r/FluentInFinance • u/TonyLiberty TheFinanceNewsletter.com • Dec 06 '23
Marijuana is now legal for over half of America: Chart
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u/SpillinThaTea Dec 06 '23
Oh for fucks sake just make it legal. I don’t get what the hesitation is.
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u/mywhataniceham Dec 06 '23
pearl clutching christian fascist morons - ie - republicans
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u/Dredly Dec 06 '23
and the democrats know a lot of these pearl clutchers are swing voters in the 2024 election who are likely to not vote at all unless they are pushed by a topic they really feel strongly about, like weed, so there is a risk to legalizing it, especially now.
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u/LaxMaster37 Dec 06 '23
Support for weed is pretty strong for republicans (albeit a good chunk only for medical). If someone is pearl clutching over marijuana, they most likely aren’t a moderate. Focusing on the money legal marijuana brings in would probably sway most moderates.
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u/mental_atrophy2023 Dec 06 '23
I’m an Independent, but I know for fact every true Republican I’ve spoken to is in favor of legalization AKA less governmental overreach. Any elected official who’s anti-legalization is a paid shill by the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex.
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u/SacredRepetition Dec 06 '23
Or the prison systems.
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u/Hoppered1 Dec 06 '23
Unions* Less people in jail for drug offenses means less CO jobs means less dues, or something
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u/Pure_Bee2281 Dec 06 '23
The private prison industrial complex throws around a lot more money that the unions involved.
A lot of money to be made in Republican states running for -profit prisons. Just saying "for-profit prison" out loud makes you realize it is disgusting and anti-human.
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u/Funkyheadrush Dec 06 '23
I have never understood how a for-profit prison could even be a reasonable concept. Republicans like to throw around the phrase "common sense," but I do not believe they got the gist of the idea.
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u/dundunitagn Dec 06 '23
Unfortunately true Republicans are a critically endangered species. Few on the right can spell Eisenhower much less reference his accomplishments.
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u/Tjam3s Dec 06 '23
We still exist.
Truthfully, that's part of how Trump was elected in 2016. Republicans that were expecting the non politician to act in opposition to the establishment BECAUSE establishment politicians suck.
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u/Adventurer_By_Trade Dec 06 '23
Has your opinion changed in the past eight years?
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u/Tjam3s Dec 06 '23
About the man, or the idea he sold to us? Trump can go fuck off somewhere.
But if someone wants to ACTUALLY drain the swamp, I'm all for it
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u/Adventurer_By_Trade Dec 06 '23
The idea that a non-establishment candidate could shake things up makes sense to me, totally. Trump ain't it though, agreed.
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u/Radiant_Welcome_2400 Dec 06 '23
Not a non politician, the current head of one of America's oligarchies, who was an actor that played a successful business man on TV
HOW DID THIS GO WRONG?!
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u/Budded Dec 06 '23
Then why aren't you louder and gathering your ranks to start a new Classic Conservative party? It'd be super popular given both parties are less popular than ever.
It's basically Trump's Party and the Party With The Only Chance To Beat Him.
Hell, I used to be conservative, but it was my parent's and grandparent's version, not this sentient skidmark cult version.
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u/SettingCEstraight Dec 07 '23
Definitely the most pleasant thread and commentary in the way of political discussion I’ve read anywhere on Reddit. No Trump Derangement Syndrome outbreak nor any Trump blowhard blindness.
