SRL Archive - News and General

well turns out there having a vote to legalize marijuana in California
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/01/us/01sin.html?ref=us
read and tell my your thought why or why not to legalize
witch it should of been legal the whole time kus marijuana is harmless. :D :sasmokin: :f: :fiery: :google: <3

Yes.

They can't legalize it because it is federally illegal which trumps state law. They are only trying to tax the sale of an illegal substance. If you would have read the entire article you would see that it is pretty much impossible to do so. Basically nothing is going to happen…unfortunately.

Lol at the Government trying to tax illegal stuff.. do you really think a drug dealer will log off on his income taxes "Marijuana sales: $60,452"?

But they can "legalize for medical use", but that's about it.

From: Hy71194 aka Harry
Lol at the Government trying to tax illegal stuff.. do you really think a drug dealer will log off on his income taxes "Marijuana sales: $60,452"?

But they can "legalize for medical use", but that's about it.

Even if they "legalize" it for medical use the federal government could come in at any time and bust those in possession of it, even if they were "safe" under state law.

From: Hy71194 aka Harry
Lol at the Government trying to tax illegal stuff.. do you really think a drug dealer will log off on his income taxes "Marijuana sales: $60,452"?

But they can "legalize for medical use", but that's about it.

That's true, but isn't it legal in other places already for medical use?

From: griff721
That's true, but isn't it legal in other places already for medical use?

Sort of. Read what I posted above you.

Yeah, it wont get legalized on a state level, since it is impossible because it is federally illegal. Even medical marijuana, the states says you can have it, but the country does not. So you can STILL get arrested and charged for it on the federal level. EVEN if it is prescribed. When they first made pot illegal, it wasn't illegal if you had a special "ration" stamp that was produced by the government, but they never made any. But then there was a court case and it turned straight illegal instead of illegal without a stamp.

I just watched this on the news last night. The state police won't do anything about it if you have the card that says a doctor recommended it to you. Federal law enforcement such as the DEA and FBI will bust you.

From: Hy71194 aka Harry
Lol at the Government trying to tax illegal stuff.. do you really think a drug dealer will log off on his income taxes "Marijuana sales: $60,452"?

But they can "legalize for medical use", but that's about it.

Hy its already been legalized for medical use in California they have a vending machine that despenses it you just have to have your medical card it scans it and you get your marijuna…its carded by a armed guard a few months ago the card was shot while guarding the machine…

medical wise it is…

though other than that, HELL no

From: ~~Joker~~
medical wise it is…

though other than that, HELL no

Even medical wise, it's technically illegal on the federal level.

The FBI and DEA won't waste their time on petty abuse.

I'd like to see how Cali is going to make this legal when its not in their hands until the federal gives the rights of marijuana to the states.

From: Narcle
The FBI and DEA won't waste their time on petty abuse.

Some guy on the news had a store that sold cannabis 'medically'. He was paying over $250k a year in just sales taxes. Is that 'petty abuse'? Although now that he was on the news he will probably be arrested and beat to death as a terrorist…

Yeah, medical will only get so far. As for the vote, I think that it is a way for that state to make a statement to the rest of the United States. If this vote passes… take into account the number people in California. That will be making a great point to the rest of the world… and they may be hoping that it will create a larger scale vote… we never know…

I could really some dopamine ):

Two people at out school got caught with marijuana and the police didn't really care and they only got suspended for 2 days… I sometimes think marijuana is legalized in Australia…

i think they should legalize it it would drop crime rate as stoners cant be bothered doing crime

i dont think weed is really hurtin anyone just makin them lazy

From: shannon
i think they should legalize it it would drop crime rate as stoners cant be bothered doing crime

I think your ten years old, and a double poster.


The tax won't pass, all this is is more talk. Nothing ever really happens

From: shannon
i dont think weed is really hurtin anyone just makin them lazy

Too lazy to hit the edit button for example? Merged your posts…..please dont double post in the future

I wish they would do that in nz

From: shannon
i think they should legalize it it would drop crime rate as stoners cant be bothered doing crime

i dont think weed is really hurtin anyone just makin them lazy

your right im rly lazy all i do is sit at home all day smokin weed eating and uhhh???? *atleast im not fat.*

:f:
EDIT:didnt think this post would get so big. lol

Incidentally, this topic has been coming up in the news recently because the Obama administration has announced that it won't be pushing federal enforcement of drug law violations, instead leaving that to the state governments. So states like California where drugs like MJ are legal under some circumstances won't have problems with federal raids on state-authorized enterprises.

This is a state's-rights issue with a very long history. In this case the federal government is finally stopping an activity that many of us believe it never had the right to do in the first place.