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Same here, grew up working class poor! With barely anything...
NEWS Legalization is Closer Than We Think, Hopefully
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Only privilege Trump had was GREEN privilege! LOL!
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Yeah , money may be the root of all evil, but it does go a long way in this world
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2020 looks to be very memorable in MORE ways than one. A few States will vote this November and then we have the House looking to vote on the MORE Act this month, September. Legalization is One Day closer my brothers and sisters!
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I dont really care much if it's legal or not, I mean it'd be nice I guess if they finally got there heads out of there asses but I'm not counting on them too. Lol. I live in Michigan tho. I'm legal to grow 12 plants for personal either way. That's plenty for me as a personal indoor home grower. The government cant agree on shit most of the time. Lol bunch of idiots.
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I'm jumping into this thread having just read up, a political ostrich (head in the fucking sand), and a little buzzed, but the last couple years have made me a believer that we might be on our way in the US towards legalization. It might take a while longer, but the fact that we're over half decriminalized on a state-by-state basis is pretty incredible. There are some states on that list that I never would've expected, too.
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Educational funding? LOL. We all saw what happened with the lottery money. Weed tax for school is an awful idea, they will implement the same scheme they did with lottery monies. One of the biggest lies told by states to their citizens was that lottery money would help fund schools...
Edit: let me clarify so there's no confusion..
State officials pushed lottery as being "ok" to the bible belts midwest and inner cities by claiming it would help fund schools. This was important because they had to sell the idea to different types of constituents. Bible belt and midwest said gambling was a sin - but if it funds schools they were ok with it. Inner cities were concerned about gambling addiction and how the poor statistically gambling more than the rich. Inner cities felt it could hit minorities hard and would keep them in poverty [pardon my non pc language, but that's how they talked about it in the 80s and 90s]. But inner city school funding has historically been TRASH and underfunded. This sold it.
How it actually works: let's say you luve in Illinois. The state will take money for schools and assign it an amount in the budget. Let's say your local district is due to receive 3m in state funding, Grants, etc. The lottery was suppose to MATCH that amount. So the school district should get 6m. What actually happens: budget is the law for governments. So if it was budgeted 3m that's all it can get....crazy right?[thank Jimmy Carter for base-line budgeting, ugh!] So what happens is the state, after it gives the district 3m then takes it away - to be replaced by 3m in lottery money. So ultimately the school gets 3m and that's it. What happens to the 3m the state gave via the budget? Hrm.....it goes to the general fund account primarily for roads, infrastructure etc. But what infrastructure? Look at flint Michigan. Those pricks were suppose to be fixing the water issue 10 years before it surfaced with upgrades. Same thing happened with Cincinnati sewers.
Bottom line, always remember that taxation is theft but you have the right to inquire about financial statements and hold these pricks responsible. Sorry for the rant. Love yall
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Recreational marijuana sales in Maine start on Friday
The Office of Marijuana Policy says the licenses are for cultivation, manufacturing, retail sales and testing.
Maine voters approved legal adult use marijuana sales back in 2016.
Adults 21 years of age or older with a valid ID will be able to purchase up to 2.5 ounces of a combination of marijuana and marijuana concentrate that includes no more than five grams of marijuana concentrate.
It remains illegal to consume marijuana in public spaces.
The Office of Marijuana Policy says the licenses are for cultivation, manufacturing, retail sales and testing.
Maine voters approved legal adult use marijuana sales back in 2016.
Adults 21 years of age or older with a valid ID will be able to purchase up to 2.5 ounces of a combination of marijuana and marijuana concentrate that includes no more than five grams of marijuana concentrate.
It remains illegal to consume marijuana in public spaces.
Vermont to legalize recreational marijuana
Vermont will become the 11th state in the nation to allow sales of marijuana for recreational use after Gov. Phil Scott (R) said this week he would not veto a measure passed by the state legislature.
Scott had vetoed an earlier marijuana legalization bill that did not include specific funding directives he had sought.
But in a letter to legislators this week, Scott said he would allow the latest bill to become law without his signature. He said the measure included a sufficient amount of funding to education and prevention campaigns designed to keep children off marijuana, and the implementation of a roadside saliva test aimed at curbing driving under the influence.
Scott said more work remained. He called for further legislation that would open the legal market to more minority- and women-owned businesses.
Vermont will now begin crafting the regulatory structures that will lead to legal pot sales. The legislation creates a cannabis control board that will establish the rules, along with a significant 14 percent excise tax on all marijuana products.
The first marijuana shops are likely to open by 2022, after the new rules are finalized.
Vermont is the first state where marijuana has been legalized by an act of the legislature. A similar push in New Jersey, backed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D), stalled earlier this year.
