So now can we legalize?

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  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    gleemonex wrote:
    Marijuana should be legalized. Here's a plan that works:

    Marijuana is legal to be sold in quantities of a 1/8 ounce or less in designated coffee shops. You can sit down, smoke a bowl or joint for a fixed price, have some tea and conversation with friends and leave with good, legal pot. Similar to Holland, there would be menu choices.

    The pot sold in these coffee shops is government grown and high quality. If the government produces most of the pot on the market and sells it directly to the coffee shops, the illegal marijuana market suffers a huge hit. Most marijuana users would much prefer to go to a store that they can walk into and know they are buy good pot than call a bevy of unreliable dealers in hopes of finding some good pot. The government and shops could also fix the prices at a level that is best for the government and coffee shops to make money while keeping the customers coming to the legal pot shops.

    Legally, as far as carrying marijuana on your person, consider it decriminalized under a certain amount, say the same 1/8 ounce that would be legal to purchase at a time. Drinking in public is a crime, as smoking in public would be. Drunk and disorderly is a crime, as it would be for marijuana. Driving while high is the same situation.

    Pot smokers are happy; the government is happy; new businesses and workers are happy. A whole new industry is created.

    Comments and criticisms are welcome.

    The only gray area is determining if someone is affected by marijuana while driving. Most states have a .08 limit for alcohol, how would you determine a legal limit for mary jane? Since it does stay in your body for a few weeks.
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  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    South of Seattle wrote:
    The only gray area is determining if someone is affected by marijuana while driving. Most states have a .08 limit for alcohol, how would you determine a legal limit for mary jane? Since it does stay in your body for a few weeks.

    I would say that the best way to deal with that is with a field sobriety test and, if the officer determines it necessary, the driver can be searched for pot, detained and administered a proper drug test.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    gleemonex wrote:
    I would say that the best way to deal with that is with a field sobriety test and, if the officer determines it necessary, the driver can be searched for pot, detained and administered a proper drug test.

    Then they would have to have some type of blood test that measure's how stoned you are at the time.

    I think the amounts deemed legal would be higher than an 1/8th. I could see it being an ounce. That's basically the difference between a charge, and a slap on the wrist right now, at least in my state.
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  • gleemonex
    gleemonex Posts: 848
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Then they would have to have some type of blood test that measure's how stoned you are at the time.

    I think the amounts deemed legal would be higher than an 1/8th. I could see it being an ounce. That's basically the difference between a charge, and a slap on the wrist right now, at least in my state.

    I know determining the level of highness at the time is a tricky issue, so maybe the solution is a zero-tolerance policy for driving. If you fail the field sobriety test, you get charged.

    I think an ounce is a bit excessive. I don't know anyone who themselves has an ounce of pot for personal use, which is what I was demonstrating by setting the limit at 1/8th. A quarter ounce would probably be fine.
    “Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It’s hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It’s round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you’ve got about a hundred years here. There’s only one rule that I know of, babies — ‘God damn it, you’ve got to be kind.’” - Kurt Vonnegut
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    gleemonex wrote:
    I know determining the level of highness at the time is a tricky issue, so maybe the solution is a zero-tolerance policy for driving. If you fail the field sobriety test, you get charged.

    I think an ounce is a bit excessive. I don't know anyone who themselves has an ounce of pot for personal use, which is what I was demonstrating by setting the limit at 1/8th. A quarter ounce would probably be fine.

    An ounce is pretty normal around these parts. It's a better deal :) But if stores/coffee shops were to sell, then yes and ounce would be excessive.
    NERDS!

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