[ridnovir]

Originally Posted by hockeyblue22

I know that people want to grow their own... but just the legalization is the first step and Gov Murphy said he would sign the bill ASAP when in office, the first day he took office (or 2nd) he was on Channel 4 News NBC and said he was going to do it... "ASAP", and what I mentioned above that the money needs to come out of the "criminals" hands, and well into the other "criminal's hands" IMO being the Govt, but well, whatever lol.. as long as it's legal.

He is so confident he was/is going to pass this that he mentioned anyone that was arrested with marijuana (probably 50g or less) could possibly have their records "expunged" once the legalization passes. I have no idea about that, but that would certainly be nice for a lot of people. As for dealers, I don't know what their fate is.

I'm at the point in my life where I don't care if I have to pay $25-30 for a gram, compared to the regular $20. Nobody buys little anymore unless your a high school kid, where anyone under 21 would be breaking the law anywhere.

I watched people killing themselves for 3+ years while I worked at a liquor store... so making marijuana legal REALLY CAN NOT hurt this damned state anymore, especially with the opiate epidemic. Old people (sorry not generalizing) & the Federal Government need to stop living in the Reagan Era. Everyone still thinks people that smoke pot are all like Bill Murray from Caddyshack... aka the Greenskeeper. And They need to get out of the dark ages... if my Primary Care Doctor who I have routine checkups with throughout the year says marijuana is great, jeez... that's all I need to hear. Because he's a DOCTOR! He knows what's alright for my body no?

Ranting sorry. As for NY, I feel bad for the idiot politicians up there, I live 25min away from NYC and refuse to go there to socialize or anything, it's too expensive, now all they (the politicians) are worried about are charging people to drive down street's in the city, criminal! And last night I heard the State of NY has to remove all their I Love NY Sign's off the highways because the federal government will not give them funding for the highways... and well the mayor or governor, forget which, is really screwing the residents of NY as they are paying taxes out the whazoo already!

NY is great, heck the police could careless about marijuana, walk through the damned Bronx or Harlem, police don't even turn an eye if they see someone smoking "something" on the street... as long as no gun shots are heard, they don't care... kinda like Newark and most of the cities/towns around Newark, NJ.

Small towns like mine, richie WASP towns, have police dept's that thrive on arresting individuals on marijuana, my best friend lost his job as the head lacrosse coach and English teacher at our old HS because he was caught with LESS than 1g! He lost his job teaching, and his job coaching.. 2 things he worked his entire life for.... pathetic! That is how our town is though, a bunch of tight buttholed a-holes...

So yeah, NJ, Murphy, need to send a message and LEGALIZE for the love of Jebus! Shut these nay sayers living in the Nancy era up. Law enforcement should just focus on getting the cocaine and heroine and other crap that has killed my friends on the streets.

And honestly, we all know once it's legalized people will probably continue to sell illegally, and that's the dilemma, supposedely Murphy & Scutari the two Democrats about to pass the Legalization visited every state MJ is already legalized in, and said they came up with something like a "Hybrid Theory" to take all the good, and leave all the states, and do it a "new and better way". Great, I don't care just do it... I know my POS Dealer will never stop selling, I know he won't ever stop or attempt to go through the proper channels to be a legalized "seller/grower" whatever... he's a 30 year old man that can't even wipe his own bum.. and he's greedy, and he hasn't paid taxes ever in his life... so you think someone like that is going to fall in line? So people should not worry about losing their dealers, etc... they will still be around... but fine's and laws will most likely be stricter.

I could go on and on, but I love hearing from others... NJ is a terrible place to live, I've been considering leaving for some time. But with family and loved ones here, as well as great employment (and awesomely high taxes.. $30k a year in property taxes!).... It is HARD to just pick up and go.

Right on bro. I work in NYC and plan to move to NJ to raise my young family there. I hope the NJ would not be as terrible as Brooklyn LOL. You must live in a very nice town to pay such coin in taxes.

[hockeyblue22]

Ehhhh yes I suppose. There are a lot of really nice towns in NJ to raise your children, as close as we are to Newark, Elizabeth, and Plainfield (which are garbage obviously)... sadly a lot of people look at the average SAT scores of public high schools and we rank pretty high... hell I scored 1100/1600 lol. I'm an idiot compared to my classmates, but that was back in 03? Yikes getting old. But definitely check into Union, Somerset, Morris, Mercer, and Middlesex Counties... I would totally recommend Middlesex County, more so South as South Plainfield and Piscataway are pretty dumpy and dangerous, lots of drugs and white trash.. but who am I to judge.. but we're thinking children so safer the better.