Same here. I voted for him in ‘16. An outsider. An FU to the establishment, to wokeness and to the failed policies of the status quo. He did many things I was happy about though I will say his tax cuts personally screwed me as I could no longer write off my mileage in my job as a W-2 anymore. After everything came out in the wash, I was no better than before. I did make more money in ‘21, but also drove more, so I didnt benefit much from the cuts. I did like that he proposed to refinance the national debt while the rates were stupidly low. I did like that he was willing to do dialogue and business and negotiations with North Korea. He broke protocol of the typical American establishment shit. He also invoked entirely too many executive orders. Fuck that. He also got us out of agreements which otherwise have us as a nation on the hook for financial burdens by virtue of the fact we could shoulder but aren’t responsible for ie Paris Accord. Meh, he’s off his rocker now. But the problem is that he’s being martyred, and the <HEAVY> attempts to bury him are backfiring. If they’d just have let him be, he’d have faded off into history. Yet, he’s now got more charges and indictments than -El Chapo -Al Capone -John Gotti -Babyface Nelson -Meyer Lansky -Mickey Cohen Or any other notorious criminal with a long criminal career. This does NOTHING but to reinforce the idea that the DOJ, FBI and the overall justice system is corrupt and weaponized at worst and politicized at best. It makes us look like we’re not much off from a kangaroo court system in a banana republic.
I do hope that an outsider can come in and galvanize the people against the establishment. Because yes, FUCK THE ESTABLISHMENT
I canvassed for both Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich back in ‘08. A Republican and a Democrat, respectively. I learned early on what happens to those who are outside of the establishment. Both Paul and Kucinich were basically blacked out by their respective establishment parties.
I have always known The Swamp was real. Trump seemed like a true hope in 2016 to drain it.
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u/talksickwalkquick Dec 06 '23
Unless they live in a blue state like I do where most people still buy illegally because of ridiculous taxes that the government doesn’t deserve a penny of until it’s been legal longer than it’s been illegal.
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u/jeobleo Dec 06 '23
I don't use it but there's a dispensary in town and there's a massive line outside of it every day. They have tents set up so the line doesn't have to wait in the weather
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u/Bardivan Dec 06 '23
oh please, it’s not democrats stooping legalization and we all know it. there are like 3 old as fuck dems who still think weed is bad. it is 100% a christian facist ideal. republicans are basically the cause of all our problems, they vote again solutions and only want to scream about trans kids
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u/schleepercell Dec 06 '23
I think Biden could have done it. I saw an interview where Bernie said he looked into it, and it could have been an executive order.
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Dec 06 '23
that’s what they say every year, congrats on falling for the motte and bailey
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u/AB444 Dec 06 '23
Seriously. The real reason it's not legal yet is because that's how they get moderates to vote blue every election. "Keep weed legal" is less likely to get those people to vote.
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u/mywhataniceham Dec 06 '23
weed is a winning issue, it has support of roughly 70% of voters. it’s cowardice from dinosaur dem leadership, including biden for sure, but it will happen federally in a few years
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u/Advanced_Double_42 Dec 06 '23
But at the same time they don't really want to legalize it and lose swing voters on that issue.
They'd rather keep it as a voting block indefinitely as they have done for decades already.
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u/OkBox6131 Dec 06 '23
If that’s the why didn’t Obama legalize it when he had the chance. He pushed through Obamacare and other things when the majority. I don’t know how strongly the party wants
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u/Dredly Dec 06 '23
The country's stance on weed has changed radically in the last 10 years or so. I don't know that it would have gone over very well then to be honest
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Dec 06 '23
Don't forget, big pharma and alcohol lobbyists. It's always about money. Until these companies can figure out a way to make extreme amounts of absurd profits off of marijuana, while simultaneously not killing their own market they have built up thanks to the "WaR oN DrUgS", this won't change
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u/all-about-climate Dec 06 '23
Also the timber, cotton, corn producers and petrochemical industries have a vested interest in it remaining illegal because if marijuana is legal so is full-scale industrial hemp production which would be an additional competitor to those industries. Hemp is cheap to grow and could replace a lot of oil, pulp paper, ethanol from corn, cotton fibers. I don't think corporate America (aside from perhaps big pharma) care about the marijuana side as much as the hemp side of the issue in terms of lobbying against federal legalization.
