How has legalizing weed in some states worked out for America?

How has legalizing weed in some states worked out for America?

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Not too bad. Removes incentive for the cartels and criminals and illegal immigrants working with them, taxes people that already had grow operations and are otherwise lawful citizens, the product itself is getting better regulated and safer. It's also just great from a personal-freedom aspect unless you think we need a nanny-state to hold our hands and ban everything potentially bad like booze.

Weed should be legalized so that way stoners won't vote.

It leads to a bunch of brain dead commie bernfags who think they know dick about politics.

>t. #cruzmissile

What an informed totally not feels-driven opinion.
If we don't let big government control our personal freedoms and ban everything bad like fatty foods and naughty words then our kids will turn into commie bernfags!

It's cool, though. They'll just forget to vote.

CO resident here, our state is still functioning just fine and crime is going down but that's just because there aren't niggers getting arrested for weight anymore.
Though they say our murder rate is down too. I think our deaths due to drunk driving has gone down too.
Tell you what tho, the amount of people pouring in the state is the worst part since none of these shitbirds can fucking drive in clear weather or snow.

>fuck rules
>abolish all goverments
>let's be dictated to by the richest guy in town instead
>you disagree?
>fucking commie scum that's what you are

Great, Colorado is making a shitload of money off of pot revenue, and it's use has actually gone down among younger people, not to mention people don't get swatted for smoking fucking pot anymore..the downside is all THE FUCKING PEOPLE MOVING IN HERE FOR THE WEED RUINING MY STATE GODDAMN IT. It takes me almost a fucking hour now to get home from work because of all the goddamned traffic at rush hour, which was pretty much unheard of some 5 years ago. Also driving to Denver is a huge pain in the ass with all the mother fucking implants clogging up the highway. People from other states are ruining Colorado, especially Californian fucking assholes with their liberal bullshit, also there's been a huge increase of homeless fucking bums and stupid fucking people that think OH THOSE POOR HOMELESS THEY'RE HUMANS TOO. Fucking opportunistic parasitic pieces of shit, I hate them

we don't have any low income housing though anymore, the places my friends and I lived when we were going to college went from 600-700 to 1,000-1,500 for a rent. we might be in big trouble in five years

Pretty much this.

You should probably avoid Salt Lake City.

Capitalism decides who is smart and who is poor

The reason most countries dont legalize drugs, is because there is money behind it. If you would legalize drugs, the government would make a lot of money from it, but the black market would take a big hit, since they lose their monopol. Sadly a lot of senators personally get more out of the secound option.

Not even talking about the drug wars in south america, were they killed arround as much people as in WW1 in the last 30 years.

you forgot all the low income housing prices have gone through the roof too

To live in CO, by yourself. it's estimated you need to be making 70 thousand a year right now, that's complete bullshit

>the amount of people pouring in the state is the worst part
Thing is you just have a normal amount of people coming and going now. Before legal weed, people avoided Colorado at all costs.

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Yes, basically all these fucking implants are ruining Colorado. We should secede and build a wall, and kick out everyone that hasn't been living here for at least 10 years

What a retarded post. Where did anyone say government needs to be abolished. I am simply pointing out that weed tends to lead to a reduction of IQ with long term use. It also seems that weed culture is deeply ingrained with cultural Marxist bs. I don't like trump because he is 'the richest guy in town' I like him because he stands up for Western culture. He actually mentioned rotherham, and named everything wrong with European multiculturalism. Berne is a rich fag compared to me btw.

>rocky mountains
>Winter park, loveland, copper etc ski areas
>Avoiding CO
Zero out of 10 see me after class leaf. Our tourist industry just got better but along came all the shitbirds fleeing other states with kids with problems only pot can help plus all the worthless scum that think they are going to move here and open a dispense, which they won't because residents are given the first chance, you can't open a dispense in co without being here 5 years

Really the only issue is that because it's only legalized some places hippy stoners are flocking there in droves, once it's national that issue will disappear.

Ya but the damage to our economy will already be done

Well Colorado is probably the most scenic and fit state in the country. Also we used to be pretty based, but that's changing with all the Commiefornians coming in. Not too long ago a bunch of faggots were protesting about rapefugees, it made me shed a tear of disappointment

I never said fatty foods nor naughty words should be banned. In fact, I didn't even say weed should be banned. I simply insinuated that a great deal of weedfags tend to be retarded cultural marxists who are incapable of thinking critically. You are simply projecting.

You got what you wanted, but lost what you had.
My apologies. Stoners annoy the fuck out of me too. Kind of a bummer that weed isn't lethal per se.

Oregon here. You deserve it for being so vocal about your legalization. Lol we had a mass shooting here on the day of legalization so the media talked about that instead the day stores opened. BTW California weed is legal in Washington. Nothing to see here. Keep moving north.. Way north

Springs which is a Christian epicenter will be the settling spot for rapeugees, this is not gonna end well

>rocky mountains
>Winter park, loveland, copper etc ski areas
>Avoiding CO
That is the average Canadians motto.

