running for office! Who's with me?

3/24/2010 3:04:02 PM

go away

3/24/2010 3:04:39 PM

or post NSFW pics, like you used to

3/24/2010 3:06:16 PM

D.C.

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" D.C. in The Weed(s) City leaders try to answer questions about legalizing medical marijuana By ANDY SALSMAN Updated 11:50 AM EDT, Wed, Mar 24, 2010 Medical marijuana users in the District may not have to go to a clinic or a doctor’s office to get their dose; they may be able to go into their backyard. D.C. Council is thinking of adding a provision to the new medical marijuana bill that would allow some users to grow plants for their own use. They’d likely be limited to two plants per home. City leaders are still ironing out a number of details about legalized medical marijuana -- a decade-old issue that just recently became relevant. Washingtonians voted to legalize marijuana back in 1998, but it wasn’t until last December that Congress approved D.C.’s 2010 budget. That allowed the District to legalize marijuana. Officials are hoping to base their program on other cities and states. Los Angeles, for example, didn’t impose strict limits on shops at first. “[We don’t want to] follow the mistakes of Los Angeles, which opened the door so wide it was tantamount to legalized pot,” Councilman Phil Mendelson told the Washington Examiner. How users get their pot remains one of the major questions in Washington. Councilman David Catania is proposing five retail-like clinics throughout the city. He wants the shops far away from schools or youth centers. That doesn’t solve other problems, like: Which doctors can prescribe medical marijuana? What conditions would qualify for a medical marijuana prescription? How will pot actually get into the city? Of the 14 states that allow medical marijuana, 13 currently allow so-called "home cultivation." Most states allow people to cultivate five to six plants, said National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws executive director Allen St. Pierre. A couple of D.C. Council committees are taking up the issue this week. The final language of the program could be drawn up as early as next week."

3/24/2010 3:07:26 PM

sweet

DC gets legalized guns and legalized pot within a few years of each other possibly.

3/24/2010 3:08:20 PM

I love you H8R

3/24/2010 3:09:24 PM

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"DC gets legalized guns and legalized pot"

3/24/2010 3:11:15 PM

legalization of pot is pretty low on the list of priorities for this country.... but seeing as how our government is all about low priority issues...

3/24/2010 3:12:04 PM

ICWYDT

3/24/2010 3:13:25 PM

Let's get everyone high so they won't realize how shitty their health care is

3/24/2010 3:17:24 PM

H8R, health care has gotten better.

3/24/2010 3:20:46 PM

k

3/24/2010 3:21:05 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/19/new-medical-marijuana-pol_n_325426.html

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"New Medical Marijuana Policy: Obama Administration Will Not Seek Arrests For People Following State Laws 10/18/09 WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will not seek to arrest medical marijuana users and suppliers as long as they conform to state laws, under new policy guidelines to be sent to federal prosecutors Monday. Two Justice Department officials described the new policy to The Associated Press, saying prosecutors will be told it is not a good use of their time to arrest people who use or provide medical marijuana in strict compliance with state laws. The new policy is a significant departure from the Bush administration, which insisted it would continue to enforce federal anti-pot laws regardless of state codes. Fourteen states allow some use of marijuana for medical purposes: Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington."

It is a step in the right direction, but I expect any broad repeal of anti-marijuana laws will not be passed while any president is in their first term with reelection prospects ahead of them.

3/24/2010 3:28:40 PM

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3/24/2010 3:30:16 PM

pryderi what happened to your old sn?

3/24/2010 3:40:08 PM

^got suspended for disagreeing with the war in Iraq.

3/24/2010 4:04:43 PM

^^^I can tell from your comments from just this year, that while you aren't easily pegged ideologically, you are no fan of the democrats right now, but that doesn't mean that sharing a story about the administration's stance on marijuana in a marijuana legalization thread is drinking the koolaid. And I find your insinuation insulting.

