This is an amazing milestone in the medical marijuana community. I am currently building a social network at www.WeedWall.com to help build an activism platform and community for Marijuana to help move our laws and opinions forward on the industry as a whole!! Excitement here at the office!!
Washington voters approve legalized marijuana
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Re: Washington voters approve legalized marijuana
#42This'll take a lot of pressure off of people in Redmond...
So when are we starting this?...
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I tend to agree that all substances should be legal, I'm just stumped when it comes to implementation. I'm sure most people wouldn't be too happy if a heroin or crack shop opened up in their neighborhood though. Should we allow the passing of ordinances preventing the operation of such shops? Should the selling be handled by designated shops at all?
State, or local level.
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#44I'm not someone who would take advantage of the legalization of marijuana, but I am in favor of legalization because I don't think it's the government's job to tell you what you can or can't do. If drinking is legal, smoking weed should be too. I understand the concept behind a tax on marijuana, but I don't understand a 25% tax on every stage of the process... If you're saying that it's legal to use marijuana respons…
In Australia as of 2007 only 25% of the cost of a packet of cigarettes goes to the manufacturer, 13% goes to the retailer and the rest goes to state and federal taxes.
http://www.tobaccoinaustralia.org.au/chapter-13-taxation/13-...
Since then a further 25% tax has been put into place, increasing the price of tobacco to around $20 per packet.
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#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Look at my rock. It is a magic rock. It keeps tigers away. I have never been attacked by a tiger while holding this rock. Who knows how many tiger attacks it has defeated. EDIT:: Also I don't give a shit if 7-11 sells meth. I'll just shop somewhere that doesn't.
As someone who thinks the 'war on drugs' is really stupid, I think it's dishonest to compare direct efforts to stop something (no matter how misguided those efforts may be) to a "magic rock". Obviously drug prohibition has stopped someone from acquiring or selling drugs at some point in time who otherwise would have. Of course, that doesn't make it a financially worthwhile or desirable goal.
I for one have been stopped from having chemical fun numerous times because it simply wasn't convenient enough for me.
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Has banning people from shooting meth into the webbing of their fingers stopped them? No. It has only made things worse. 100% legalization for all substances.
Really? How do you know, 'it hasn't stopped them.' How do you count the number of people who never got addicted to meth because it wasn't on sale at 7-11, or was never made the secret ingredient in McDonald's new meth burger. Do you know that without rules, there really are no rules, and the examples I just gave are the tip of a scary iceberg. Do you know what worse is? You have no idea.
Quit spreading FUD. We know. We have a pretty good idea. We can look at what happened in Portugal since 2001:
http://www.businessinsider.com/portugal-drug-policy-decrimin...
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#47It'd be nice if we could leave politics to other sites, please. Pretty please? There are a zillion sub-reddits where you can discuss this stuff as much as you want, but just one Hacker News, which does not need to go political.
(I'm pretty happy with the results too, but that's neither here nor there)
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? How do you know, 'it hasn't stopped them.' How do you count the number of people who never got addicted to meth because it wasn't on sale at 7-11, or was never made the secret ingredient in McDonald's new meth burger. Do you know that without rules, there really are no rules, and the examples I just gave are the tip of a scary iceberg. Do you know what worse is? You have no idea.
If you could get meth at Mc'Ds, would you take it? No? Then why do you presume that everyone else would?
Because how would you stop Mc'D from putting it in your burger for you?
Some people would stop eating there, but most just wouldn't care. Convenience beats ethics for most of the time; otherwise none of us would be buying bottled water, or Adidas shoes, or Apple computers, or any product from any company that was found to abuse people in some way or another.
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#49Earlier quoted context omitted.
Really? How do you know, 'it hasn't stopped them.' How do you count the number of people who never got addicted to meth because it wasn't on sale at 7-11, or was never made the secret ingredient in McDonald's new meth burger. Do you know that without rules, there really are no rules, and the examples I just gave are the tip of a scary iceberg. Do you know what worse is? You have no idea.
If you could get meth at Mc'Ds, would you take it? No? Then why do you presume that everyone else would?
Get drunk, go to McDonalds. Bit of peer pressure. "Dude, try the Big Meth!"
Congratulations, you are now addicted to meth.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I tend to agree that all substances should be legal, I'm just stumped when it comes to implementation. I'm sure most people wouldn't be too happy if a heroin or crack shop opened up in their neighborhood though. Should we allow the passing of ordinances preventing the operation of such shops? Should the selling be handled by designated shops at all?
Not all substances need to be legalized. There's no reason for the government to promote the use of drugs, however it should stay out of our personal choices as much as possible. Borrowing from Portugal's drug policy, decriminalize possession of personal amounts of drugs and focus on rehabilitation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal#Laws_an...
But then you get the paradox of being able to consume but not produce.