Posted on 01/06/2014 8:16:32 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Worked the state prison system in CA for over 20 years. Weed was easy to obtain by the inmates in both the adult and juvenile sectors. In the facility I worked we had far more problems with alcohol(pruno)use than MJ usage.
There’s really only one big city (Denver) and then the mid to large Colorado Springs. Otherwise the place really is pretty damned empty. If you get away with the stretch of Colorado Springs through Fort Collins, you won’t find it much different from Wyoming. (could probably toss in Pueblo since that town is bigger than anything in Wyoming).
You know *me*, and I'm 'over' crack cocaine.... if he got 'over it', it is with the help of God or the 12 step program. We do recover.
Have a sibling who has been a Calif. traffic cop for over 22 years. DUI arrests for alcohol dwarf all other causes. Nothing comes close. Did I mention he works in CA were weed is as prevalent as surfers or college students.
At least somebody admits "medical marijuana" was all bs.
I don't believe pot is harmless because I have met some of its victims but I also think the WOD has been a big overreach. I'll be interested to see how Colorado does with this new policy, just the way I am interested to see how Holland did with their legalization that didn't work exactly as planned.
Will crime increase? Will DUIs? I'm still on the fence about whether this law is good or not for the general citizenry.
are the drivers out there as crazy as the are in Memphis when they are either drugged up or boozed up? No ins either. Many have long arrest records for DUI.
Remember, we have our fair share of ‘illegals’ with whom driving and boozing w/o ins is no biggie.
Drunk and Stupid go Together
So does Stoned and Stupid
My point was that my brother has encountered very few DUI’s due to ‘weed’ usage and that we have ALOT of weed here in CA.
So, no laws, no criminals?
The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whiskey.
By diligent effort, I learned to like it.
— Winston Churchill
It’ll become like Amsterdam...The problem isn’t the Dutch, the problem is all the stupid tourists that come there from other countries to partake.
I don’t think these activists care. What they know is that politicians are salivating off the money to be gained.
Greed is a powerful thing.
What I know for a fact is it’ll mean more costs for rehabs that taxpayers will have to cover. Also loss of tax revenue from potential payers that instead will get on pot and give up on working. And that it’ll push the state further blue.
“What they know is that politicians are salivating off the money to be gained.”
How about the money to be saved not policing for it?
I think I can safely say through first-hand experience, that marijuana use during teenage years has a detrimental effect on cognition, as well as ambition. This is certainly true in the shorter-term; longer-term use may not cause permanent damage, but it certainly creates a sub-culture of numb drones, unable to function in society.
Of course, shareholders in Yum! Brands such as Frito Lay, and other "munchie" snacks should be very happy with the sales results.
Well, Cripes, for years certain employers here(Swedish Hospital)have tried to figure a way to prevent employee from smoking regular tobacco at any time, even on off-hours at home. Let them try this kind of heavy-handedness in other aspects of people’s private life.
I for one, am sick of Swedish taking over all the little community hospitals around here, but am not asking for a law.
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