News Article: 4 states voted to make marijuana legal

92tide said:

i hadn't heard that. is it like georgia's where there is a list of accepted conditions?

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Under no way shape or form has the state of Alabama approved of medical marijuana as of yet.

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On Tuesday, seven more states legalized marijuana for medical or recreational use. Virginia was not among them—but it might be soon, if comments from State Sen. Tommy Norment offer any clues.
Several days ago Norment, told the Norfolk City Council it is "absolutely crazy that we continue to lock people up for possession of a modest amount of marijuana. We are tough on crime. It's a question of what crimes we want to be tough on." That's a big change for the conservative Republican, who voted against a measure to relax marijuana law last year, and another measure of how much the needle on the issue has moved lately.

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Bamaro said:

Many of the existing pot growers in the emerald triangle in Calif were against the recreational use because they feel the "family farms" for medical pot will be driven out of business by big agriculture.

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MobileCrimson said:

It's not big agriculture that's going to stomp them out. The wheels of capitalism are turning and the "family pot farms" are about to get a taste of open competition.

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Intl.Aperture said:

Were it ever to become full fledged legal in the Flora/Bama region I'd like do that. Won't gamble it at this juncture.
Was also waiting to see if Obama would push through the carbon tax because we could "sequester carbon" and get paid to basically not trim our trees. Probably wouldn't agree with the rest of the bill but liked the sound of getting paid to watch trees grow for 20 years.

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2003TIDE said:

I don't know. Once legal at the federal level, I see companies like Philip Morris paying their lobbyist to get laws enacted that make it prohibitively expensive for the little guys to do business. You better bet that Monsanto will start patenting seeds too.

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AUDub said:

The only problem (if you consider it a "problem") is that Cannabis is simply too easy to produce. There's a reason it's called weed. It's about as hard to grow as most weeds.


I don't see anyone selling it for a higher price, including taxes. There will simply be too many people growing their own. It is truly the "people's drug." Prices will plummet and there will be a thriving black market.

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bama_wayne1 said:

One of my sons is getting paid to watch long leaf pines grow on his farm today.

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Intl.Aperture said:

Through a similar carbon credit program? We have a fair amount of longleaf, all aged at least 20 some years, the other being mostly yellow and loblolly. Always looking for alternative ways to monetize that crop.

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