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They already get enough tourists anyway though. Are they really going to be that motivated to decriminalize or legalize marijuana when they already have healthy tourist numbers? Just my initial thought.
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I know everyone says Florida, but it's not as easy as everyone thinks. While Miami is liberal (and to a lesser extent Orlando) the rest of Florida isn't. Unlike Georgia, that is more a problem for legalization there because there are multiple cities in the State that drive it's economy. In Georgia it is basically just Atlanta, and Atlanta eventually gets what it wants.
Medicinal is already legal for some diseases in this State, and the debate in General Assembly the last few years is how could the MJ laws continue to be so onerous. It just doesn't make sense. This isn't happening tomorrow. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes 10 or 20 years to happen.
At least the largest police force in the State and one of the largest in the country will no longer be sending people to jail over it. It's a huge victory for freedom.
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While that is great news for the people who live in Atlanta, how would that work for most of Metro Atlanta? Less than 500K of the 5.5 million people in Metro Atlanta live in the city itself. Are all the suburbs following Atlanta on this one?
Without state legalization I doubt you will see dispensaries in Atlanta.
I would be willing to bet Texas legalizes pot first. We have 4 large liberal cities that would all push for it.
One of my buddies who worked at the State House in Austin about 10 years ago told me that even then many conservative GOP members were for legalization, if not openly.
I believe the topic is So which city in the south will legalize Marijuana first?
Atlanta voted in the affirmative last night. So there you have it.
Fwiw, Florida has already legalized medical marijuana, passed last year and went into effect at the beginning of 2017. However the state's DOH is still determining the exact laws and rules.
I believe the topic is So which city in the south will legalize Marijuana first?
Atlanta voted in the affirmative last night. So there you have it.
Atlanta city council voted to dramatically lessen penalties for possession of an ounce or less of marijuana but that's not the same as legalization at all.
Houston decriminalized weed earlier this year but there's a catch and it is at the end of the statement.
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The policy, set to begin March 1, means that misdemeanor offenders with less than four ounces of marijuana will not be arrested, ticketed or required to appear in court if they agree to take a four-hour drug education class, officials said.
They have 90 days to complete this class if cited. I don't think you will see cities legalize it out of fear of how the state government will react. But I am betting that the cities would love to decriminalize it to the point where it's looked at as pure legalization. The major cities of the South are not to different from the rest of the counties nowadays.
While that is great news for the people who live in Atlanta, how would that work for most of Metro Atlanta? Less than 500K of the 5.5 million people in Metro Atlanta live in the city itself. Are all the suburbs following Atlanta on this one?
Without state legalization I doubt you will see dispensaries in Atlanta.
I would be willing to bet Texas legalizes pot first. We have 4 large liberal cities that would all push for it.
One of my buddies who worked at the State House in Austin about 10 years ago told me that even then many conservative GOP members were for legalization, if not openly.
The major cities in Texas carry very little weight in the State House. The radical fringe still reins supreme.
Houston decriminalized weed earlier this year but there's a catch and it is at the end of the statement.
They have 90 days to complete this class if cited. I don't think you will see cities legalize it out of fear of how the state government will react. But I am betting that the cities would love to decriminalize it to the point where it's looked at as pure legalization. The major cities of the South are not to different from the rest of the counties nowadays.
I believe this applies to Harris County and not just the City of Houston which means it's been decriminalized for over 4.5 million people (obviously with that caveat included).
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