Marijuana legal in Seattle!

eyejacker
eyejacker Posts: 1,282
edited February 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
Not sure if this has been posted. I did a search and couldn't find it.
Interesting read from the police department...
http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2012/11/09/marijwhatnow-a-guide-to-legal-marijuana-use-in-seattle/

Have fun in the Northwest!! ;)

8-)
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    technically it's still not legal. last i checked, federal law supercedes state/local laws. ;)
    81 is now off the air

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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    Colorado has 'legalized' it as well.

    Honestly, it's worse now that it's "legal" than it was before.
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  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    RKCNDY wrote:
    Colorado has 'legalized' it as well.

    Honestly, it's worse now that it's "legal" than it was before.


    If you could Fedex a pound to N.Y. I would make it worth your while. :mrgreen:
  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    Ok so a federal officer would bust you but a state officer would not...

    Basically if you're carrying a few smokes and smoke them in your house, you'll be fine (I don't think the FBI would chase you down) which is what the average "sensible" casual user wants... Peace of mind when smoking.

    But the SPD are also saying that after December 6th they will allow certain people to sell too and it will be licensed - which also possibly means taxed. If that happens you will probably get "coffee shops" in the next few years.
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    eyejacker wrote:
    Ok so a federal officer would bust you but a state officer would not...

    Basically if you're carrying a few smokes and smoke them in your house, you'll be fine (I don't think the FBI would chase you down) which is what the average "sensible" casual user wants... Peace of mind when smoking.

    But the SPD are also saying that after December 6th they will allow certain people to sell too and it will be licensed - which also possibly means taxed. If that happens you will probably get "coffee shops" in the next few years.

    nice thinking but:

    *to become a licenced grower or farmer, you will be licensed by the State Liquor Control Board, you will be required to submit your fingerprints to the FBI

    *you are NOT allowed to smoke in public, nor will you be able to 'puff, puff, pass'.

    *the state will determine the THC level and will do regular testing

    *the product will be subjected to a 25% 'sin tax' in addition to any sales or other local and county taxes (and since Washington State has one of the highest liquor taxes currently about 48%, we can expect similar taxes on marijuana)

    *the state didn't expect legalization to take effect, so as the law now stands: it is legal to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, but it is illegal to grow, sell, or buy marijuana. The State has admitted that it will take 'at least' a year to set up state run 'pot shops', find growers and all the other 'technicalities'.

    *the DUI laws are messed up to, all an officer has to do is, 'presume' you are under the influence, then can take you in, if you test positive (at 5ng/mL) you have an automatic DUI and there is no fighting it, no legal re-course.

    BinauralJam wrote:

    If you could Fedex a pound to N.Y. I would make it worth your while. :mrgreen:

    a pound would be illegal for me to procure for you...
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • BinauralJam
    BinauralJam Posts: 14,158
    RKCNDY wrote:
    BinauralJam wrote:

    If you could Fedex a pound to N.Y. I would make it worth your while. :mrgreen:

    a pound would be illegal for me to procure for you...


    But you are open to the idea ? :P besides 2 once's a month would be sufficient for my personal needs.
  • DURP
    DURP OhighO Posts: 2,180
    Pursuing marijuana user's and growers is a waste of federal tax dollars. The term "War on drugs" is a joke. Are we really any better off than what we were in the 80's? I look around and think things have gotten worse. People are strung out on pills and meth but yes that marijuana it's the root of all evil.

    The pill problem here in Chillicothe Ohio is out of control. The town is now known as Pillicothe most of the people arrested are for pills. Or for stealing your air condition so they can scrap it to buy pills. Take the money that is used for these marijuan task force and put it towards the pill problem.

    Marijuana is obviouslly not a problem since so many states have medical marijuana and now two have legalized it. Plus it's smart on Washingtons part the state is taxing it 3 times. Will it wipe out any deficit? Doubtful.....but it will bring in money, put people to work either in stores or growing and don't be surprised if tourist start coming to the northwest or rockies more.

    Just my two cents.
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  • eyejacker
    eyejacker Posts: 1,282
    So it will be more or less like alcohol - to begin with...
    Apart from use in public - which I am sure the police will be lenient about according to circumstances...

    And the government will make a shit load of money which, in this crisis, is part of the reason why this is happening... (If it happens in Greece, tourism will sky-rocket and we will "float" out of this recession... People will prefer to go for recreational drug holidays at sunny islands rather than rainy Amsterdam... Don't get me wrong - Amsterdam rocks - and not only for the taboo reasons!!)

    So yeah, maybe not ours - but the next generation will very likely be living in a greener society...
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    they project an estimated $1.9 Billion in generated revenue in the first 5 years from marijuana here, unless the feds jump in.

    38,000 people die every year from prescription drugs-not just the pill poppers ad DURP was talking about, but also people who use them because they need them to live...how many marijuana related deaths have been recorded?

    Hempfest should be interesting next year...
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    RKCNDY wrote:
    they project an estimated $1.9 Billion in generated revenue in the first 5 years from marijuana here, unless the feds jump in.

    38,000 people die every year from prescription drugs-not just the pill poppers ad DURP was talking about, but also people who use them because they need them to live...how many marijuana related deaths have been recorded?

    Hempfest should be interesting next year...

    I'm so pissed I missed that by a week two years ago
  • prism
    prism Posts: 2,440
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    too bad I don't live close to Oly...

    http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12 ... get-stoned
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  • cutz
    cutz Posts: 12,453
    RKCNDY wrote:
    too bad I don't live close to Oly...

    http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/12 ... get-stoned

    I might need to move> :lol:
  • peacefrompaul
    peacefrompaul Posts: 25,293
    81 wrote:
    technically it's still not legal. last i checked, federal law supercedes state/local laws. ;)

    Yeah, and people have been currently telling the Feds to go fuck themselves...

    I wish it happened more often
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    good to know
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  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    http://washingtonfreedomtours.com/index.html

    they are all coming out of the woodwork now... :lol:
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    - Christopher McCandless
  • arq
    arq Posts: 8,101
    RKCNDY wrote:
    http://washingtonfreedomtours.com/index.html

    they are all coming out of the woodwork now... :lol:

    This is too cool :lol:
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    RKCNDY wrote:
    http://washingtonfreedomtours.com/index.html

    they are all coming out of the woodwork now... :lol:
    is that fish real so big or the stuff you smoking is so good? :lol:
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    http://washingtonfreedomtours.com/index.html

    they are all coming out of the woodwork now... :lol:
    is that fish real so big or the stuff you smoking is so good? :lol:

    maybe the stuff you are smoking is so good, you DO catch a fish that big, eat the whole thing, and are STILL hungry for more! :lol:
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    RKCNDY wrote:
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    RKCNDY wrote:
    http://washingtonfreedomtours.com/index.html

    they are all coming out of the woodwork now... :lol:
    is that fish real so big or the stuff you smoking is so good? :lol:

    maybe the stuff you are smoking is so good, you DO catch a fish that big, eat the whole thing, and are STILL hungry for more! :lol:
    :lol:
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”

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