Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

Illinois passed it via legislature, and at the time it was the most progressive in the country, as far as steering tax money back to the communities who are targeted in the war on drugs

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/23/980277688/in-likely-first-chicago-suburb-of-evanston-approves-reparations-for-black-reside

comically long url

wow!

w33d buxx doing some good! i think it can do more but it's a start

^^^

as i paid an extra $100 in taxes for the ounce i purchased the other day, it honestly did make me feel better that a lot of it was going to those kinds of efforts

The New York state legislature formally voted to legalize and regulate recreational marijuana for adults and expunge the records of people previously convicted of possession.

Shortly after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday night, the New York State Assembly voted 100-49 to pass the marijuana legalization bill.

dang tho

Had been wondering with all the sexual harassment accusations hitting cuomo if he was going to pull a northam in VA and get legalization legislation signed to try and get some goodwill back.

you wondered correctly

under different circumstances, there would have been mass smoke outs all across nyc in response to this but i dunno if i've even seen anything on insta about it yet!

One crazy provision is that w33d smoking is allowed in public where cigarettes are allowed

:O

lol

https://nypost.com/2021/04/01/nypd-gives-cops-new-orders-to-let-people-smoke-weed-in-public/

Specific guidance in the memo tells cops that people 21 and older can legally smoke weed “almost anywhere that cigarette smoking is allowed including on sidewalks, on front stoops and other public places.”

Wonder how NASWIPP feels about this

Marijuana prohibition is unproductive and unjust — and as the newly elected Board Chair of @NORML, I hope you will join me in putting an end to it. You can get on board right now at https://t.co/qdFr9TGHvx

— Rick Steves (@RickSteves) June 18, 2021

Loling at people just realizing he's been the squarest stoner around for years.

rick steves rules, i aspire to his level of quick-drying, money-belted self-confidence

Biden and the Democrats not even giving us decriminalized weed is just an incredible own goal.

I had no idea about Rick Steves' weed evangelism until that long New Yorker profile of him a few years back. Interesting dude.

Minnesota voice: “And he’s a good Lutheran”.