I hope you enjoy all the people coming into your country after Trump is president

>I am simply pointing out that weed tends to lead to a reduction of IQ with long term use.
So does alcohol but with even more proven damage.
>It also seems that weed culture is deeply ingrained with cultural Marxist bs
Hippies and "rebels" use drugs to be counter-culture and shit, a lot of them smoke and drink too but anyone with a little sense can see it's not an argument to ban booze and smoking for association with them.
I've seen plenty of trumpfags that smoke weed too.

>Well Colorado is probably the most scenic and fit state in the country.
No, that goes to Alaska. Montana has Colorado beat to be honest too. Sure though, after Alaska and Montana, Colorado resembles Canada more than any other state.

>none of these shitbirds can fucking drive in clear weather or snow

Darwin will sort that out quickly enough. Relatively small, short-term problem.

And, yeah. Murder rate is way down, something like 50%. DUIs are also down, by nearly as much. The entire prison system is already seeing a drop in costs for the state, which is fucking with the prison industry, which depends upon incarceration for profit (watch this space carefully for craven shitheads trying to keep that gravy train of ruined lives for profit running).

Give it about 3 years and things will stabilize with very solid tax revenue, a lot of stoners that can't function in the workforce will move on (because you can't fucking sleep in the streets during the winter), and Colorado will also gain at least a million people who are actually pretty motivated, educated and highly creative. As they get settled and find their place, that will be a an enormous amount of economic energy that is going to (and already is) boosting Colorado into the top-tier productivity states.

The main thing is getting politicians in office that are also motivated and creative instead of stupid and religio-fascist asshats. This is a pretty big shift for Colorado, but after a few growing pains it's going to position the state very, very competitively across a number of businesses and industries.

Yes. Even our nogs are pretty decent people. I went to Sierra High which was at the time about 70% black, and as much as I meme about hating niggers it was actually a pretty good school and I'm still good friends with a few of my black classmates. Bringing in those third worlder scum is not going to end well

All I wanted was to own a comfy little house like my parents did in Lakewood when they were my age. We're not gonna make it, are we, lads?

>Resembles Canada
>Implying this is something to aspire to
Why don't you fuck off leaf.

Nope, we aren't

I live in Colorado. I work late shift at a fucking store. I can't go one night without someone with the smell of skunk (which is the smell of Mary Jane by the way) walking in and buying a shitton of food. They try to make small talk but fail with a vengeance. THEY ALSO DRIVE! WHILE BLAZED OUT OF THEIR MINDS! WHY!

Please stop with the "so does alcohol" attitude. Nobody pretends alcoholic beverages are some sort of sublime blessing upon human existence.

ahhahahahha oh user

Huge jump in stoned driving fatalities in Washington
money.cnn.com/2016/05/10/news/stoned-driving-fatal-accidents/

Have you ever tried to cross into Canada? It's not a simple matter like crossing into USA from Mexico.

>be Australian
>Have no gf, no friends, no fun activities or sports teams to watch
>see ultra popular thread about the controversy of weed in the states
>see the number of shitpost replies

like a moth to the flame. Your a great lad, itll all turn around for you. Remember everyone, give a bogan a break once in a while, behind every shitpost and every copied thread is a Aussie crying for help

CALIFORNIA HERE. LEGAL WEED NOW!!!

I want to unincarcerate droves of smokey niggas.
It will be hilarious trust me.

Do you think niggers care leaf? Do you think those fags also won't get visas and overstay them? Fuck you leaf you're about to get buttfucked hard

OR Here, was a medical card holder before so not much has changed, will be noice to grow outside with the only fear being theft. Pic related going in the ground soon

Then all the more reason to try to speed up the process of national legalization and develop functioning markets to edge the hippies out before they can get established.
Dumbfuck stoners growing mexican dirt-weed in their back-yard wont be able to compete with big companies growing weed with modern facilities and genetic selection techniques any more than they can compete with big agriculture.

I really, really hope God Emperor works with the House to federally decriminalize marijuana. It's the only thing that will take the dual pressures of real-estate spikes and libshits off our throats.

I'm not making an argument that weed should be illegal though. I am simply pointing out that it has extremely destructive characteristics. It lowers testosterone in men, leads to a reduction in IQ, and in general is a pastime in cultural Marxist circles. Alcohol does this too, but at least an alcoholic will kick your ass and act like a man. Weed makes westerners so passive it's as if they are begging for a caliphate.

Weed for real makes you smarter. Why does everyone act like one puff will render you utterly incapacitated? Do people legit have a cartoon idea in their heads as to what this plant actually does?

>I've never taken a puff in my life but I'm an expert because I've read all this shit
Come on man, you're not impressing anyone

>national legalization

God forbid. If weed gets legalized across the US, all those faggot neighboring nations of ours will demand EU-wide legalization and only Germany will be against it and the only voice of reason yet again. Please don't.

