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Colorado’s Pot Shops Say They’ll Be Sold Out Any Day Now
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| January 04, 2014
| Brad Tuttle
Posted on 01/04/2014 9:02:25 PM PST by Ken H
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To: piytar
The Federal government has absolutely no authority to regulate what people smoke. None whatsoever v
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:22:54 PM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Ken H
Prices have been steepin some cases, stores were charging $50 or even $70 for one-eighth of an ounce of pot
Early 2000's saw $125 for a quarter when I was in D-town. But that was just the word on the street. I don't quite get the disparity between the medicinal prices and the now recreational prices, though.
Seems like the medicinal users were a subset of the recreational users, intersected with people who had less ability to feel shame. That sounds awkward, but it's as close as I can get to the sentiment I mean to express.
The medicinal users had no problem saying "I need it to maintain a quality of life", whereas others said "I'll keep buying it illegally and face the consequences, thank you very much". It's interesting.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:22:58 PM PST
by
andyk
(I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
To: Ken H
Legal pot costing plenty more than the black market. A windfall for state tax coffers. Feds will be climbing on this gravy train posthaste. And so it begins.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:23:34 PM PST
by
NautiNurse
(Obama sends U.S. Marines to pick up his dog & basketballs. Benghazi? Nope.)
To: subterfuge
so we pricing out people who can use it for legit medical purposes.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:23:45 PM PST
by
Paul8148
To: cloudmountain
Potheads=dumbheads is correct.
But still, we have always had the dumb, and pot doesn’t make them dumb, it just identifies them.
I always agreed with Bill Buckley that pot should be legal. Its filthy stuff but banning it is worse.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:26:24 PM PST
by
buwaya
To: Ken H
The influx of liberal potheads could easily reverse that trend.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:30:45 PM PST
by
ltc8k6
To: subterfuge
Why go to the government approved, overpriced dispensories? Dont the buyers already have connections?I thought this was supposed to reduce prices. Don't high prices usually cause a black market on the stuff? Maybe now, the dealers on the streets will be making more money too.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:31:20 PM PST
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
To: sickoflibs
RE :Do you support Colorados authority under the Tenth Amendment to carry out this policy, even though you disagree with it? I am indifferent to it.
So you're indifferent as to whether the Tenth Amendment is honored?
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:31:33 PM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: Ken H
So then has the aroma wafted over into Loveland Kansas yet???
To: ltc8k6
But then they would drain out of somewhere else that they already infest. Net effect is a wash.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:34:14 PM PST
by
buwaya
To: Ken H
I am not pro-drug, but I will say the following:
1) Federal ban on drugs (such as marijuana) is unconstitutional.
2) State ban on drugs (such as marijuana) is constitutional under the 10th Amendment.
3) If a state decides not to ban a drug (such as marijuana) then that is the state's right.
Personally, I would like to see government charity (housing, food stamps, healthcare) entirely stopped. Be responsible. Don't expect anyone (taxpayers) to rescue you from bad decisions. If that is the situation, and if someone uses drugs and does OK, then I have no problem with it.
To: Ken H; Impy; BillyBoy
RE :”
I am indifferent to it.
......
So you're indifferent as to whether the Tenth Amendment is honored?” Is someone legally challenging Colorado passing this law legalizing and taxing their residents getting high?
Or are you asking my opinion on an non-issue?
Yes, I know it's B. Obama seems happy with this.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:37:44 PM PST
by
sickoflibs
(Obama : 'If you like your Doctor you can keep him, PERIOD! Don't believe the GOPs warnings')
To: Ken H
Any guesses as to how long before Colorado businesses demand mandatory random drug testing for their work forces?
-PJ
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:40:54 PM PST
by
Political Junkie Too
(If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
To: buwaya
“The other matters, such as collapsed morals, failing marriages, bastard children, overwhelming bureaucracy and fascist corporatism are much worse than drugs have ever been.”
In large part a consequence of drugs in our society.
To: sickoflibs
I’d like to see a state legalize heroin and crack just to see what the “state’s rights” absolutists say about it.
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:42:37 PM PST
by
Impy
(RED=COMMUNIST, NOT REPUBLICAN)
To: Lurker
There has never been a law against smoking anything, fed or state.
To: Lurker
Correction. There’s never been a law against smoking dope.
There, though have been laws against smoking in specified locations.
To: Mark17
I thought this was supposed to reduce prices.I know that's always been an argument of the legalize crowd but I never bought it. The users have already established what price they are willing to pay-why would a seller, especially if turned out to be the government-charge any less than the illegal dealers did?
To: sickoflibs
Is someone legally challenging Colorado passing this law legalizing and taxing their residents getting high? Not that I know of.
Or are you asking my opinion on an non-issue?
Just trying to determine where you stand on the Tenth Amendment. I'll put you down as "indifferent".
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:46:09 PM PST
by
Ken H
(What happens on the internet, stays on the internet.)
To: Political Junkie Too
Any guesses as to how long before Colorado businesses demand mandatory random drug testing for their work forces?You mean they don't already? I worked for the state of California, for more than 25 years, and was in the Air Force for 20. In both, initial drug screening was a condition of employment, and we could expect random testing at anytime. I wonder if this law means that we can expect MJ use at Fort Carson, or the Air Force Academy?
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posted on
01/04/2014 9:49:32 PM PST
by
Mark17
(Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Veteran, 70-71)
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