The bigger impact will be on investment in the industry. As you note, it is unlikely they will raid shops in established states like CO and OR. It is fairly unlikely they will raid new shops that might open in states like OH. But it is more likely they would seize the assets of such shops, and it is very likely that potential investors will decide not to risk their money due to this threat.
And why the fuck are you driving when you know you’re stoned? It’s not OK. It’s not fair to the other people who might wind up in an accident with you.
Yeah, yeah, I know - stoners drive r-e-a-l-l-y slow. (Or think they do) That doesn’t make it OK. Driving too slow can also be hazardous, not to mention piss off everyone around you.
Bottom line: don’t drive when you’re fucked up, regardless of why that is, be it alcohol, pot, prescription drugs, or just plain lack of sufficient sleep.
Where the rubber will meet the road is when the Feds descend on StusBlus’s remote mountain dispensary and Hickenlooper either kisses the ring (unlikely) or treats those agents as he would any organized crime syndicate roughing up a mom & pop bakery. That’d be a rich headline: Park County DA Charges Federal “DEA Agents” For Armed Robbery of Local Dispensary.
Thank you, Mr. Perfect. FWIW my near-accidents have all been while quite sober. :smack:
Aren’t you the same octopus that roots for Republican electoral success? Don’t you know that rednecks thinking they’re superior to pot-smoking coastal elites is the only reason your ilk wins elections at all? Give up your “moral” sanctimony and it’s all over for you.
Her imagination rivals Shagnasty’s. I amn’t kidding about that.
Dammit, I amn’t kidding.
It’s not that remote - it’s maybe 30 miles outside of Denver.
What is the history of state governors drawing lines in the sand against the fed? In living memory, all I can think of is George Wallace standing in front of Foster Auditorium to keep black students from registering. Aside from segregationist incidents like this, is there a history of active resistance to the fed from state governors? Not lawsuits filed by AGs - that happens all the time - but ballsier stuff like **B-Rad **is talking about?
It’s fairly accurate to say that New Mexico would already have legalized if it wasn’t for the Tejana in the governor’s office. Considering her unpopularity and the general mood, I don’t see a Republican picking up a third term (she’s term-limited and the most likely candidate on that side is NM-2 Rep. Pearce.) My guess is legalization in NM by 2020, with it probably passing in the longer 2019 legislative session.
He probably won’t be back. He just flops around the board, dropping one line turds in threads, trying to play a hand he doesn’t understand.
He struggles to figure out how to play a five-card hand with eight limbs.
Yeah, but it’s nearly all uphill. 
Ah, you’ve been there I take it!
I stopped there on the way back from Mesa Verde. My curiousity drove me to check out the Bigfoot Observation Post or whatever they called it. It was sad, but the pot shop in town was actually pretty impressive. Very responsibly run. Then again, perhaps my expectations were a tad low.
Yeah, I’m in the Denver 'burbs.
That’s my experience as well. I mean, it’s obviously not going to be as laid back Robin’s living room where the deals went down 30+ years ago while watching Flintstones. But I’ve been to a number of shops and the gear is well-organized & behind the counter, shop is tidy, customer flow is tightly controlled (one buyer per sales rep), everyone is carded, staff are as well-informed as anyone working in any other kind of specialty boutique. And if you have an issue with anything, exchanges & refunds (in exchange for unused product, of course) are generally hassle-free. Can’t get that vape pod to hit? Swap it out or get store credit. Same with disappointing buds. They’re just so professional, which is somewhat remarkable because you know they have to sample the goods fairly frequently in order to discuss them intelligently. I’m afraid I’d be whacked all the time just trying to stay conversant in my job if I worked there.
While I’m not discounting that as a covert reason, I still think Sessions’ new crusade against marijuana ultimately boils down to hardcore Christian fundamentalist moralism. His statement “Good people do not use marijuana” indicates a mindset found among the mostly Southern members of the religious right that a puff of grass is an act of communion with Satan. It is an evil that cannot be compromised with but crushed even if it means having to lock up half the state of Colorado. There’s no way you can hope for a rational and reasonably drug policy coming from a zealot like that.
I’ll bet Roy Moore never smoked the evil weed. Good Southern Christian.
Sessions appears to be operating from the principle that if 30ish percent of the public is with you, you’re definitely on the right track. I cannot imagine where he got such an idea.
…as long as it’s the right 30% of the public.
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It seems to me that octopus has been rather unfairly tarnished as a lock-step Republican. He is definitely more conservative than the fair majority here, but it really is not in the current absolute-denial-of-reality vein that the Trumpists and Republican-or-Die currently espouse.
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If you take into account that most of the 70% aren’t really people (being disqualified due to perverse political ideology or…other reasons) then 30% is basically a majority!
While not exactly in the same spirit as the current debate, Gov. Andrus of Idaho told the feds to take a flying leap at a rolling donut over nuclear waste shipments to the INEL in the 80s. He had cause though, as the feds were in violation of an agreement regarding how temporary the storage was to be and how quickly the waste would be moved out of state. But, IIRC, there were reports Gov. Andrus had the ISP stopping the trucks at the border and wouldn’t let them come into Idaho. God I miss that man as Governor. I also YEARN for the day pot is legal in Idaho (sigh at least a decade away minimum)