Washington could become pot source for neighboring states
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Now that marijuana is legal in neighboring Washington state, Portland police are offering some helpful advice to Oregon pot users. Sure, you can go over to Washington state to "smoke some weed," a police advisory states, but you might get arrested for driving under the influence if you're pulled over coming home, even if you're on a bike.
And if you are among the 55,000 people with an Oregon medical marijuana card, Portland police say you'll be able to get your allowed amount of medicine in Washington state. Still, even though you now can't get busted for toking in Tacoma or elsewhere in Washington (though you could get a ticket for public use), it will be a year before selling or buying it is legal.
As the Evergreen state works out the various complications of its new law - including the fact that marijuana is still illegal under federal law - neighbors of Washington are watching with curiosity, and perhaps some apprehension.
If the federal government doesn't attempt to intervene in the new law, and if Washington state sets up a supply system whose mechanics are yet to be defined, Washington may well become a greater source of pot for users in Oregon and Idaho.
"It would be like a place people go to get cheap beer. We're not talking about medical marijuana. We're talking about people who just want to get high," said Josh Marquis, district attorney for Oregon's Clatsop County.
Marquis is not totally opposed to marijuana. He thinks the federal government should do what Oregon has done: decriminalize possession of small amounts, and allow people with genuine medical needs to have access for treatment.
But one of his greatest concerns, echoed by other law enforcement officials, is people going over to Washington to obtain weed and driving home stoned.
"If I'm going to drive on the Oregon coast at night, in the driving rain, I want the person on the other side of the road to be completely unimpaired," Marquis told The Associated Press.
Idaho law officials are also watching what's happening in Washington state. Unlike Oregon, Idaho has no medical marijuana law and possession in any form is against the law. Simple possession of less than three ounces is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Idaho officials already have their hands full with Idahoans obtaining medical marijuana cards out of state. The Gem State borders three medical marijuana states, a reality that has caused medical marijuana arrests to outpace those of traffickers or other users.
Although Idaho is a largely conservative state, there are pockets defined by borders and demographics that could create new challenges for law enforcement.
One of them is Moscow, home to the University of Idaho campus and more than 11,000 students - just a 10-minute drive to the Washington State University campus in Pullman. More than 70 miles to the north is the busy suburban corridor connecting Spokane, Wash., and the Idaho cities of Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene.
Idaho police say increased arrests for marijuana could intensify stress on county jails and caseloads for county prosecutors.
Idaho State Police Lt. Chris Schenk, says people in north Idaho are joking about so-called "pot tourists" crossing the border to take advantage of Washington's relaxed law. But he says it's going to take time to gauge any increases in arrests for possession or driving under the influence.
Oregon has some of the most permissive pot laws in the nation. Possession of less than an ounce will get you the equivalent of a speeding ticket. And for those who want to go the legal route, they can get a medical marijuana card.
Still, obtaining pot in Oregon is not without its hassles, in the eyes of some who use it.
Federal drug agents have been cracking down on some medical marijuana pot growers, alleging they shipped pot out of state. There has also been pressure on dispensaries that have sprung up in Oregon that provide medical marijuana for a fee to cover costs of operation.. Law officials in some counties have raided such operations, saying they are selling pot for profit.
If Washington state sets up a pot supply system, it is likely some Oregon holders of medical marijuana cards will go north for their medicine, advocates say.
In Canada, another Washington neighbor, pot is illegal under federal law. Border enforcement of drug laws is stringent, but enforcement for possession for personal use is relaxed. Grass is smoked openly in parks and at pot cafes in British Columbia. Distribution of medical marijuana to patients with needs deemed legitimate through pot dispensaries is also allowed
A spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sgt. Duncan Pound, said it is too early to predict what effects legalization in Washington will have.
A marijuana advocate in British Columbia, Jodie Emery, worries Canada might intensify border controls because of Washington's weed legalization.
Emery also speculates that legalization in Washington could lessen the flow of people traveling to Vancouver, British Columbia to try some "BC Bud."
"British Columbia does have a lot of tourism for people who want to experience the marijuana culture but that is shifting," Emery said.
Back in Oregon, the tip sheet to marijuana users issued by Portland police states that possession of less than an ounce has been a "low law enforcement priority for 35 years in Portland and this will not change due to the new Washington law."
But the advisory also has this caution: If you go to Washington to "buy some weed," the "Portland Police Bureau cannot predict or control the enforcement activities of federal authorities."