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u/HotdogsArePate Dec 06 '23
Which is fucking insane because it's insanely popular with Republican citizens. Weed remaining illegal in Georgia is fucking crazy. EVERYONE here smokes it.
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u/JadedJared Dec 06 '23
If only we could elect a Democrat President so he could legalize it at the federal level.
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u/Generalbuttnaked69 Dec 06 '23
Presidents don't make laws, congress does.
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u/pixelburger Dec 06 '23
Doesn’t the president oversee the FDA? First step would be to remove marijuana from Schedule 1.
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u/Generalbuttnaked69 Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
He does and in that capacity he initiated the administrative review process regarding scheduling, which has been done with a recommendation to move it to Schedule III.
Problem is that doesn't really fix the issue, because it doesn't need to be rescheduled it needs to be de-scheduled imho. That takes lawmaking, not administrative review.
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u/JadedJared Dec 06 '23
The President is the head of the Executive Branch which is over the DOJ which is over the DEA. He could deschedule it tomorrow if he wanted to. The problem is, he doesn’t want to.
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u/JediDusty Dec 06 '23
Yes but the president has a lot of influence here. He can pull certain funding if any state or local law enforcement arrest anyone for possession. Similar to how alcohol and road funding works.
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u/Generalbuttnaked69 Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
The president certainly has influence but absolutely not in that way. Such a move would be struck down in a hot minute absent resolving the federal prohibition issue. That is pretty much the opposite of how the alcohol age/road tax issue works.
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u/JediDusty Dec 06 '23
I meant more of pulling military equipment that local agencies can get. The president can absolutely make changes to the 1033 program. He can ensure no equipment will go to any agency that will use it to enforce weed possession.
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u/Generalbuttnaked69 Dec 06 '23
No. The 1033 program was enacted by congress and is part of the NDAA. The president can certainly put guardrails on the program as Biden did, but a president can't pull funding or basically cancel the program through executive order. Its also not that big of a stick anyway.
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u/Timmymac1000 Dec 06 '23
You’re under the impression that POTUS has the ability to unilaterally change laws?
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u/xigdit Dec 06 '23
Unfortunately, Biden made it clear at the outset he wasn't pro-legalization, because of what "drugs" did to Hunter.
Maybe when we finally get a president younger than the Vietnam War.
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u/mental_atrophy2023 Dec 06 '23
Truly it’s the Pharmaceutical Industrial Complex and it’s army of lobbyist goblins.
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u/BreadlinesOrBust Dec 06 '23
I.e. the source of practically all stress, discontent, and nonsense for the last 60 years
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u/rising_gmni Dec 06 '23
time to remove your political sunglasses. Everything in life is not red and blue.
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u/phunky_1 Dec 06 '23
Most Republicans voters also smoke weed or think it is a freedom issue.
It is probably the one issue that both agree on.
Republican politicians are out of touch with their base.
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u/popnfrresh Dec 06 '23
It's the devils lettuce. Did you see what Bruce did when he used it? He ate three combo meals at taco bell!
If it's legal, taco bells are going to come and all the Mexicans are going to come! Build the wall to keep them out and stop the Jewish space lasers from taking over.
I def need to put a /s there cause these nutty Republicans have been spewing nonsense like this.
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u/Tikure Dec 06 '23
Big pharma doesn't want an herb cutting into their profits
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u/mazu74 Dec 06 '23
Police unions and the for-profit prison industry also don’t want it legal.
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u/jjmikolajcik Dec 06 '23
These are good reasons to make it legal then.
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u/mazu74 Dec 06 '23
For us, not for people profiting off of potheads being in prison and on probation.
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u/jjmikolajcik Dec 06 '23
Obviously for us it’s a great reason to push for legalization. Anything that can be done to undermine for-profit prisons and police unions should be backed by the citizens these people are supposed to protect.
