Posted on 02/24/2015 10:02:25 PM PST by Ken H
A law to legalize marijuana in the District will go into effect at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, unless Congress steps in at the last minute.
As a result, D.C. police officers will begin carrying business card-sized summaries of the new rules, which were publicly explained Tuesday and will be part of a public education campaign.
The law -- which was approved by voters last fall -- will permit possession of small amounts of marijuana by those ages 21 or older, with consumption allowed only in private homes and space.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcwashington.com ...
Some good computer equipment, know-how and connections.
If they are to pass out the business cards- 1 will the stoned be able to read 2. Assuming the stoned are able to read.
DC did not say no to Wal-mart.
There are two open and four under construction.
What am I, Carnac the Magnificent? What are you talking about?
LOL.
"...what you need in your garage..."
I never thought I’d see the day...when I experimented with drugs as a teen I realized why it was illegal, because of how out of it they made me feel. Now, I think there are worse things one can do of course. And I don’t judge somebody as being a “bad person” for smoking an occasionl joint in their own abode. However when a nation legalizes it I see said nation going down the tubes. My opinion is that drugs should remain illegal, for the good of the society, and to send current and future children the right message...which is that it’s better to be of sound mind and not go down the road of becoming a (80’s word lol) druggie.
Robert Downey, Jr. started marijuana at age 6. Look how it worked for him. (Arming himself with a 357 revolver, institutionalized, going to heroin and cocaine, jail time, violation of probation(s)
People who are under the influence will push marijuana on others, so it's no wonder we have to go overseas to find engineers under H1B.
Wait you mean that people who are under 21 right now can't get weed, marijuana, smoke, dope, spliffs, Mary Jane, reefer, herb, Dutchie, ganja, grass, and so on and so forth...?
Trust me the Major Drug company’s are on the phone with the Congressman and Senators they have paid for. Everyone in D.C. is on the take from someone.
Understandable but then what about alcohol, as a person who worked security at a college campus that can be worse than smoking a joint in my opinion, and about you saying “for the good of the society, and to send current and future children the right message”, I would be careful of that, many stupid people in D.C. passed and are trying to pass stupid laws saying that exact thing that are bad for this nation, and my kids if I were to have any are my problem, not society.
> It won 70-30, so I doubt it took much prodding.
If its about right or wrong or money, money always wins with government.
Everyone can have it if of legal age, but must be in your medical records.
Reason why is to ensure a legal and medical record of drug use is maintained. Evidence could be used criminal proceedings.
My son has MS, it helps.
I am a member of the NC Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition (RAMP).
I do not object in principle, however, it cannot be like in California or Colorado where kids are getting high because it is legal for use in small quantity.
Both of my sons had some personality problems while using, both reported they struggled in college (current) due to constant use, both are feeling better with clear heads. Both hope to hold jobs in the future that require security clearances.
So yes I object on a second set of grounds that it affects Federal Position requiring background checks - but if you get it prescribed, then let your medical history show that it was at least law abiding.
So, they will now put to use all those trade names for dope that they trademarked back in the 1970s!
What foresight!
Opposite - for decades kids have been getting high despite the illegality of pot, and have been reporting that they can get it more easily than cigarettes or beer, because sellers of illegal products never card for age whereas sellers of legal products usually do (in order to protect their legal access to the adult market).
Does that include the addictive mind-altering drug alcohol?
I am no libertarian, but I do agree that the drug war was largely a bad idea. The war:
1. Was expensive (both to enforce and incarcerate)
2. Didn’t work (in fact, made drugs “cooler”)
3. Made lots of money for really, really bad people who hate America
4. Created militarized police that WILL be abused by tyrants
5. Created the asset-seizure laws are mainly used to steal from hard working people
Druggies ARE losers. But I don’t want to give up my freedom and my money to try (and fail) to protect idiots from themselves.
I object to any supposed "law" passed by the DC "government", since the Constitution reserves laws over DC to Congress, which is granted the authority to legislate "in all cases whatsoever" for that hundred square miles.
That phrase "in all cases whatsoever" had a specific meaning in 1788, deriving as it did from the Declaratory Act of Parliament (1766). Patrick Henry himself proclaimed that such a power "to legislate in all cases whatsoever" could only belong to God.
In any event, the existence of a legislative body other than Congress to pass laws for DC is repugnant to the Constitution.
This,
These reasons are what I tell people and hell, my much more closer to the right friends say the same thing and because of the so called war on drugs which has been a failure we have more government in our lives, no-knock warrants that have increased in the thousands over the years, and asset-seizure laws that are assinine. I am not pro-pot completely, and I do agree with with keeping coke, meth and the like Illegal, but I think it is time for an honest debate on if MJ should be legalized or not, and if it should be legalized it should be treated like alcohol, no if’s or but’s about it.
Just my honest two cents.
Did you object to the DC law it replaced, which made those criminal offenses?
No, I don't care whether marijuana is legal or not, so I regard bans (or legalizations) as a local matter well within the scope of State or local legislative bodies.
I DO object strongly to so-called "medical" marijuana laws, but that's a different subject.
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