jasontoon wrote:
Seems to me that places like Amsterdam and Vancouver have no trouble with their reputations...
JuiceInDogtown wrote:^ My residential street in Dogtown was salted and plowed this morning.
drunkrusski wrote:Juice, you are a troll, always have been, always will be.
UrbanPioneer wrote:jasontoon wrote:
Seems to me that places like Amsterdam and Vancouver have no trouble with their reputations...
...or Denver, or Boston, or San Fran, or anyone decriminalizing it (India, Canada, Massachusetts, Colorado, California, Oregon, Nebraska, New York, Maine, Michigan, Ohio, Alaska, North Carolina, Mississippi, Minnesota), or Australia, or Spain, or...
Point is, making it decriminalized or legal will not affect our reputation at all. We would not be alone.
drunkrusski wrote:JuiceInDogtown wrote:^ My residential street in Dogtown was salted and plowed this morning.
Juice, you are a troll, always have been, always will be.
be sure to take the poll!A member of the St. Louis Board of Aldermen has begun discussing a proposal likely to catch the attention of the region. The member (no gender hint here) is considering a new municipal ordinance that would make the possession of a small amount of marijuana a summary offense (a relatively minor criminal charge) or even decriminalize it, making violators subject to fines, not jail time. The change, which would require the cooperation of the St. Louis circuit attorney and the city counselor, would be aimed at freeing up the court dockets of the most minor of drug cases in the City of St. Louis, emptying out jail cells now holding some drug offenders awaiting jury trials, and refocusing the attention of law enforcers on more serious drug offenses.
This proposal may not be a radical one. Although some jurisdictions have completely decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, requiring offenders to surrender their stashes and pay the equivalent of parking fines, others, like Philadelphia, have made the possession of 30 grams (a little more than an ounce) or less of marijuana subject to civil summary charges, with fines in the $200 to $300 range. Violators in the City of Brotherly Love will still be arrested, handcuffed, searched, detained and fingerprinted, but they will be referred to municipal nuisance-type courts (the same sorts of courts to which unruly Phillies and Eagles fans are sent).
It is not clear if the St. Louis local legislator's proposal will reach the stage of a board bill anytime soon or if the Board of Alderman (or local prosecutors and police officials) will support it, but MayorSlay.com is willing to put the matter before its readers to collect your opinions. Before you complain that the results of an unscientific poll conducted on the Internet are neither fully representative nor usefully predictive, please be assured that we know that. These weekly polls do not set policy. They simply spark your civic discussion. Dude.
and of course, next month they're voting on legalization.SACRAMENTO, CALIF. - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) signed a bill Thursday that will downgrade possession of an ounce or less of marijuana from a misdemeanor to an infraction.
The measure will keep most marijuana-related cases from going to court, and Schwarzenegger cited the state's budget woes for his decision.
"Possession of less than an ounce of marijuana is an infraction in everything but name," he wrote in a signing message, adding, "In this time of drastic budget cuts, prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement and the courts cannot afford to expend limited resources prosecuting a crime that carries the same punishment as a traffic ticket."
When the law takes effect Jan. 1, the penalty for marijuana possession will remain a fine of up to $100 but no longer carry jail time.
not that i know of. did they say what organization they were with, if any?stlwriterman wrote:Someone yesterday asked me to sign a petition about legalizing marijuana. They were going door to door in Tower Grove South. Is there an actual campaign underway?
Was in a hurry so I didn't ask. Should have. But let's just say they didn't seem like professional signature-gatherers, more like they may have a rooting interest in the topic.Nerfdude wrote:not that i know of. did they say what organization they were with, if any?stlwriterman wrote:Someone yesterday asked me to sign a petition about legalizing marijuana. They were going door to door in Tower Grove South. Is there an actual campaign underway?
rest assured probably 80% of pot (NOT A VERIFIED STATISTIC DURR) in any given area of the US (excluding california) is going to be from mexico. higher grade stuff could be a different story, but the crap teenagers buy is coming straight from our neighbors to the south or any given national forest.Doug wrote:Most of our pot probably comes from California or British Columbia, dude.
How can I rest assured, if it isn't verified?Nerfdude wrote:rest assured probably 80% of pot (NOT A VERIFIED STATISTIC DURR)
i believe california's bill, prop 19, would allow you to grow up to 25 square feet.Adam N Radical wrote: However, I would feel better about the sources if legalization allowed the growing of plants.