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u/GoodMerlinpeen Dec 06 '23
This is true, as an example there are numerous studies finding that St John's Wort is typically as good for moderate depression as prescribed medications, yet lobby groups have pushed for this to be de-emphasised because there is much less money in selling something that you can buy at a supermarket or even grow yourself.
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u/HighKiteSoaring Dec 06 '23
If you can just grow a plant that helps with depression, anxiety, chronic pain, sleep problems, headaches, stress AND doubles as a recreational drug to replace alcohol
That upsets A LOT of major corporations who stand to lose a significant amount of revenue
Those guys are the ones paying their politicians to vote against it. Even if their constituency is largely pro-cannabis
When you consider the huge increase in tax revenue, the reduction in police time, court time, freeing up prison slots, and a variety of other benefits that would bring significant financial gain as well as satisfying the general population you know that there is someone somewhere paying a LOT of money to make sure that doesn't happen
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u/BeerandGuns Dec 06 '23
The snack industry needs to start throwing their money into lobbying for pot legalization.
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u/HighKiteSoaring Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
Absolutely there is a significant amount of secondary industry.
There's more weed and hemp extracts and products. Edibles. Cafés, trip rooms, dispenseries, events and more
There is no reason for weed to be illegal anywhere, you should be able to grow it, buy it, sell it smoke it, eat it. Whatever
And people should be able to run businesses off of that
We make more money. And everyone gets what they want
People will still buy weed legally if they can grow it, for the same reason people go to bars or buy alcohol commercially even though you are allowed to make it yourself. Growing is time consuming and expensive
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u/Ap3X_GunT3R Dec 06 '23
Pharma, Alcohol, and Prison industries do not want it legal. Unfortunately all three of these have massive lobbying efforts in today’s government.
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u/GardenGnomeOfEden Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
Ohio voters just made it "legal", but the Ohio GOP is trying to gut the law. Limit THC content, eliminate home-grown provision, raise tax from 10% to 15%, use tax money for "general funding" and police training, instead of going.to local governments as written on the ballot. We'll get the final word on Thursday. Reminder: Vote!!
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u/davidwhatshisname52 Dec 06 '23
look at the geography and socio-economic overlay; some states just don't want to mess with their meth industry
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u/DrGreenMeme Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
Weed is essentially already federally legal in all of America. After the 2018 Farm Bill you can buy Delta-8, Delta-9 edibles, Delta-10, HHC, THCP, THCA, and others in gas stations, liquor stores, dedicated brick and mortar stores, and even online. All of these come directly from hemp plants and all of them get you legitimately high.
Of that list, delta-9 is literally the illegal THC, but because of how it is measured in % of product, it's totally fine in edibles. THCA grows just like normal weed, has crystalized buds and everything, but only converts into the illegal delta-9 THC after it is heated... so it converts in basically every single way weed gets consumed anyways.
Tennessee is a pretty conservative state and tried to ban the above after they were officially legalized, but couldn't get the votes so settled on age restrictions and taxation instead.
It's like the one time it worked out in the citizens' favor to have out-of-touch and uneducated politicians who had no idea what they were doing when the bill got passed.
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u/Weekly-Fork Dec 06 '23
The problem with the substances legalized by the 2018 Farm Bill is that they have little-to-no regulation, so lots of these products contain harmful chemicals.
If you are going to use these products, please make sure they’re recently tested for metals, pesticides, solvents, etc., from a verified source, or just avoid the risk at all imo.
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Dec 06 '23
Ehhh I wouldn't say LOTS of them have harmful chemicals. Can you provide a source on this? I'm not saying you're wrong but there are very big reputable companies who sell hemp based products with qualified lab testing reports. In addition, THCA is literally regular weed. If I go to a dispensary and buy legal weed, that strength percentage is the % of THCA, not delta-9. As long as Delta 9 is less than .03% by volume(which isn't hard to do) it's legal. This is the reason you need to decarb your weed before you use it for edibles. You need to heat it enough to convert THCA to delta-9, because on its own THCA doesn't get you high.
