Quote Originally Posted by painretreat
Now, as we creep onto 60-we simply watch, the 5 o'clock news and hope we see: Marijuana Legal in the U.S. of A. !! pr
Georgia was the 5th (or was it the 12th?) state to climb aboard the federal government's prohibition. Being located in the heart of what's called "the bible belt," it will unfortunately probably be the one of the last to recognize the benefits of cannabis and repeal and/or modify the laws to allow for cannabis. Georgia is fractured into 159 ittty-bitty counties, the most counties of any state in the nation; With a bunch of them still being "dry"from the previous prohibition - meaning you can't even buy alcohol in them yet.

I don't see that announcement coming in MY lifetime here in Georgia, but I've been considering the option of moving to Oregon. That announcement has already been issued there. Oh well... I don't feel that personally hearing that announcement as so great a loss. Hearing it HERE I would be ecstatic.

I do wonder though, with the republicans taking over, if we won't start seeing more invasive legislation being written to further erode our personal rights - in the name of national security or some such BS. I see that Rhode Island's governor Lincoln Chafee pulled the plug on the state's nascent medical cannabis dispensary program, despite it having been previously approved 102 - 3 by the state legislature. He caved to the feds claiming he, "didn't want to risk state employees being arrested". What a crock of bullshit! He is intentionally breaking the law, that HE signed into law when it was voted on, publicly, by the people of the state. :wtf: I can't BELIEVE our government, at any level, can just reject a public vote of the people! And I wonder how the feds are going to cover up his actions and call them "legal". I dunno how YOU were sworn in, but I seem to remember something about "protecting this country from threat, both foreign and domestic". His actions certainly seem, at least to me, as "domestic harm to our country".

Just in, (dee da dee da dee dee, a da da dee) from Norml.org, "U.S. Attorneys in California sent warnings to local dispensaries in San Francisco, San Diego, and elsewhere warning that locally compliant facilities still may be subject to federal prosecution for violating federal 'drug free school zones' legislation -- leaving these facilities with no choice but to either move or close.Also, federal attorneys in California have sent hundreds of legal warnings to the landlords of properties that rent to medical cannabis businesses (retail, delivery, cultivation and testing) warning that their properties and assets are subject to swift civil forfeiture proceedings, and that they themselves may be subject to decades in prison. Is it likely that federal attorneys do the same in Colorado, New Mexico and Maine; and to the numerous gray area dispensaries in Oregon and Washington" Wonderful! Simply f/n wonderful!

Our leaders are so determined to see the rest of the world fall in line that we're ready to jump into shooting wars with numerous countries at the same time, ignoring the laws of that country, to enforce our failed "war against drugs". Just to keep YOU from smoking a jurnt, or using medication legally prescribed by your doctor. It wouldn't surprise me to see "civil unrest" to soon be starting up here as it has in so much of the middle eastern countries. And if it does... hey... you can count on my ass being right slap dab in the middle of it. By our oath, to our government, all veterans would be required to be there. Can you imagine??

There always seems to be some one petty politicians, or part of the governing body that wants to puff their chest and consider themselves above the law. Example, a federal law was passed requiring states to accept firearm licensing applications. So they did. And they sat on them at local levels claiming the were required to accept the application, not necessarily to issue the license. Georgia had to pass an additional law, becoming a "shall issue" state, meaning the probate judges, who handled the licensing either issue the registrant a permit within 30 days or show cause to have rejected the permit. Good old Judge Self, in Bibb County (where I live) was the worst offender in the state! Now, under the new law he has to issue within 30 says or he PERSONALLY becomes liable for the attorney fees for anyone that is forced to sue to gain their license.

Hell, the "city council" in Macon is 19 people. Show me ANYTHING that 19 people, each on their own personal power trip agenda, are going to accomplish.

But, I really shouldn't get off on the subject of politics and the loss of personal freedom due to petty officials that think they have the "power" to ignore the law as these are real sore spots subject with me.

Happy tokin' I need to go medicate! :rasta: