The Artisan
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well, lucky you, then. i don't think the NYPD are as forgiving.
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Canada: marijuana to be legal by July 1, 2018
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well, lucky you, then. i don't think the NYPD are as forgiving.
capitalCORN
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Yeah, NYPD might as well be a hit squad.
The Artisan
Member
yeah. so you can tell why i was freaking out.
although some people i talk to tell me i was just being paranoid. if the cops were out to get me they wouldn't have waited. they'd come right up to me and that'd be a wrap.
capitalCORN
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At least things didn't turn pear shaped. Keep blazing bro.
capitalCORN
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You can touch and lick the buds all you want. No effect.
My comment is more about irresponsible parents, not accidental consumption.
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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So they can do banking as long as they are local, union, community, state bankings that are not FDIC insured. That's what I gather from the information you provided. IIRC some of these other banks have other insurers as well. Seems like a fair compromise to me.
I think it should be left up to the states and once it hits a certain threshold then the SC can make a decision if it should be federally legal or not.
The Artisan
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"Because of marijuanas treatment under the CSA, any financial institution servicing an MRB can be accused of facilitating money laundering under the terms of the 1986 Money Laundering Control Act (MLCA). Even prior to the MLCA, the federal government relied on the help of financial institutions to fight against money laundering through the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) of 1970. ... The BSA applies to all banks in the U.S., be they chartered under state or federal law, and it even applies to non-banks who engage in bank-like activity."
https://sites.duke.edu/thefinregblo...-banks-shying-away-from-marijuana-businesses/
http://www.desertsun.com/story/mone.../marijuana-banking-taxes-california/96217120/
http://www.calbankers.com/post/frequently-asked-questions-marijuana-and-banking
Teletraan1
Banned
The # of plants thing kinda bothers me a bit and always makes me wonder why they don't have some weight limit instead. It seems kind of arbitrary since you could produce quite a range of yields based on how you grow it. Human nature has shown in other places that legalized it with plant limits that it funnels everyone to grow a certain way that involves a longer vegetative cycle (18h on 6h off) where you get the plant as big as possible, or trellised under a screen prior to flipping it to flowering by changing its light cycle to 12h on 12h off. You could yield the same amount with more plants with a shorter or no veg (aka less time keeping lights on for 18h a day). It doesn't sound very eco friendly to me to basically steer everyone into trying to maximize their yields down a fairly hydro frivolous route. Like obviously you don't have to do that. You can just take what you get from four plants with a quick veg but if you are going to bother lighting 4 plants you might as well maximize your ROI on what these 4 plants produce by filling the area under the light. The light doesn't care if you have 4 scrawny plants or 4 trees space permitting, it is still going to cost the same to run it. I wonder what the actual penalties for going over the plant limit are and how they would even be enforced.
Simon Belmont
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Personally, I'm not going to develop a green thumb over this. I could buy chickens to get eggs, but it's a lot easier to just go to the grocery store.
Vancouver has had semi-legal weed for a while now so not much will change on the west coast. Although growing your own does sound cool, I'll definitely try that.
We don't allow the sale of edibles though, which in my experience I sort of understand because they will fuck you up.
Growing your own is way easier than raising chickens.
Closer to growing tomatoes, especially with today's autoflowering varieties.
They can. Dosage makes a huge difference, though.
I've been whacked off of homemade ones, but the recreational ones don't faze me at all (They can legally only have like 10mg per dose THC here in WA stores. Medical/homemade edibles though, have HUNDREDS of mg of THC)
AnotherDayAnotherDollar
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Fair enough. In theory the state - or a person from that state - could sue the US to get this overturned.
aren't they the main cause of all the hospitalizations each 4/20 day?
kids who've never done edibles before getting WAY too high and not being able to cope
Jesus, this is why you need a regulated industry.
The vendors downtown have switched to smaller edibles the past few years (chocolates, candies, tiny cookies), and they tell people to take one, wait an hour, then take some more if they need it. Doesn't stop you from being an idiot if you're determined to take too much, but that's pretty hard to stop.
