# Colorado legalized it! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 7, 2012, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185 "2012-11-07T06:42:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/61 "2012-11-08T21:18:40Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > I’ve played ice hockey since I was 5 years old. Over the years, I have personally suffered long lasting harm, and caused long lasting harm to others. Yet, _unbelievably_ myself and others still think playing hockey makes us happy. > > I guess it doesn’t. Thanks for clearing that up. Damn…you had to bring up Hockey…I MISS the NHL…I need a spliff now. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![axolotl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@axolotl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/axolotl)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/62 "2012-11-08T21:46:27Z")
Can somebody tell me what happens with insurance companies in you have an accident when you are stoned whilst driving a car or operating machinery,are you covered by the insurer? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/63 "2012-11-08T21:57:29Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > I have children, grand children, and great grandchildren _Ahhhhh_. Now I think I get it. Probably saw _Reefer Madness_ in its first run at the theater, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/64 "2012-11-08T21:59:03Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > If you mean happy on drugs, that is not true happiness. True happiness is knowing what you are doing at the time and not ruining your health or the chance of harming others! Being happy is temporary, pleasure is long lasting and causes no harm to others. Just as a sadist has joy in harming others it isn’t true happiness. As a sadist, I disagree. As would the masochists I play with. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/65 "2012-11-08T22:24:00Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > You heard wrong! Your not in your right mind on any drug that alternates your thinking, and the way it can affect your health in the long run or even harm others negates that! Unless of course one has sadistic tendencies! My my my, aren’t you Mr. Buzzkill McBuzzkillington? ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/66 "2012-11-08T23:45:13Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Yay, I’m not banned! > > This is the most awesome thing to happen in the Midwest! I wasn’t expecting this from Colorado. :dubious: Never heard anyone include Colorado in the Midwest… And why wouldn’t you expect this from CO? They’ve had medical marijuana and lots and lots of dispensaries for a while now, this was the next logical step forward from that whole farce. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/67 "2012-11-09T03:39:23Z")
> [@Diamonds02](#): > > Yay, I’m not banned! > > This is the most awesome thing to happen in the Midwest! I wasn’t expecting this from Colorado. Colorado isn’t the Midwest, it’s the Mountain West. Completely different culture. I’ve lived in both, and the differences are pretty substantial, especially when it comes to things like legalizing marijuana and other Culture War battles. (Although, Minnesota is sometimes less Midwestern and more… Scandinavian, almost. I wouldn’t be massively shocked if Minnesota legalized weed before the Feds did. Missouri, on the other hand, will keep fucking this chicken for as long as it’s allowed to.) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/68 "2012-11-09T04:29:10Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > :dubious: Never heard anyone include Colorado in the Midwest… > > And why wouldn’t you expect this from CO? They’ve had medical marijuana and lots and lots of dispensaries for a while now, this was the next logical step forward from that whole farce. Maybe he was thinking of [this](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/detroit-marijuana-proposal-results-prop-m-pot_n_2085885.html)? ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/69 "2012-11-09T12:09:56Z")
> [@Trom](#): > > I’ve played ice hockey since I was 5 years old. Over the years, I have personally suffered long lasting harm, and caused long lasting harm to others. Yet, _unbelievably_ myself and others still think playing hockey makes us happy. > > I guess it doesn’t. Thanks for clearing that up. I am sorry that you had the injuries that you had, and you have as much right to your opinion as I. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/70 "2012-11-09T12:13:31Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > Happiness and contentment come to some people as readily as breathing. Others find happiness and contentment through adventure and novelty and that sometimes contains a particle of risk. Others entirely lack the capacity for happiness and contentment and instead live to find ways of simply lessening the horrific agony of depression and physical pain. > > Wonder at it all you want, but perhaps you could work on your tone because you sound judgmental as hell. Since when is wondering judgmental? If you are a user I think that is your business not mine, nor would I expect you to think as I do. You have personal freedoms the same as we all should. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/71 "2012-11-09T12:14:54Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > Do you drink tea? or coffee? or use sugar? What has that got to do with mind altering drugs? ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/72 "2012-11-09T12:20:05Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > _Ahhhhh_. Now I think I get it. > > Probably saw _Reefer Madness_ in its first run at the theater, eh? I haven’t watched a movie in about 40 years! I do know someone who is in prison who was high while driving, and killed someone, now he, and his family are suffering the consequence. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/73 "2012-11-09T12:33:57Z")
> [@The\_Dord](#): > > My my my, aren’t you Mr. Buzzkill McBuzzkillington? I am not against legalizing marijuana, I don’t think it is any worse than liquor. If one uses any of those types of drugs it is not my busiess of what they do. I am not the police, nor do I want to be. I see no future in it except for the makers of it. I can see that if it is legalized it will cut down on the buying of it illegally just like liquor was in the 20’s. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/74 "2012-11-09T14:56:10Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > Since when is wondering judgmental? You’re not just wondering: > [@monavis](#): > > You heard wrong! Your not in your right mind on any drug that alternates your thinking, and the way it can affect your health in the long run or even harm others negates that! Unless of course one has sadistic tendencies! Your’re judging, making assumptions about what others do, and being presumptuous enough to assert they are harming others. Don’t pull this “I was just wondering, what’s wrong with that?” bit \* Big Doe Eyes \*, you’re putting lipstick on your pig and trying to tell us it’s Jesus’ own mother. Grow a pair and just come out and say, “I have an opinion, and this is it: I think people who smoke pot are ignorant and whether they know it or not, are destroying their own lives and damaging those around them.” You’ll get disagreed with, but at least you’ll retain some measure of integrity. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/75 "2012-11-09T17:40:39Z")
Remember parents, letting your son watch My Little Pony contributes to heroine addiction. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Dord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3be4f8/32.png) [@The\_Dord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Dord)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/76 "2012-11-09T18:36:04Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > Remember parents, letting your son watch My Little Pony contributes to heroine addiction. Because friendship is magic! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/77 "2012-11-09T18:49:35Z")
> [@monavis](#): > > What has that got to do with mind altering drugs? Caffeine is a mind altering drug. ---
**Author:** ![turner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@turner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/turner)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/78 "2012-11-09T18:56:29Z")
Civilian DoD employee in Colorado. Former military. I told my employees not to even be in a room with anyone smoking pot even if it is legal. I don’t know if “contact high” is a myth or not, but I told them not to risk their clearances and paychecks by taking a chance that second hand smoke could make them pop positive on a drug test (yes, federal employees, federal law–no pot). I also feel sorry for the first sergeants and commanders at the 8 + military installations within Colorado. I know they’ll tell their personnel not to do it, but 21 year olds aren’t well known for listening. With this free access, more people are going to make the wrong decisions, get caught and ruin their lives with a less than honorable discharge. ---
**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/79 "2012-11-09T19:09:51Z")
> [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](#): > > Do you drink tea? or coffee? or use sugar? > [@monavis](#): > > What has that got to do with mind altering drugs? Ah, so you do then! Not unusual, most people love their mood-altering chemicals. Looks like you’re no better than anyone else, regardless of how smugly you disapprove of them. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2012, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185/80 "2012-11-09T19:11:03Z")
Well, Manning had this planned out 😃 Apparantly Payton bought up 21 Papa John’s franchises within the Denver area just before the election. 😛 So those soon-to-be ex-Fed employees will always have SOME kind of work. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorado-legalized-it/640185.md?page=5)