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Massachusetts has voted to decriminalize marijuana!

kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
edited November 2008 in A Moving Train
Time to celebrate appropriately!!! :D:D:D
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  • DPrival78DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,263
    for serious? i may need to take a celebratory trip north..
    i'm more a fan of popular bands.. like the bee-gees, pearl jam
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    well, you should treat it like a Red Sox victory ....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5apEctKwiD8
    "You're one of the few Red Sox fans I don't mind." - Newch91

    "I don't believe in damn curses. Wake up the damn Bambino and have me face him. Maybe I'll drill him in the ass." --- Pedro Martinez
  • wolfbearwolfbear Posts: 3,965
    :)
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • MrBrianMrBrian Posts: 2,672
    :D Niiiiiice
  • Steve DunneSteve Dunne Posts: 4,965
    fuck yeah baby!!! i even took my boy to fill that one out!
    I love to turn you on
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    wow you can be totally gay and high in mass!!! FUCK YEAH!!! :D:D:D



    and i kow just how to celebrate ;):D
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    At last check, the vote was:

    YES - 65%
    NO - 35%

    So it's not just winning, it's conquering.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,209
    I'll now be a sweet visit up to Fenway Park now wait till I tell my lady. :)

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Mrs.Vedder78Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    cutback wrote:
    wow you can be totally gay and high in mass!!! FUCK YEAH!!! :D:D:D



    and i kow just how to celebrate ;):D


    LMAO!!!!!!!!!
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • melodiousmelodious Posts: 1,719
    details, please

    congrats...
    all insanity:
    a derivitive of nature.
    nature is god
    god is love
    love is light
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    No.
    Yes.
    and Yes.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,307
    This country seems to finally be opening their eyes! :eek:


    Awesome!
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    In my excitement I forgot about details.

    Because of this new law (although I think the legislature has to approve it first):
    If you are caught with up to 1 ounce of marijuana, you will only have to pay a $100 fine. No matter how many times you get caught with an ounce or less, you will only get fined. No criminal record.

    more details here:
    http://sensiblemarijuanapolicy.org
  • Vedderlution_BabyVedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    Very nice. Good job guys.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    mca47 wrote:
    This country seems to finally be opening their eyes! :eek:


    Awesome!
    Well, it's Massachusetts and we're definitely ahead above shoulders than all the states. ;):p
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • AyedavanitaAyedavanita Posts: 1,443
    I think that's great, I've never know someone who only smokes pot to be a criminal. You really don't need to be out and about with more than an ounce too so that's a decent limit. I'm guessing that's for adults only right?
    "You think I got my eyes closed but I'm lookin' at you the whole fuckin' time..."
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,307
    LongRd. wrote:
    Well, it's Massachusetts and we're definitely ahead above shoulders than all the states. ;):p


    Well, thank you guys for leading the way! :)
  • melodiousmelodious Posts: 1,719
    Forgive my pun, but bush has changed the course of our country. This came in my email as did your reply. My question is what was the old penalty. What type of remedy was sought for offending past violations?


    Today, voters in Michigan and Massachusetts passed MPP's landmark ballot initiatives to change marijuana policy in their states.

    Of the 13 marijuana policy statewide initiative victories in the history of the country, we just scored the second and third most important. (The first was California's medical marijuana law in 1996.)

    MPP's Massachusetts initiative was the first time in history that a decriminalization initiative appeared on any statewide ballot, and voters passed it by what appears to be an overwhelming majority. The measure removes all criminal penalties for possessing an ounce or less of marijuana — replacing it with a $100 fine, which can be paid through the mail without lawyers or court appearances, just like a speeding ticket.

    And Michigan voters passed MPP's medical marijuana initiative, making Michigan the first Midwestern state to permit medical marijuana use by seriously ill patients (and the 13th in the U.S.). Michigan now becomes the second largest medical marijuana state in the country (second only to California). And as a result of tonight's victory, almost one quarter of the nation now resides in states with medical marijuana laws.

    look forward to hearing how precedents will be set in your state...peace
    all insanity:
    a derivitive of nature.
    nature is god
    god is love
    love is light
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    LongRd. wrote:
    No.
    Yes.
    and Yes.
    Channel 5 in Springfield just announced it's official. A new civil penalty for possession of one ounce or less of marijuana rather than criminal charges.

    And also
    "No" income tax reduction for Question 1. http://www.sec.state.ma.us/Ele/ele08/ballot_questions_08/quest_1.htm and "Yes" to prohibit dog racing betting and wagers.