Not all Quebecois want their province turn into a country. I like Canada as a whole
pretty done
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Does Canada accept American refugees
Randy Quaid and his wife applied for it in Vancouver.
Pancake Mix
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I didn't mean that to cause offence, I just meant it in a valuing autonomy sort of way.
Quebecers tend to not want everything to be decided in Ontario, and the West is with you on that even if the Maritimes aren't. A reasonable degree of federalism is necessary in such a large country.
It didn't really work out for them and it only worked out for his wife who is Canadian through her father.
What did you used to do ? Either way you have no choice now but to join in.
Fug Slanderson
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If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
I'm not to familiar with the process but if the wife was granted citizenship, then could that process eventually lead to Randy's citizenship?
You can make the same claim for kids getting into alcohol, pill, borrowing cigarettes... lmao this is a weak argument when it comes to this. Lol
Pancake Mix
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I don't know anything about the case, but I do know that would give him general right of abode as the spouse of a Canadian.
As I understand it was combined with sleep deprivation, fasting, prayer, and special rituals.
I mean (the story goes) the ancient assassins would get initiates really high on hash and then take them to a beautiful garden full of naked women and delicious food and tell them it was literally heaven they were visiting. I don't know how often that worked but it shows how altered it's technically possible to get on just weed.
capitalCORN
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Sounds more like psilocybin shrooms or mescaline to me.
IISANDERII
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Nah. If people aren't wary of the health consequences of alcohol or McDonalds, then they shouldn't be worried about weed.
Mr. Giggles
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Its not a miracle cure but it does have some mind blowing reactions for Parkinson disease sufferers also patients of multiple sclerosis
The Artisan
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oh, you don't know man. i remember eating too big of a chunk of that shit and i was so fucked up on the subway that i had to resort to praying to god in my head that i would be okay.
Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Inhaling burnt plant matter isn't terribly good (an understatement) for your lungs, there's a bit of research on this.
Luckily the sin taxes will help pay for the health care costs of that, but people should still be aware and worried. Smoking is never good, and something being organic does not actually negate that the way some think it does.
Zombie James
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Announcement coming tomorrow at 12:05 PM: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/cnw/release.html?rkey=20170412C5203&filter=5609
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Mr. Giggles
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WaveLightGames
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Interesting ... good news. Honestly, I'd say it's the first thing the Liberals will do that I agree with.
What about the investment in AI? Or the middle income tax cut? Or the improvements to EI? Or the national Park visits being free? Or the overturning the scientist muzzle? Any of that? I have more good things
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
This is actually a pretty conservative assessment too; the MSM blood donation ban is marked as "Failed" because the Liberals loosened the ban without removing it entirely; the green infrastructure promise is marked as "Failed" because the Liberals invested $5 billion above current levels rather than $6 billion above current levels as they promised; the co-op hiring plan is failed because they funded it at $73 million over 4 years and promised $40 million a year; Syrian refugee admission is marked failed because the promise was 25,000 by the end of 2015 and we hit 2015 in February 2016; scrapping the F-35 jet purchase is marked as failed because they haven't yet pulled out of the contract, even though they also haven't bought any F-35s and they do have an office set up to look for a different jet to purchase.
I think probably the better classification would be:
- Not yet started
- Blown off (for stuff that isn't yet started but is now dramatically later than it was supposed to be)
- In progress
- Good faith success (for stuff like the MSM blood donation ban repeal and the green infrastructure stuff)
- Complete success
Baraka in the White House
2-Terms of Kombat
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I want to try rickys dope lol
JzeroT1437
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Marijuana is a misdemeanor in NYC. If you have under an 8th, which i can't imagine anyone carrying more unless they have a serious problem or are a drug dealer, you are only fined, and the fine is insanely low.
http://statelaws.findlaw.com/new-york-law/new-york-marijuana-laws.html
I think Canada should switch over to a currency based on Hash coins
Kabuki Quantum Lover
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Announcement: yeah forget the whole legalization thing
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