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Contributing to this report were Idaho AP Correspondent Todd Dvorak in Boise and AP reporter Nigel Duara in Portland.
And if you are among the 55,000 people with an Oregon medical marijuana card, Portland police say you'll be able to get your allowed amount of medicine in Washington state. Still, even though you now can't get busted for toking in Tacoma or elsewhere in Washington (though you could get a ticket for public use), it will be a year before selling or buying it is legal.
As the Evergreen state works out the various complications of its new law - including the fact that marijuana is still illegal under federal law - neighbors of Washington are watching with curiosity, and perhaps some apprehension.
If the federal government doesn't attempt to intervene in the new law, and if Washington state sets up a supply system whose mechanics are yet to be defined, Washington may well become a greater source of pot for users in Oregon and Idaho.
"It would be like a place people go to get cheap beer. We're not talking about medical marijuana. We're talking about people who just want to get high," said Josh Marquis, district attorney for Oregon's Clatsop County.
Marquis is not totally opposed to marijuana. He thinks the federal government should do what Oregon has done: decriminalize possession of small amounts, and allow people with genuine medical needs to have access for treatment.
But one of his greatest concerns, echoed by other law enforcement officials, is people going over to Washington to obtain weed and driving home stoned.
"If I'm going to drive on the Oregon coast at night, in the driving rain, I want the person on the other side of the road to be completely unimpaired," Marquis told The Associated Press.
Idaho law officials are also watching what's happening in Washington state. Unlike Oregon, Idaho has no medical marijuana law and possession in any form is against the law. Simple possession of less than three ounces is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1,000 fine.
Idaho officials already have their hands full with Idahoans obtaining medical marijuana cards out of state. The Gem State borders three medical marijuana states, a reality that has caused medical marijuana arrests to outpace those of traffickers or other users.
Although Idaho is a largely conservative state, there are pockets defined by borders and demographics that could create new challenges for law enforcement.
One of them is Moscow, home to the University of Idaho campus and more than 11,000 students - just a 10-minute drive to the Washington State University campus in Pullman. More than 70 miles to the north is the busy suburban corridor connecting Spokane, Wash., and the Idaho cities of Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene.
Idaho police say increased arrests for marijuana could intensify stress on county jails and caseloads for county prosecutors.
Idaho State Police Lt. Chris Schenk, says people in north Idaho are joking about so-called "pot tourists" crossing the border to take advantage of Washington's relaxed law. But he says it's going to take time to gauge any increases in arrests for possession or driving under the influence.
Oregon has some of the most permissive pot laws in the nation. Possession of less than an ounce will get you the equivalent of a speeding ticket. And for those who want to go the legal route, they can get a medical marijuana card.
Still, obtaining pot in Oregon is not without its hassles, in the eyes of some who use it.
Federal drug agents have been cracking down on some medical marijuana pot growers, alleging they shipped pot out of state. There has also been pressure on dispensaries that have sprung up in Oregon that provide medical marijuana for a fee to cover costs of operation.. Law officials in some counties have raided such operations, saying they are selling pot for profit.
If Washington state sets up a pot supply system, it is likely some Oregon holders of medical marijuana cards will go north for their medicine, advocates say.
In Canada, another Washington neighbor, pot is illegal under federal law. Border enforcement of drug laws is stringent, but enforcement for possession for personal use is relaxed. Grass is smoked openly in parks and at pot cafes in British Columbia. Distribution of medical marijuana to patients with needs deemed legitimate through pot dispensaries is also allowed
A spokesman for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Sgt. Duncan Pound, said it is too early to predict what effects legalization in Washington will have.
A marijuana advocate in British Columbia, Jodie Emery, worries Canada might intensify border controls because of Washington's weed legalization.
Emery also speculates that legalization in Washington could lessen the flow of people traveling to Vancouver, British Columbia to try some "BC Bud."
"British Columbia does have a lot of tourism for people who want to experience the marijuana culture but that is shifting," Emery said.
Back in Oregon, the tip sheet to marijuana users issued by Portland police states that possession of less than an ounce has been a "low law enforcement priority for 35 years in Portland and this will not change due to the new Washington law."
But the advisory also has this caution: If you go to Washington to "buy some weed," the "Portland Police Bureau cannot predict or control the enforcement activities of federal authorities."
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Contributing to this report were Idaho AP Correspondent Todd Dvorak in Boise and AP reporter Nigel Duara in Portland.