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"bend over democrats....... MASSIVE blow to the dems there is going to be a major issues with the democrats i'm gonna have to go with: "sloppiness by the Democrats" yes the dems are going to lose big in the fall And I cannot agree that Obama got shit done "

3/24/2010 4:09:03 PM

MY POLITICAL PARTY IS ALWAYS RIGHT AND KNOWS WHAT'S BEST MAN SO BACK OFF

3/24/2010 4:15:50 PM

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"^got suspended for disagreeing with the war in Iraq."

ahahahahaha

you got suspended for spraying diarrhea all over the soap box

3/24/2010 7:00:29 PM

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" The smell of pot hung heavy in the air as men with dreadlocks and gray beards contemplated a nightmarish possibility in this legendary region of outlaw marijuana growers: legal weed. If California legalizes marijuana, they say, it will drive down the price of their crop and damage not just their livelihoods but the entire economy along the state's rugged northern coast. "The legalization of marijuana will be the single most devastating economic event in the long boom-and-bust history of Northern California," said Anna Hamilton, 62, a Humboldt County radio host and musician who said her involvement with marijuana has mostly been limited to smoking it for the past 40 years. Local residents are so worried that pot farmers came together with officials in Humboldt County for a standing-room-only meeting Tuesday night where civic leaders, activists and growers brainstormed ideas for dealing with the threat. Among the ideas: turning the vast pot gardens of Humboldt County into a destination for marijuana aficionados, with tours and tastings — a sort of Napa Valley of pot. Many were also enthusiastic about promoting the Humboldt brand of pot. Some discussed forming a cooperative that would enforce high standards for marijuana and stamp the county's finest weed with an official Humboldt seal of approval. Pot growers are nervous because a measure that could make California the first state to legalize marijuana for recreational use could appear on the ballot in November. It appears to have enough signatures. The law, if approved, could have a profound effect on Humboldt County, which has long had a reputation for growing some of the world's best weed. In recent years, law enforcement agents have seized millions of pot plants worth billions of dollars in Humboldt and neighboring counties. And that is believed to be only a fraction of the crop. "We've lived with the name association for 30 or 40 years and considered it an embarrassment," said Mark Lovelace, a Humboldt County supervisor. But if legalization does happen, he said, the Humboldt County name becomes the region's single most important asset. "It's laughable at this point to try to be hush-hush about it," he said. Humboldt County's reputation as a marijuana mecca began in the 1970s. As pot users began to notice a decline in the quality of Mexican weed, refugees from San Francisco's Summer of Love who moved to the forested mountains along California's conveniently remote North Coast began figuring out better ways to grow their own. The Humboldt name soon became a selling point for marijuana sold on street corners across the country. These days, the small towns in this region about five hours north of San Francisco are dotted with head shops and garden supply stores. California is one of 14 states that allow people to grow and use marijuana for medical purposes, but recreational use remains illegal. (And will remain illegal under federal law, regardless of how California votes.) For decades, the outlaws, rebels and aging hippies of Humboldt County have been hoping for legalization. But now that it appears at hand, many clandestine growers fear it will flood the market with cheap, corporate-grown weed and destroy their way of life. About 20 pot growers gathered on a patio outside the meeting Tuesday to discuss the dilemma posed by legalized pot. Many wore baseball caps and jeans, just like farmers anywhere else in America. No one addressed anyone else by name, a local custom driven by fear of arrest, but that didn't stop some in the group from lighting up their crop. Many complained that legalization would put them in the same bind as other small farmers struggling to compete against large-scale agribusinesses. A dreadlocked younger grower who said he had already been to prison for marijuana objected that no one could replicate the quality of the region's weed. When he was a kid, he said, "Humboldt nuggets — that was like the holy grail." "Anyone can grow marijuana," he said. "But not everyone can grow the super-heavies, the holy bud." Under the ballot measure, Californians could possess up to one ounce of marijuana for personal use. They could cultivate gardens up to 25 square feet, which is puny by Humboldt County standards. City and county governments would have the power to tax pot sales. Some growers Tuesday fantasized about mobs of tourists in limos streaming to the county. Others were not thrilled with the idea of paying taxes on their crop. Many agreed with the sentiment on a sticker plastered on a pizza joint's cash register: "Save Humboldt County — keep pot illegal.""

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gWxTA5_tagmDkwFJ58QYCVYFB0qAD9EL8PV01

3/24/2010 8:31:12 PM

NC HB 1380 and 1383 have been stalled since the fall I think? anyone know if thats right?

3/24/2010 8:57:32 PM

one down, 59 minutes to go.

3/24/2010 9:55:25 PM

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"or post NSFW pics, like you used to"

ehehe, that was my first thought, too, lol

3/24/2010 9:57:07 PM

3/25/2010 11:44:25 PM

lol why did you waste money on premie for a name you aren't using


and I want weed so bad it hurts

8/2/2010 12:27:20 AM