I am in my mid 30's and moved back in with my family a few years ago, my apartment with my buddy was not worth $700+ a month (was roughly $1500 for 2-3 of us.. and 1 of our clown friends just mooched so I bounced, screwed him over as he had to move back in with his parents too hehe)...... considering I traveled a lot for work, work too damned much and never home anyway.... now shopping around again for a place of my own, but can't find anything larger than a shoe-box in a nice area for less than $900-1000+ a month. I refuse to live in a town or city like Elizabeth, Irvington, or Plainfield and dodge bullets on a daily basis....

Jersey is beautiful, especially South Jersey... but unfortunately the schools aren't as great IMO.. sorry South Jersey, just the truth... I've got family down there and they dumb, but maybe not so much as they have houses our size and pay like $8K a year in taxes in Cumberland County, and also have like 1+ acre, nothing crazy, I think we have like 1600 square feet or whatever we have in Union County.

[slapmehard]

taxes are getting hard to justify in union county sure very good to raise your kids in but Morris county is nice too and 2/3 less taxes.
I love jersey
in the middle is so covenant I love it and get socked in taxes but its nice.
will be better if we could grow.

[hockeyblue22]

Originally Posted by slapmehard

taxes are getting hard to justify in union county sure very good to raise your kids in but Morris county is nice too and 2/3 less taxes.
I love jersey
in the middle is so covenant I love it and get socked in taxes but its nice.
will be better if we could grow.

Oh yeah a lot of people are ditching Union County, crap I would say what town I live in.. let's just say it's the really WASPy one aka the White-Field lol..... It's beautiful, but we are looking to move out, unfortunately a few of my family members and I work at the same place in county about 5min away, besides that nice commute I have no idea why else we are still here.. it's hard to convince family to uproot and leave after 30+ years here, and we have family in town in another house... so it's like 2x the taxes.. I could only imagine how much more money we would have if we sold both houses, heck we could all live together in a 4-5 bedroom.. and I'd love Morris County, heck I played hockey out there for a decade as a child.

As for the growing, heck yeah. I'd have no idea where to start, but I know friends that I could pawn those duties off to that sit around home aka "work from homers"... and they would be amazing at it knowing them and their dedication and interest.

I actually spoke to a lady at the botanical/flower shop I used to work next to, and she said she would 100% go through whatever proper channels to be a distro center if she knew what to do and if I could help her... so I would and will totally be taking her up on that offer, especially considering it's conviniently placed between a liquor store and a pharmacy lol...

Glad to hear from someone from Jersey, stay well and Lets Go Devils!

[Knotty_Budz]

Originally Posted by hockeyblue22

I really hope NJ passed the law ASAP, because I see several of my co-workers who I know smoke Cannabis being asked to take drug tests, however our company is so corrupt and unorganized, they let the employees schedule their drug tests. Heck, I've got one coming up and straight up told my manager that I am NOT taking a drug test unless I am shown our drug policy (which is none existent!) I, as well as my co-workers were NEVER warned upon hiring of ANY drug policy, in the past they generally tested the "old-timers", the guys that you know are 100% sober and clean... for their "insurance purposes", which I was told by my manager... which is why I am being forced to be drug tested in now 7 weeks as I scheduled my drug test... I've smoked heavy for the past 15+ years, on and off at time, obviously off at the moment.



I really wish someone would show me a law regarding drug testing in the State of NJ... I am so sick of NJ. I know a lot of employers are starting to try and use the Federal Government as an excuse, yet we do NOTHING for them, and they do NOTHING for us... besides TAX TAX TAX. So even when/if cannabis is legalized, we will still have to fight for our jobs vs employers that are simply discriminating and picking on suspected cannabis users... ugh, terrible, upsetting, I'm sick.

