Legalization Bill

[time4me]

I'm with you. This bill is all about generating revenue and nothing else. I knew this would happen when people started talking about letting the legislature work up a bill.
Lets get the intiative passed and just figure on every 2 or 3 years we'll have to pass another one. We'll have to turn Sensible Washington into the nest Tim Eyman.lol

teehee, I was thinking the same thing about being an Eyman!
Legalize in 2011! :hippy:

time4me Reviewed by time4me on 01-26-2011. Legalization Bill Is the state legislature getting scared and actually starting to do something or is it just more theater??? Keep in mind, everything they have done so far in many areas has led to the present state of affairs. Are they now going to make cannabis the new tax baby? I went to buy tobacco, and it seems it jumped $3.00 for 4 oz. :wtf: Rating: 5

[jamessr]

Removing cannabis from state strict liability crime to no state public offence will open the flood gates for the feds to move on in... the only thing keeping the feds at bay for the most part in our mmj community...is section 903 of the CSA, which is the medical exemption..so the theory goes.

There is no exemption under the federal csa for full no public offence legislation recognized in the whole scheme of that legislation... just something to think about in the big picture of things...even though I agree states have a right to change it's drug laws up/down or remove them. Since both occupy that field of enforcement...with legislation by >BOTH<.

It will be just like the Arizona case going on right now over immigration ...so the big shot lawyers in our country claim when shit hits the fan... ..not nice to hear hot shot high rolling legal buffs claiming such none-sense.

You can bet your sweet fanny that the feds will be making it hard for us citizens to even enjoy this law. How you ask, DTF contracts to our local level LEA/LEO ...we need to gut these programs of funding to our locals, or it will just continue via them.

The worthington case showed that when a claim is made against a DTF agent or agency, the U.S. AG steps in with a blanket party.

[NaturalGreen]

Lol we all new this was coming. If there is money to be made the state wants in. And they want to control it just like the liq. I wonder if the state will have protection from the feds because all of us in the mmj community dont.
Natural Green

[gypski]

Hiatt met with Prop 19 supporters to try to learn from their experience. Hiatt said the Californians urged Sensible Washington to leave the details of regulating legalized marijuana to lawmakers, should Evergreen State voters OK the initiative.

I can agree that something must be done. I only wonder about some in the movement because there is a lot of backstabbing or diversion of motives with some in the movement. I like the holistic approach the best with outright legalization and a separation between medical and recreational.

Legalized marijuana in Washington? Proponents try again

New initiative proposal to legalize pot in Wash. | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News | Local & Regional

[time4me]

We all knew the state would step in and tax it anyway, and that the feds are going to fight it. Look at how they are threatening Oakland, CA. But, we will start the fight. It's high time someone did (pun intended).
I'm throwing in with Sensible Washington. The legislature will hold theirs off and see what happens, then will change their bill to fit and to get regs into place right away. Both bills introduced by the legislature were set to go into law in 2012.
I'd like to see the SW make it. The people will have spoken on the matter. It makes a difference.

[killerweed420]

Even if the state legislature does pass laws to try and protect us from legal action by LEO it still won't protect us at the federal level. I'm one of those 10th Amendment believers and believe that if the feds do step in again there needs to be a class action lawsuit filed by the injured parties on the fact that the feds do not have jurisdiction in these kinds of matters unless it crosses state lines.
And if the initiative passes that is probably what is going to take place. The feds will not be happy that cannabis is legalized as a recreational drug. But people have to make a stand. We can't just continue to allow the feds to roll over us.