Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

ah, in case of not being experienced, some CBD drops in advance (they have to be digested, and you need to take a fairly hefty amount - like 20-30mg+ of CBD at once) to dull possible anxiety from the THC is probably advisable.

or just remember that the Sun is going to burn out and none of this shit matters

I'm sure that will help Jon's crippling internal pain

p cool

SF will wipe thousands of marijuana convictions off the books - http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/SF-will-wipe-thousands-of-marijuana-convictions-12540550.php

brimstead otm x100, just waited 20 mins behind a bunch of basics asking stupid stupid questions so that I could pay $70 for an eighth and a joint (in fancy bourgeoise packaging) which was then slapped with a 20% tax by the city (and i had to pay $3 for a childproof security bag)

I regret voting for legalization

I mean not really because fuck the drug war and the prison industry but this is wack

when i was in Oregon prices were low and quality was high - maybe it will just take awhile for the market to adjust

Tempting to say just decriminalize it and wipe convictions instead of the regulatory processes but let's be honest about what unregulated capital would do with weed products. There'd be a higher percentage of DDT than THC.

i should shut up, american spirits cost like $10 here now so it's not like a 20% vice tax is that out of line w/ everything else, and the product is higher quality ...

delivery services are getting very popular, probably because they're dodging the taxes and passing on the savings to the consumer. wonder how that's going to get shut down?

xp to Jon: you really need to hang out with me sometime soon. I will explain things.

it's not like i'm the pot whisperer or anything but i can help

tlg 70 for an eighth is outrageous, ounces are on special for 100 here in Oregon

I think you're right that is is a new market/supply + demand issue, hopefully things will get better. the childproof bags are so wasteful!

yeah it is! i think you can get good quality ounces for like $199 if you use a delivery service. i should shop around more.

because of zoning laws + permit uncertainty there are only like 5-10 legal dispensaries in a county of 3 million right now, that's probably contributing to the situation

it took like 2 years for the price to settle down here in CO, it used to be like 200+/ounce for okay weed or 350+ for good stuff right after amendment 64 passed, nowadays i got a place i go to down the street that has great herb for 130/ounce.

you still get hosed at least a bit everywhere for buying, say, an eighth rather than a full ounce, but i mean a whole ounce is a lot of weed... i go through prolly close to an ounce a month btwn myself + smoking out friends and clients, i should write this shit off lol

WATCH: Attorney General Jeff Sessions says his goal for 2018 is to see a further decline in prescriptions of opioids, and says, "we think a lot of this is starting with marijuana and other drugs." pic.twitter.com/paWSsEuNrl

— NBC News (@NBCNews) February 7, 2018

idiot

"The DEA said a huge percentage of the heroin addiction starts with prescriptions. That may be an exaggerated number..they had it as high as 80% . we think a lot of this is starting with marijuana and other drugs..but we'll see what the facts show"

hey now don't start worrying yourself with things like facts

spinning around til you get dizzy is a gateway "drug"
if you get into heroin, you're likely to be at least willing to try any and all other drugs. It's like saying baby food is a gateway to foie gras.

They screwed up not cracking down on day one, I'm actually starting to get hopeful that the political mood has solidified for some version of decriminalization or legalization just about everywhere that rolling it back would have consequences.

blaming weed for opiate addiction is like blaming the home baking industry for national obesity.

jersey strong

http://www.nj.com/marijuana/2018/03/murphy_wants_legal_weed_in_nj_by_end_of_year.html

He's smart to recognize that legal pot will be easier to control than illegal pot, and be a net revenue generator, not a prison-crowding drain on the state budget. Also smart to want to get NJ up and running before NY gets onto the legalization bandwagon. Let's hope NJ's citizens are equally smart.

New Jersey Responsible Approaches to Marijuana Policy, a group that opposes marijuana, said Tuesday that the tax revenues from legal pot "pale in comparison to the ... lost tourism dollars"

How does that work?

oh yes ! people are making a point to stay away from Colorado because of the demon w33d
https://i.imgur.com/g41G3Ut.jpg

fuck RAMP they are fear mongering misinformation spreading assholes. wonder where they get their funding from ?

from their site lol
https://i.imgur.com/89N4Yox.jpg

the green crack strain in pretty good tbh

it seems like it's impossible to find mids here unless you go to the trap (and even then it's hard) which is kind of a pain. one of the reasons I had to quit tbh.

one of the worst strain names in a crowded field

https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/michigan-lawmakers-consider-legalizing-medical-marijuana-before-november-ballot

There's enough signatures that legalization will probably be on the ballot this fall, and will probably pass. So the republican state government is talking about legalizing before that, so they can reduce voter turnout in November (where there just so happens to be an anti-gerrymandering bill on the ballot).

that's so fucked, just that transparent awareness, "more people voting is bad for us"

seems like the various cannabis bills that come out of state legislatures are often worse than the ballot initiatives

all that said it would be really great to have some legal cannabis in the midwest

happy 420!

