Minnesota House Votes To Legalize Marijuana

[Dub]

How cool is that?

[david]

Wow, man! If that gets signed into law, we will have a far out discussion about quarks and dark matter. You know, after some of you mid-west dudes get edibles eaten.

[Marty]

Cool and not cool.

People don't seem to get the idea that pot is the same as booze when it comes to driving. Driving down the road smoking a blunt is the same as a open bottle and will get you a DUI. Every time, and I do mean every time, I drive somewhere I smell pot from a car in front of me or the one passing me. Most likely this is the legal Mood stuff right now and will be the real deal here shortly, but it is still DUI.

I don't care if people smoke pot, it's always been a silly law anyway. The State can tax it like alcohol or tobacco and everyone's happy. It will also take a big chunk out of the illegal trade, hopefully.

But I can see it upping the DUI citations big time because you can smell the stuff by just getting behind the driver using it and it probably won't matter if the driver is smoking or not. The driver will smell like pot.

The people that foresaw this coming and have the land and ability to capitalize on it should do well. I'm sure ePaul set aside 200 acres and has been saving seeds for a long time.

[majorminor]

Walleye and Weed!!

[drlj]

Oreos for everyone!

[david]

If there were to be just one legal chemical means of escape, I wish it would have been pot instead of booze. I think pot is less physically damaging and less addictive than booze.

[david]

Apr 25, 2023 15:56:24 GMT -5 Marty said:

Cool and not cool.


The people that foresaw this coming and have the land and ability to capitalize on it should do well.

Oregon pot farmers went crazy with production. There was an over-supply of legal weed to be sold to stores. And growers could not legally sell it out of state.

Oddly, a couple of years ago, after Oregon had legalized pot, Mexican cartels moved into southern Oregon and were growing mountains of the stuff. It overwhelmed local law enforcement. The diversion of water to illegal grow sites dried up local waterways. There were reports of slave labor being used to grow and harvest it.

[aquaduct]

[Marty]

Apr 25, 2023 16:49:29 GMT -5 drlj said:

Oreos for everyone!

And RC cola.

[Village Idiot]

Apr 25, 2023 16:57:23 GMT -5 david said:

Oddly, a couple of years ago, after Oregon had legalized pot, Mexican cartels moved into southern Oregon and were growing mountains of the stuff. It overwhelmed local law enforcement. The diversion of water to illegal grow sites dried up local waterways. There were reports of slave labor being used to grow and harvest it.

Now that is interesting. Those kinds of repercussions never occurred to me.

[Cosmic Wonder]

For the record, imop that weed should be legal. That said, I have no interest in it. Yeah, when I was younger and stupid I smoked it. But over time my reaction to it changed and it just made me anxious. So I stopped. Now it’s legal, mostly. Like Marty, I’m concerned about impaired drivers. We already have too much of that on the road. No easy answers.

Mike

[Marty]

Apr 25, 2023 20:42:27 GMT -5 Cosmic Wonder said:

For the record, imop that weed should be legal. That said, I have no interest in it. Yeah, when I was younger and stupid I smoked it. But over time my reaction to it changed and it just made me anxious. So I stopped. Now it’s legal, mostly. Like Marty, I’m concerned about impaired drivers. We already have too much of that on the road. No easy answers.

Mike

The new strains of pot are much more potent than what we smoked as kids, much more.

[PaulKay]

We've had legal weed in AZ since I arrived in AZ 7 years ago. The last few years it was legal recreationally.
I've held a medical marijuana card since I arrived. As many noted, pot is a lot stronger now than the old days, but most users quickly develop a tolerance to the higher strength. I have a very high tolerance so I've adjusted to the higher strength.
But that tolerance can wanes just after a few months of not using as well.
In fact, the old logic that kept marijuana illegal for so long was because "the experts" argued that it leads to more addictive drugs due to the tolerance development.

If you partook in smoking pot in the old days, you'll probably also note that you don't get stems, leaves or seeds in today's pot. Only seedless buds (the only part of the plant with significant THC).

The best advice for anyone delving back into it is to start with a low dose. Take one hit and wait 20 -30 mins and see how you handle it. Or eat a 10 mg gummy and wait a couple hours to see what happens.  Then adjust from there.  

[dradtke]

Apr 26, 2023 9:41:18 GMT -5 PaulKay said:

Or eat a 10 mg gummy and wait a couple hours to see what happens.  Then adjust from there.  

I'm at a 5mg gummy myself.

After they pass it, there won't be any dispensaries open for at least a year but possession would be legal. That means my only illegal activity will be driving across Wisconsin with the stuff I buy in Illinois.

[epaul]

I had a lot of fun with marijana my first couple years of college, then the fun or something just kind of faded away for me and pot dropped out of my life.

But, with all the legalization going on lately, I began to recall some of those great times I had with pot those two years I nearly flunked out of school. Maybe it would be fun to get some and fire up some Star Wars and Hobbit movies. I can't stand putting anything in my lungs other than air anymore, but some gummies...

