Not everybody is in Colorado and this is about the entire US.
Also if you can't take it with you. Then it's a controlled substance
and not really legal like booze is it?
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Not everybody is in Colorado and this is about the entire US.
Also if you can't take it with you. Then it's a controlled substance
and not really legal like booze is it?
You can do whatever you want with it once you have it.
Hell... you can shove it up your ass if that toots your flute.
You aren't supposed to take it across state lines... Doesn't mean you can't.
But yes... you can do exactly as described...
There's dry counties in the South...
Doesn't mean you cant get liquor.
In Montana if a Dr. prescribes MMJ more than 12 times in a calender year. They are subject to being auditted. With the possible rescheduling of cannabis. I see uncle sam using this form of manipulation nation wide and more. I recently recieved a bud from a Colorado dispensary. It was orange kush?? What a joke! The bud was firm but all the trichomes had been knocked off. My buds from breeding after I have pulled out seeds are far better and I give that away. The home grower has to be protected from uncle sam and the big marijuana industry. They both are equally harmful to the society and marijuana genetics as a whole. I don't see Bernie Sanders beeting out Hilary as the Democratic nomination. I hope at the last minute he switches to Independant for the elections. I'm republican normally but I will not be voting for Trump. Very sad time for America and marijuana all the way around. Peace
its gonna happen eventually...theres too much money to be made.. and hey they own patents....but expect huge enforcement ...the old days of paranoia will return in force for some as their funding grows...yeehaw...
From the information on that graph, obviously, the cops are sexists and profiling men.
And don't forget "War on Drugs" momentum starting with Nixon going through Bush.....so the rounded up anyone and everyone....
My point was that the US has established the greatest prison population in the history of man in less than a half century and directly related to the Drug War (criminalization of drugs), yet we've never faced a worse drug problem than we have today. You just cannot make that shit up and graphs only visulize the story.
For example China has a population of 1.4 billion with a prison population of only 1.6 million (#2 in the world). The US on the other hand has only a population of 324 million with a prison population of over 2.2 million (#1 in the world). Who's got the human rights issue ...
For example China has a population of 1.4 billion with a prison population of only 1.6 million (#2 in the world). The US on the other hand has only a population of 324 million with a prison population of over 2.2 million (#1 in the world). Who's got the human rights issue ...
What are your thoughts on the Clinton's 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act? That seems pretty significant to the problem we face today and it's momentum, does it not?
This is not a Democrat vs Republican problem IMHO. Our Supreme Court has always been split D and R, but today they are specifically split between Harvard and Yale Law School grads, like the Clintons, Obama, Cruz and Romney ...
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I think they should only allow "homegrown" to be sold and only place to get it is at yard sales. For the people by the people.
I REALLY wish the market in Colorado wasn't vertically structured so regular guys growing niche market high end dank could vend it directly to dispensaries.
I'm thinking road side stands...like honey!
Yes, you are correct corky. It is State legal in CO, not Federally. But you can walk into a store and buy it no questions asked other than age, just like booze.
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Stoner’s Guide to What It Means to Reschedule Marijuana
Stoner’s Guide to What It Means to Reschedule Marijuana
Ever since the Santa Monica Observer published a report earlier this week claiming a loose-lipped attorney for the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration told them that the agency is planning to downgrade the cannabis plant to a Schedule II at the beginning of August, a large majority of the stoner nation has been going on a wild and rampant social media posting tangent, spreading a misguided message that marijuana will soon be legal in all 50 states.
Although a recent interview with DEA Staff Coordinator Russ Baer neither confirms nor discounts the Observer’s report, it suggests the agency feels its decision over whether to put marijuana into a Schedule II classification is one of great difficulty because the cannabis plant “has hundreds of chemical actors, or cannabinoids,” which makes it challenging for them to “identify the parts of the plant that might have benefit, and separating out (the beneficial) parts from the ones that “aren’t beneficial or harmful.”
