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#1 Steve Heard

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Posted 03 January 2018 - 09:11 AM

So, with some regulation, California residents and visitors can legally buy, sell, grow and smoke marijuana. 

 

Will this make people more likely to smoke or otherwise consume it?

 

Will it make you more likely to do it? 

 

What's your biggest concern, if you have one? 


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Posted 03 January 2018 - 01:38 PM

It will probably make a very small number of people try it who otherwise would not. Of those, about half won't like it, so I'd say very few additional regular smokers, a small increase in occasional smokers and no difference in heavy smokers.

As for me, nah. I stopped doing that when I got some responsibility in my 20s. Besides, I like to have a clear head. Maybe when I retire, I MIGHT occasionally partake, but then again, maybe not.

 

No huge concerns. People who want to smoke will always find a way. I suppose there will be more stoned drivers on the road, but I don't worry about that too much.  Biggest concer I guess is that for kids, if there is no guidance, they will overdo before they are ready.  I don't think many things are harmful if taken in moderation.


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Posted 03 January 2018 - 02:57 PM

the pot of today is nothing like the pot of 20 years ago.  legalizing is normalizing it.  is it better or worse than alcohol?  only time will tell.  the ramifications on the economy and law enforcement is probably a bigger concern to me.


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Posted 03 January 2018 - 03:43 PM

 I suppose there will be more stoned drivers on the road, but I don't worry about that too much. 

 

Really? Uh, OK. Let's hope your family doesn't become a victim of a stoned driver.

 

When you make drugs / intoxicants *easier to get*, is that a good thing? No it's not. All kinds of *unintended consequences* of that.



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Posted 03 January 2018 - 04:23 PM

I hope that Governor Brown can live with himself after the first few accidents that kill innocent people on the roads.
 
Also you have to pay cash for the stuff and there will be a lot of robberies and someone will surely be killed.
 
Also the FEDS are not going to let this go.  They will still be out there.
 
I have not heard anything yet about Folsom.  Is our city council going to let them have sales here in Folsom?

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Posted 03 January 2018 - 06:00 PM

I have known semi pro athletes that competed stoned. I have never known any that competed drunk. Whole different animal.  I would take stoned drivers over drunk or prescription medded up drivers any day.  Of course, I would prefer EVERYBODY be decent drivers, but since they hand out licenses if you have a pulse, that's not going to happen.


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Posted 03 January 2018 - 09:41 PM

I'm not sure why the legalization of marijuana would have anything to do with Steve and Andy not running again.

Here's a link to all the city ordinances regarding marijuana.
http://www.codepubli...olsom17114.html

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Posted 04 January 2018 - 08:41 AM

If only for the decriminalization for simple possession that haunts people for years, I'm in favor of the new law.

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Posted 04 January 2018 - 11:10 AM

If only for the decriminalization for simple possession that haunts people for years, I'm in favor of the new law.

 

That has a certain, "penny wise, pound foolish" ring to it.



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Posted 04 January 2018 - 12:04 PM

Sessions will end policy that allowed legalized marijuana to prosper

 

Attorney General Jeff Sessions will roll back an Obama-era policy that gave states leeway to allow marijuana for recreational purposes.

The Justice Department on Thursday afternoon released a memo announcing that the so-called Cole memo — which ordered U.S. attorneys in states where marijuana has been legalized to deprioritize prosecution of marijuana-related cases — would be rescinded effective immediately. 

"Previous nationwide guidance specific to marijuana enforcement is unnecessary and is rescinded, effective immediately," the memo reads. 

Two sources with knowledge of the decision confirmed to The Hill early Thursday that Sessions planned on ending the policy authored in 2013 by then-Deputy Attorney General James Cole.

 

// go to article below //

 

http://thehill.com/h...-prosper-report


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Posted 04 January 2018 - 12:07 PM

I'm not sure why the legalization of marijuana would have anything to do with Steve and Andy not running again.

Here's a link to all the city ordinances regarding marijuana.
http://www.codepubli...olsom17114.html

 

I'm not sure why the legalization of marijuana would have anything to do with Steve and Andy not running again.

Here's a link to all the city ordinances regarding marijuana.
http://www.codepubli...olsom17114.html

 

Thanks for the link.


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