What's Actually Amazing to Me is How People are so Uneducated about Marijuana, First OFF the Federal Governement Lost in Court and the US Grows it at the University of Mississippi ? It Helps Prevent different types of diseases, It Lowers the eye pressure for PEOPLE whom have Glaucoma. If the Federal Governemnt LOST in Court , why are they Allowed to KEEP this LIE going that Marijuana has No mediicnal value,, maybe you should know this, we taxpayers are providing money for this PROGRAM . God Put this Plant on the Earth to help people, even HEMP Seed is one of the Most Nutritional seeds on this earth, http://blog.mpp.org/medical-marijuana/irv-rosenfelds-30th-anniversary-of-getting-marijuana-from-the-feds/11202012/
Don't forget that in some counties they may just give you a ticket but others will arrest you for having a bong or pipe. Whatcom county in particular.
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Think about all the wasted lives of the past, dating back to when passion of an ounce of pot would land a person in prison for several years. Labeled a felon, any prospects of career and education advancement would be diminished.
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Coloreds and poor folk unable to afford/retain decent lawyers would become the abuse victims of law enforcement and the judicial system, in a game of unequal justice during the war on pot.
Maybe I am naive because I donât think the legalization of marijuana alone will open a floodgate of new pot users. People either smoke it or they donât.
As much as I would love the Cartel to go out of business.They won't and if anything they will be selling more because people will not be able to afford the States price of Marijuana.The State will continue to raise the Tax and push people back to the street.Good Luck!
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Exactly. The Cartel did not get to where they are by being stupid. If anyone really thinks that they will just give up and retire they are delusional. If they get undersold on MJ they will switch to a more lucrative product. I have a feeling that if other states follow suit and the Cartel does actually see a decline in sales, cocaine will make a comeback bigger than ever. The 80's will look like nothing in comparison. Either that or synthetic drugs will flood the streets worse than they already are.
Things will get very interesting soon. Maybe this is what the Myans were talking about? LOL
Oops, typo "Mayans"
I do have to say that is someone lights up in front of me, I will give only one warning to put the crap away. After that, who knows what I may be capable of doing, especially if it is being smoked in front of children.
Stupid, stupid law!
 @Eye4anEye I agree and just think of all the second hand smoke law suits.
I was in the grocery store on Friday, and had to stand next to two different people that absolutely reeked of pot. They were so stoned, and had that unmade bed look to them. Â Both were men in their 50s, and were not together. Â Gross. Â Just like when someone that smokes cigarettes very heavily, but instead it was like someone soaked in bourbon drunk in the middle of the day at the store. Â I don't agree with the new State law. Â It was so badly initiated, with no forethought at all. Â And yeah, those people were driving.....Â
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Washington is the weirdest place. It's like a State that is run legislatively by uber liberals, but the majority of citizens seem to on the opposite extreme ideologically. Â Actually, I think Oregon is that way, too. Â The laws here are extremely lenient, and seem out of touch with what is actually going on here everyday. Â I'm actually a liberal. Well, a moderate, who is appalled by the lax judicial system here. The State does some things incredibly well, but making laws and getting the ones they have enforced, is just ridiculous. I actually feel sorry for the cops here. It must suck to keep having to arrest the same people over and over again, when they keep getting let out almost immediately, and seem to get more brazen each time. Â
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"...but instead it was like someone soaked in bourbon drunk in the middle of the day at the store."
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So in other words, what you saw were not to stoners at all, but rather two alcoholics half drunk on cheap liquor which is now so readily available in just about every store.
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Okay, look: what is going on here is a paradigm shift in our societal attitude toward this substance. For 80 years, we have been indoctrinated to believe that marijuana is evil incarnate in a plant: that it is the Devil Himself in a "weed", ready to "hook" poor unsuspecting souls on heroin at the first toke. We were told that it was the "gateway drug" that "always" led users directly to "hard drugs". And people bought this negative propaganda - staking their personal pride and sense of righteousness on the promulgated belief that the plant had no redeeming value at all and that if it and it alone could be eradicated, all other drug abuse would just automatically stop.Â
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But in recent decades we have seen actual medical findings that marijuana has actual value in treating certain health issues ranging from glaucoma to the nausea and appetite loss associated with chemotherapy for cancer - in the latter case pretty clearly increasing survival rates of patients. Actually, these two uses only scratch the very surface of the beneficial effects that have been attributed to marijuana in ameliorating various neurological and psychiatric issues, eating disorders, withdrawal symptoms of other drugs, homeostasis anomalies and other health-related issues. Suddenly we are seeing a major problem with the 80-year-old anti-cannabis campaign: that it is based on at least one outright LIE, because marijuana clearly DOES have some redeeming health value.
