I think the big legal push for weed in most states is more about tax revenue than change of personal opinions on cannabis by elected officials. I got an email to go sign a petition for legal cannabis in Alabama. I just laughed and laughed and no way I want my name on that list at this point. Afterall, my state gave us all Jeff Session and the Iyattolla Roy Moore. I apologize for that, but I never voted for him for senate. Bible thumpers abound here.
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How much of this is a fight for control, holding the status quo. A lot of older officials have said cannabis will never be legal why they are alive. After you say something like that you have no choice but to fight or have your ego crushed. How many of these dandies in office could stand for their HUGE ego’s to be crushed. I don’t think many.
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Remarkable contrast to the 1960’s and '70s.
How times have changed!
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Didn’t Vincent Fox legalize it once and Bush talked him out of it by funding the start of their major drug war?
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Mexico first decriminalized reefer in 2009.
Bush and Fox were both out of office by then.
I think that the peak stupidity of the drug war began in the 1970’s with the spraying of paraquat on innocent cannabis plants in Mexico!
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“On 21 August 2009, Mexico decriminalized “personal use” possession of up to five grams of cannabis.[10]”
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wow $600 for an ounce is frigging insane i wouldn’t even care if it was the best weed in the world, how can they even try and justify that when growing is legal? i imagine there’ll be an abundance of people who would beat those prices …
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Well, well.
This made me thirsty…
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Of course, cannabis use does have its own long-term health effects, mostly related to smoking rather than the THC itself. Without comprehensive data on how cannabis reduces long-term liver damage, or the long-term effects of cannabis consumption on its own, you probably won’t find your doctor recommending weed as companion to boozing just yet.
What long term effects are they talking about other than humans enforcing their views on you. Without the human element anyone can safely use cannabis as a preventative measure safely. We have been for generations.
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Here is a very good op-ed from today’s
Los Angeles Times.
Unlike the author, I never stopped smoking ganja (except for my tolerance breaks).
Favorite quote from piece:
Tending the garden, buzzed, takes on a new poignancy; I am sometimes brought nearly to tears by the cycle of life.
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Being a geezer myself, I found the article to be highly relatable.
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“I no longer have kids to pick up at school or drive to baseball practice. I don’t go into an office that requires me to maintain productivity, concentration or demeanor. I have come out the other side of my own chore-filled era of obligation, and once again, I have a lot of unsupervised time. No one is watching, judging.”
That’s what I call Livin’ the Dream! 
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i guess it depends on your job but i’m sure there’s people in all industries excelling not in spite of but because of cannabis usage! different strokes i guess
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I know I did throughout my career. I do enjoy being the master of my time instead of someone else these days.
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This is a good article describing the forthcoming, inevitable battle for freedom.
It seems to me now, that the tide has turned, and legalization is inevitable.
The sooner the better.
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Battle over legal marijuana: a monumental moment for states’ rights
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Well, well.
This is quite funny.
Sort of sad also.
Excerpt:
“He was up in a tree. Up there with the birds,” a police said.
Hahahaha.
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Way pathetic. Wonder how that will look on their records, lol.
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This is an excellent article which exposes the closed minded ignorance of the anti cannabis crowd.
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