    So it went down as the way I wanted it. :)
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • Meine liebeMeine liebe Posts: 203
    I do good things for this state! I visited Boston to see Pearl Jam in 2004 and took a tour of Fenway, I broke the curse and The Sox won the Series. Then I moved to Western MA a few months ago and now weed is legal! I may run for Senate based on that alone.
    I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.

    Mitch Hedberg
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Meine leibe wrote:
    I do good things for this state! I visited Boston to see Pearl Jam in 2004 and took a tour of Fenway, I broke the curse and The Sox won the Series. Then I moved to Western MA a few months ago and now weed is legal! I may run for Senate based on that alone.
    Where in Western Mass do you?

    Berkshire County here! :D
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • melodiousmelodious Posts: 1,719
    Obama
    all insanity:
    a derivitive of nature.
    nature is god
    god is love
    love is light
  • Meine liebeMeine liebe Posts: 203
    LongRd. wrote:
    Where in Western Mass do you?

    Berkshire County here! :D

    Franklin County, about 10 minutes N of Amherst. Nice area.
    I used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.

    Mitch Hedberg
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    Meine leibe wrote:
    Franklin County, about 10 minutes N of Amherst. Nice area.
    Ahh, Greenfield area. yeah definitely an awesome view there. Have passed by driven up to Brattlesboro, VT a couple times. Always a beautiful scenery there.
    PJ- 04/29/2003.06/24,25,27,28,30/2008.10/27,28,30,31/2009
    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    Ayedavanita wrote:
    I think that's great, I've never know someone who only smokes pot to be a criminal. You really don't need to be out and about with more than an ounce too so that's a decent limit. I'm guessing that's for adults only right?
    you still have to buy it from a criminal....just let people grow their own ffs!

    but baby steps are a good thing. Congrats Mass :)
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,307
    Drowned Out wrote:
    you still have to buy it from a criminal....just let people grow their own ffs!

    but baby steps are a good thing. Congrats Mass :)

    So you don't think they will? Seems to me that growing a plant or two at home is safer and better than buying from a shady dealer. And keeping it at home won't concern the police and that $100 fine either! hahahaha!
  • Larry ZisstansLarry Zisstans Posts: 167
    here's to the state of massachusetts!
    (you know, in a good way.)
    The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while. Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever. Because this is just a ride." And we...kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride. But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok? But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride. And we can change it any time we want. It's only a choice. No effort, no work, no job, no savings of money. Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love. The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off. The eyes of love instead see all of us as one. Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride. Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace.
    --Bill Hicks
  • Drowned OutDrowned Out Posts: 6,056
    mca47 wrote:
    So you don't think they will? Seems to me that growing a plant or two at home is safer and better than buying from a shady dealer. And keeping it at home won't concern the police and that $100 fine either! hahahaha!
    I'm sure they will, as they do now....I would need to look at the laws to see what's proposed for distribution, but I know when the possesion laws were struck down in Ontario, the decrim bill the cons shot down increased penalties for growers and dealers. Possesion and growing are handled very differently in court, so I don't think the $100 fine would apply. One well cared for, mature plant yields a lot more than an ounce.
    So really...it makes no sense. Someone has to have more than an ounce, right? Sounds like a good way to get prices up - supply and demand, risk and reward....a boon to the black market.
    No, I'm never satisfied :D

    For the record, very few of the weed dealers I've known over the years are 'shady'. In fact, most are (now) family guys with good careers.

    Sorry, the saccharine in the Obama threads is getting me cynical :D
  • kenny olavkenny olav Posts: 3,319
    I found the perfect song for the occasion. The celebration continues in Massachusetts!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3ITjbfvA0E

    Smokin' by Boston

    We're gonna play you a song, a little bit of rock-n-roll
    You gotta let yourself go, the bands gonna take control.
    Were gettin' down today
    We'll pick you up and take you away
    Get down tonight

    Smokin', smokin'
    We're cookin' tonight, just keep on tokin'
    Smokin', smokin'
    I feel alright, mama I'm not jokin', yeah.

    Get your feet to the floor, everybody rock and roll
    You've got nothing to lose, just the rhythm and blues, that's all, yeah
    We're gonna feel ok
    We'll pick you up and take you away
    Get down tonight.

    Smokin', smokin'
    Were cookin' tonight, just keep on tokin'
    Smokin', smokin'
    I feel alright, mama I'm not jokin', yeah.

    Everybody jumpin', dancin' to the boogie tonight
    Clap your hands, move your feet
    If you don't you know it wont seem right
    We're gettin' down today
    We'll pick you up and take you away
    Get down tonight

    We're gettin' down today
    We'll pick you up and take you away
    Get down tonight, well alright!



    This especially goes out to Brad D!
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