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Old 10-07-2014, 11:15 AM
 
Location: In The Thin Air
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They may be able to get it anywhere outside of this state but the thought of it being legal draws them here with false pretenses. Some of them think they will just be able to open a store on a whim and start cashing in. Not going to happen.
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Old 10-07-2014, 11:59 AM
 
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I wonder how many of these homeless folks are really willing and able to work.
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Old 10-07-2014, 02:45 PM
 
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I wonder how many of these homeless folks are really willing and able to work.
I was at a stop light in Superior on the 36 overpass and a late 20's man was begging. I told him I'd give him $100 to plant some trees in my yard. He told me to F off.

I saw a video on FB where a guy confronts a homeless lady he's been giving money to for months. He discovered she was driving a new car.
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Old 10-07-2014, 04:41 PM
 
Location: Eastern Colorado
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I thought the homeless drug problem was more related to crack, meth and heroin. Or more that those drugs tend to drive someone down a path to homelessness. People who smoke weed are usually capable of holding down a job and functioning in life.
While we both know that is true, the fact of the matter is that the Government and media have been including Pot into the groups with horrible drugs like you mentioned so long that now it is easy to attach the problem to available weed.

Fact is it would be harder for me to get a bag of weed today than it was 5, 10, or even 20 years ago, back then I knew plenty of people who smoked weed and were open about it. If I were to ask they would have had their dealer deliver some right to my door I am sure. Today I still know plenty of people who smoke but they all have their license, so to get it I would have to get in my car, drive down to a dispensary, wait in line, make my purchase, then drive back home and smoke it. I am guessing it would take me an hour to get it now and I have to do it the hours they are available, back then it would probably take 15 minutes and was available at all hours of the day or night.
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Old 10-07-2014, 04:43 PM
 
Location: Eastern Colorado
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I was at a stop light in Superior on the 36 overpass and a late 20's man was begging. I told him I'd give him $100 to plant some trees in my yard. He told me to F off.

I saw a video on FB where a guy confronts a homeless lady he's been giving money to for months. He discovered she was driving a new car.
You know there was a crew of beggars that used to work Colorado and Colfax all week, then I would see them just about every Sunday in the casinos gambling with their quarters and dollar bills, and they had huge stacks of them all from those of us who would feel sorry for them and hand them cash all the time.

Since then I have a hard time giving any beggars money, I would rather donate to a charity or help out someone else I know that is struggling to eat while working full time jobs and struggling to pay their bills. I used to work with a few single parents that were constantly avoiding bill collectors and hoping to survive until payday on the limited groceries they had in their house.
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Old 10-07-2014, 04:50 PM
 
Location: Nashville TN
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MJ doesn't make you homeless man... I never met a homeless person that was just addicted to weed. Most homeless people have some type of mental illness or they have a job but lack affordable housing or they are on a harder drug like crack or heroin.
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Old 10-07-2014, 06:02 PM
 
Location: In The Thin Air
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I was at a stop light in Superior on the 36 overpass and a late 20's man was begging. I told him I'd give him $100 to plant some trees in my yard. He told me to F off.

I saw a video on FB where a guy confronts a homeless lady he's been giving money to for months. He discovered she was driving a new car.
Not only was she driving a new car but she was driving a Fiat. Disgusting behavior.
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Old 12-21-2015, 02:37 PM
 
Location: Denver Colo.
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Default move

It's not easy here. Bill
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Old 12-22-2015, 08:26 PM
 
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That's silly. You can live in Tennessee for dirt cheep and get all the weed you want.

Domestic Marijuana Production
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Old 12-25-2015, 01:37 PM
 
Location: Overland Park, Kansas
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Has the situation improved any?
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