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But then we are also seeing signs of another lie in the 80-year campaign: that marijuana is the "gateway" drug that automatically leads to all other really bad drugs. Scientific research into the biochemical pathways of addiction has shown that marijuana (THC) does NOT activate the same chemical pathways as other drugs such as opiates and methamphetamine, and those pathways that it does activate it does so much less aggressively than the others. Methamphetamine has been shown capable of inducing a strong and even irreversible physical addiction in just ONE encounter - and heroin in a very few encounters. But THC activates neither of these pathways and what it does affect seems (a) neither quick nor at all strong in creating dependence and (b) self-reversing with no more than quite mild withdrawal symptoms. Thus, marijuana "dependence" does not directly encourage use of another drug.
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Rather, what appears to be the case is that cannabis' supply-chain association with the other drugs is what puts users in contact with those more powerful and more damaging agents. "Pushers" are so called for a reason: they want to sell the drug that has the highest profit potential and the highest addictive factor to ensure repeat sales. And pushers are not at all above using trickery, false "shortages" and adulterated product to try to create demand for their most profitable and most damaging products. The adulteration of illegal street marijuana with other highly-addictive drugs is actually very common whenever cartels are involved in both trades - so that marijuana is only a "gateway" drug by its "LEGAL" association with the other drugs - not by its chemical or psychoactive association.
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So now, many people are deeply conflicted about this plant - as can be perceived by the comments posted here. Those who have accepted 80 years of BNDD/DEA "Kool Aid" regarding this plant are having a hard time coming to terms with demonstrated fact that it has bonafide value and is nowhere near as harmful as long advertized. Meanwhile, pharmas are conflicted because the drug is not patentable, and deeply-entrenched organized crime cartels are feeling the threat of having their black market disappear. And to add to all that, prosecutors like this Josh are faced with seeing their major source of easy convictions and thus of political justification during reelection campaigns evaporate - and police are seeing one of their favorite levers for coercing citizens into informing on drug dealers also evaporate.Â
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But the truth is, if cannabis prices drop precipitously as quality and purity become better assured and acceptability and legality expand, it is very likely to cut so deeply into the market for the more dangerous drugs that the suppliers and cartels will no longer enjoy any real profit at all and will be forced to quit the trade - just as the mafia was forced to divest itself of distilleries and breweries after 1933. And if we can avoid creating yet another black-market cash cow as we did in 1933, then we just might actually win the "War on Drugs" by default through simply the collapse of our enemy.
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 @DT Move to Alabama then.
So, I take it that you enjoy smoking yourself retarded to, Bellevue Scott?
You'rer reply is not very NW PC. He could very well be "eating" himself retarded as far as you know.
Wow man I was reading this article and I had something really cool to say about it, but I forgot. Dorritos and KoolAid man that sounds really good right now.Â
I've got Twinkies, better hurry 'cause they may not last. :)
Sooo... when does the taxing start like all those advocates said would happen.Â
I have found the conversation on the new 502 law to be fascinating. Perhaps everybody's making a big to do about nothing.
What a road of clap!
Where does most of the weed that's in this state come from? From what I hear, it comes from WA, AND our neighboring states and B.C.
Besides, if anyone really thinks that people will mostly be buying from state run stores in the future I've got a bridge for sale.
Are you going to pay the state's extortionate prices plus extortionate taxes, or keep buying from your regular dealer? I'd be willing to bet big $$$ that the price from your local dealer will drop significantly once and/or if the state ever figures out how it's even going to do it. It's the nature of the little game called competition. And it's being played in an already well established arena.
Can you read the writing on the wall yet? If someone comes to Washington and buys pot, takes it back to their state, has some kind on accident and kills someone, there will be a huge suit against Washington for selling the drug. It is against Federal law to buy sell or grow it. It will cost Washington (us taxpayers) millions and millions of dollars.
Anyone who wants to smoke weed is already smoking weed no matter where they live, it isn't exactly hard to find. Why would someone drive to another state to get something legally they're already getting conveniently? How is it even possible so many people are still so ignorant to weed culture? Do ant-marijuana crusaders not understand how common weed is?
 @jowsuf Anti marijuana crusaders like myself absolutely know how common it is. Its why we are completely disgusted at how this law was written.Â
I don't think it's that they don't understand how common it is. It's more that they're trying to scare those who don't know much about it into thinking it's worse than it really is.