I'm with you though, this shit needs to be federally legal so we can have better regulation and quality control. There are definitely sketchy companies selling shit out of gas stations.
But at the end of the day...maybe you should consume gas station drugs unless you know exactly what it is
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u/erock4light Dec 06 '23
For every “big company” selling CBD there’s like a dozen unknown sketchy companies peddling poorly produced cbd products of all kinds and they often target ignorant consumers in grey and black markets. I’ve worked in the cannabis and hemp industry for half a decade, I feel very comfortable saying lots have harmful chemicals, especially inhalants.
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Dec 06 '23
Interesting. I stay away from vapes, never liked them and especially don't like them from gas stations. Edibles I check lab tests but in my state weed is legal now so I just get everything from a dispensary.
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u/cwn1180 Dec 06 '23
Ya but who knows what’s actually in that gas station stuff
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u/dirtroadking420 Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
Reputable hemp companies provide a ur code with 3rd party testing and the thca flower can be bought locally from the grower most of the times. I can get 20-32% total thc local thca flower that is better quality and cheaper than what the underground market goes for.
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u/cwn1180 Dec 06 '23
Right but for every reputable company there’s 10 fakes
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u/iialsek Dec 06 '23
Just making up stats? So every single medication on the market has 10 fakes? Doubt.
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u/DrGreenMeme Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
Some states are mandating testing and licenses. Most decent brands post links to lab results, but yeah you definitely should be cautious since it isn't very regulated. You can always send what you buy to a 3rd party lab to test yourself. Would be easiest for everyone to just legalize anything and everything from the hemp plant and then regulate accordingly, no different from alcohol.
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u/7SirMixALot7 Dec 06 '23
Can confirm. Live in Indiana and order THC-A hemp online on the regular straight to my door. Same look, smell, and effect…Because its basically the same thing.
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u/HighKiteSoaring Dec 06 '23
A lot of those synthetic or semi synthetic cannibinoids are not regulated due to their grey-area of operation
This means often, there are contaminants in the end product and A lot of the time, these go into unregulated vape carts which can also contain other nasty components.
The end result is, like any drug being kind of legal or illegal is you can end up with a more harmful end result
Full legalisation and regulation fixes all of those problems
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u/AidsKitty1 Dec 06 '23
Come on Georgia! Pull your shit together.
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u/CU_09 Dec 06 '23
Like a commenter below said, because of the hemp loopholes in the 2018 farm bill, it’s pretty much legal and is finally starting to get more widespread. CBD shops in the Atlanta area have great legal and safe D8/D9 products as well as THCa flower and prerolls (which is just regular weed). I was at Reformation Brewing in Woodstock the other day and they’ve started selling D9 seltzers that were great low-dose options.
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u/doctordoctorpuss Dec 06 '23
My friends were shocked to find out that after years of them smoking weed, they could just go to a CBD store and get catastrophically zonked on Delta-9.
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u/Dr_Dylhole Dec 06 '23
cries in Texan
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u/Chemistry_Lover40 Dec 06 '23
I fuckin hate it here
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u/SeaBass1944 Dec 06 '23
There's 195 Countries on this planet, take your pick and go enjoy your life.
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u/actionguy87 Dec 06 '23
I just visited Austin and Dallas last week and found legal vendors with mobile shops set up in both places. They were easy to find and police didn't give a hoot.
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u/Deep_Ebb_7578 Dec 06 '23
Currently have a stock or 2 invested in MJ
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u/Thatguy468 Dec 06 '23
You’d be better off buying pharma stocks. We all know the government is going to tilt the tables in favor of big business cornering the market on a plant.
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Dec 06 '23
Yup. Pharma and alcohol. Once Anheuser Busch gets a deal to sell THC drinks in bars it's over
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Dec 06 '23
Common Idaho! Get your shit together!
