.com/2012/12/16/9_signs_the_war_on_drugs_is_almost_over/

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/world/middleeast/new-insights-on-marijuana-in-israel-where-its-illegal.html

http://www.slate.com/blogs/trending/2013/01/04/weed_vending_machines_marijuana_in_colorado_and_washington_may_soon_be_available.html

omg whuuuut

My tax dollars at work: Marijuana Licensing and Regulatory Manager

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/01/colorado_drug_legalization_and_evangelicals_why_didn_t_religious_right_fight.html

http://www.capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=62324266

i voted for daylin leach!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp9m2INDR9E&list=UUbG7WtNHM92KLviPKzb2gbA

http://www.timesofisrael.com/green-leaf-threatens-to-expose-pot-toking-politicians/

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/01/long-term-marijuana-use-could-have-zero-effect-on-iq/

http://www.nature.com/news/pot-smokers-might-not-turn-into-dopes-after-all-1.12207

more and more americans want pot legal:
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/16/opinion/nathan-comments-on-pot-column/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/01/long-term-marijuana-use-could-have-zero-effect-on-iq/

― Mordy, Monday, January 14, 2013 6:59 PM

http://www.nature.com/news/pot-smokers-might-not-turn-into-dopes-after-all-1.12207

― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:03 PM

http://cdn2.screenjunkies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/boss-bud-wiser.png

http://www.salon.com/2013/02/08/why_congress_might_legalize_marijuana_this_time/

it's so stupid people can't buy packs of joints

Blumenhauer's district is mostly Portland, Oregon, so he won't be hurt by introducing this bill. It wouldn't dismantle the drug war (sad to say), but it would be a big step toward sanity.

Pennsylvanians don’t want marijuana legalized, but they favor letting adults use it for medical purposes, that’s according to the latest Franklin & Marshall College Poll.

The poll found that 55 percent of respondents said no to making marijuana legal, but that is down from a 2010 study, where 60 percent said no and a 2006 study where 72 percent said no.

Of those polled, 36 said yes, they support legalizing marijuana, which is up from 33 percent in 2010 and 22 percent in 2006.

When it comes to using marijuana for medical purposes, as recommended by a doctor, 51 percent of those polled strongly favored it, and 31 percent somewhat favored it. On the other side, 13 percent strongly opposed and 3 percent somewhat opposed. The results were not very different from the 2010 and 2006 results.

The Franklin & Marshall College Poll interviewed 622 Pennsylvania voters between January 29 and February 3. The margin of error is reported as plus or minus 3.9 percentage points.

I wish PA electorate was into legalizing it entirely but for my personal needs legalizing it medicinally would be a huge deal so this is basically good news.

really hope Crohn's/UC is included in the medical purposes

They are in every state that has legalized it medicinally.

http://www.tokeofthetown.com/2013/02/california_doc_pushes_for_veterinary_medical_marij.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xPmR8j4plw

sounds absolutely horrible but if I lived somewhere that I could get a steady supply of leaves I'd try it just to see

http://www.nbcnews.com/id/51148243/ns/business-press_releases/t/federal-government-reports-marijuana-effective-combatting-certain-cancers-reports-adsi/#.UUKSAqV4AZY

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2013/03/15/assemblyman-steve-katz-ticketed-for-marijuana-possesion/

would get mad lifted with dr. katz

http://i.imgur.com/s0RBjhQ.gif

lol

I fully expect weed to be legal in California within the next election cycle tbh

Advocates for the Disabled and Seriously Ill is some A+ naming for your medical weed org

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/03/marijuana_potency_returning_smokers_want_mellower_pot_strains.html

i'm not sure i trust the advice to smoke sativas. if you're able to purchase fucking artisanal boutique quality weed with a name attached to it, the sativas are going to be potent. despite what the dude in the article says, most weed you buy is going to be sativa dominant.

high cbd and low thc would be the first thing i'd recommend, since the effects that are putting people off are mental effects, paranoia and anxiety, feeling your heart menacingly throbbing in your chest.

and yo check this out

http://iloveweed.net/2010/09/high-times-top-40-buds-of-1977/ forget cannabinoids and terpenes, shit was just garbage back in the day.

I disagree with some of that article and was surprised to see no mention of CBD/CBN. Personally, strong indicas are a lot more relaxing for me, and the trend toward really high THC sativas with no CBD or CBN is what I associate with the more hallucinogenic, anxiety-inducing modern strains.

xp

yeah, dylannn otm

those pictures are hilarious. I was wondering "how can you know that shit was garbage back in the day" until I saw those pics.

yikes.

Back in Colorado, Ellison says that as of now, the demand for straight-up bud comes from men in their 20s, and they pay for potency. “They want to party and get wasted,” he says. But if customers demand something mellower, the industry will supply it. Ellison predicts that large corporations, such as beer companies, might fill the gap, producing large quantities of midgrade weed: not as flashy as the current Cannabis Cup winners, with their crystals of THC glistening under glamorous lighting, but not as pathetic as ditch weed either. “If the big boys come in and come out with a mid-grade” he says, then that new market will be served.

my experience is that the first point about dispensary customer demographics and goals is not accurate at all.

and if you want midgrade weed, there's a ton of it out there-- even out here in vancouver, the majority of weed is big bud hybrids grown fast and rough, with low to medium potency and decent smoke/flavour.

and right now, the role occupied by beer companies in that disturbing vision of the future is held by mexican weed, which is currently pretty fuego and a lot of people are smoking it in the u.s.a. despite the poor image the brand has.

anyways, there's tons of midgrade and lowgrade weed out there for people to smoke (as the song says, popcorn mids got the trap goin crazy), without anheuser-busch involvement.

yeah, I think the author is conflating mellow with mid-grade which isn't accurate imo.

http://cdn.theatlanticwire.com/img/upload/2013/04/08/WeedLaws.gif

Getting a bit frustrated with living in that grey part

otm

there's a way to take that edge off

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/2013/04/12/laurelville-police-chief-recovering-after-eating-entire-pot-laced-cake.html