This can't be true..

[user 1190]

Only way I would support legalizing weed would require to to turn In your drivers license in exchange for the right to smoke weed. There is no way to test how high someone is when driving and already have the problem of prosecuting DUI on weed whe they are legally allowed to smoke it. It easy now for tye most part, your high on an illegal substance and driving DUI end of story.

 

[Adolfo]

Only way I would support legalizing weed would require to to turn In your drivers license in exchange for the right to smoke weed. There is no way to test how high someone is when driving and already have the problem of prosecuting DUI on weed whe they are legally allowed to smoke it. It easy now for tye most part, your high on an illegal substance and driving DUI end of story.

agreed...it's a complicated issue

 

[hairlesswookiee]

Only way I would support legalizing weed would require to to turn In your drivers license in exchange for the right to smoke weed. There is no way to test how high someone is when driving and already have the problem of prosecuting DUI on weed whe they are legally allowed to smoke it. It easy now for tye most part, your high on an illegal substance and driving DUI end of story.

Agreed. If this goes through I'll just start the ticker until the first lawsuit because Publix/WalMart/Company X keeps their "No Drug Policy."

 

[user 1190]

Agreed. If this goes through I'll just start the ticker until the first lawsuit because Publix/WalMart/Company X keeps their "No Drug Policy."

I don't see how your can sue over that. It's not discrimination of something out of your control, it's a choice you make. If someone try's to get a job and a Degree is required can you sue the company if you don't have one?

 

[DPrime]

I hear that the government is the biggest importer and uses the proceeds to fund black ops and probably just to make money for anything. If drugs were illegal, there wouldn't be as much money for the U.S. government to make.
Keeping it illegal keeps the profits up. Import drugs secretly to sell for big money and then eliminate the competition because it's illegal. That's capitalism.

Oh, you "heard" that, did you?

Many drugs have remained illegal for far longer than they should have. I think that, like issues of same-sex partnerships (marriage, employment benefits, etc.), these issues are bound to have more and more major changes in law as we move forward. Society has moved on, while the laws are still living in the 1950s.

Nice to see some sanity among the crazy.

Only way I would support legalizing weed would require to to turn In your drivers license in exchange for the right to smoke weed. There is no way to test how high someone is when driving and already have the problem of prosecuting DUI on weed whe they are legally allowed to smoke it. It easy now for tye most part, your high on an illegal substance and driving DUI end of story.

Interesting idea, but ultimately unenforceable. Sure, you'll catch a few, I suppose, and then what? Throw them in jail?

The vast majority will just get weed anyway and drive when they're sober, and remain uncaught.

Agreed. If this goes through I'll just start the ticker until the first lawsuit because Publix/WalMart/Company X keeps their "No Drug Policy."

Well, to be fair, I think you'd need marijuana to remain sane as a Walmart employee... and high to apply for a job there in the first place.

It's a vicious circle.

 

[karamazov80]

Well, to be fair, I think you'd need marijuana to remain sane as a Walmart employee... and high to apply for a job there in the first place.

It's a vicious circle.

LOL, very true. If Wal-Mart strictly enforced that policy I'm sure they would run out of workers pretty quickly.

 

[Jen]

It's legal in Washington state...though I do not think they have figured out the specifics yet.

 

[Blackthornone]

Oh, you "heard" that, did you?

They did it in the Vietnam conflict with Air America. What makes you think they would ever stop? The profit is too attractive. I'm sure there were plenty of people who would have rolled their eyes if you said that the U.S. was running illegal drugs during the Vietnam conflict, and yet, they did. The movie Air America with Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. was based on a true story. Excellent movie, btw. Entertaining.

I heard they imported them onto U.S. Air Force bases in Arkansas when Clinton was Governor, for example. It was proven they did it once, so you know they will do it again.

 

[DPrime]

They did it in the Vietnam conflict with Air America. What makes you think they would ever stop? The profit is too attractive. I'm sure there were plenty of people who would have rolled their eyes if you said that the U.S. was running illegal drugs during the Vietnam conflict, and yet, they did. The movie Air America with Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr. was based on a true story. Excellent movie, btw. Entertaining.

I heard they imported them onto U.S. Air Force bases in Arkansas when Clinton was Governor, for example. It was proven they did it once, so you know they will do it again.

