420 Policies and Laws

[Premium Parrots]

shotgun. ok but use a pipe.

[Crow]

I'm coming over to Illinois, or Georgia, or wherever on the next available flight, taking a taxi to your place, and I'm going to blow a thick plume of marijuana smoke in your face.

[Premium Parrots]

lmao. sorry I just couldn't help myself. ...

[Crow]

Proof that legalising cannabis works.

Police in Washington divert efforts to other crimes due to cannabis law

Misdemeanor cannabis possession charges dropped dramatically after Washington state voters approved a new cannabis law



A Seattle resident takes cannabis from a plastic bag shortly after a law legalising the recreational use of cannabis took effect on 6. December 2012 in Seattle, Washington.

The number of misdemeanor charges against adults over the age of 21 for cannabis possession have severely dropped in Washington state after voters approved a ballot measure last election that legalized recreational cannabis use.

According to the American Civil Liberties Union, the new cannabis laws have allowed law enforcement officials to spend more time on other criminal offenses instead of cannabis charges.

ACLU’s Washington state chapter found that in 2013, the number of filed misdemeanor cannabis possession charges were 120 cases, which is down from 5,531 cases in 2012.

The state ballot initiative has freed up time for police officers, the ACLU says, and has re-focused the efforts that are typically exerted on misdemeanor cannabis offenses – including basic investigation, paperwork and court time – to other criminal cases per day.

“The data strongly suggests that I-502 has achieved one of its primary goals - to free up limited police and prosecutorial resources,” state ACLU’s criminal justice policy counsel Mark Cooke said in a news release.

“The hope is that could free up scarce limited public safety resources to focus on more pressing needs,” Cooke said.

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[trebli]

Employers can and do test for alcohol. I'm guessing it would be legal to test for marijuana also.

[Thunder_Snus]

If the recreational use of weed is legal, can an employer mandate that it is forbidden for employees and pee test for it?

Yes. I'm not sure why I couldn't think of exactly what you wrote to ask that though.

[Burnsey]

Damn snuson should get in on the copyright game and just start buying up all the weed pun names for pre-rolled joints.

And Trebli it is starting to look that way. Most of the smoker I know feel like they are in internment camps with where they can and can't smoke. Still they refuse to try snus.

How exactly are businesses handling this new rise in marijuana legalization? I know the NBA told the nuggets it was still banned but what about your local bank or insurance company. How does the legalization work with these places? Can they still test you for THC when it is legal to have? What about in a state like here in IL where you can only get it for certain ailments...do you get some kind of weed pass you can show employers?

If the recreational use of weed is legal, can an employer mandate that it is forbidden for employees and pee test for it?

[Thunder_Snus]

Damn snuson should get in on the copyright game and just start buying up all the weed pun names for pre-rolled joints.

And Trebli it is starting to look that way. Most of the smoker I know feel like they are in internment camps with where they can and can't smoke. Still they refuse to try snus.

How exactly are businesses handling this new rise in marijuana legalization? I know the NBA told the nuggets it was still banned but what about your local bank or insurance company. How does the legalization work with these places? Can they still test you for THC when it is legal to have? What about in a state like here in IL where you can only get it for certain ailments...do you get some kind of weed pass you can show employers?

[Andy105]

I'm not sure how accurate or true this is, but I heard long ago that the big cig manufacturers had already copyrighted names for ready rolled...just in case.....

Pastry companies should get involved too, for non-smokers. "Hostess HoHoHos"!

[trebli]

So Crow. Let's say in the entire U.S marijuana becomes legal. Will there just be dispensaries everywhere or would we start seeing companies like marlboro and camel selling packs of joints at the gas station?

About 30 years ago, a co-worker of mine said, "Someday in the future marijuana will be praised and tobacco will be condemned. Marijuana will be legal and tobacco will be illegal. People caught with tobacco will go to prison."

I laughed at his joke. But now I'm beginning to wonder if he was joking.

[Burnsey]

So Crow. Let's say in the entire U.S marijuana becomes legal. Will there just be dispensaries everywhere or would we start seeing companies like marlboro and camel selling packs of joints at the gas station?

I'm not sure how accurate or true this is, but I heard long ago that the big cig manufacturers had already copyrighted names for ready rolled...just in case.....

[Thunder_Snus]

So Crow. Let's say in the entire U.S marijuana becomes legal. Will there just be dispensaries everywhere or would we start seeing companies like marlboro and camel selling packs of joints at the gas station?

[Crow]

US Federal Government Signs Off On Study Using Cannabis To Treat Veterans' PTSD

BY MATTHEW PERRONE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The federal government has signed off on a long-delayed study looking at marijuana as a treatment for veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, a development that drug researchers are hailing as a major shift in U.S. policy.

The Department of Health and Human Services' decision surprised marijuana advocates who have struggled for decades to secure federal approval for research into the drug's medical uses.

The proposal from the University of Arizona was long ago cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, but researchers had been unable to purchase marijuana from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. The agency's Mississippi research farm is the only federally-sanctioned source of the drug.

In a letter last week, HHS cleared the purchase of medical marijuana by the studies' chief financial backer, the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies, which supports medical research and legalization of marijuana and other drugs.

"MAPS has been working for over 22 years to start marijuana drug development research, and this is the first time we've been granted permission to purchase marijuana from NIDA," the Boston-based group said in a statement. The federal government has never before approved medical research involving smoked or vaporized marijuana, according to MAPS.

A spokesman for the group said organizers have called off a protest over the stalled study that was planned for later this year.

While more than 1 million Americans currently take medical marijuana — usually for chronic pain — rigorous medical research into the drug's effects has been limited, in part due to federal restrictions.

Marijuana remains a Schedule I substance under the federal government's Controlled Substance Act. That means the drug is considered a high-risk for abuse with no accepted medical applications.

In the past NIDA has focused its research on the risks of drug abuse and addiction, turning away researchers interested in studying the potential benefits of illegal substances.

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[Burnsey]

Weed 2........ on CNN tonight......10 ET, probably 10 PT

[Thunder_Snus]

Stay away from K2, Spice, and the like. Those synthetics (JWH-### and others) are some nasty stuff..... You won't tweak out on the natural cannabis.

Your state is the most recent state to legalise medical cannabis (welcome #20 ). The law took effect on 1 January, and the state allows for 22 licenced cultivation centres, and up to 60 licenced dispensaries [however, the entire system is still being propped up].

Doctors and dispensaries should start sprouting up any day now. I would check web sites like WeedMaps now and then to see if dispensaries pop up in your state.

You also might want to check out your local Craigslist for '420' or 'mmj'. I checked Chicago's, and I've already found some interesting results.

But as you said, you know some cool dudes. Just be direct. "Hey, do you guys know where I can get some green around here?"........... or summit like that. They should hook you up.

Best of luck mate!

So what kind of medical condition would I have to suffer form in order to qualify? I understand medicinal but never really the specifics.
Would it be against the rules to ask to just buy some directly from them? It would most likely be on occasions so I wouldn't really want to go through the struggle of meeting some random dude to buy weed.