Marijuana Decriminalization ordinance to be introduced in Pittsburgh City Council (Washington: sales, 2013)

[TheYO]

Pittsburgh may be poised to decriminalize marijuana - NEXTpittsburgh

[MountainDewGuy]

I'm fine with the possession part, but smoking pot in a public space should have tougher consequences.

[tyovan4]

Wiz will be happy

[I_Like_Spam]

I don't see how a municipal government has such a power. I'd think that is something reserved to the state legislature.


I don't think a city or a borough could legalize other drugs, new forms of gambling or prostitution either, or unilaterally reduce the age to drink.

[Craziaskowboi]

I've never smoked or ingested marijuana, nor do I ever plan to. I also believe that smoking marijuana is a colossal waste of time. Be all that as it may, marijuana doesn't seem to be as harmful as other illegal drugs, and it doesn't seem to be any more harmful than alcohol, which is legal, so I don't really see the point in locking people up for possession of it. As for the proposed decriminalization law itself, I say $100 is too large of a fine. Reduce it to $50.

[PghYinzer]

As the article reads.....

How would such a local ordinance be allowable in Pittsburgh when cannabis is illegal in Pennsylvania? Nightingale says the law is consistent with the goals of Pennsylvania law and therefore is not preempted by Pennsylvania law. “The goal of Pennsylvania law is to prohibit people from possessing cannabis,” he says. “The goal of a city ordinance would be consistent with that, in imposing a civil fine and forfeiture of the controlled substance.”

[I_Like_Spam]

Originally Posted by Craziaskowboi

As for the proposed decriminalization law itself, I say $100 is too large of a fine. Reduce it to $50.

A $50 fine totals out to be 4 or 5 times that amount with all of the add ons the state does.


People caught speeding get him with more than a hundred.

[SteelCityRising]

I smoked weed once at our friends' apartment in Mt. Washington in 2013 and didn't understand what all of the hype is about. I had cotton-mouth that couldn't be assuaged despite drinking glass after glass of water. My ability to discern accurate transitions in speed, movement, and time was awry. I wasn't able to concentrate or focus on anything. Never again will I smoke it.

With that being said I think most non-smokers will concur that the smell of marijuana is better than the smell of cigarette exhaust, and I'd rather have people openly smoking weed because there will be fewer cigarette butts littering our sidewalks. If it was legalized and taxed in PA, then perhaps Gov. Wolf wouldn't have to resort to his stupid plan to hike our sales tax to the second-highest level in the country to balance his budget.

[Goinback2011]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

I smoked weed once at our friends' apartment in Mt. Washington in 2013 and didn't understand what all of the hype is about. I had cotton-mouth that couldn't be assuaged despite drinking glass after glass of water. My ability to discern accurate transitions in speed, movement, and time was awry. I wasn't able to concentrate or focus on anything. Never again will I smoke it.

With that being said I think most non-smokers will concur that the smell of marijuana is better than the smell of cigarette exhaust, and I'd rather have people openly smoking weed because there will be fewer cigarette butts littering our sidewalks. If it was legalized and taxed in PA, then perhaps Gov. Wolf wouldn't have to resort to his stupid plan to hike our sales tax to the second-highest level in the country to balance his budget.

Agreed on all points.

[UKyank]

Originally Posted by SteelCityRising

I smoked weed once at our friends' apartment in Mt. Washington in 2013 and didn't understand what all of the hype is about. I had cotton-mouth that couldn't be assuaged despite drinking glass after glass of water. My ability to discern accurate transitions in speed, movement, and time was awry. I wasn't able to concentrate or focus on anything. Never again will I smoke it.

With that being said I think most non-smokers will concur that the smell of marijuana is better than the smell of cigarette exhaust, and I'd rather have people openly smoking weed because there will be fewer cigarette butts littering our sidewalks. If it was legalized and taxed in PA, then perhaps Gov. Wolf wouldn't have to resort to his stupid plan to hike our sales tax to the second-highest level in the country to balance his budget.

Apart from personally finding both forms of smoke noxious, agreed otherwise