Pro-marijuana TV ads push legalizing and taxing pot as California budget fix

Preston2 wrote:

You know, one of the best things about pot is how resistent to inflation is it.
I used to buy $100 ounces back in high school 25 years ago, and I just bought a $100 oz. 3 days ago.
If it's legalized and taxed, the price will rise and the quality will drop.
So while it would be mindblowing to be able to blaze up in public, I'm still sort of happy with things they way they are. As long as you're responsible and cautious, you have nothing to fear from law enforcement.

Not so ... the reports are the pot the government grew to conduct their studies in the 60s was the best the pot heads ever had....
Hemp is a great cash product ... with many uses ... if we would just cultivate it, instead of trying to eradicate it. It was grown heavily in colonial days ... and during WWII ... The hemp planted in the war years is so resiliant, they are still trying to keep it from flourishing.

oakgrove wrote:

Absenth was banned because wine companies could sell their wine, so they made absenth seem evil. The lumber companies did the same to weed. You are right.<quoted text>

It is still legal in Amsterdam. It is illegal because it is made with wormwood and is a a hallucinogenic. Has a nice licorice taste. Still it probably isn't more dangerous than tequila :-D
I think they haven't made weed legal yet because they can't keep you from growing your own.(no tax money) They don't call it "weed" for nothing :-)

Preston2 wrote:

You know, one of the best things about pot is how resistent to inflation is it.
I used to buy $100 ounces back in high school 25 years ago, and I just bought a $100 oz. 3 days ago.
If it's legalized and taxed, the price will rise and the quality will drop.
So while it would be mindblowing to be able to blaze up in public, I'm still sort of happy with things they way they are. As long as you're responsible and cautious, you have nothing to fear from law enforcement.

Dirt weed? Yeah, your right the prices hasn't changed that much but the new strains and variations have change tremendously and is like $130 for an eighth. Nothing wrong with dirt weed, though :-)

TomSawyer65 wrote:

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It is still legal in Amsterdam. It is illegal because it is made with wormwood and is a a hallucinogenic. Has a nice licorice taste. Still it probably isn't more dangerous than tequila :-D
I think they haven't made weed legal yet because they can't keep you from growing your own.(no tax money) They don't call it "weed" for nothing :-)

It is legal in the US. Check the liquor store. St. George Absinthe is one brand I'm aware of.

Donna Atlanta GA wrote:

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It is legal in the US. Check the liquor store. St. George Absinthe is one brand I'm aware of.

It is a faux Absinthe. Tastes like the original but isn't made with worm wood. I have inquired already :-)

Glasnos wrote:

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Not so ... the reports are the pot the government grew to conduct their studies in the 60s was the best the pot heads ever had....

Sure, the gubmint used the most potent weed they could for those "studies" because they wanted the results to show how much pot impaired people.

Most of the stuff everyday people smoke isn't that strong.

Glasnos wrote:

Hemp is a great cash product ... with many uses ... if we would just cultivate it, instead of trying to eradicate it. It was grown heavily in colonial days ... and during WWII ... The hemp planted in the war years is so resiliant, they are still trying to keep it from flourishing.

Hemp is also more versatile than any other major cash crop, excapt maybe for corn. Paper, clothing, food, fuel, it's a miracle plant.

TomSawyer65 wrote:

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It is a faux Absinthe. Tastes like the original but isn't made with worm wood. I have inquired already :-)

Then there's this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_ (Absinthe)

Lucid Absinthe Supérieure is a traditional, French-made absinthe verte (green absinthe), whose formula was first approved in 2006 after being developed by Ted (T.A.) Breaux. It was granted a COLA (Certificate of Label Approval) in the United States on March 5, 2007, making it the first genuine absinthe to gain approval for legal distribution in the U.S. since 1912.

david wrote:

They should give our democrat legislators free bongs. Maybe then they could balance the budget.

No doubt

I doubt it will take care of their financial problems but I am glad to see them try to do it. I am tired of the violence caused by the money. Drugs don't cause violence money does. Those drug cartels don't fight over the drugs they fight over the money. If people can legally get their own pot then that is that much more drug money which can't be fought over. It is not like the war on drugs works anyway, the will smoke it anyway.

Tax and Regulate!

Retire the drug warriors, we have much more important things to be fighting.

The U.S. houses more prisoners then any other country in the world, mosty due to the "War on Drugs". Most for non-violent drug crimes.

Society doesn't need to police what we put in our bodies, our parents do, they ARE the gateway.

