I'll just leave this here....

[AFK]

*whistling*

doo-be-doo-be-doo.

*walks away*

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

Just remember, you opened this can my dear. 

[AFK]

Nah, I won't be playing anyway.  I have a pretty full weekend ahead of me.  I'm honestly surprised it hasn't come up yet.  I figured this would be huge news here. 

I always suspected that Obama, at heart, had a more hawkish approach to medical marijuana than he was letting on.

In the end, this is probably just a bump in the road for medical marijuana.   

[The Rev]

"The real power is with the federal government," he said. "They have the asset forfeiture, and that means either the federal government will own a lot of property or these landlords will evict a lot of dispensaries."

Yeah, what a glorious day, huh?

WARNING: The previous message is fully funded by Big Pharma.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

That's interesting, and I must say very provocative timing considering what else is going on in the nation.

[P3nT4gR4m]

I agree with this move. Think of the pressure the poor street dealers have been under for the last decade and a half, trying to compete with licensed "clinics". The whole black market, from drugs, to guns, right through to sex slaves is negatively impacted by this legislative bullshit. Drugs should all be illegal. Give crime a fighting chance.

[ñͤͣ̄ͦ̌̑͗͊͛͂͗ ̸̨̨̣̺̼̣̜͙͈͕̮̊̈́̈͂͛̽͊ͭ̓͆ͅé ̰̓̓́ͯ́́͞]

Prepare for an increase in crime:

Medical marijuana dispensaries -- with storerooms of high-priced weed, registers brimming with cash and some clientele more interested in getting high than getting well -- are often seen as magnets for crime, a perception deepened by a few high-profile murders.

But a report from the Rand Corp. reaches a startling conclusion: The opposite appears to be true.

In a study of crime near Los Angeles dispensaries -- which the investigators call the most rigorous independent examination of its kind -- the Santa Monica-based think tank found that crime actually increased near hundreds of pot shops after they were required to close last summer.

The researchers compared the 10 days before the city's medical marijuana ordinance took effect June 7, 2010, with the 10 days after, when many of the more than 400 illegal dispensaries shut down -- if only briefly.

They found a 59% increase in crime within three-tenths of a mile of a closed dispensary compared to an open one and a 24% increase within six-tenths of a mile.

http://articles.latimes.com/2011/sep/21/local/la-me-0928-marijuana-dispensaries-20110921

[Cramulus]

Imposition of Order = Escalation of Disorder

works every time

[The Rev]

We all know stopping people from using pot is simply the most important thing in the country right now anyway. So let's end many jobs and criminalize legit business people and help the economy grow.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

We all know stopping people from using pot is simply the most important thing in the country right now anyway. So let's end many jobs and criminalize legit business people and help the economy grow.

Now you are thinking the correct thinking.....  I think.

[The Rev]

We all know stopping people from using pot is simply the most important thing in the country right now anyway. So let's end many jobs and criminalize legit business people and help the economy grow.

Now you are thinking the correct thinking RIGHT.....  I think.

fIXED.

[Dysfunctional Cunt]

We all know stopping people from using pot is simply the most important thing in the country right now anyway. So let's end many jobs and criminalize legit business people and help the economy grow.

Now you are thinking the correct thinking RIGHT.....  I think.

fIXED.

You think.....






HA HA HA HA I crack myself up. 

[Telarus]

Thanks RWHN, I'd been hearing buzz about that but hadn't tracked down an article.

Although, I think that this Bill just passed by the House Judicial Committee is much more worrying:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/us-drug-policy-war-congress_n_998993.html

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

It's almost like the Feds are agitating for a further ideological split in the populace, and working toward state secession. The one state that would have a solid economic chance if it seceded is California, and right now its economy is not only fucked, but what it has is also largely bolstered by the legal marijuana farms.

The Feds are raiding hard in Oregon, too; a large farm in Gold Hill was destroyed. No arrests, just total destruction of the entire crop. Utter devastation not only for the farmer but for the economy of the whole town.

Funny funny timing.

[AFK]

I think the amount of diversion that is happening might, at least partly, be fueling this.  (referring to the OP, not Telarus' link)