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General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: Rman on October 28, 2009, 03:33:13 AM

Title: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Rman on October 28, 2009, 03:33:13 AM: Quote from: Rman on October 28, 2009, 03:33:13 AM
By JESSE McKINLEY
SAN FRANCISCO — These are heady times for advocates of legalized marijuana in California — and only in small part because of the newly relaxed approach of the federal government toward medical marijuana.

State lawmakers are holding a hearing on Wednesday on the effects of a bill that would legalize, tax and regulate the drug — in what would be the first such law in the United States. Tax officials estimate the legislation could bring the struggling state about $1.4 billion a year, and though the bill’s fate in the Legislature is uncertain, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican, has indicated he would be open to a “robust debate” on the issue.
http://bit.ly/2vLuJA
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Rman on October 28, 2009, 03:34:33 AM: .
Title: Re: California pushing to legalize Marijuana
Post by: Diunx on October 28, 2009, 03:36:08 AM: :american
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Rman on October 28, 2009, 03:57:15 AM: Yep. Valiant effort, though.
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: twerd on October 28, 2009, 05:17:41 AM: heady times :teehee

californian smokers won't get the pun tho.
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: chronovore on October 28, 2009, 09:30:22 AM: Quote from: The Business on October 28, 2009, 03:37:13 AM
Article 6, clause 2. :bawl

This means... what? That controlled substances are a federal issue and not a state one?
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Tauntaun on October 28, 2009, 12:05:18 PM: Quote from: The Business on October 28, 2009, 11:30:01 AM
It's the supremacy clause in the constitution. It means that federal law supersedes state law. So in this case, yes.

Oh I'm sorry, I thought this was America!

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Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Third on October 28, 2009, 12:12:53 PM: I rarely smoke weed now. But weed being illegal really confuses me. The drug isn't bad if you smoke it from time to time.

The drug should be legal. Legal drugs like coffee, cigarettes, sugar etc are more dangerous than weed.
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Saint Cornelius on October 28, 2009, 12:59:05 PM: Quote from: twerd on October 28, 2009, 05:17:41 AM
californian smokers won't get the pun tho.

what happens when you assume, twerd?
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: ManaByte on October 28, 2009, 04:33:00 PM: You want to know how fucking stupid the stoners are in CA? There are TWO IDENTICAL ballot measures to legalize pot and they are named "Legalize, Regulate, and Tax Marijuana" and "Legalize Marijuana and Allow It to Be Regulated and Taxed".

They are the EXACT SAME FUCKING THING. You'd think they'd, you know, talk to each other before putting two identical measures on the ballot to confuse people.
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: OptimoPeach on October 28, 2009, 04:46:14 PM: Quote
In a memorandum on Oct. 19 outlining the medical marijuana guidelines, Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden said marijuana was “a dangerous drug, and the illegal distribution and sale of marijuana is a serious crime,”
:rofl

Quote from: ManaByte on October 28, 2009, 04:33:00 PM
You want to know how fucking stupid the stoners are in CA? There are TWO IDENTICAL ballot measures to legalize pot and they are named "Legalize, Regulate, and Tax Marijuana" and "Legalize Marijuana and Allow It to Be Regulated and Taxed".

They are the EXACT SAME FUCKING THING. You'd think they'd, you know, talk to each other before putting two identical measures on the ballot to confuse people.

They aren't identical. For starters, one would allow state taxation and the other (most likely to end up on the ballot) would only allow taxation by cities and counties.
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Mandark on October 28, 2009, 04:47:19 PM: How unsurprising is it that Manabyte's a bitter, uninformed conservative? *spreads hands apart* About this much, I'd say.
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Saint Cornelius on October 28, 2009, 05:03:01 PM: Quote from: ManaByte on October 28, 2009, 04:33:00 PM
You'd think they'd, you know, talk to each other before putting two identical measures on the ballot to confuse people.

That's just, like, your opinion, man
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 28, 2009, 05:05:37 PM: I'm surprised that anything with the word tax in it even has to be voted on in california.
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 28, 2009, 05:13:10 PM: Annihilated.

ManaByte needs to stick to what he knows: shitty sci-fi nobody cares about, attempting suicide, pretending to be an insider in the film industry, and Disney
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Mandark on October 28, 2009, 05:13:53 PM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on October 28, 2009, 05:05:37 PM
I'm surprised that anything with the word tax in it even has to be voted on in california.

You really have no clue, do you?

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Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Diunx on October 28, 2009, 09:49:33 PM: Quote from: T EXP on October 28, 2009, 05:13:10 PM
Annihilated.

ManaByte needs to stick to what he knows: shitty sci-fi nobody cares about, attempting suicide, pretending to be an insider in the film industry, and Disney

He is still alive so he is indeed very good at attempting things.
Title: Re: California pushing to legalize Marijuana
Post by: lordmaji on October 29, 2009, 10:56:10 AM: Quote from: Diunx on October 28, 2009, 03:36:08 AM
:american

:american :american :american :american :american :american

Hopefully we can eventually get there. We'll have our beer and our weed and life will be good. :P
Title: Re: Push to Legalize Marijuana Gains Ground in California
Post by: Barry Egan on October 29, 2009, 11:58:13 AM: shut the fuck up, manabyte