I find many accidents occur simply because of idiots devoid of the most basic common sense thought processes and/or lack of obeying rules of the road; due to lack of the simplest courtesy. In other words; we award thousands of *morons* a license to drive.
2010 31 % of fatal traffic deaths were "alcohol related". That means that 69% were not "alcohol related"
That's a lot of morons that drive!
Friends don't let moron friends drive.
If Josh Marquis, district attorney for Oregon's Clatsop wants to "... drive on the Oregon coast at night, in the driving rain, [with] the person on the other side of the road completely unimpaired," he needs to outlaw all use of alcohol and prescription drugs in Oregon. People have been dying on Highway 101, and highways everywhere, due to drunk and inappropriately medicated drivers for decades and decades and decades!Â
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And if "the tip sheet to marijuana users issued by Portland police states that possession of less than an ounce has been a 'low law enforcement priority for 35 years in Portland and this will not change due to the new Washington law'", what difference does it make where they get it?? And doesn't that just mean that if they're in Washington buying it legally, that will cut down on the illegal sales and related crime in Oregon?
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Thousands of full time Washington residents drive with Oregon license plates to avoid paying Washington taxes, and drive over the bridge to Oregon to make purchases to avoid paying Washington taxes. Let the Oregonians take a drive over the bridge...and pay a few taxes while they're here for some weed and a little something at Taco Bell.
If you have a license, you can find stores and delivery services at weedmaps, there is a dotcom after weedmaps.Â
Those who are getting and using marijuana in their own states are not likely to come here to get it because the state has already said it will be HEAVILY taxed. Plus they will at the very least have the same restrictions as cigarettes and so it won't be the free for all they are describing in this article.
Josh, I hate to be the one to tell you but you being the, district attorney for Oregon's Clatsop County I feel itâs the responsible thing to do. Josh there is no Santa Claus and most people in Oregon that have medical marijuana cards are not realy sick they just want to get HIGH. I know its hard to believe but unfortunately its true.
 @Good Grief Well if we're crushing myths here, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but being a somewhat intelligent and reasonable person I feel it's the responsible thing to do. There is no Easter Bunny, and there's actually a bunch of sick and suffering people that have medical marijuana cards because they're really sick..
   @Good Grief There are certainly some people who have marijuana cards because they simply want to smoke without being prosecuted. There are many more who use it for symptom management of various conditions. And that's true everywhere. I'm a healthcare professional at a cancer treatment center. Many of my patients use it to control pain and nausea, as an appetite stimulant, and to help with anxiety. A lot of them aren't actually smoking it, they're ingesting it. A patient told me the other day he was getting a 15% infusion in honey that was the perfect strength for him. He's a very conservative businessperson who had never smoked it and didn't want to. He's not looking to get high, but the combination of THC along with his prescribed meds gave him the ability to live his very shortened life relatively pain free. So until you've talked to every patient with chronic back pain or bone mets or whatever they're dealing with, stop with the sweeping generalizations. It invalidates your entire argument.
@Good Grief How do you know that most people in Oregon with a MMJ card aren't really sick or have a valid reason for having their card? Are you a doctor who has given these authorizations? Do you run a dispensary and personally know what ailments these MMJ suffer from to justify their use of pot?
 @Tattooed_Angel  @Good are you kidding me? Have you seen the ads on CraigsList? Have you seen the signs all over town?  They are handing those cards out like candy.  There are docs that hand out notes for everything from a headache, to eczema. You're in a fantasyland if you think it's not being abused.  Just like the medical mj growers, who seem to be breaking the law by selling it on the side.Â
Article title should read 'Washington will become pot source for neighboring states.
We should pass a state law making it illegal to see weed to people from Idaho just to mess with them.Â
The best that can happen now is that domestic production ramp up and street price drop rapidly until there is little real profit in cannabis (for anyone) and the importing cartels are forced to abandon the market entirely. To achieve this, the state needs to create the rules for production and sales very quickly - perhaps charging a relatively small fee for production and sales licenses and even simply ignoring the commerce in the meantime. This drug needs to become inexpensive enough that it drives most or all other (illegal) drugs right off the market. But this needs to happen quickly, so as not to give the cartels a great boost in profits in the meantime.
This is not to advocate for the use of recreational drugs such as cannabis: it is merely recognition that among all such drugs, this one is the least harmful and in some ways almost harmless. I have NEVER heard of someone dying of a cannabis overdose, for example.