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-pledges-support-legal-marijuana-blow-sessions-article-1.3932441

THREAD: It’s official. Today, I am formally announcing my plan to decriminalize marijuana at the federal level. It’s time we allow states, once and for all, to have the power to decide what works best for them.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) April 20, 2018

Good luck, Chuck!

happy 4/20 to chuck schumer

since this is the thread that happens to be bumped:

i'm a couple of months into taking sublingual MMJ tincture for my Crohn's disease, under the NY program.

First month was a high CBD/low THC ratio. One 0.5ml dropper syringe in the morning, one at night. I did not see an effect on my baseline after a month (was pretty compliant on the dosing - only missed one dose during that time).

On my return visit to the union square dispensary, talked with the pharmacist and she wanted to try me on 1:1 ratio for a month (2.5mg THC, 2.5 mg CBD per dose, one in the morning one at night).

The 1:1 did help, but only after I got to the third week, had a mini-flareup, and tried a double dose that morning. The double dose knocked out my flareup symptoms and seemed to lead into a period of stability for several days following, even though I went back to my regular dosing after the 2x one. Had another mini flare the next week, did the same thing, same result.

Came back to dispensary this Monday and shared my experience; they advised that based on this I ought to keep taking the 2.5mg/2.5mg 2x/day as my standard, but double it when I get noticeably symptomatic.

So I feel hopeful about where my baseline will be after a few months of this. The only thing is, when I take a double dose I definitely feel lightly baked, in contrast to the regular dose which doesn't SEEM to have any psychoactivity for me.

Here's a side question though: I'm supposed to drive to Boston tomorrow, drive back the next day. Driving is not part of my daily obv. SHOULD I be driving while taking a 1:1 sublingual tincture? Every resource just tells me to 'take time to be aware how medical marijuana affects you before driving'. Thanks. I don't think it's out of the question that my regular dose might produce a slight diminishment of reaction time, even though I don't feel high on it...?

as a fellow Crohn's sufferer, I'm wondering what you consider to be a mini flare-up?

yeah i know that can mean a lot of things to a lot of people!

gas-like abdominal cramps/roiling, a felt need to get stuff out coupled with everything being kind of tense/seized up so that I'm making lots of minimally productive trips to the bathroom, enervation, bone-deep depression wave, feeling of fever without a temperature

pretty much sums it up

I guess I say 'mini' if I don't have to go to the ER and there's no blood, lol

Are you on 77? There’s a relevant thread there I prefer to post to for privacy reasons.

Ok will cross post to that if I can find it on Zing.

http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/385866-maine-house-overturns-governors-veto-of-marijuana-bill

what's going on in MA ? can i drive up there next month and buy legal w33d or what ?

if any dispensaries are open by then, yes

Crossing state lines with that shit could get you in deep skank doo doo

eh it’s legal medically in some form in the entire northeast. although who knows what the uptick in highway ice activity means

strike “medically” from that sentence

https://medicalmarijuana.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID=000881

vape oil pens and edibles travel quite discreetly

although the shop openings are delayed

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/06/26/retail-marijuana-shops-won-happen-july/TF69jzxlAyrA0LF0uV0oMN/story.html

lotions and bath bombs too

Crossing state lines with that shit could get you in deep skank doo doo

― calstars, Tuesday, June 26, 2018 4:47 PM (yesterday)

i fly back from California with is pretty regularly and no one seems to bat an eye to be honest

Crossing state lines with that shit could get you in deep skank doo doo

carne, I'm going to San Francisco in November and have been giving this some thought. Any tips on discrete travel?

package it with aromatic toiletries to minimize the smell. wrap it in clothes. tsa is actually not authorized to check for weed although with jeff “lock up anyone darker than me” sessions in illegitimate power who knows