A LOT of policy, training, and pretty much anything and everything to do with the military has changed since Vietnam.

What makes me think it's not going on? Oh, how about I happen to be a military officer with operational experience in Afghanistan, so I do know a BIT of what I speak. What you "hear" of on the interwebz or whatever is part of my job.

And for that matter, given the US military budget, spec ops organizations - once widely considered as the black sheep of the US military - have PLENTY of funding, and that's only increased in the last decade. They don't need to resort to such high-risk endeavours for a few extra bucks.

 

[karamazov80]

DPrime, it was in a movie, and is therefore true. I'm sorry, but you're just gonna have to defer to the experts on this one.

 

[BadMoon]

I think Chuck Norris should just kill everyone and remain the sole proprietor of the Earth. There I said it.

 

[Blackthornone]

A LOT of policy, training, and pretty much anything and everything to do with the military has changed since Vietnam.

What makes me think it's not going on? Oh, how about I happen to be a military officer with operational experience in Afghanistan, so I do know a BIT of what I speak. What you "hear" of on the interwebz or whatever is part of my job.

And for that matter, given the US military budget, spec ops organizations - once widely considered as the black sheep of the US military - have PLENTY of funding, and that's only increased in the last decade. They don't need to resort to such high-risk endeavours for a few extra bucks.

Unless you work for the CIA with enough clearance, I'm not entirely sure you can be certain that it isn't happening. My impression is not that the whole US military is involved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking

 

[cokebabies]

I never go to that place. Nothing really there. The TRU isn't as good as the Liquidators that was there years ago.

I suppose outlet malls are good to pick up some staples like pants or whatever, but I've never seen the big deal.

When I lived on Long Island, in like 2007 they were opening an outlet mall out east, and people were salivating for its opening. I didn't get it.

 

[cokebabies]

It's legal in Washington state...though I do not think they have figured out the specifics yet.

Yeah, same here. Although CP mentioned it's not legal in Douglas County, but I didn't know it could be decided on a county by county basis.

But it's still illegal federally, so I don't have any idea how that all works on a day-to-day legality basis. It doesn't effect me either way, since I don't use.

But as far as legality goes, since I moved here, authorities have been extremely lax with it. When I went to 311 at Red Rocks, they were checking people at the entrance. Someone a few people in front of me had a bowl, a lighter, other paraphernalia, and stunk of pot. So what got confiscated? A bottle of water.

 

[FLOSI]

So when can I buy a pack of J's at my corner store?

 

[DPrime]

DPrime, it was in a movie, and is therefore true. I'm sorry, but you're just gonna have to defer to the experts on this one.

lol, and a Mel Gibson one at that.

Well, pre-crazy Gibson... or was it?

Unless you work for the CIA with enough clearance, I'm not entirely sure you can be certain that it isn't happening. My impression is not that the whole US military is involved.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegations_of_CIA_drug_trafficking

You might be surprised.

Anyway, point is - you have ZERO experience on stuff like this, nor does your source, I suspect. I at least have SOME, and while there are definitely some interesting things going on in this world that you're not privy to, mere speculation - with zero evidence other than a "it COULD happen" mindset - is not sufficient reason to come to a conclusion on such things.

 

[cokebabies]

The government is the reason Bonkers are no longer sold.

 

[Pork Chop Express]

The high lasts a LOT longer with alcohol.

Not to mention there's no increase in aggression with marijuana.

Sure, the issue is complicated but it's nothing we can't handle. Better than incarcerating everyone and making the problem worse.

Could not agree more with all 3 statements.
The rational argument for legalization is much stronger than imagined fears of society falling if it happens. People abuse alcohol and prescription drugs EVERY DAY, we're sill here people.

 

[DPrime]

Could not agree more with all 3 statements.
The rational argument for legalization is much stronger than imagined fears of society falling if it happens. People abuse alcohol and prescription drugs EVERY DAY, we're sill here people.

People love a good apocalypse/society breaking down/armageddon story/theory, though... must be some weird psychological attraction to it. Heck, I love it myself, in the form of entertainment.

Problem is, many seem quite ready to apply it as some kind of argument against change (which is inevitable), e.g. gay marriage, legalizing pot, etc.

BTW, I love Big Trouble in Little China.

 

[Pork Chop Express]

BTW, I love Big Trouble in Little China.

The finest American movie ever made. .