Phanerothyme Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 The people of Colorado have supported the signing into law of new legislation design to govern the production, sale and consumption of herbal cannabis. Colorado's governor signed six marijuana regulatory bills into law Tuesday while the state awaits a federal response to recreational pot legalization. The new laws seek to regulate the newly legal drug and keep it away from children, without being so strict that weed stays in the black market. Some highlights from Colorado's new green laws: YOU CAN COME BUY IT, BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE IT HOME THE POT BUSINESS ISN'T OPEN FOR BUSINESS, YET THE CAMERAS BETTER BE ROLLING WHEN YOU GROW IT NOT EVERY TOWN WILL SELL IT MARIJUANA CLUBS AREN'T SAFE KIDS GET NEW PROTECTIONS DON'T SMOKE AND DRIVE More here - http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2021074912_apuslegalizingmarijuanaglance.html It's still against federal law, we shall see how it goes... nice to see our cousins sailing in the right direction here and there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chem1st Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I started a thread yesterday about supporting our local farmers but it was removed. Colorado seems to be a much more forward thinking place. We need to start looking at how to manage and regulate the cannabis trade, and use some of the profits it generates for the common good. The more trade in South Yorkshire the better, it provides much needed jobs and economic activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfish1936 Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Legal tobacco and alcohol cause personal and socia; problems. Governments aretrying to reduce usage by controlling advertising, etc. Is it wise to add another to the "legal" list? I know it's anecdotal, but I have seen some apparently fine young people deteriorate after use of alcohol and/or cannabis, and of course, the respiratory wrecks from heavy smoking. BTW, don't fear lung cancer; everybody feels sorry for you, and you are soon dead. Fear emphysema, which plays cat-and-mouse for ten years or more before a miserable end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_Sleeps Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Legal tobacco and alcohol cause personal and socia; problems. Governments aretrying to reduce usage by controlling advertising, etc. Is it wise to add another to the "legal" list? Never understood this daft argument. A and B are legal. A and B cause harm. Thus C should be illegal. Silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geared Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 For a place full of crazy gun nuts and hillbillies they do make some interesting choices. It's a good way to get a bunch of people into work, lots of new shops/cafe's will open and anyone with a loft space can grow the stuff so you'll have alot of individuals cultivating it at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewheeldave Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Legal tobacco and alcohol cause personal and socia; problems. Governments aretrying to reduce usage by controlling advertising, etc. Is it wise to add another to the "legal" list? . I think you've hit the nail on the head there- legal tobacco and alcohol do cause personal and social problems (and health ones too, of course). However, the harm caused by legal tobacco and alcohol, is far, far less than the harm caused by illegal (prohibited) alcohol and tobacco. Prohibited alocohol and tobacco, being unregulated, tend to be cut with toxins ('moonshine') and are manufactured/distributed by criminals, with all the extra harm that goes along with that. See recent documentaries on smuggled, unregulated tobacco and the attendant health issues, and, look into what happened to alcohol during American prohibition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 If you want to reduce the harms of cannabis, legislation is obviously the way forward. Washington State is also poised to follow Colorado. What remains to be seen is how the federal government will react - these are not "medical marijuana" laws, they relate purely to recreational use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Hans Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 I think cannabis legalisation will happen within my lifetime. I'm not sure of the forum demographics but I would say that most people on here up to the age of 40 would have an idea of where they could source it if they wanted it. I myself have never smoked it so to me I wouldn't care if it was legalised or not. People want to be inebriated, whether through illegal drugs, legal highs or alcohol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted May 29, 2013 Author Share Posted May 29, 2013 The need to alter ones perception should be more explicit in Maslow's hierarchy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidley Posted May 29, 2013 Share Posted May 29, 2013 Legal tobacco and alcohol cause personal and socia; problems. Governments aretrying to reduce usage by controlling advertising, etc. Is it wise to add another to the "legal" list? I know it's anecdotal, but I have seen some apparently fine young people deteriorate after use of alcohol and/or cannabis, and of course, the respiratory wrecks from heavy smoking. BTW, don't fear lung cancer; everybody feels sorry for you, and you are soon dead. Fear emphysema, which plays cat-and-mouse for ten years or more before a miserable end.[/QUOTE] My Bold Smoking cannabis is only one way of taking it, you dont have to smoke it. So your argument does not stand up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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