The agency’s comments solidify the sentiment of an editorial published over the weekend by The Denver Post, which indicates that all of this rescheduling business comes with far too many variables to be even begin to predict the outcome of the DEA’s plan – that is if the agency even has one at all. The author of the piece, Colorado attorney Tom Downey, wrote that the DEA’s decision “could partially legalize medical marijuana, and the federal government could usher in a new era with a comprehensive and multi structural approach to pot policy.” But even if the decision is made to downgrade every component of the cannabis plant, “don’t expect to fill a marijuana brownie prescription at your local drug store any time soon,” Downey wrote.
What we know for sure is that the DEA is planning to make a rescheduling announcement at some point before the end of summer. The Huffington Post broke this news back in April after getting their hands on a 25-page letter written by the agency in response to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s demands for easier access to medical marijuana research. The response, signed by acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, said the “DEA understands the widespread interest in the prompt resolution to these petitions and hopes to release its determination in the first half of 2016.”
But for now, there is only speculation as to what the agency’s decision might be.
One thing is certain -- there is a lot of misinformation floating around the Internet right now with respect to what a Schedule downgrade will actually do for medical marijuana and the cannabis industry, as a whole. So just in case you are as confused as everyone else seems to be about what it means to classify marijuana a Schedule II, we have compiled a list to help the average stoner understand what is at stake.
Schedule II Does Not Make Medical Marijuana Legal in All 50 States
Making cannabis a Schedule II controlled substance would put the herb in the same rank as drugs like Adderall and OxyContin, but it would not legalize medical marijuana in all 50 states. Unfortunately, this means in states like Indiana, which is currently under a total prohibitionary regime, patients would not be able to use marijuana to treat whatever ails them, and state medical marijuana programs would remain unchanged. That means if your state only allows specific patients to have access to non-intoxicating CBD oil, that will be the extent of its reach. In states like New York, which doesn’t allow patients to smoke marijuana, smoking will still be prohibited. What we’re trying to say is not much will change.
CVS and Walgreens Will Not Automatically Start Selling Medical Marijuana
Although a Schedule II listing would allow the pharmaceutical companies to dive head first into the realm of medical marijuana, this action, according to a recent article from the Brookings Institution, would not automatically lead to national drugstore chains carrying medical marijuana because it does not have FDA-approval. The article, written by John Hudak and Grace Wallack, points out that “Rescheduling does not automatically create an FDA-approved marijuana pharmaceutical,” so before patients would ever have the luxury of purchasing pot products from pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens, the pharmaceutical companies would need to conduct a series of clinical trials and get the FDA to sign off on every single product. And since this process “often takes years and hundreds of millions (if not more) dollars in research,” it could be awhile before patients are buying weed from anywhere other than their local dispensary.
Rescheduling Will Not Have Any Impact on State Medical Marijuana Programs
Contrary to what some believe, moving marijuana to a Schedule II will not create any problems for state medical marijuana programs. The same Brookings Institution article states, “Because rescheduling has no impact on the administrative deference that the federal government has given state programs, state-legal businesses would operate in exactly the same gray area post-rescheduling as they do now.” It goes on to say despite the perplexities surrounding rescheduling, it “won’t shut down dispensaries nationwide, threaten the existing marijuana industry’s dynamics, nor create challenges for patient access.”
The Rest
Stoner’s Guide to What It Means to Reschedule Marijuana
Ever since the Santa Monica Observer published a report earlier this week claiming a loose-lipped attorney for the U.S Drug Enforcement Administration told them that the agency is planning to downgrade the cannabis plant to a Schedule II at the beginning of August, a large majority of the stoner nation has been going on a wild and rampant social media posting tangent, spreading a misguided message that marijuana will soon be legal in all 50 states.
Although a recent interview with DEA Staff Coordinator Russ Baer neither confirms nor discounts the Observer’s report, it suggests the agency feels its decision over whether to put marijuana into a Schedule II classification is one of great difficulty because the cannabis plant “has hundreds of chemical actors, or cannabinoids,” which makes it challenging for them to “identify the parts of the plant that might have benefit, and separating out (the beneficial) parts from the ones that “aren’t beneficial or harmful.”
