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Weed is the New Jesus in Colorado
Townhall.com ^ | April 21, 2014 | Michael Schaus

Posted on 04/21/2014 6:23:08 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: 11th Commandment

I know I’m going to catch flack for this but I bet the overall condition of the state will deteriorate as well. Back in the day, I used to have friends that smoed marijuana every day. I could take you to their apartments and my other non-smokers apartments and without saying a word could ask you which was which and there would be no question who was who. Pot makes you letharthic and lazy. I think you are going to see evidence of that manifest itself on a wide scale over time in the state.


21 posted on 04/21/2014 7:31:55 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: MadIsh32

I suspect many of them are invested in the WOD. The WOD goes away, so does their job.


22 posted on 04/21/2014 7:35:18 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: varyouga

> Every negative you can say about pot can be found even worse in alcohol, tobacco and Rx pills. Unless government bans ALL the far more dangerous/addictive/toxic substances too, pot prohibition is just another obvious case of government corruption for money and control.

No one will disagree with you on this I think. Its the politics, public opinion and the $$$ that determines what is made legal or not anymore. I think alcohol can be very debilitating to your senses. There’s no doubt why ut us legal; HUGE tax revenue and a fines to be made for the court system.


23 posted on 04/21/2014 7:37:38 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Kaslin

If you are a decent person living in CO, it is time to get out….particularly if you have children. They will not survive as whole human beings in such a dangerous place.


24 posted on 04/21/2014 7:42:32 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: jsanders2001

NOTE TO SELF: When in Colorado selling AR and AK 30 round magazines out of the trunk of your car, NEVER EAT the local food. Eat canned food bought in from another state.


25 posted on 04/21/2014 7:43:45 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals
The usage rate did not change with legalization. Coloradans voted to legalize pot because the cure (WOD) was far worse than the disease. Witness the Gestapo in Idaho and a 70 year old man. Bad side effects to that drug cure.

Drug warriors and anti gunners are exactly the same - they both shed fact and logic like ducks shed water.

Just as Prohibition was a failure, so is the WOD, a huge violator of our Constitutional rights. Yes, I heard about the older guy getting pulled over in Idaho and searched. This took hours and the LEO didn't find anything.

26 posted on 04/21/2014 7:55:49 AM PDT by rochester_veteran (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

NOTE TO SELF: When in Colorado selling AR and AK 30 round magazines out of the trunk of your car, NEVER EAT the local food. Eat canned food bought in from another state.

“Dude don’t you know THOSE are assault rifles. Like you need to turn those into the police. They are here to protect us so you don’t need those. Hold on I need to take another toke”...”fired one?”...”well hell yeah in Call of Duty”...


27 posted on 04/21/2014 7:57:39 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: AppyPappy
“Perhaps not. Colorado will be the canary in the coal mine. Do stoners just go on the government dole and smoke dope all day? Remember, there is still weed being sold on the street which I think is still illegal. What to do?”

If you want to see real dopers, go to a small pharmacy just before opening time on Monday (like the one on my block). You'll see them, ghost white, shaking lining up and yanking at the door every minute. They sit on welfare/disability and eat mind-numbing pills all day (also paid by the taxpayer). Most pharmacies deliver nowadays so you don't see as much as before. The lines used to go around the block with neighbors complaining about junkies.

You can see the same thing at a liquor store at opening time. The only difference is the liquor isn't free.

Alcohol/pills are toxic and physically addictive so most of these people will be forever useless. I would prefer them to use pot since most people can quit pot in one day without any withdrawal or damage. Pot can also be grown cheaper than basil or for free as a potted house plant. Right now hundreds of billions in taxpayer funds go to big pharma to feed the Rx addictions.

28 posted on 04/21/2014 8:05:41 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: rochester_veteran

My first apartment was right there on Capitol Hill. The former governor’s mansion had been converted. Mine was a teenie studio with hardwood floors, super high ceiling, and a walk-in closet - all for a whopping $50 a month! No pot smells, but that was 40 years ago.
Civic center at Christmas was somethin’ else. I was a retail artist for the May D&F advertising dept. downtown. Denver held good memories then.


29 posted on 04/21/2014 8:07:27 AM PDT by b9 (II Timothy 1:7)
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To: txrefugee

“If you are a decent person living in CO, it is time to get out….particularly if you have children. They will not survive as whole human beings in such a dangerous place.”

Almost fell of my chair. Thanks for the morning laugh!


30 posted on 04/21/2014 8:07:53 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: varyouga

Let’s see what happens in Colorado. I suspect you are wrong. My guess is that the stoners will find a way to get the Democrats to pay them to not work.


31 posted on 04/21/2014 8:13:50 AM PDT by AppyPappy
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To: b9

It was my first apartment in Denver as well, a studio that was in a building on the corner of Clarkson and 14th St. right across the street from St. John’s Cathedral. Rent was $120. My kitchen window looked out across a parking lot to Colfax and a place called “Kitty’s” that sold adult toys. Hookers would often hang out at the nearby corner. It was kind of a rough neighborhood. I was an armed security guard at a nearby hospital at the time. I eventually got another apartment on St. Paul St., a nicer place. E. Colfax was kind of rough back then, but I was a young guy, recently out of the service. I looked upon it as an adventure back then! :-) Did you ever go to the Satire Lounge for their Mexican food and blue margaritas?


32 posted on 04/21/2014 8:23:32 AM PDT by rochester_veteran (All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: AppyPappy

It is going on with booze and pills in every state so we have been there for a while. It would be better in every way if these people used pot instead of alcohol or Rx narcotics (but that’s bad for big pharma, big alcohol and big fed).

And many people just don’t feel like working. Even if they don’t do any dope.


33 posted on 04/21/2014 8:24:09 AM PDT by varyouga
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To: varyouga
And many people just don’t feel like working.

Ending welfare and unemployment benefits will fix that right quick.

34 posted on 04/21/2014 8:26:17 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Kaslin

Potheads = Speed bumps


35 posted on 04/21/2014 9:00:42 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Kaslin

About 4 million people in Colorado didn’t smoke pot yesterday and a few million went to Christian Easter church services, so where is the reporting that Colorado is a Christian State?

Seems Chicken Little wrote this headline.


36 posted on 04/21/2014 9:06:53 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: rochester_veteran

No, I was pretty boring! Dated a few nice airmen from Lowry, tho. Moved shortly thereafter to LA, married a former airman, ironically - still married, raised 2 great kids.

Didn’t live on Capitol Hill long enough to even know what was really going on much, thank goodness. Grew up in southeast Denver, good time to live there.
Someone said Denver’s the biggest small town in America.


37 posted on 04/21/2014 9:11:26 AM PDT by b9 (II Timothy 1:7)
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To: CodeToad

Easter Sunrise Service at Red Rocks - happy memory!


38 posted on 04/21/2014 9:13:16 AM PDT by b9 (II Timothy 1:7)
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Exactly. Red Rocks Easter services are second to none and are packed...but no headlines about that many people gathered and not smoking pot.


39 posted on 04/21/2014 9:21:03 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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To: b9

“Dated a few nice airmen from Lowry, tho”

Funny, I dated a few girls while at Lowry!


40 posted on 04/21/2014 9:22:08 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Are!)
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