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You sound like a liberal.... going to call him a racist next?

Spanky. This one is for you, you pompous ass.

Yeah, I'm a liberal alright.

Wait... mentioning that growing pot, which is still illegal in the U.S., may not find many followers on a (mostly) conservative website, makes me a liberal?

Gimmie a break.

With the new administrations view on sanctuary cities I would not be investing in the pot business any time soon.




Dave

I didn't say anything about your opinion, just that you BEHAVE like a liberal. Can't handle opinions that differ from your own, need a safe, happy forum space where you won't be offended by other opinions, or, heaven forbid, have to employ critical thinking skills......

I can handle them.

I just file them away where they belong.

Already done the critical thinking on this subject when I was an LEO dealing with the drug infestation.

And adolescents, its almost impossible to keep the stuff away from them, when recreational use is legal for adults. And marijuana does its worst damage on chromosomes and brains, and lungs of growing bodies. Known as a tetragenic toxic effect. Kids brains are permanently messed up before they reach adulthood.

When OBummer was in charge they had nothing to worry about .... but it's all going to change.

I think it will end. The sanctuary cities were a big part of Trump's campaign and the social conservatives are going to use the pot issue as leverage.



Dave

I'd be shocked if it changed. Something like 25 or 26 states now have legalized marijuana.

I don't see it going backwards. Especially considering the greedy nature of both Fed and State government.

http://taxfoundation.org/article/marijuana-legalization-and-taxes-federal-revenue-impact

Maybe.

But at the end of the day the only reason those drugs aren't getting seized is because the administration doesn't allow it.



Dave

Pretty much.

It's one of the laws they choose not to enforce.

Anybody from California knows the best wine in the state is Safeway Red Port.

Lotta people making a lot of money selling perfectly legal products to the dope industry. For instance fence and consequently lumber sales are booming. Also efficient processing requires some pretty sophisticated machinery. Companies that make that machinery could be a good play. Especially since CA came onboard. As I drive through the Aplegate I see large grows on about half the properties. I would not be surprised if dope surpassed wine in crop value within a few years.

This is an investment opportunity that I may take advantage of. Does anyone think the 200 acres I used to own would be worth anything near 5.4 million if not for the dope connection?

The Feds are not going to interfere because they see a huge pot (no pun intended) of tax dollars waiting to be grabbed. And, what about State's Rights? Is there no such thing anymore?

Public opinion on marijuana has left the train station as it has on queer marriage and it ain't coming back. I'll warrant that within the next few years a majority of states will have legalized recreational marijuana.

Not since 1861


Mike

Trump appears to favor giving the power back to the states, away from a heavy-handed centralized government so I can see the pot issue being a states rights issue. The border and immigration is an altogether different issue. National security is not a states rights issue.

Considering that pot is a weed and potency is based as much on genetics as anything else, I predict that in 10 years they will be bailing it like hay and selling it for not much more.

Aaaaah, aged on the truck. Brings some fond memories to mind.

If we had a free market, yes, but with government regulation, the bubble will be much less pronounced.

The local state police heros put a post on their facebook page last week where they had pulled over a couple of guys with 80 some pounds of MJ in the car. They were mighty proud..... and out of about 60 comments, all but one described them as "lame", "quit wasting our tax money" or "go do something useful".

Times, they are a changing. MJ is going to be a major cash crop, and it won't be 10 years before the Federal rules will be changed.

They are both issues that are regulated by the federal government.

If you go after sanctuary cities, you have to go after weed. Or, change the scheduling of weed. Which would probably be the easiest route.

But as it sits today, weed is not a state's right issue any more than abortion is a state's right issue.



Dave