Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

i'm moving to an (rx) weed state next month. and I have a legitimate health condition to qualify. not sure how the whole thing works. like can you just go to any doc and make a "i want teh weed" appt?

― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, November 7, 2012

prob not just any doc but shouldn't be hard to find one w/ loose rx policies

Yeah it sounds like CO you can just buy weed now and there will soon be legal weed stores. ???

look for this in the window¿?

http://garyrobson.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/medical-marijuana1.jpg

my buddy wrote this story a few years back about his path to medicinal marijuana - http://www.westword.com/2009-09-10/news/medical-marijuana-is-a-pot-of-gold-for-dispensaries/
some kinda weird hoops to jump through but not a huge deal.

http://i.imgur.com/LBAPr.jpg

loool

god I wish I could smoke weed right now

except that's utah not colorado xp

i'd be curious to see if weed tourism actually becomes a lever against federal legalization

also this will be legitimately huge imo:

skiing and weeding

― Mordy, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:56 AM

yes

― am0n, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:08 AM (56 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

it is very easy to get weed in denver, not sure about elsewhere. there are dispensaries on every corner, every street. LIKE, WAY MORE THAN I WOULD EVER EXPECT. I think all you have to do is go in and complain of your ailment and shell out $100 and they'll give you a card. Then you have to register with a dispensary. You can't just walk into any of them.

Anyway it's been good for CO on the whole, I think. I know a lot of people who are contracted growers who make money growing marijuana. Lots of retail space being leased for dispensaries.

And since we decriminalized it in 2004 (I think?) a lot of people are pretty open about smoking pot. Like, on a smoking patio at a bar it's not surprising for people to be smoking pot

when I was in CO this May a local told me there's more dispensaries in Denver than Starbucks in the whole state

the pot industry has basically saved the alt-weekly in Denver (which i linked to above), so that's an ok thing too.

Love you, Colorado.

not sure how the whole thing works. like can you just go to any doc and make a "i want teh weed" appt?

You generally go to a weed doctor and give them $100 or so and say some keywords they want to hear like "loss of appetite" or "insomnia" or whatever. Then you have to go back each year for a renewal which is generally a little cheaper.

the weed doctor

dr. weed

Weed, MD

mine's called "420 Evaluation Center"

its super easy like 0 work

Harold and Kumar Go To Colorado

mine's called "420 Evaluation Center"

so great

mine's called "medicann"

as in "yes we cann"

their site looks pretty legit!

grainy are you moving to CO? I feel like a long time ago you mentioned family in Co Springs.

http://i49.tinypic.com/28i50f6.gif

I do have family in the Springs, good memory! But I'm moving to AZ (cheaper rent and warmer winter...I love CO though). I actually just got back from my gastro doc, and they printed out my records cause I told them I was moving. Can I go to a legit doc w/that and get an rx or are $100 weed docs the only route?

I have no idea what AZ is like but I don't think it's ever really a true prescription per se. It's more like a special card that is recognized by the dispensaries and maybe/maybe not somewhat regulated by the city/county/state, depending on where you are. I'm not sure that regular GPs are set up to deal with that. But maybe they can just write a note or prescription and the cards aren't necessary?

Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use In Seattle

lol @ video embed

SPD seized a bunch of my marijuana before I-502 passed. Can I have it back?

No.

they also won't give you back the years of your life they took when they jailed you for non-violent marijuana possession. sorry!

they'll make it up to you by smoking you out.

righteous

I'll never forgive the SPD for the riot control tactics in 1999, but I commend them for being pretty good-humored about the pot law.

According to data from the National Institute on Money in State Politics, pro-marijuana political action committees out-raised opponents 8 to 1 in Colorado. The Washington, D.C.-based Marijuana Policy Project and Ohio-based Progressive Insurance executive Peter B. Lewis contributed almost $2.1 million of $2.4 million in pro-pot donations.

But I'm moving to AZ (cheaper rent and warmer winter...I love CO though).

My fave local bumper sticker says POT GOT MORE VOTES IN TUCSON THAN JAN BREWER.
No idea how dispensaries work.

Will police officers be able to smoke marijuana?
As of right now, no. This is still a very complicated issue.

I'm planning-ish to road trip around that America next year, mega-Colorado-FAP sounds like an A+ idea imo

Y'all should have it in WA instead imo.

FAB

ha

NRO advocating for marijuana legalization (as a 'states rights' issue):
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/333314/taking-back-joint-betsy-woodruff

hahahahahaha

they are just trying to broadening the constituency

A bunch of WA counties essentially said fuck it and have already dropped all pending small time possession cases and won't prosecute any new ones.

Also realizing that my last teaching day of the semester is the first day after the law kicks in, guessing a couple of my students will be pretty fried.

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdfycmGnCd1r8u1k5o1_500.jpg

http://www.gallup.com/poll/150149/record-high-americans-favor-legalizing-marijuana.aspx