So, I got hold of a bottle of gummies this winter. I picked a Saturday I had all to myself. Filled the house with snacks and ice cream. Chomped a couple gummies and popped in Jurassic Park (couldn't find Star Wars). And settled in for a great trip.

Half way through the movie, I fell asleep. It wasn't what I hoped for or remembered. I still have the rest of the gummies, just can't find a time I want to take any more. I don't need help napping and I'm kind of used to my brain the way it is (it's a fun brain).

At some time, I'll probably give it another go, but I'm thinking, you just can't go back. Getting stoned and drunk was great when I was in my 20s. Some wonderful memories. But getting older kind of put an end to the fun of that kind of fun. (and getting married most definitely put an end to it... no more cigarettes, either. Sheesh!)

[Dub]

Apr 26, 2023 10:51:05 GMT -5 epaul said:

I had a lot of fun with marijana my first couple years of college, then the fun or something just kind of faded away for me and pot dropped out of my life.

But, with all the legalization going on lately, I began to recall some of those great times I had with pot those two years I nearly flunked out of school. Maybe it would be fun to get some and fire up some Star Wars and Hobbit movies. I can't stand putting anything in my lungs other than air anymore, but some gummies...

So, I got hold of a bottle of gummies this winter. I picked a Saturday I had all to myself. Filled the house with snacks and ice cream. Chomped a couple gummies and popped in Jurassic Park (couldn't find Star Wars). And settled in for a great trip.

Half way through the movie, I fell asleep. It wasn't what I hoped for or remembered. I still have the rest of the gummies, just can't find a time I want to take any more. I don't need help napping and I'm kind of used to my brain the way it is (it's a fun brain).

At some time, I'll probably give it another go, but I'm thinking, you just can't go back. Getting stoned and drunk was great when I was in my 20s. Some wonderful memories. But getting older kind of put an end to the fun of that kind of fun. (and getting married most definitely put an end to it... no more cigarettes, either. Sheesh!)

According to my late brother, Paul, the ideal film would be 2001: A Space Odyssey on the largest screen you can find. He told me of “freaks” running down the aisle with arms raised high yelling “It’s God.”

[TKennedy]

Coming of age as a good small town Catholic boy in the late 50’s and early 60’s I never partook of the weed. Alcohol was the mood altering drug of choice. After starting med school and during residency the opportunity arose but I figured if I got caught it would not be looked on kindly by the state board of medical practice.

So I am still a Virgin in that arena. I have mixed feelings about legalizing another mood altering substance but I must say that in all the years I spent in ER’s treating trauma patients, weed as a causative factor was almost nil. Alcohol on the other hand was king.

Other than residency however most of my experience was in a medium sized rural hospital so it may not be representative.

[PaulKay]

Apr 26, 2023 16:05:44 GMT -5 TKennedy said:

Coming of age as a good small town Catholic boy in the late 50’s and early 60’s I never partook of the weed. Alcohol was the mood altering drug of choice. After starting med school and during residency the opportunity arose but I figured if I got caught it would not be looked on kindly by the state board of medical practice.

So I am still a Virgin in that arena. I have mixed feelings about legalizing another mood altering substance but I must say that in all the years I spent in ER’s treating trauma patients, weed as a causative factor was almost nil. Alcohol on the other hand was king.

Other than residency however most of my experience was in a medium sized rural hospital so it may not be representative.

From what I gather, the vast majority of pop related medical issues arise primary from edibles. i.e. eating too much and being overwhelmed by the effects.

[Marty]

Stems and seeds.

That old Mexican pot was probably not always harvested at the optimum time. It was about gross product not quality. Field workers just grabbed the stuff when told, if it had gone to seed no problem as it saved on having to reseed. Nobody bothered to pick just buds, close was close enough. The famed Panama Red was probably just some growers that harvested at the right time in smaller fields to produce a better product because they got a better price for it.

[Marty]

Apr 26, 2023 18:30:20 GMT -5 PaulKay said:

Apr 26, 2023 16:05:44 GMT -5 TKennedy said:

Coming of age as a good small town Catholic boy in the late 50’s and early 60’s I never partook of the weed. Alcohol was the mood altering drug of choice. After starting med school and during residency the opportunity arose but I figured if I got caught it would not be looked on kindly by the state board of medical practice.

So I am still a Virgin in that arena. I have mixed feelings about legalizing another mood altering substance but I must say that in all the years I spent in ER’s treating trauma patients, weed as a causative factor was almost nil. Alcohol on the other hand was king.

Other than residency however most of my experience was in a medium sized rural hospital so it may not be representative.

From what I gather, the vast majority of pot related medical issues arise primary from edibles. i.e. eating too much and being overwhelmed by the effects.

Bob's brownies can do that too you, beware.