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KingEup posted:Anyone remember DEA chief Michele Leonhart? She's the worthless drug war profiteering fucker who said that cannabis was as dangerous as heroin. The hemp flag again? ...sigh.
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quote:She was particularly frustrated with the fact that, according to her, the White House participated in a softball game with a pro-legalization group. What? Like, literal softball?
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Doc Hawkins posted:What? Like, literal softball? The War on Softball is big business.
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KingEup posted:Anyone remember DEA chief Michele Leonhart? She's the worthless drug war profiteering fucker who said that cannabis was as dangerous as heroin. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykwaXsQY6Eg What a truly disgusting piece of poo poo this person is. gently caress the innocent people getting hurt WHAT ABOUT MY PAYCHECK.
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I admit it. I have lost the war on Cannabis. The news, the govt, -everyone- calls it Pot, Marijuana, etc etc. Its CANNABIS (Sativa) and (Indica). You may find this hard to believe but I don't smoke it. (I did inhale in the past, really who hasn't). Whiskey, now thats another story! But drat it, we don't call Alcohol 'Hooch' 'Booze' and whatnot when reporting on it as professional journalists. Whatever... enjoy your new tax revenue and less folks in jail for... POT MARIJUANA and whatever nickname you want. Argh...... P.S Nancy Grace is an idiot saying 'pot heads' inject POT and go on killing sprees. She forgot to mention it was on an XBOX or Playstation from the couch, but hey...she's raking in the millions so who am I to argue with that dolt.
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How did newspapers refer to illegal alcohol back in the day? "Moonshine" isn't exactly the most professional-sounding word.
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Doc Hawkins posted:How did newspapers refer to illegal alcohol back in the day? "Moonshine" isn't exactly the most professional-sounding word. Bootleg Alcohol. Also you can bet your rear end that some hack reporter back in the day used a line like 'Bootleggers will be over the moon now prohibition overturned.'
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The jokes are quickly becoming the most annoying aspect of legalization for me. I do lots consulting work for mostly New York based clients and invariably when I meet someone new in a meeting or conference call and they find out I'm based in Colorado it's the same "Ohh weed is legal there now man?! Are you stoned right now HUU HUUUH HEUEE HUUUH HUUEEE!" "Oh like Rocky Mountain High John Denver is it 4:20 there yet? HEUUEE HUEUU HUEUEU HEUUEUE" jokes more often than not. It's getting really tiring.
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Yeah, I remember seeing some kind of survey where people from out of state were asked what they thought of when they thought of Colorado, and "weed," "marijuana," and "potheads" were all some of the most common results. I mean, sure, it's cool that we've legalized it...but I'm kind of dismayed that it's apparently one of the biggest parts of our identity right now. There's just so much more to this wonderful state, yet all anyone can think of when they think about Colorado is marijuana. Here's hoping many more states legalize it soon, if for no other reason than so it can stop being such a big deal. Also, the unwritten rule that every single article written about legalization must include at least one groan-worthy weed pun got old after like...three days. The Maroon Hawk fucked around with this message at 01:28 on Jan 26, 2014 |
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quote:This is a woman who has spent 33 years of her life fighting drug abuse in the DEA, her entire life.
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Pryor on Fire posted:The jokes are quickly becoming the most annoying aspect of legalization for me. I do lots consulting work for mostly New York based clients and invariably when I meet someone new in a meeting or conference call and they find out I'm based in Colorado it's the same "Ohh weed is legal there now man?! Are you stoned right now HUU HUUUH HEUEE HUUUH HUUEEE!" "Oh like Rocky Mountain High John Denver is it 4:20 there yet? HEUUEE HUEUU HUEUEU HEUUEUE" jokes more often than not. It's getting really tiring. Personally I'd deliver, in the most deadpan annoyed voice, "yes sir I literally cannot control myself and your compunction to make jokes about marijuana pales in comparison to my relentless quest to be blazed - legally now - at all hours of the day. I literally wear a weed CPAP when I sleep and I dream of Matthew Mcconaughey saying 'awrightawrightawright' in an unending loop. Now that we've shared our secrets about each other, what color underwear are you wearing, if any at all? I personally am wearing unbleached hemp skivvies and believe me when I tell you they are itchy. But it's okay because I am barely able to speak due to being so incredibly, unfathomably, blindingly high right now, at this hour of four twenty." e: Or you could just say you're about 103 stories high and smoking the gently caress out.
