Texas Medical (or other) Marijuana (Clint: safe, bill, smog)

[texan55]

Originally Posted by firstclassflyer

but I fear that folks will smoke and drive.

that happens a lot as it is, whether it's legal or not.

[firstclassflyer]

Originally Posted by texan55

that happens a lot as it is, whether it's legal or not.

Of course,but it'll happen even more frequently with new "ish" users trying to drive after smoking...that's a scary thought.

[wCat]

When you legalize/decriminalize and/or prescribe whatever, it will involve the government. That would mean regulation. It's highly doubtful that IF it were legal, that people could toss some seeds in the back 40 and grow their own. Just like rot gut homemade liquor is illegal.....homemade doobies or brownies would be as well. There is too much room to tamper with what goes in a joint for people to have free reign to party on. That's a dream world.

Legalizing it wouldn't be nearly as fun as people think it would be when you get down to the brass tacks. Can you imagine the cost of a carton of doobies and the tax on it? And what about smoking sections at a bar or restaurant....second hand smoke would take on a whole new meaning!
People would ASK to sit in the smoking section to sniff a freebie!

I like the idea of putting the cartels out of business....but it would still be sold illegally for those that couldn't obtain it due to regulations. I doubt they would take that much of a hit in the long run.

It's sort of like trying to ban firearms. The people that obtain them illegally would still have them......just like the illegal drug business right now.

No winning in these games.

[piyf]

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[piyf]

Originally Posted by wCat

When you legalize/decriminalize and/or prescribe whatever, it will involve the government. That would mean regulation. It's highly doubtful that IF it were legal, that people could toss some seeds in the back 40 and grow their own. Just like rot gut homemade liquor is illegal.....homemade doobies or brownies would be as well. There is too much room to tamper with what goes in a joint for people to have free reign to party on. That's a dream world.

Legalizing it wouldn't be nearly as fun as people think it would be when you get down to the brass tacks. Can you imagine the cost of a carton of doobies and the tax on it? And what about smoking sections at a bar or restaurant....second hand smoke would take on a whole new meaning!
People would ASK to sit in the smoking section to sniff a freebie!

I like the idea of putting the cartels out of business....but it would still be sold illegally for those that couldn't obtain it due to regulations. I doubt they would take that much of a hit in the long run.

It's sort of like trying to ban firearms. The people that obtain them illegally would still have them......just like the illegal drug business right now.

No winning in these games.

You cannot get THC through second hand smoke. So you cannot get high and that's a fact. Bill Clinton just lied.

[wCat]

Originally Posted by danieloneil01

You cannot get THC through second hand smoke. So you cannot get high and that's a fact. Bill Clinton just lied.

That doesn't mean people won't try!

[Dube665]

You know some of the Amsterdamn coffee shops have a segregated/inclosed area for cigarette smokers but the pot smokers can toke up anywhere in the establishment. I hate the smell of cigarettes!

[texan55]

Originally Posted by danieloneil01

You cannot get THC through second hand smoke. So you cannot get high and that's a fact. Bill Clinton just lied.

...

have you never hotboxed/smogged/whatever you want to call it?

[Spock's Beard]

Originally Posted by wCat

When you legalize/decriminalize and/or prescribe whatever, it will involve the government. That would mean regulation. It's highly doubtful that IF it were legal, that people could toss some seeds in the back 40 and grow their own. Just like rot gut homemade liquor is illegal.....homemade doobies or brownies would be as well. There is too much room to tamper with what goes in a joint for people to have free reign to party on. That's a dream world.

Legalizing it wouldn't be nearly as fun as people think it would be when you get down to the brass tacks. Can you imagine the cost of a carton of doobies and the tax on it? And what about smoking sections at a bar or restaurant....second hand smoke would take on a whole new meaning!
People would ASK to sit in the smoking section to sniff a freebie!

I like the idea of putting the cartels out of business....but it would still be sold illegally for those that couldn't obtain it due to regulations. I doubt they would take that much of a hit in the long run.

It's sort of like trying to ban firearms. The people that obtain them illegally would still have them......just like the illegal drug business right now.

No winning in these games.

Weed is expensive, and a mass-produced legal version would drive prices down, making illegal weed less attractive. Plus the legal weed would be more easily accessible than illegal weed is. Legal weed would easily beat illegal weed unless the politicans over-tax it to where the illegal stuff is significantly cheaper.

Most of the cost of a pack of cigarettes is in taxes, and without all those "punish smokers with unconstitutional-therefore-illegal sin taxes" the price for a pack of cigarettes would easily be $1.00 or so. In places like native American reservations where the state and federal taxes don't apply, they cost about that much. So who bothers to get them that cheap? Not many. High price or not, convenience beats cost; except for maybe New York where they cost so much people do turn to the black market to get them.

As long as the feds and states don't do like Mayor Bloomberg in NY and get over-zealous with the taxes, I think people will choose convenience over cost.

[Spock's Beard]

Originally Posted by Dube665

You know some of the Amsterdamn coffee shops have a segregated/inclosed area for cigarette smokers but the pot smokers can toke up anywhere in the establishment. I hate the smell of cigarettes!

I can smell cigarettes a few feet away. I can smell weed close to a hundred feet away, and it stinks stronger and longer.