[brucerby]

Anyone who thinks legal marijuana will bring a state lots of vacationers, needs to stop smoking it. lol!

The one good thing about it though, is it shows states taking more initiative to allow or disallow different
practices...This is how our federalist system was intended to work.

[BBMW]

A simple act of Congress bans it. A simple act of Congress could legalize it.

On a practical basis, the Feds couldn't enforce the ban without cooperation of state and local LE. There's nothing to compel that cooperation.

Originally Posted by ScoopLV

Keeping this on topic, I think YES this will cost us some business. But in no case has a state decriminalized without the DEA cracking down on the retail outlets. Cannabis is still federally illegal (because of the Marihuana Tax Act of 1933, pot's equivalent of the Volstead Act).

I have a feeling the only way it's going to be legalized is through constitutional amendment. And we haven't done that in a long time.

[ScoopLV]

Originally Posted by BBMW

A simple act of Congress bans it. A simple act of Congress could legalize it.

On a practical basis, the Feds couldn't enforce the ban without cooperation of state and local LE. There's nothing to compel that cooperation.

The Volstead act was a "simple act of congress." And it took a constitutional amendment to undo Prohibition. Sometimes this country needs to "press the reset button" and amend the constitution. I think this is probably one of those instances. Marriage rights will be another. Because some states are going to have to be dragged, kicking and screaming, into the 21st century.

[ecd3easy]

I can't see legalization making a huge factor in the visitor count either way. If we legalized it this would become part of the vice package both real and imagined "prostitution, gambling, weed..etc". I doubt a large number of people considering a trip to Vegas would be swayed because you can't smoke on the strip. We may lose out on the small number of weed vacationers. Jamica will feel this impact more than Vegas :-). We actually are losing a significant amount of revenue due to our ban on gay marriage.

[Cyborgt800]

without the worry of neighbors smelling it and calling the police!

AH! And here's where I have MY problem with MJ being used....At least with drinking their alcohol doesn't just creep into my system because I'm nearby!


Oh, I know....the MJ smokers will be careful not to intrude on others rights...RIGHT? ....Just like smokers are so very consciously aware...uh huh!

[jasper12]

Honestly, Vegas is missing the boat!

Legalize gay marriages, and embrace those double income no kids folks...throw lavish, over the top, Libarace style gay wedding bashes, heck...those folks have plenty of money...and want to get married....

Legalize marijuana, have open bars, like Amsterdam, folks from California would jam Vegas....

Legalize prostitution, right in the city.

Lower the drinking age to 18...who wants fed money anyway...when Vegas could have hordes of rich college kids spending their dough there every weekend.

[tijlover]

This city, and state, will forever be, on one or two bended knees, before the casino moguls in this town, as they call the shots, admittedly or not!

If they knew that legalizing recreational use of marijuana was going to increase their bottom lines, believe me, they would have started a ballot measure, long ago, and beat out Colorado & Washington. Same with having a Bangkok-style, open-ended red light district.

[ScoopLV]

The casino OWNERS are largely conservative. And what gets me about conservativism in this country is that they claim to be for smaller government. Unless it's one of their pet peeves. Then the government can get as big as it wants. So, they want low taxes and small government. But they also want a monster DEA, and they want to pack hundreds of thousands of otherwise law-abiding citizens off to jail for smoking a weed that grows wild in most of the country. Their hypocrisy is stunning.

Sheldon Adelson threw out the porn stars, for cryin' out loud. And that's legal. But he's just another rich prude who feels government has the right to intrude into the private lives of its citizens. But keep taxes low and cut social programs.

And that's why I think it will require a constitutional amendment -- even if most of Las Vegas wants legalization (and they do), the privileged few who run the city will make sure that doesn't happen.

[tijlover]

The truth be told!!! Amen!!!

Thanks for helping to capsulize it all, Scoop!!!

[NLVgal]

^^ At least we can take comfort that Shelley threw millions of his own dollars down the drain.

It's a plant. Decriminalize it. The frickin Constitution is written on hemp paper.

I don't smoke weed, but if someone wants to grow a frickin plant and smoke it, it's none of my damn business. Oh and boo-hoo, Cyborg that you might have to smell it.