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Imagine the surprise of believers when their first experience in the afterlife is a 100 year long course on how wrong they were about everything about which they were certain......
Yeah, but this is about pot.Legalizing debilitating mind-altering drugs is a natural for godless democrats desiring to legalize every destructive sinful pleasure known to man.
The old saying applies.Imagine the surprise of believers when their first experience in the afterlife is a 100 year long course on how wrong they were about everything about which they were certain......
*emphasis addedIt would also create a licensed cultivation and dispensary system while directing Pritzker to pardon people with past convictions for low-level pot possession.
Nice job, Illinois. Pritzker & Lightfoot may be a good thing.Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, a Peoria Democrat, said the discussion about the bill’s expungement provisions was the first time in her decade as a lawmaker that minority communities were at the center of a major policy decision.
Wiping people’s criminal records clean will open up new educational and career opportunities that will help lift people out of poverty, Gordon-Booth said.
“If you are wearing the scarlet letter of a conviction, you are now calcified in poverty because of a mistake,” she said. “Not even a mistake, a choice.”
The worry is that you’ll feed the black/gray market, which is definitely a thing in other states.
It’s similar to the concept that it’s illegal to distill alcohol.
Realistically, if you’re dying to do it, you can jump through some hoops and get a medical card.
Or, you can take the risk of getting caught and paying a $200 fine for $300 worth of grow.
It’s a minor concession.
Legalizing debilitating mind-altering drugs is a natural for godless democrats desiring to legalize every destructive sinful pleasure known to man.
You should read genius, something about all plants and animals...Legalizing debilitating mind-altering drugs is a natural for godless democrats desiring to legalize every destructive sinful pleasure known to man.
God made pot, marke.
Genesis 1:29, man. Take it up with Him.
Or a strong case for making pot legal at the federal level.
Well, that, and curb the practice of charging prohibition prices for legal pot.
I don't see it as a minor concession, I see it as a silly hypocrisy. Allowing folks to grow a small amount for personal consumption isn't going to lead to any black market growth, as long as you're doing legalization right. Perhaps it's something to revisit when you get it figured out a little more down there, but ultimately this really only benefits corporate growers. You can almost hear them whispering this one in the ears of lawmakers. It doesn't really align itself with the image of freedom you guys like to project.
Also, unimportant, but just because I'm feeling chatty... If you're going to stick with the alcohol analogy, distilling would be more accurately associated with the concentrates...hash, oil, shatter, tinctures, etc. And given the technical nature of those products, I have no problem with their production being regulated to where a corporate production model would be the only realistic way to comply...though I have a jar of this pot infused topical cream that I got from a lady who made it in her kitchen, and it takes the pain out of these knees miles better than anything else I'd feel comfortable taking regularly. These politicians have got to get over this idea we're messing with plutonium.I've always thought that the pot industry should look more like the wine industry...it's probably the model that translates best, and would be best for the industry.
Frankly, for me, it comes down to the fact that I don't trust profit motivated entities to put my health and safety first. We don't need another tobacco industry. So I guess I'm glad we did it the way we did it up here. While it's far from perfect, it's pointed in the right direction, allowing for both big business to cash in, but allow people the freedom to make the decisions that are right for them. It might seem like a small concession, but folks might think differently a ways down the road, when they realize that there's no framework for personal production, and it's a lot trickier to sort out than it would have been if you'd gotten it right out of the gates.
I probably won't make it, but God will. I pray people will prepare themselves to meet God before He suddenly shows up.
Again... I’m overjoyed that this will prevent you from coming to Illinois. What s bonus!
The worry is that you’ll feed the black/gray market, which is definitely a thing in other states.
It’s similar to the concept that it’s illegal to distill alcohol.
Realistically, if you’re dying to do it, you can jump through some hoops and get a medical card.
Or, you can take the risk of getting caught and paying a $200 fine for $300 worth of grow.
It’s a minor concession.
Great. Not only do we have to worry about drunks...but now potheads too.
I think it's silly people can't grow their own. Up here we can grow up to four plants per household. It's a reasonable compromise - four plants ought to get you through the year, if you're decent at it. If you can grow grapes to make wine, you should be able to grow dope. Folks may balk at that, until you consider that the type of grapes you grow to make wine are really only good for making wine...you wouldn't want to eat them. So, yeah, it really is the same thing.
God made pot, marke.
Genesis 1:29, man. Take it up with Him.
Yeah, but this is about pot.
Drunks are psycho and a danger. Potheads are like coffee addicts in reverse.
Great. Not only do we have to worry about drunks...but now potheads too.
Wow.
This bill did make some concessions to law enforcement.
The big concession was making home growing illegal except for medical card holders.
Seems reasonable to me.
I probably won't make it, but God will. I pray people will prepare themselves to meet God before He suddenly shows up.
Imagine how surprised Timothy Leary must have been to find out that God is real and that Jesus is not a pot-head.
Great. Not only do we have to worry about drunks...but now potheads too.
The potheads will the the ones driving real slow and careful...
What are you worried about? Getting to the convenience store and not finding any Doritos?
maybe it will put pressure on my backwards red state to have a pot legal state next to it.
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