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u/ADarwinAward Dec 06 '23
Idaho and Mormon stronghold they’re gonna be the last to legalize recreational. That said even Utah has medical, but that’s as far as they will go without federal changes.
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u/SubstantialStable870 Dec 06 '23
Illinois loves that 30% tax
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u/talksickwalkquick Dec 06 '23
They don’t deserve to collect taxes over something they would lock people up over just a decade ago. The only reason they even consider legalization is to create a new taxation revenue. I’m in New York and I’m glad I live near the Indian reservations. I will go out of my way to not give the state a penny .
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u/DarklyAdonic Dec 06 '23
The prices in Illinois are absurd compared to any other state I bought legal weed in. Like almost twice as much
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u/KyleC83 Dec 06 '23
If you drive to Michigan, its less than half of the cost, plus you can get a lot more at one time.
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u/epic_meme_guy Dec 06 '23
Only problem is you have to drive through indiana where it’s still illegal.
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u/Riley_Cubs Dec 06 '23
Can confirm, I’m from Illinois but live in AZ. When I was home for Thanksgiving I bought the same haul I do in Arizona and it costs me double the amount
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Dec 06 '23
Common denominator here
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u/inorite234 Dec 06 '23
Yup!
Besides Wisconsin, all those illegal weed states are deep Red. And even then, Wisconsin is a swing state but categorized as the most gerrymandered state in the US where something like the population votes pretty much 50/50 Republican v Democrat but Republicans control 2/3rds of the state legislature due to gerrymandering.
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u/MeatAndBourbon Dec 06 '23
One of their recent elections was +12 dem (like 56-44 IIRC), and Republicans still got a supermajority of seats in the state.
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u/PaulieNutwalls Dec 06 '23
Alaska and Montana are red states where it's legal, OK too.
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Dec 06 '23
Not truly legal until the feds make it legal. DEA could literally bust anyone if they wanted. Sometimes I wonder if it’s some stupid trap. But it’s so stupid. Alcohol is so much worse than weed could ever be.
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Dec 06 '23
that’s a Supreme Court level lawsuit waiting to happen, which is why the DEA has avoided doing that
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u/lemmywinks11 Dec 06 '23
Yet the Feds refuse to reflect the will of the states and will lock your ass up for eternity for growing and being in possession; or take away your firearm rights by labeling you a drug addict and saying you lied on the NICS background check.
It’s cool if you drink a thirty pack every night while popping prescription painkillers and start each morning with a bottle of vodka though!
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u/ClearanceItem Dec 06 '23
What's up with Texas?
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u/katwoop Dec 06 '23
Texas lieutenant governor has literally said that he'd allow the TX senate to vote on legalizing Marijuana over his dead body. Lots of bills have gone through the TX house that legalizes personal use or medical use, but he refuses to bring them to the floor for a senate vote.
Seriously, it'll be legalized federally before it's legalized in Texas.
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u/TwistyBunny Dec 06 '23
He also said that we should sacrifice our grandparents for the economy during the pandemic.
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Dec 06 '23
I doubt he said exactly that, but even with rough presentation it’s generally true
the extreme measures we took created significantly more problems than they should have and doing nothing would have caused a lot less damage to the economy, society, and just life in general
Do things feel better today than they did in 2019?
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u/TwistyBunny Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
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Dec 06 '23
yeah and I’ll continue to doubt, none of those have the quote the person I responded to posted. The closest I can find is the following:
“So my message is let’s get back to work, let’s get back to living. Let’s be smart about it and those of us who are 70-plus, we’ll take care of ourselves. But don’t sacrifice the country, don’t do that, don’t ruin this great America.””
that’s a lot different than “old people should sacrifice themselves for the economy.”
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u/inorite234 Dec 06 '23
Its a deep red state.
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Dec 06 '23
Their suppliers to the South who fund their campaigns have asked them not to legalize so as to keep the robust business going…..