The agency’s comments solidify the sentiment of an editorial published over the weekend by The Denver Post, which indicates that all of this rescheduling business comes with far too many variables to be even begin to predict the outcome of the DEA’s plan – that is if the agency even has one at all. The author of the piece, Colorado attorney Tom Downey, wrote that the DEA’s decision “could partially legalize medical marijuana, and the federal government could usher in a new era with a comprehensive and multi structural approach to pot policy.” But even if the decision is made to downgrade every component of the cannabis plant, “don’t expect to fill a marijuana brownie prescription at your local drug store any time soon,” Downey wrote.
What we know for sure is that the DEA is planning to make a rescheduling announcement at some point before the end of summer. The Huffington Post broke this news back in April after getting their hands on a 25-page letter written by the agency in response to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s demands for easier access to medical marijuana research. The response, signed by acting DEA Administrator Chuck Rosenberg, said the “DEA understands the widespread interest in the prompt resolution to these petitions and hopes to release its determination in the first half of 2016.”
But for now, there is only speculation as to what the agency’s decision might be.
One thing is certain -- there is a lot of misinformation floating around the Internet right now with respect to what a Schedule downgrade will actually do for medical marijuana and the cannabis industry, as a whole. So just in case you are as confused as everyone else seems to be about what it means to classify marijuana a Schedule II, we have compiled a list to help the average stoner understand what is at stake.
Schedule II Does Not Make Medical Marijuana Legal in All 50 States
Making cannabis a Schedule II controlled substance would put the herb in the same rank as drugs like Adderall and OxyContin, but it would not legalize medical marijuana in all 50 states. Unfortunately, this means in states like Indiana, which is currently under a total prohibitionary regime, patients would not be able to use marijuana to treat whatever ails them, and state medical marijuana programs would remain unchanged. That means if your state only allows specific patients to have access to non-intoxicating CBD oil, that will be the extent of its reach. In states like New York, which doesn’t allow patients to smoke marijuana, smoking will still be prohibited. What we’re trying to say is not much will change.
CVS and Walgreens Will Not Automatically Start Selling Medical Marijuana
Although a Schedule II listing would allow the pharmaceutical companies to dive head first into the realm of medical marijuana, this action, according to a recent article from the Brookings Institution, would not automatically lead to national drugstore chains carrying medical marijuana because it does not have FDA-approval. The article, written by John Hudak and Grace Wallack, points out that “Rescheduling does not automatically create an FDA-approved marijuana pharmaceutical,” so before patients would ever have the luxury of purchasing pot products from pharmacies like CVS and Walgreens, the pharmaceutical companies would need to conduct a series of clinical trials and get the FDA to sign off on every single product. And since this process “often takes years and hundreds of millions (if not more) dollars in research,” it could be awhile before patients are buying weed from anywhere other than their local dispensary.
Rescheduling Will Not Have Any Impact on State Medical Marijuana Programs
Contrary to what some believe, moving marijuana to a Schedule II will not create any problems for state medical marijuana programs. The same Brookings Institution article states, “Because rescheduling has no impact on the administrative deference that the federal government has given state programs, state-legal businesses would operate in exactly the same gray area post-rescheduling as they do now.” It goes on to say despite the perplexities surrounding rescheduling, it “won’t shut down dispensaries nationwide, threaten the existing marijuana industry’s dynamics, nor create challenges for patient access.”
The Rest
Yup, that's the way it should be...
the people who grow crap would be out of business fast..
The people who grow mediocre would slowly lose business, and,
the people who grow great weed would have customers driving from all over the state to buy their wares....
That's the way business is supposed to work...
Yup, that's the way it should be...
the people who grow crap would be out of business fast..
The people who grow mediocre would slowly lose business, and,
the people who grow great weed would have customers driving from all over the state to buy their wares....
That's the way business is supposed to work...
And this, in turn, would drive the clone market.
average
Road side stands are okay but I would prefer farmers' markets.
We are dreamers.
THIS
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Those *explicitives* are running in circles going nowhere fast! It's always 1 step foward and 2 steps back. In my honest opinion we need to overtake these douchebags and make our own laws. We shall call our new country America 2. Who is with me?