Even if they pass medical and recreational they will still discriminate and they will still drug test almost all full time jobs that have any type of responsibility. The reason they do this like here in California is because even though people who are employed dont work for the government and have nothing to do with them, other then have the government steal(tax) money from them, is because they have federal contracts. Any job that has workmans comp insurance for example will drug test you and Fail/fire you for turning up dirty for THC regardless if you have your medical script and you could even have the doctor there physically telling them you need your cannabis and it wont help. If they dont honor their federal contracts they will be in violation and they will loose things like their workmans comp. Sadly after many years of the piss test most jobs that you would want to apply for ( anything making $18+ an hour ) not only makes you drug test but since the piss kits now days are everywhere and are cheap as shit they have started doing the on the spot swab tests where they swab you first thing so they dont waste their time giving you the interview and possibly get their hopes up just to find out your addicted to opiates and weed lol. Until its federally legal if its regulated by OSHA, labor board, or any other government agency they wont accept positive THC tests under any circumstance :(

[slapmehard]

Originally Posted by hockeyblue22

Oh yeah a lot of people are ditching Union County, crap I would say what town I live in.. let's just say it's the really WASPy one aka the White-Field lol..... It's beautiful, but we are looking to move out, unfortunately a few of my family members and I work at the same place in county about 5min away, besides that nice commute I have no idea why else we are still here.. it's hard to convince family to uproot and leave after 30+ years here, and we have family in town in another house... so it's like 2x the taxes.. I could only imagine how much more money we would have if we sold both houses, heck we could all live together in a 4-5 bedroom.. and I'd love Morris County, heck I played hockey out there for a decade as a child.

As for the growing, heck yeah. I'd have no idea where to start, but I know friends that I could pawn those duties off to that sit around home aka "work from homers"... and they would be amazing at it knowing them and their dedication and interest.

I actually spoke to a lady at the botanical/flower shop I used to work next to, and she said she would 100% go through whatever proper channels to be a distro center if she knew what to do and if I could help her... so I would and will totally be taking her up on that offer, especially considering it's conviniently placed between a liquor store and a pharmacy lol...

Glad to hear from someone from Jersey, stay well and Lets Go Devils!

we will never leave its too nice here


think I know where your taking about on south ave
big devil fan too ...bad last few nights we need points its crunch time


@Knotty_Budz
if you are getting drug tested now it will be no different unless the company does not want results for that anymore.
its private business they can do what they want

[hockeyblue22]

Originally Posted by slapmehard

we will never leave its too nice here


think I know where your taking about on south ave
big devil fan too ...bad last few nights we need points its crunch time


@Knotty_Budz
if you are getting drug tested now it will be no different unless the company does not want results for that anymore.
its private business they can do what they want

Spot on sir, hehe. I worked at the liquor store next to it for 4+ years, it was a nice job until the owner hired a 70yr old man and destroyed the flow of chemistry between the co-workers (all 3-4 of us), took a huge chunk of our hours away... I would NEVER shop there if I drank, which I rarely do. Everyone if lucky enough would get 39.75 hours and was told they were Full-Time if they worked over 25 hours, I think he needs to review what Full-Time is... I know some REAL companies like Starbucks offer benefits and stuff if you work 25+ hours a week and it's called "Full-time Eligibility" or something, but he offered NOTHING, the guy made me leave the hospital while a family member was in hospice and I really should have told him to shove it... but I went into work for a few hours and when I got home I got the bad news we lost a close family member. All because this greedy owner did not want to stay 3-4 hours, his life was more important than mine.. and all his employees.. and the old fart couldn't lock the store via alarm 4-5 digit alarm code without setting off the damned alarm.. sigh.

I was so heated, especially because this "Master Liquor Store Employee", a Lifer in the retail alcohol industry that has lost several store's their licenses for selling to minors as he never cards could NOT close by himself... when I got my raise he slashed my hours from 35-39.75 to about 30 if I was lucky... so yeah that place can suck it! As for the Flower lady, so awesome.... really nice woman and I hope her business does well.. but god forbid you park in the parking lot for too long the Liquor Store Owner will probably call the cops and try and ticket people.. which he's attempted several times... but the Police would just come and laugh lol.

[Tudo]

My 1st job job was working at the T&W's right on south next to caciola place. It was one of the best Italian deli's on earth then. That was when riots were going on in the late 60's and yes they burned caciola place, that town then built all new airconded apartments and before anyone could move in they stole the a/c units.

[prune]

South ave was the "bad" side of the tracks (downwind), so it was preferred by frugal immigrants in that golden age of small business. there were great (survivor) Italian deli's all along south ave, from Elizabeth till past Plainfield into the 70's before fast food poisoned America.
Couldn't ever imagine a dispensary being allowed in Westfield...

[slapmehard]

holy shit small world


well f westfield(r)one if those towns that would ban it now even before anything is legal
union can use a dispensary to fill a few empty spaces down town
R.P is like empty on westfield ave but a big wawa is coming by the gps entrances,that would be cool ,gas weed beach lol


22 might be great area for them too