Legal pot winning in Nevada ("Nevada to vote on making dope legal")

Edinburgh Evening News (UK) ^ | 8 Oct 2002 | STUART REID

[MrLeRoy]

VOTERS in Nevada are to decide next month whether to become the first state in the United States to legalise marijuana.

[...]

A September 26 poll in Las Vegas showed a majority of voters supporting the measure, with 55 per cent in favour and 43 per cent opposed.

In addition, the group promoting the constitutional change, Nevadans for Responsible Law Enforcement, or NRLE, is flush with money - it has almost £330,000 on hand - and has run TV ads since September 12.

Opponents, who waited until September 27 to officially form Nevadans Against Legalising Marijuana, may not even have money for mailing, according to the group’s members.

Opponents are appalled that the largest newspaper in the state, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, endorsed the measure as a means to "bring compassion and common sense to drug laws" and that Republican Governor Kenny Guinn has refused take sides.

[MrLeRoy]

Wod_list ping

[alisasny]

Just wondering..how would the pot be transported to Nevada with it being landlocked and the waters and airways being controlled by the feds?

[Phantom Lord]

VOTERS in Nevada are to decide next month whether to become the first state in the United States to legalise marijuana.

Wrong, for a period, Alaska legalized MJ for personal use by adults.

[MrLeRoy]

It's a weed---it'll grow anywhere, including Nevada.

[Phantom Lord]

Just wondering..how would the pot be transported to Nevada with it being landlocked and the waters and airways being controlled by the feds?

It grows like a weed, and I am sure there is a plentiful supply of seeds within the states borders.

[Mo1]

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[alisasny]

goes to show you my ignorance about pot..LOL

A big DUH back to myself LOL

[tacticalogic]

Just wondering..how would the pot be transported to Nevada with it being landlocked and the waters and airways being controlled by the feds?

I'd think it would have to be grown in Nevada, or at least in the 13% of it that isn't owned by the feds.

[MrLeRoy]

goes to show you my ignorance about pot

There's no shame in not knowing, only in not knowing and refusing to learn (cf. Dane, Kevin Curry, #3Fan, etc.). There are plenty of FReepers who'd be glad to tell you everything you want to know. Just ask!

[Columbo]

[per loin]

If the Tenth Amendment were still in effect, Nevada would get away with this.

[Phantom Lord]

And the current biggest obstacle is AG John "Jack Boot" Ashcroft

[Lexington Green]

Nevada deserves a new state motto --

THE LAST FREE STATE

[tacticalogic]

Who's "getting away" with what depends on which side of 1937 your copy of the Constitution is from.

[BlackJack]

Bong

[Reagan Man]

>>>It's a weed---it'll grow anywhere, including Nevada.

Before you begin planning a move to Nevada, I'd wait to see the final election results.

[winodog]

It will not matter what the voters say. The feds will strike down and pot laws they do not like in federal court.
They will never allow pot to be legal. They cannot control people growing it and not taxing it.
it is not like alcohol or tabbaco. Pot grows with little effort. Anyone and everyone can grow it.

[Britton J Wingfield]

AZ has a similar measure on the coming ballot, though for 2 ounces instead of 3.

[shempy]

Anyone and everyone can grow it.

Not the guy I just bought from, unfortunately! Great seeds were used but the plants got frost bit and the greedy bastard didn't cure it long enough. It still works, but it has a dirty buzz and tastes like hay.