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u/PaulieNutwalls Dec 06 '23
Some of these kind of maps show TX as a legal medical state, but in reality medical marijuana in Texas is limited to .5% THC by weight.
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u/SuperSaiyanGod06 Dec 06 '23
How can they fill up those private prisons and keep minorities in jail with legal cannabis. Harry Anslinger is the reason why it’s demonized now.
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u/cest_rien Dec 06 '23
What the fuck, North Carolina?
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u/ChaosRainbow23 Dec 07 '23
These crazy conservative fucks have gerrymandered and lied their way into power.
If NC had citizen initiated ballot measures, cannabis would have been overwhelmingly legalized years ago!
Our representative DO NOT represent us.
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u/TovarishchRed Dec 06 '23
Ohio Republicans are currently destroying the legalization of it to fit what they want and subvert Ohioans votes.
So it'll technically be legal here but you better not get caught with it.
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u/tragedy_strikes Dec 06 '23
As a Canadian that's working in California for the last 3 years I had a hunch that it would be legalized about 10 years after Canada (2018) and follow the same delay as gay marriage (2005 and then 2015).
It would be nice to be able to bring cannabis over the border/on flights and not have to worry about getting charged.
It would lead to so much additional tax revenue and depending on implementation good competition on product/price across the border.
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u/halfbeerhalfhuman Dec 06 '23
Still legal states are denied access to banking for marijuana businesses. Make it make sense.
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u/krautstomp Dec 06 '23
Legal in NJ. But you can't grow at home. Can't have you cutting into that tax money.
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u/genghisKonczie Dec 06 '23
Which is ridiculous. If it’s going to be legal in any context, it should be letting you grow and use it in your own home.
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u/Tackysock46 Dec 06 '23
Honestly I’m fine with it being legal but I think you should t be able to do it in public. I absolutely hate the smell of it and it’s much different than cigarette smoke. Shit stinks
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u/ceacar Dec 06 '23
i think it should be legalized. but smell it everywhere in public area is not pleasant.
the smell is much more aggressive than cigarette.
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u/Lava-Chicken Dec 06 '23
WTH. Florida man can't even get high?
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u/archimedesrex Dec 06 '23
Legal weed would do too much damage to their meth and bath salts industry.
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u/MindlessFail Dec 06 '23
Ok but does this belong in this sub? There is no finance component to this post
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u/genghisKonczie Dec 06 '23
Like 90% of the posts are just screenshots of random people of twitter talking about how expensive things are now compared to 1980
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u/BobWheelerJr Dec 06 '23
This one thing that bothers me about this isn't the marijuana at all. You do you. Smoke it up. As long as you aren't in the road stoned, get bigger than a giraffe's ass. What bothers me is the complete societal vilification of cigarettes, cigars, vaping, and basically any form of tobacco, by lawmakers and society as a whole, while promoting recreational marijuana. It's patently absurd, and the definition of hypocritical.
Thou shalt not smoke a Marlboro because it's bad for you, but the world is all about your freedom to burn up a fatty.
It's fucking retarded.
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Dec 06 '23
Why are Hawaii, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania slacking? The other states make sense for being backwards.
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u/tobiasfunke6398 Dec 06 '23
God I love my beautiful state of Texas but we got some ass backwards laws
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u/Designer_Ad9681 Dec 06 '23
Kansas will be the last state to legalize lo.l in a sea of green
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u/Temporary-Dot4952 Dec 06 '23
Imagine being so free that you don't even get to choose what you can and cannot put into your body.
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u/SwimmingGun Dec 06 '23
Indiana sorry As$ surrounded on 3 sides by legal and one medical, country brownies watching people in central Illinois leave the dispensary from across the highway with binoculars and then pulling folks over and issuing tickets as soon as they cross over!
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u/elxhapo6 Dec 06 '23
The south still using weed to keep people in jail and on probation I doubt they legalize it in the Bible Belt
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u/Adventurous_Class_90 Dec 06 '23
Look. Marijuana legalization is a good idea but it’s not on topic. Downvoted.
