colorado and washington  passed a rec use law
too bad ive got copd  

HUH ???  

I'm glad these states have opened the door, but still sorry our state didn't pass it when we had the chance.  We're close; I believe CA is still a $100 misdemeanor for < 1 oz, and of course, with a medical reason (hangnail, stubbed toe, etc.) you can become virtually legal for purchase, use, and growing.  However, I believe full legalization is on the horizon just because of sheer economics.   Remember when the do-gooders tried to prevent the lotto for so many years?   It was gambling plain-n-simple (thump thump), and they stood their "moral ground"; er, at least until they realized the windfall profitability.   Morals have a way of changing when profit comes to light, which of course, calls into question the thinly veiled "morals" themselves?

To be frank, I never did agree that man could outlaw any natural plant, anyway???

justin_o_guy2 wrote on 11/07/12 at 07:32:23:


Nooooo!   You just burst my bubble.    

I read somewhere that hemp produces 8x the paper volume per acre as do trees, so has the potential to save our forests.  You're right, so many useful products can be made from this fibery plant, not to mention a possible biofuel source.   The thing that irks me is the Gub still apparently doesn't see the parallel with prohibition???   That didn't work, and this doesn't either, for all the same reasons!   Yet we spend $billions on eradication, and imprisonment of millions of people, when we could instead be garnering windfall taxes and sales of useful products.   Your tax dollars at work!

And to think I drove in 2010 to washington state - a 2500 mile 1 way trip ...
Cool.
Srinath.

3. The underground, outlaw market ofr MJ would go BUST !!! because it's now legal !!!



I dont think it would go bust, but it would be dented.
The Moonshiners wouldnt have gone bust, if whiskey had stayed illegal & beer & wine made legal,
People will want a Full Effect joint to toke, not a Mid Grade mix of pot & tobacco, or whatever ,, if its only gonna be a wussy buzz, theyll wanna buy the real deal & get stoned,,
Just my opinion, IDK,, I agree your step is a good one & should be the first one, see how that goes,

srinath wrote on 11/08/12 at 10:08:42:


Srinath, are you normal, or do you date girls?  

I am well and truly married ... to one woman for all my adult life ... and there aint no parts on her courtesy of dupont labs or dow corning.
the foul tasting moisturiser she insists on using ... thankfully usually not to bed - not withstanding ...

Cool.
Srinath.