I predict an exodus to colorado soon.

[Bipolar]

Colorado ski town legalizes pot

Colorado ski town legalizes pot
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November 3, 2009 11:43 PM EST | AP

DENVER — The Colorado ski town of Breckenridge has voted overwhelmingly to legalize marijuana.

Early returns Tuesday night showed the proposal winning with 72 percent of the vote. The measure would allow adults over 21 to have up to 1 ounce of marijuana.

The measure is largely symbolic because pot possession remains a state crime for people without medical clearance. But supporters said they wanted to send a message to local law enforcement to stop busting small-time pot smokers.

The vote comes as communities nationwide are struggling with how to enforce pot laws at a time when medical marijuana has surged in popularity.

[lissof]

heh

[BackdoorJesus]

neg rep for linking to Huffington Post...although I know my main man procol would surely swoop in to offset my neocon tantrum

I did read about this earlier though...and I think it's prolly only a matter of time before things like this happen over and over again across the country.

[YaMon]

I should have been an attorney.

As much as I could give a shit if pot does or does not get legalized or gay people can or cannot get married or if women can or can't get abortions... the only thing that is a given is that there are going to be legal battles waged and the only fucking winners are going to be attorneys.

Look how many politicians are attorneys. If they gave a shit about this country they would put tort reform at the top of their lists!

Instead you have dickhead lawyers making sure they have guaranteed work now and in the future.


Oh yeah. on Arianna

[Juan.Camaney]

Yah, I read that earlier too. Its a feel good move with no real push behind it. Its just basically a "read our lips, we want legal rec weed" vote. I do hope more and more people do this nation wide and get the attention of people who need to realize a bunch of stoners are about as harmful as a hand full of tittay.

[yellowfish]

yes please can you get on that
basicly my goverment was a very short distance to legalising weed completely and instepped the feggin DEA
yes the head of the dea came to this far away place and gave my goverment some deal and the next thing legal weed was off the table and is not alowed to be on the table for the next 10 or 20 years
hence why i despise your goverment for poking its nose where it doesnt belong

[Juan.Camaney]

Well, think about it. Millions of dollars get pumped into the war on drugs. Tons of marijuana is used as currency. You remove their currency, and the drug cartels weaken. You have weak cartels, you have no reason to have departments like the DEA. Thousands of government employees lose their jobs and hundreds of crooked DEA agents stop getting bribes and kick backs from the cartels. Its not the drug they hate, its the lack of money.

[joerockhead]

Ehh, Breck is a inky dinky town. All they really have is the flat mountain to ski/shred on.
It is pretty, and maybe the weed will give it some great Psycho colors.

[joerockhead]

And this is kinda funny....

SEATTLE -- San Francisco Giants star pitcher Tim Lincecum is facing misdemeanor marijuana charges following a traffic stop in his home state.

Washington State Patrol spokesman Steve Schatzel said Thursday that the 2008 Cy Young Award winner and former star at the University of Washington was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 5 in the town of Hazel Dell, about four miles north of the Oregon border, on Oct. 30.
Lincecum
Lincecum

An officer approached Lincecum's 2006 Mercedes and smelled marijuana as the pitcher rolled down his window. Schatzel said Lincecum immediately complied with a request to hand over the drug and a marijuana pipe from the car's center console.

The amount measured was 3.3 grams. Schatzel said police consider that a small amount for personal use, well below the maximum of 40 grams before possession is classified differently and carries a more severe penalty.

The arrest was first reported by The Columbian in Vancouver, Wash.

"It was about the size of a thumb, the whole thumb," Schatzel said of the volume of marijuana Lincecum handed over.

Lincecum was fined a total of $622 for driving at 74 mph in a 60 mph zone and for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Both are misdemeanors.

The 25-year-old All-Star starter entered a plea of not guilty through his attorney on Monday, according to records in Clark County District Court. A hearing that had been scheduled for Friday morning was canceled, pending a pretrial conference between Lincecum's attorney and a county prosecutor on Nov. 23.

Lincecum is currently scheduled to appear before a judge on Dec. 22.

The native of the Seattle suburb of Bellevue went 15-7 with a 2.48 ERA in 32 starts and 225 1/3 innings in 2009, his third season in the major leagues. He is 40-17 with a 2.90 ERA in his career and could be getting a huge, multimillion-dollar raise from salary arbitration this offseason.

Teammates consider the smallish right-hander a quirky perfectionist. They also consider him the "Franchise," the nickname they gave him when he broke into the big leagues only a year out of college. Others see his boyish face, shaggy dark hair, diminutive frame -- and his dominance -- and call him "The Freak."

San Francisco chose him 10th overall in the 2006 draft out of Washington, and he instantly became the organization's top pitching prospect since Hall of Famer Juan Marichal signed with the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1957.

[Juan.Camaney]

Ooooh another dangerous criminal behind bars.

This is the type of shit we need to move away from! There were probably dozens of violent crimes being commited at the same time this asshole was being harrased for having a piece and a few nugs. Dicks.

[joerockhead]

Originally Posted by Juan.Camaney

Ooooh another dangerous criminal behind bars.

This is the type of shit we need to move away from! There were probably dozens of violent crimes being commited at the same time this asshole was being harrased for having a piece and a few nugs. Dicks.

Well, maybe if he had not been speeding, he would not have been pulled over.
Or, Maybe you are right!

[PMBalls]

I really do hope pot is legalized across the board, and I really do think it will happen sooner or later. But I know already that its going to be hard not to kill all the fucking hippies on that first day when they storm the streets just to show their weed.

[Juan.Camaney]

Originally Posted by joerockhead

Well, maybe if he had not been speeding, he would not have been pulled over.
Or, Maybe you are right!

Don't you speed every day in those super fast cars of yours?

[Abbylicious]

Originally Posted by joerockhead

Well, maybe if he had not been speeding, he would not have been pulled over.
Or, Maybe you are right!

He wasn't even quite 15 over the limit and I've seen people get warnings for going as much as 40 over, myself included- depends on the cop's attitude and the person in question's ability to think on their feet. Plus according to the article he was completely cooperative. Could it have been easily avoided? Yes. But people get away with far worse. Like Juan mentioned, there could have been Some chick getting raped or a drunk and seriously dangerous driver on the loose. Weed should be a relatively low priority. :(

anyone got any chocolate?

[Juan.Camaney]

just a little chocolate thai...you in?