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nooneofconsequence posted:Sorry you wasted your life. These people are so delusional that it wouldn't surprise me if they demanded reparations.
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What's worse is the proper spelling is: 'Mexican Spanish' marihuana Oh well, common vernacular and all that.
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Herv posted:What's worse is the proper spelling is: 'Mexican Spanish' marihuana Wasn't that spelling actually preferred by people like Leonhart, as it added a racist spin to the whole thing, lending the widely-held racial biases to the support of the pro-drug-war side?
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This has probably been covered somewhere in this big thread, but what is the definition of "intoxicated while driving" for marijuana in CO and WA? Are there blood level thresholds, or does having any detectable level on a test = "intoxicated"? Seems like a potentially thorny issue considering how long THC hangs around.
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Zwabu posted:This has probably been covered somewhere in this big thread, but what is the definition of "intoxicated while driving" for marijuana in CO and WA? Are there blood level thresholds, or does having any detectable level on a test = "intoxicated"? Seems like a potentially thorny issue considering how long THC hangs around. There are blood level thresholds (which replace the previous "if we can find anything at all you get a DUI" standard). Washington, at least, sets the DUI threshold at 5 nanograms THC per milliliter of blood. Also, THC doesn't hang around for long; otherwise you'd be high for days. Your body breaks it down into inactive metabolites, which do stick around for a long time; that's what drug tests look for. The chemicals specified in WA (and I think CO) state law are the ones that, if they're in your bloodstream at a sufficient concentration, will actually get you high. There are some valid reasons to look at where the thresholds were placed - it's possible that long-term MMJ patients, and very heavy recreational users, will have developed a tolerance that means they might be at 5 ng/mL without much effect. This has been a very controversial topic, and unfortunately the less scrupulous folks in the MMJ industry tried to create confusion about what's detectable in a blood/urine test looking for "did you use marijuana in the past couple weeks?" versus "are you high right now?" in an effort to oppose legalization (never mind that the old standard for DUI was much worse in every possible way).
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Herv posted:
We don't call it ethanol or ethyl alcohol on everyday speech either.
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His original claim isn't even true. The hooch one is lame but I still wanted to post the news article referring to hooch. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_24978767/denver-sheriffs-deputy-faces-felonies-after-arrest-black http://www.washingtonpost.com/going...e3a9_story.html http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2014/01/24/justin-bieber-arrest-boozing-underage-who-is-to-blame/ http://www.ptinews.com/news/4346916_Five-die-after-drinking-hooch.html
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Jeffrey posted:His original claim isn't even true. The hooch one is lame but I still wanted to post the news article referring to hooch. I apologize, there is lovely reporting on anything. Carry on.
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more friedman units posted:This administration just doesn't understand the science of asset forfeiture! I know it's been brought up before in this thread but, the biggest obstacle to marijuana legalization is the amount of money/profit made from keeping it illegal. Just ponder the term "prison industry". How can we call ourself a first world nation, a democracy, when we have an entire industry designed to put and keep people in prison. It's an immoral obscenity.
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radical meme posted:I know it's been brought up before in this thread but, the biggest obstacle to marijuana legalization is the amount of money/profit made from keeping it illegal. Just ponder the term "prison industry". How can we call ourself a first world nation, a democracy, when we have an entire industry designed to put and keep people in prison. It's an immoral obscenity. Or they can make all that money and not have to spend it back on keeping their jails up by having legal weed and selling it.
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nooneofconsequence posted:Sorry you wasted your life. Testimony before congress today in the war on drugs: How do you ask a person to be the last one to die for a mistake?
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Ulf posted:The Denver County Fair is going all-in: http://www.denvercountyfair.org/pot-pavilion Agree the last two are kind of dumb, but I don't see anything wrong with hand made crafts regardless of what they're used for.
