One of the big problems with legal at state level illegal at the federal level:

http://www.salon.com/2014/01/08/absurd_on_every_single_level_how_the_feds_may_be_crippling_the_legal_pot_industry/

Everyone knew this was going to be an issue, yet there's no current solution. I really hope that the federal government can get its collective head out of its collective ass and pass an exemption for these businesses.

1/8/2014 2:54:31 PM

Yeah the Feds are going to have to face the music very soon. Ballot measures are being voted on in Washington DC and California this year to legalize for recreational use. Other States are working on legalization for medical use. All of these dispensaries have to deal in cash.

[Edited on January 9, 2014 at 10:09 AM. Reason : .]

1/9/2014 10:08:19 AM

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/01/13/1268716/-Comic-Reefer-madness

1/13/2014 8:51:38 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/16/opinion/bennett-keep-pot-illegal/index.html?hpt=hp_t4

1/16/2014 1:10:50 PM

I don't really disagree that marijuana can be addictive or even harmful. That just isn't a reason to outlaw its use.

1/16/2014 1:16:28 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/19/obama-marijuana-no-more-dangerous-than-alcohol/

1/19/2014 8:28:12 PM

^^ she even admits to using it to overcome problems that would also be prescribed drugs.

Anyway, this is stupid:

http://youtu.be/g7Bqob-weFk

1/19/2014 10:23:13 PM

^holy shit, nancy grace is just a terrible person, and pretty stupid.

1/20/2014 12:59:24 PM

she's a media troll

here's what she said about weed a year ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9-3Fz6ee_w

1/20/2014 1:04:08 PM

a scientific issue politicized...

Congress has difficulties pushing any real progress forward... but because this will help secure their seat, Marijuana is at the forefront.

I say table this issue and get a move on for everything else because compared to everything else between the US and the world, this is an issue that can wait.

1/20/2014 3:13:36 PM

you paid any attention to Congress over the past 5+ years?

anyways, it's a lot more than "stoners wanna smoke, let's make it legal and tax it"

1/20/2014 4:30:36 PM

I think liquor and weed should be sold at convenience stores and grocery stores, and cocaine and stuff at ABC stores.

1/20/2014 5:10:18 PM

Anyone come across good stats on marihuana prosecution by race?

1/20/2014 11:53:30 PM

I'm about to pass out but off of the top of my head I think 60-65% of marijuana-related arrests are against minorities while the usage rate is equal among races

could be off but I'm pretty sure that's the number

1/21/2014 12:04:16 AM

1/21/2014 1:35:33 AM

But...

Does it show if those charges were tacked on for an arrest for another reason, or were they merely the result of a stop-and-frisk type program?

Looks like there can't possibly be confounding variables, but who knows...

1/21/2014 1:52:06 AM

anyone have a good chart that just shows arrest rate by race (not charge-specific)?

1/21/2014 8:24:21 AM

^
http://www.project.org/info.php?recordID=174

1/21/2014 8:30:43 AM

arrest and imprisonment are different things

(but the disparity is still there)

1/21/2014 8:45:48 AM

http://www.politico.com/story/2014/01/patrick-kennedy-president-obama-marijuana-102412.html

Quote :

"“I think the president needs to speak to his NIH director in charge of drug abuse,” Kennedy said on MSNBC’s “Hardball” on Monday night. “[She] would tell the president that, in fact, today’s modern, genetically modified marijuana, so it’s much higher THC levels, far surpass the marijuana that the president acknowledges smoking when he was a young person.”"

Quote :

"“We need to have presidential decisions made based upon public health and the sound science that the federal government’s invested in.”"

Quote :

"“I mean, if the president feels alcohol is worse than tobacco, what’s he prepared to do? And I’ll tell you, the president won’t be able to do a thing,” Kennedy said. “Why? Because alcohol is too powerful an industry to change. And right now, we have a chance to stop another for-profit industry from targeting our public health.”"

1/21/2014 9:11:04 AM

Wow the comments to that story are ridiculous

1/21/2014 11:41:10 AM

^^like destroyer said

Quote :

"I don't really disagree that marijuana can be addictive or even harmful. That just isn't a reason to outlaw its use."

1/21/2014 3:36:14 PM

Quote :

"Why? Because alcohol is too powerful an industry to change."

Or because people like getting drunk? Maybe they wanna get shitfaced once in a while, have some raunchy sex, wake up with somebody they may or may not regret meeting.

Pussification of America.