Allowing marijuana to remain illegal only provides easier ways for our children to have access to it. And guess what else the street dealer is trying to sell to our kids......?
Gang Life, Meth, Heroin, Perscription Pills and the list goes on.

Stop this insanity America, it's no wonder we aren't the leaders of the free world anymore.

420 time, light up California! Opps it's 4:20pm eastern time.

TomSawyer65 wrote:

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Dirt weed? Yeah, your right the prices hasn't changed that much but the new strains and variations have change tremendously and is like $130 for an eighth. Nothing wrong with dirt weed, though :-)

Not dirt weed, basically compressed home grown, couple of stems, no seeds. The stuff you call dirt weed we called 'commercial' and dealers couldn't give it away.

And yeah, there's always the hydroponic stuff for special occasions, but when I smoke before work I prefer to be functional, not zombified.:-)

Preston2 wrote:

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Then there's this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucid_ (Absinthe)
Lucid Absinthe Supérieure is a traditional, French-made absinthe verte (green absinthe), whose formula was first approved in 2006 after being developed by Ted (T.A.) Breaux. It was granted a COLA (Certificate of Label Approval) in the United States on March 5, 2007, making it the first genuine absinthe to gain approval for legal distribution in the U.S. since 1912.

Every liquor store owner I have talked to says it is not the same formula. However, I will heed your knowledge and go get me a bottle!:-) Thanks! I will let you know how it turns out!:-)

Preston2 wrote:

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Not dirt weed, basically compressed home grown, couple of stems, no seeds. The stuff you call dirt weed we called 'commercial' and dealers couldn't give it away.
And yeah, there's always the hydroponic stuff for special occasions, but when I smoke before work I prefer to be functional, not zombified.:-)

I hear you :-) I wasn't saying homegrown (dirt weed) is bad. It just isn't as easy to come by because the money is in the hydroponic so that what most people sell. I do not like the zombie feeling, at all :-) More than a nice buzz is a waste :-)

TomSawyer65 wrote:

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I hear you :-) I wasn't saying homegrown (dirt weed) is bad. It just isn't as easy to come by because the money is in the hydroponic so that what most people sell. I do not like the zombie feeling, at all :-) More than a nice buzz is a waste :-)

Sorry I got a bit defensive, but you don't insult a man's stash!:-)

I don't know the score in Pensacola, but there's plenty of everything down here in Miami. Back in the day, when 5 of us had to pool our money just for a quarter, we settled for whatever we could afford, from whichever guy was willing to take a handful of grubby singles from some stupid kids. But now I have freedom of choice!

And that's kinda why the idea of legalization, and government control over the product that would come with it, bothers me a bit because I know the quality just won't be there.

And hand rolling will become a lost art.:-)

TomSawyer65 wrote:

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Every liquor store owner I have talked to says it is not the same formula. However, I will heed your knowledge and go get me a bottle!:-) Thanks! I will let you know how it turns out!:-)

Cool. Let us know if you hallucinate!

"They call them fingers, but I've never seen them fing." - Otto, "The Simpsons" bus driver, stoned out of his mind and staring at his hand.

Preston2 wrote:

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Sorry I got a bit defensive, but you don't insult a man's stash!:-)
I don't know the score in Pensacola, but there's plenty of everything down here in Miami. Back in the day, when 5 of us had to pool our money just for a quarter, we settled for whatever we could afford, from whichever guy was willing to take a handful of grubby singles from some stupid kids. But now I have freedom of choice!
And that's kinda why the idea of legalization, and government control over the product that would come with it, bothers me a bit because I know the quality just won't be there.
And hand rolling will become a lost art.:-)

There is a plethora of choices in P-Cola. It will be a few years before I move back there. I am in SC now and for lack of connections I have only one source. Unless I grow myself.

No need to get defensive with me. I would never throw off on a man's stash :-)

Preston2 wrote:

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And hand rolling will become a lost art.:-)

It was always lost on me :-) Being a girl, there was always someone around willing to roll :-)

Preston2 wrote:

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Cool. Let us know if you hallucinate!
"They call them fingers, but I've never seen them fing." - Otto, "The Simpsons" bus driver, stoned out of his mind and staring at his hand.

I will let you know! My girls are going to be gone next week; the perfect time to try something new! I will get back to you :-)

I have had one glass of the original Absinthe. One of my friends brought back a bottle Amsterdam. I didn't have enough to feel it.:-(

TomSawyer65 wrote:

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It was always lost on me :-) Being a girl, there was always someone around willing to roll :-)

LOL

Chivalry is not dead!