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"Miami Herald posted:A Florida constitutional amendment calling for medical marijuana will be decided by Florida voters in November now that the state Supreme Court ruled Monday that the proposed initiative and ballot summary aren't misleading. The 82% poll sounds fishy to me. Wouldn't that make Florida the most pro-MMJ state in the country? Another recent survey found a 65/23 split.
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platzapS posted:The 82% poll sounds fishy to me. Wouldn't that make Florida the most pro-MMJ state in the country? Another recent survey found a 65/23 split. http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/01/27/3896249/medical-marijuana-headed-to-florida.html Came to post this, but yeah the poll is fishy and just the one with the largest support numbers they could find for the article. I cannot believe it's really going to be on the ballot, I thought we'd be the last state. It'll be interesting to see how and where dispensaries pop up if this passes. superjew fucked around with this message at 23:17 on Jan 27, 2014 |
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Are prices still stupidly high for recreational pot in Denver? I tried checking weedmaps but it seems they took the prices off for recreational and am wondering if the legal stores are colluding on prices.
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Pryor on Fire posted:The jokes are quickly becoming the most annoying aspect of legalization for me. I do lots consulting work for mostly New York based clients and invariably when I meet someone new in a meeting or conference call and they find out I'm based in Colorado it's the same "Ohh weed is legal there now man?! Are you stoned right now HUU HUUUH HEUEE HUUUH HUUEEE!" "Oh like Rocky Mountain High John Denver is it 4:20 there yet? HEUUEE HUEUU HUEUEU HEUUEUE" jokes more often than not. It's getting really tiring. Guess what its like being Dutch.
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ColoradoCleric posted:Are prices still stupidly high for recreational pot in Denver? I tried checking weedmaps but it seems they took the prices off for recreational and am wondering if the legal stores are colluding on prices. Depends on the store, but looks like the average rate for an eighth is around $61. whether you want to call that collusion or not is up to you, but this site ain't so bad for pricing.
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Doc Hawkins posted:All things considered? "Pretty loving great," is my guess. Well, unless you don't like Zwarte Piet anyway.
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goodness posted:Or they can make all that money and not have to spend it back on keeping their jails up by having legal weed and selling it. But that misses the point. Much of the government, at least in the US, considers moving as much money as possible from the hands of the many to the hands of the very few, ie prison industry CEO's and shareholders, to be its sacred duty. There are a number of lobbyists to help them with this goal.
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f#a# posted:Depends on the store, but looks like the average rate for an eighth is around $61. whether you want to call that collusion or not is up to you, but this site ain't so bad for pricing. Hahahah no way does it stay at that price. It'll be half that by summer if not spring.
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The first recreational dispensary in Northern Colorado (Garden City, which is essentially Greeley, to be specific) opened its doors last week, and since it's the only one in the Northern Colorado area (for now), it's engaging in some pretty good ol' fashioned price-gouging as well. $30 for a gram, $10 for a single pre-rolled joint. Yay  I did get the "budtender" to split my one gram in two so I could have a straight saliva strain and a straight indica strain, so that was nice, at least; but $30/gram is still pretty outrageous, all things considered. Here's hoping that goes down soon, especially after the other two dispensaries in Garden City open for recreational sales sometime in March.
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The Maroon Hawk posted:The first recreational dispensary in Northern Colorado (Garden City, which is essentially Greeley, to be specific) opened its doors last week, and since it's the only one in the Northern Colorado area (for now), it's engaging in some pretty good ol' fashioned price-gouging as well. $30 for a gram, $10 for a single pre-rolled joint. Yay Grow your own! You guys have so many opportunities the rest of us plebians do not.
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The Maroon Hawk posted:The first recreational dispensary in Northern Colorado (Garden City, which is essentially Greeley, to be specific) opened its doors last week, and since it's the only one in the Northern Colorado area (for now), it's engaging in some pretty good ol' fashioned price-gouging as well. $30 for a gram, $10 for a single pre-rolled joint. Yay Is it kush or just reg? What's the quality here?
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BottledBodhisvata posted:Is it kush or just reg? What's the quality here? Hopefully they are not selling "reg" in a store.
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goodness posted:Hopefully they are not selling "reg" in a store. I would assume not, but as I don't have acccess to Colorado and haven't spoken to anyone from there, I don't know for sure.
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