SongCraft
Isn't it peculiar that numb (very cold, long winters) states legalizes pot, whereas other states that have long hot summers are extremely reluctant to legalize pot.
 
Oh well, at least there are some states with good humanitarian values that respect the right for patients to live a better quality of life, to have options i.e. 'out-patient' pain management / cancer treatment, these patients will be relieved, they will also be at home mostly spending quality time with their family, its great for them and the economy!
 
 

A lot of people think Washington is a cold state because we are so close to Canada. We actually have very mild weather in comparison to most states. When we get snow here everything shuts down because they are simply not used to it. I grew up in the north east and winters were so much colder there.  

Mesh

batsbrew
our governor says that MEDICAL marijuana use, will lead to recreational use.
 
 
LOL
 
poor patients.....

Doesn't everyone have glaucoma now?....or at least thought about getting it?

Trust me when i say glaucoma is close second to cancer in terms of conditions eligible for medical marijuana that you don't  want. Marijuana does decrease onocular pressure but the effect is so temporary  that one woukd have to stay stoned beyond normal fucntionality around the clock for it to an effective treatment. Just do like the potheads here and describe some nebulous non-specific pain and somebody will give you a card!.

Mesh

craigb
I live and work in two of the states where weed is legal, but I don't smoke. Still waiting for my favorite mushrooms to become legal... 
 
(Yes, I know it will never happen.)

Just grow em...
 

 
Hmm...  First I'll need a cow...
 
 

Dub, I was referring to the OP with all due respect, in regards to Alaska and Louisiana.
 
 
 

describe some nebulous non-specific pain and somebody will give you a card
ok got that, Is there anything else?

craigb

Mesh

craigb
I live and work in two of the states where weed is legal, but I don't smoke. Still waiting for my favorite mushrooms to become legal... 
 
(Yes, I know it will never happen.)

Just grow em...
 

 
Hmm...  First I'll need a cow...
 
 

Sorry craigb (ITYRN) I'm busy for the next few weeks.

The whole "medical" thing is dumb, IMO. It may indeed be good medicine but I think Colorado got it right, but I'm sure there are things I do not know.  
Just legalize it or don't. In GA they want to legalize some sort of pill with a maximum of 5% active and only for a few "medical" needs. We sure do surrender a lot of freedom to try to protect people who don't want to be protected and frankly.. won't be protected. Apparently it really helps some people with seizures and other things but I think most people just want to get high.  
I think they should completely do away with the "schedule 1" designation. Any and all drugs should be available for researchers (doctors) to use in a studies or treatment. IDK.. I'll just read about it anyway, the days of me taking anything other than medicine are over, then again yesterday is a new day!
Decisions by government should not be based on fear or hysteria. My decisions... well that is another matter, lol.
 
There are so many sides to an issue like this, it isn't just yes or no, legal or illegal. Abusers are going to abuse. Would it be better for abusers to be able to get what they want from doctors or is it better the way it is, from drug cartels? There is the "law of unintended circumstances" that ALWAYS comes into play when anything is made legal or illegal. I just don't know what the best thing is. I DO know that our jails shouldn't have any non-violent drug users in them.
I really don't have the answer. I did when I was younger but I don't anymore.

Although I don't do the wacky-tobacky stuff, I would think it's safer to make this a legal drug rather than alcohol (which I do induldge in). Of course, this is just my opinion and I'm "guesstimating" that people will tend to drive less recklessly on pot than they would on alcohol........thus, less fatalities.
 
I would imagine most will be driving much slower than the posted speed limit. Actually, I would go as far as saying that most "users" would rather stay in one place rather than get behind the wheel.
 
Legalize it mon' - Peter Tosh

 
 
 

 

bayoubill
describe some nebulous non-specific pain and somebody will give you a card
ok got that, Is there anything else?

The else is the flipside of legalization ...at least how it has been implemented in WA.  Many pro-legalization groups were against the law because it was poorly written and a case of right-wing elements of our state government trying to get the income legalization brings without changing much. As of now cost is now pretty much double what it was before legalization resulting in:
 
1)Technically illegal trade of the substance being as strong as ever
2)Standoffs between potential recreational vendors and local city councils who still fear federal reprisal
3) Medical distribution facilities still being better option because they are cheaper and have better product
 
Tourists and people who did not indulge before it became legal seem to be the primary users of the authorized recreational vendors.  In WA laws were already in place that made simple posession on par with jaywalking so not much has changed. 
 
 

So when will Alaska legalize Kettle?