Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

Some people have been waiting a real long time.

Oregon will have a legalization initiative on the ballot in November. It will be interesting to watch how the campaign unfolds. My hunch is it will pass by a small margin, but I haven't seen a single poll on it yet, so my hunch is not very well informed. The legalization initiative two years ago was amazingly poorly conceived and written, but still got over 40% (including my vote).

^ i voted for that too, but yeh hopefully the new initiative is better conceived than the last

thinking of heading to the 'couve today to check all this craziness out!

I can't believe these other podunk states legalized weed before CA did. ridiculous.

lol. newsflash, ca is just as podunk as co, wounded sfo egos or no. *drops mic*

this is the USA, we're all podunk on the state level.

think non-podunk yet terrible places like orange county prob have more to do with it than anything

this is the USA, we're all podunk on the state level.

― ian, Tuesday, July 8, 2014 1:31 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^truth bomb

it's going to be really hilarious being the bitter conservative poor-ass crazy hick utah next door to new funtime trillionaire colorado, almost as hilarious as watching how this is going to play out in conservative western slope towns like grand junction.

medical in MA is taking forever, stores may not open until february 2015

also all business applicants in boston were rejected

VT will probably legalize sooner than medical is available in MA

http://www.businessinsider.com/here-are-the-countries-that-smoke-the-most-marijuana-2014-7

FUCK YEAH

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/07/27/opinion/sunday/high-time-marijuana-legalization.html

On Monday at 4:20 p.m. Eastern Time, Andrew Rosenthal, the editorial page editor, will be taking questions about marijuana legalization at facebook.com/nytimes.

that's awesome.

this seems like a big deal but probably only because i want it to be

Re: mordy's map link, wtf egypt

i think it's a big deal too! what is a more respectable US newspaper? WSJ?

it's not going to lead to overnight legalization but it's a big deal

what is a more respectable US newspaper?

It's hated by a very large portion of the country

Now if Fox News had a major pro-legalization feature, that would be a big deal

It's a big deal

this seems like a big deal but probably only because i want it to be

― building a desert (art), Saturday, July 26, 2014 7:04 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm, like when a newspaper endorses a presidential candidate. it's still pretty cool though and i am still excited about it. the more people who see legalization as a reasonable thing the more it is likely to happen

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2014/08/05/since-marijuana-legalization-highway-fatalities-in-colorado-are-at-near-historic-lows/

click LIKE if you support evidence based public policy

gotta watch out for them drugged divers lol

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-voters-to-decide-on-marijuana-use-in-november/2014/08/06/11e15576-1d7a-11e4-ae54-0cfe1f974f8a_story.html

i want to be optimistic but i would be very surprised if congress doesn't fuck that up somehow. would not be the first time that congress fucks over the people of DC

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/08/26/study-couples-who-smoke-marijuana-are-less-likely-to-engage-in-domestic-violence/

The authors caution that while these findings are predictive--meaning couples who smoke are less likely to commit domestic violence--they don't necessarily draw a causal line between the two behaviors. Among the connections they hypothesize, "marijuana may increase positive affect, which in turn could reduce the likelihood of conflict and aggression." Translation: stoned people are happy, and happy people don't fight.

Another possible mechanism: "chronic [marijuana] users exhibit blunted emotional reaction to threat stimuli, which may also decrease the likelihood of aggressive behavior."

Last Sunday the local newspaper, The Oregonian, editorially endorsed the Oregon legalization initiative.

the nice thing about that one is that it allows home cultivation iirc

you recall correctly

wow, oregonian support is a big deal! i keep seeing that the city club (former mayor sam adams' thing) came out in support, and the current mayor as well apparently

oh man as if i couldn't dislike these fuckers any more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJmsssGWHvA

Non-cannaboid related psychotropic news:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/turn-on-tune-in-get-better-psychedelic-drugs-hold-medical-promise/

lol i'd never seen this before:

Richard Nixon in May 1971: "You know it's a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob, what is the matter with them? I suppose it's because most of them are psychiatrists, you know, there's so many, all the greatest psychiatrists are Jewish."

oh, to be Nixon's Jewish psychiatrist

here's a whole bunch of nixon-pot transcripts:
http://www.csdp.org/research/nixonpot.txt

Because I think if we legalized it, take the, then, then, your high school and elementary kid, well why not? It [unintelligible].

https://news.vice.com/article/leading-anti-marijuana-academics-are-paid-by-painkiller-drug-companies

http://www.youtube.com/v/H-Baq-hotpc

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/10/01/92-of-patients-say-medical-marijuana-works/

i need to rant tho for a sec. PA state senate finally passed a medical marijuana bill (43-7) but in order to get agreement they had to cut a bunch of the disorders from the list. some things like childhood epilepsy (which was the cause celibre that i think pushed a lot of ppl to support this bill in PA) and severe fibromyalgia are still in but crohn's disease is not (nor is Muscular dystrophy, Glaucoma, HIV, AIDS, Rheumatoid arthritis, Hydrocephalus, Diabetes and Lupus). what the serious fuck. i guess i support it since it can be amended more easily in the future but if you're going to legalize it for medical treatment why eliminate illnesses that have medical research supporting their therapeutic benefits? ugh. there's still a slim chance for it getting through the house. i'm not sure what the time table would be on signing - i've heard from some ppl that it wouldn't be until after new governor is elected (corbett seems like a huge underdog at the moment to wolff - the latter of which said he would sign medical mj legislation). i also heard it might go to cobett, but even he's a wildcard bc he does support medical mj treatment for childhood epilepsy... so who knows? maybe they sacrificed my legalized health bc he agreed to sign the more limited bill.

The first recreational store in my town is opening this weekend, their facebook page proudly displays the hand-drawn image of BOB MARLEY above the cash register.

I'm awaiting the inevitable ILX "in every legal weed store ever" thread.

jealous

medical in MA still delayed despite the law being passed in 20-fucking-12

http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/2014/09/22/patients-criticize-patrick-administration-for-lack-medical-marijuana-dispensaries/gLHxvn7RMWRdtrd9xVuqOM/story.html

Patients seeking access to marijuana said Monday that they are so frustrated dispensaries have yet to open, nearly two years after Massachusetts voters legalized medical use of the drug, that they are considering suing the administration of Governor Deval Patrick.

xp yeah it's still really weird. I've been to a couple elsewhere in the state and shit's still crazy expensive ($20-30 per gram) but having it like a beer store - with THC percentages and vague descriptions of effects and strain descriptions, hopefully with consistency and predictability - is really crazy, especially in strip mall settings next to the appliance store and frozen yogurt shop.