Vermont would be the third New England state to legalize recreational pot, after Massachusetts, where recreational stores are already open, and Maine, with stores likely to open soon. Voters in those states, as well as in Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, passed ballot measures legalizing recreational marijuana sales.
The number of states where recreational marijuana is legal is likely to increase after November’s election. Voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota will decide on legal marijuana measures; a recent survey of Arizona voters indicated that their measure, Proposition 207, would pass by a wide margin.
Voters in Mississippi will decide whether to legalize marijuana for medical use next month. Most other states have legal medical marijuana regimes on the books.
Scott, a centrist Republican has been negotiating with the legislature over legal marijuana for years. He is unlikely to pay any political price, either for his Republican apostasy or for allowing legal pot to become law — a Vermont Public Radio survey conducted in September found Scott leading his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, by a 55 percent to 24 percent margin.
Vermont will become the 11th state in the nation to allow sales of marijuana for recreational use after Gov. Phil Scott (R) said this week he would not veto a measure passed by the state legislature.
Scott had vetoed an earlier marijuana legalization bill that did not include specific funding directives he had sought.
But in a letter to legislators this week, Scott said he would allow the latest bill to become law without his signature. He said the measure included a sufficient amount of funding to education and prevention campaigns designed to keep children off marijuana, and the implementation of a roadside saliva test aimed at curbing driving under the influence.
Scott said more work remained. He called for further legislation that would open the legal market to more minority- and women-owned businesses.
Vermont will now begin crafting the regulatory structures that will lead to legal pot sales. The legislation creates a cannabis control board that will establish the rules, along with a significant 14 percent excise tax on all marijuana products.
The first marijuana shops are likely to open by 2022, after the new rules are finalized.
Vermont is the first state where marijuana has been legalized by an act of the legislature. A similar push in New Jersey, backed by Gov. Phil Murphy (D), stalled earlier this year.
Vermont would be the third New England state to legalize recreational pot, after Massachusetts, where recreational stores are already open, and Maine, with stores likely to open soon. Voters in those states, as well as in Alaska, California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, Oregon and Washington, passed ballot measures legalizing recreational marijuana sales.
The number of states where recreational marijuana is legal is likely to increase after November’s election. Voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota will decide on legal marijuana measures; a recent survey of Arizona voters indicated that their measure, Proposition 207, would pass by a wide margin.
Voters in Mississippi will decide whether to legalize marijuana for medical use next month. Most other states have legal medical marijuana regimes on the books.
Scott, a centrist Republican has been negotiating with the legislature over legal marijuana for years. He is unlikely to pay any political price, either for his Republican apostasy or for allowing legal pot to become law — a Vermont Public Radio survey conducted in September found Scott leading his Democratic rival, Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, by a 55 percent to 24 percent margin.
Recreational marijuana makes its way onto 2020 ballot in Arizona
Arizona Supreme Court unanimously approves statewide vote in November on legalization. Court had already OK'd the Invest In Ed initiative.
A 2016 initiative on legalization was narrowly rejected, with 51.3% voting no. Just two of 15 counties supported the initiative, and it lost in the state's largest county, Maricopa County, by two points.
The 2016 and 2020 initiative language is very different, and so is the cannabis industry, now dominated by large growers and distributors.
Recreational marijuana is legal in Washington, D.C., and 11 states, including Arizona neighbors California, Nevada and Colorado.
Arizona voters legalized medical marijuana in 2010, by a slim 4,000-vote margin.
Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery led the opposition to the 2016 ballot initiative on legalized marijuana when he was Maricopa County Attorney.
Montgomery hadn't recused himself from ballot initiative challenges this week, but the ruling to allow the marijuana initiative on the ballot was unanimous.
Arizona Supreme Court unanimously approves statewide vote in November on legalization. Court had already OK'd the Invest In Ed initiative.
A 2016 initiative on legalization was narrowly rejected, with 51.3% voting no. Just two of 15 counties supported the initiative, and it lost in the state's largest county, Maricopa County, by two points.
The 2016 and 2020 initiative language is very different, and so is the cannabis industry, now dominated by large growers and distributors.
Recreational marijuana is legal in Washington, D.C., and 11 states, including Arizona neighbors California, Nevada and Colorado.
Arizona voters legalized medical marijuana in 2010, by a slim 4,000-vote margin.
Supreme Court Justice Bill Montgomery led the opposition to the 2016 ballot initiative on legalized marijuana when he was Maricopa County Attorney.
Montgomery hadn't recused himself from ballot initiative challenges this week, but the ruling to allow the marijuana initiative on the ballot was unanimous.
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