1/22/2014 9:53:56 AM

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/01/22/anti-drug-groups-rebuke-obama-over-marijuana-remarks/

1/22/2014 12:22:54 PM

bishop ron allen is angry

1/23/2014 8:07:14 AM

http://www.policymic.com/articles/85015/one-eye-opening-chart-shows-what-the-war-on-drugs-is-doing-to-america

3/16/2014 7:04:14 PM

some nice charts here

http://www.policymic.com/articles/89615/alcohol-killed-3-3-million-people-in-2012-alone-here-s-what-the-data-shows-about-marijuana

5/24/2014 10:33:15 PM

http://www.myfoxaustin.com/clip/10284558/protestors-rally-to-support-teen-facing-life-sentence-in-pot-brownie-case#.U6N9Xc9tj08.twitter

sheer insanity

6/19/2014 8:50:24 PM

^don't commit the crime if you don't want to serve the time.

6/19/2014 9:54:15 PM

Cool, so you better go turn yourself in for a 2 year stay in prison for violating NC sodomy law.

6/20/2014 2:04:19 AM

Quote :

"^don't commit the crime if you don't want to serve the time."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kohlberg's_stages_of_moral_development

up your game, turdburglar

[Edited on June 20, 2014 at 8:10 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2014 8:09:45 AM

Quote :

"^don't commit the crime if you don't want to serve the time."

[Edited on June 20, 2014 at 9:30 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2014 9:29:52 AM

^^^^ Well the kid may end up getting the case dropped anyways

Quote :

"Police identified themselves as "Maintenance" and then searched the apartment without consent"

6/23/2014 10:33:06 AM

^well if they identified themselves at police he would have flushed the evidence. kudos to them.

6/23/2014 2:50:32 PM

Quote :

"kudos to them"

Yes, kudos to the police that break the law to nab those dangerous pot brownie eaters. We need more police that are willing to do that.

6/24/2014 3:08:55 PM

he's playing a role and its more than likely just best to ignore him

6/24/2014 3:55:59 PM

I think the only real danger with pot legalization is the massive growth of the edibles market. I really don't want people eating a pot filled Snickers while driving down the highway. That shit has to be regulated. The plant itself though? I think the science has proven that it's far less harmful to the public than any number of things that are perfectly legal. You want to go after a giant industry that's chemically destroying American lives? Start with sugar.

6/24/2014 4:06:57 PM

anyone who has any experience with edibles knows that they are not to be fucked with

6/24/2014 4:11:04 PM

it is regulated... as in it's illegal.

Quote :

"he's playing a role and its more than likely just best to ignore him"

pretty much.

i'd try a pot cookie or whatever if it were legal here.

[Edited on June 24, 2014 at 8:51 PM. Reason : ]

6/24/2014 8:49:58 PM

Regulated, as in amount and strength of THC in the edible should be regulated and clearly posted on the wrapper, or something like that.




http://www.wral.com/passage-of-marijuana-oil-bill-symbolizes-hope-for-family-of-child-with-seizures/13769312/

6/27/2014 10:47:40 AM

Quote :

"I think the only real danger with pot legalization is the massive growth of the edibles market. I really don't want people eating a pot filled Snickers while driving down the highway."

well yeah, you also don't want people chugging vodka and driving. it would fall under a DUI/reckless driving

6/27/2014 11:04:55 AM

and unless your were driving for more than an hour, it wouldn't effect you at all

6/27/2014 12:16:36 PM

i do think that marijuana should be legalized, but i agree that things should be clearly labeled, like 190% alcohol and whatnot.

for instance, i have no experience with any sort of "edible" thc, and i wouldn't know not to eat an entire cookie or whatever. (I only learned about this from some news article of a guy killing himself after eating too much of it.)

[Edited on June 27, 2014 at 12:21 PM. Reason : ]

6/27/2014 12:19:40 PM

http://www.wral.com/mccrory-signs-hemp-oil-bill-into-law/13784842/

7/3/2014 3:35:38 PM

good. i'm glad the people who can benefit from this treatment will finally get what they need.

7/3/2014 4:33:54 PM

http://www.cnn.com/2014/07/07/health/new-york-medical-marijuana/

7/8/2014 10:08:35 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/11/opinion/zelizer-marijuana-moment-arrives/index.html

8/11/2014 9:57:01 AM

Quote :

"Colorado motorist fatalities near historic lows since marijuana legalization passed"

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/08/06/weed-marijuana-highway-death-drop-report/

[Edited on August 11, 2014 at 10:56 AM. Reason : a]

8/11/2014 10:55:44 AM

http://reason.com/blog/2014/08/08/despite-legalization-colorado-teenagers

Another good one. Despite the pants wetting panic from anti-weed folks none of the predicted negative outcomes are happening.

8/12/2014 4:12:00 PM

http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2014/11/map-united-states-legal-marijuana-2014-2016

Recreational MJ now legal in four states
5 states will have ballot initiatives in 2016
5 other states have legalization bills that actually have a chance in 2015

ItsHappening.gif

[Edited on November 6, 2014 at 8:51 AM. Reason : Time for one of the parties to step up at the federal level]

11/6/2014 8:50:15 AM