It is the reduction in trafficking of the OTHER drugs which will most affect the financial heath of our state by reducing robberies and related assaults and murders, costs of law enforcement, prosecution and incarceration, etc. Where drug rehabilitation is required, that for marijuana habituation should be MUCH less costly than for meth, crack and opiates - indeed even alcohol.
 @JLS1950  Doesn't work. Look to Amsterdam at the complete failure to do any of those things. So much so, that they've been trying to bring back laws against pot. The utopian ideas that this will somehow be a financial boon to the States, is not reality.  And, it actually increases crime.  Well, this says it better (from WaPo about why they're trying to reban pot in Amsterdam:)
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"Statistics show the rate of marijuana use in the Netherlands is actually lower than in the United States or Britain. The pushback against drug tourism came as a result of a rise in organized crime. Opponents say the Netherlands has become the wholesale supplier for illicit sales across Europe. In 2010 in the southern town of Helmond, for instance, a cannabis cafe was attacked with hand grenades, and the mayor and his family were forced into hiding after being threatened by suspected drug runners" Â Â
 @DT Yes, Netherlands has been considering restrictions to reduce drug tourism. Drug tourism is indeed a problem - rather as "sex tourism" is for Thailand. That is not the point. We do not want to encourage drug tourism, but rather want to cut the profits out from under the illegal drug cartels so that they will collapse.Â
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This is what happened in 1933 when we repealed Alcohol Prohibition: alcohol had become the cash cow of organized crime, and so organized crime had become a scourge upon the whole nation (and may well have contributed to the conditions leading up the the Great Depression, although I do not have examples to prove that.) With Repeal, organized crime lost this captive market and cash cow, and might have collapsed right then.
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Unfortunately, we were STUPID enough to hand them a new cash cow when we acceded to their demands (through their paid drag-queen stooge, J. Edgar Hoover, and his many "forgiven" gambling debts) and passed the drug legislation that outlawed cannabis.
I heard that a Jolly fat man is even flying in from the North Pole this year because the brownies are going to be EXTRA awesome!
I want to try marijuana for my foot pain, but I have no idea how to score some.
@factchekr Buying is not a crime under the new law. Check out craigslist, there are many sellers advertising there, some of them ask for the authorization, some of them don't ask for it anymore. Use your common sense, meet at daytime in a place you feel comfortable and safe. And don't worry, if for some unforeseeable reason the police shows up (it won't happen) the dealer could have a problem, but you're perfectly fine unless the feds show up. Unless you are a high profile target or you're trying to buy a ton for distribution, the feds won't show up either :)
 @Damian  @factchekr Stay away from craiglist pot dealers, they rob you and then kill you for fun
@Larry*X*K @factchekr Come on man, do you have any data backing up what you just said? To create a significant statistic to back up what you say you would need number of transactions and number of robed and killed customers. Maybe they are competing with your business? How do YOU sell it? :)
 @Damian People are selling pot on Craigslist already? Wow.Â
 @Damian  @jowsuf  @lakeview I just think weed dealers of that variety are probably shadier than your average dealer. Like I said, I'm just paranoid about it.
@jowsuf @lakeview That doesn't make sense for so many reasons. For example I don't think you get too far in your business if you kill your customers :) Also, how many such cases have been so far? Millions of craigslist transactions and yes, a few crimes, but I don't think any retailer statistics are much better. In either case, everything will be so much better when the legal stores open :)
 @Damian  @lakeview Seriously? I'd be afraid I'd arrive somewhere and be shot or stabbed then robbed. That's pure paranoia, but I don't trust craigslist.Â
@lakeview People have been selling pot on Craigslist forever. It's all over Craigslist. Most ask for authorizations but now they don't even bother.
@lakeview Yes, I saw that in the news and decided to give it a try. I wanted to get some pot to help me with anxiety, that it's not an approved condition in WA state. Craigslist worked very well, for once the press did something useful :D
@jowsuf @lakeview well, sadly you can't always buy legally, I'm dealing with anxiety and pot helps me a lot, but in WA state anxiety is not an approved condition so I can't get authorization.
 @lakeview  @Damian Yeah, THAT doesn't sound shady at all...
 @factchekr Pay the $75.00 to get your MMJ card. Chronic pain is a legitimate diagnosis to qualify. I know that's not the answer you're looking for, but for the next year (at a minimum!) that will be the easiest way to obtain it.Â
 @factchekr Yes it's legal to have up to an oz but there is no legal way to obtain it. Talk about a clusterf*ck