Weed goes on sale today in Seattle.

Today is the first day you can buy legal heefer in Seattle. I was amazed that the price was so cheep on the news . Like ten to fifteen bucks a gram. ( ten bucks a gram when I quit back in the eighties on the black market and in the seventies you could get a three finger lid for ten bucks of commercial Mexican ) they will on sell you two grams at a time as supply will be short for a while.
Next thing they need to get is legal whore houses and give a guy what he truly wants. At least we will know where to find the Mayor and police chief and the Preacher of Saturday night. Lol;)

I think they are going to be forced to keep prices reasonable because they know that people will just grow their own if they try to charge too much. I am glad to hear you guys have made some progress! That's good news!

I'm on my way

seen on the news this morning the Seattle city attorney bought 4 grams of weed from the store. he paid 80 bucks for it.
who duh thunk that.

...but, but... what about the war on drugs?

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Originally Posted by Kurzy

...but, but... what about the war on drugs?

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Dude, I'm a hardcore Republican and the war on drugs is a joke to me. :(

Just once, can we spend blood and treasure on something meaningful that we can win at? Losing sucks.

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w...50f2f190c4.jpg
Here is the line in front of the store. I snapped a picture from my truck

I was totally kidding Josh.
The war on drugs is nothing more than a way to populate the privately owned (for profit businesses) prisons. The war on drugs turns innocent people into locked-up felons and destroys familes by locking people up for meaningless bullshit.

I agree partially with you Kurzy. It depends on what you are pushing. If you are selling drugs to teenagers who are still in school and the cops lock you up for it you will get no sympathy from me...calling a war is to strong a word for people who use Heefer recreationally .
I am fine with just say no slogan. It says to people use self control and don't let anybody pressure you into something you don't think is right for you.

So envious of the States that have made this medically legal.

We are so far from this in the UK it is a joke. Enjoy :)

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Originally Posted by Kurzy

I was totally kidding Josh.
The war on drugs is nothing more than a way to populate the privately owned (for profit businesses) prisons. The war on drugs turns innocent people into locked-up felons and destroys familes by locking people up for meaningless bullshit.

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I really disagree. I think we had some fears (fears I am not sure are totally unfounded) that drugs would wind up doing to us what opium did to China: turn a large portion of our populace into people who are a drain on society.

Maybe that's true and maybe it isn't true. Thing is, the war on drugs seems to have done what opium did to China: turn a large portion of our populace into people who are a drain on society.

I don't think it's a conspiracy man. People are stupid. Stupid people do stupid things. I reckon two people can keep a secret if one of them is dead (and maybe not then). A conspiracy to lock up a bunch of people so that we can funnel money (that we got through loans) to contractors? You don't have to lock people up to do that. That's a really bad conspiracy. Here's a better one: create a roads project and funnel a lot of money to companies that are "building roads." Here's a better one: create black projects for the military, fund them and enjoy zero accountability.

Nah man, the drugs thing? This is society trying to solve a problem that can't be solved. That never goes well.

We need to question a lot of things from the top down and rethink some stuff. But I'm not sure we're capable as a people. There's just too much great stuff on TV.

My two cents.

It is most definitely a conspiracy.

http://www.activistpost.com/2010/07/...n-hemp-is.html

http://rt.com/usa/prison-population-grows-thirty-963/

http://www.patrickcrusade.org/prison...ry_in_USA.html

The Underground Empire: Where Organized Crime and Government Embrace by James Mills is an interesting take on the so-called war on drugs.