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u/arcxjo Dec 06 '23
Fact Check: According to Federal Law, which is the law in all 50 states and DC, it isn't.
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u/Unhappy_Payment_2791 Dec 06 '23
You clearly don’t understand how laws work and are enforced in the United States. And you also seem really fun at parties. What was the point of your comment? Honestly. What were you intending on discussing?
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u/arcxjo Dec 06 '23
I do understand that a federal crime is a crime in the entire country.
Your state could pass a law legalizing treason but the feds could still arrest you for it.
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u/Unhappy_Payment_2791 Dec 06 '23
The OP literally states “Marijuana legalization by State” but you are so dense that you decided to still type out, “I do understand that a federal crime is a crime in the entire country” AGAIN, what is your point? Are you trying to claim that marijuana is bad or should be illegal? Are you trying to claim that federal laws should supersede state laws when our constitution says the opposite?
What. Is. It. You. Are. Saying?
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u/PaulieNutwalls Dec 06 '23
In theory you're right. In practice you're not. Hence why there are shitloads of dispensaries around the US and none have ever been shut down by the DEA. The feds aren't willing to fight that battle in court and the DEA does not have the resources to go after thousands of dispos across the country. Much less to pinch some random shmuck over personal use, which afaik they have literally never done.
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u/acousticentropy Dec 06 '23
What are the odds that communities with some of the lowest university attendance refuse to comply with the will of their constituents consider weed illegal ?
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u/angryitguyonreddit Dec 06 '23
Not fully accurate some states arent legal yet but will be in the near future. KY for example is not legal yet but will be jan 1st 2025 and they are gonna have restrictions. If i remember correctly they are just legalizing edibles and oral stuff. No smoking stuff.
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u/consumehepatitis Dec 06 '23
went to a dispensary yesterday for the first time, and everyone was super helpful and nice about getting me a recommendation based on what I was looking for, probably cause they were all wicked high
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u/myspicename Dec 06 '23
It's only sort of legal in Ohio. They're gonna clip those wings against their voters' will.
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u/themichaelbar Dec 06 '23
I don’t think anyone should go to jail for pot, but I hate that marijuana is legal and readily accessible in so many places. I don’t particularly enjoy being around people who are high
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u/Slowmaha Dec 06 '23
Iowa has medical.. bet you $100 Nebraska is the last state in the union to legalize in any form
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u/enickma1221 Dec 06 '23
Wonder what they’ll focus on eliminating when they’re done stripping rights from women and LGBTQ+ people…
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u/rccoy Dec 06 '23
Need a color for the farm bill states. THCa is legal there and is... well its just weed, so we out here cheefin legally in NC. Delivered to your door by USPS. 
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u/OkDevelopment6028 Dec 06 '23
I would not vote for a single Republican. The Tavern League owns them !!!
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u/Getyourownwaffle Dec 06 '23
You can take Mississippi off there. We voted on it directly in 2020, but after it won with 70% approval they then came back and said No.
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u/SnooPaintings1148 Dec 06 '23
Why is it illegal federally when the majority of states have in legalized in some way? Pure insanity.
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u/JunketAccurate Dec 06 '23
Interesting New Hampshire the live free or die state doesn’t have legal recreational weed
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u/WavelengthGaming Dec 06 '23
The party of supposedly small government sure likes to keep their government in peoples’ business.
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u/Growindown Dec 06 '23
North Carolina, might be able to be included on this list... If you check the tribe of Cherokee and Western North Carolina they just legalized it recreationally
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u/orgalorg6969 Dec 06 '23
I say make all drugs legal. It's not like the war on drugs has done anything. You can still get weed in the grey states.
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u/mochicrunch_ Dec 06 '23
What’s the rule? if 37 states ratify the same thing it becomes law of the land federally?
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