>Do you think niggers care leaf?
We don't have a problem with black criminals in western Canada. Sure, a lot have come and tried to play hard. Thing is though they get shanked up by chugs or stomped on by good ol boys.

you weren't against the refugees what makes you think this would be any different

>We don't have a problem with black criminals in western Canada
You will, Trump 2016

No but it's stupid to say we need to let the government restrict our freedoms because something could be bad for us.
The same argument works against alcohol, smoking, vegans will even use it on eating meat facts be damned, that's the point and why they get compared.

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It's not reasonable to ask your countrymen to endure Mama Merkel's Wild Ride sober.

Yeah I have. I smoked weed for years dingus. I am pointing out its degenerative qualities and you somehow think this means I am arguing for its prohibition. This just further conveys your inability to comprehend what I am saying.

I'm sorry the truth stings you so hard

Do you think Trump is going to deport all your niggers?

any sauce on reduction of IQ?

>No but it's stupid to say we need to let the government restrict our freedoms
Sure, but that doesn't mean you should strive to be a Chomsky-reading anarcho motherfuck.

>The same argument works against alcohol, smoking,
Well, the rational citizen wants as little alcohol and tobacco consumption to occur around them. Weed is no different. I don't like stoners. I don't want to restrict their freedoms, I just think they're somewhat of a liability.

I don't think you're arguing for prohibition user, that's your assumption.
I'm saying that weed isn't like you say, it doesn't make people lazy, I work at fedex as fucking package handler stacking fucking gayass boxes, hard as fuck work but it gets the paycheck. the entire facility either drinks or gets stoned.

Nope. Washington says hi fatties, you are like Portland 2.

I do not know a fuck load about the laws in the different states that have it legalized, but I do know some people who live in Colorado and they say that their local economy practically blew up over night, they have so much excess tax money from it that they actually had to put what to do with it up to a vote. Doesn't seem like anything negative has really cropped up either, at least not from what I have heard.

>it doesn't make people lazy,

I believe the opposite is proven

There is plenty negative written from CO residents in this thread, why don't read some of it and enlighten yourself

mein nigga. I use to deliver for DHL and the handlers were all hard workers. They had to be, that is not an easy job. Keep it up user.

I don't give a shit how it effects you, it's probably the best move for us due to the failed war on drugs enabling the cartels and illegal immigrants and giving a uniting issue for liberals.

Try to take some personal responsibility instead of needing the government to ban drugs and alcohol and anti-refugee hate-speech.

When the fuck did I say it makes you lazy? Or incapable of working a job? Did you even read my post?

I'm a stoner and a hard worker, your argument is shit, enjoy that buttfucking

>Being this ass blasted
Jesus Germany, your country must be turning into some shithole. German posters are becoming more and more salty as time goes on, sorry shit is so fucked for you guys.

>I don't give a shit how it effects you

See, shit like this is why people generally disrespect your sociopolitical opinions.

Got news for you user. The hippie stoners are the ones that developed every single major strain in the world today. Most of us have PhD-level education and understanding pf growing, botany, genetics and agriculture. I had to spend most of a month in the Netherlands to find anything that equaled or (barely) beat out what I grow.

The only thing that legalization will do is let me grow in my backyard peacefully. I'll never pay a dime for weed for the rest of my life, and the couple dozen or so folks I hang with are the same. We already have an informal collective going. The only time anyone ever buys anything is for the novelty of comparing other strains against what we've been growing for years. Occasionally something is interesting enough to buy seed and play with the genetics.

One person can easily produce 10 kilos of bud per year out of their backyard using a rototiller and a couple pick-up trucks worth of chicken shit, horse manure and composted wood chips. We have been at Cannabis Cup competitions in Amsterdam, and it's rare to find better that's been entered. The only reason we don't compete is we can't afford the visibility and attempt to transport across state & country borders.

It's easy as all shit. Only retards will be buying Big Box Weed, Inc. forever. Once things settle down, this is going to be looked back upon as a short golden age, but the big profit and market will cut back rapidly as more states legalize.

Ever heard of something called the anecdotal evidence fallacy?

against your point that it makes you stupid, my friend works for a school district out here as their computer administrator, he gets stoned every fucking day after work and we play video games together, we're both planning to go for our A+ and then onto other certs to make big money in downtown Denver, me being an ethical hacker and him being whatever he wants to be. Fuck you for furthering stereotypes

the most told anyone has ever been told

That's anecdotal. What's with all the logical fallacies in this thread?

What's with the blanket statements in this thread

Oh I'm sooo sorry, we'll go ahead and base all our policies on what's best for your shit country :^)

refer to

Ever heard of blanket statements? This thread is full of them

>shit country

How often have you been here?

Literally flooded the designated smoking states with degenerate socialists. Every state where marijuana is legal is objectively cucked.

Honestly we should put marijuana dealers to death by drowning

Went through and saw shit all, aside from some kid bitching about late nights at a corner market having to deal with stoners, (color me shocked) and some other guy complaining about people moving to colorado, doesn't seem like there are to many extreme negatives. So I'm still not sure what you are talking about.

>Most of us have PhD-level education and understanding pf growing, botany, genetics and agriculture.
Come on, bro. It's not that complicated. I would argue that if a person spent a few hours on youtube, they would be prepared to grow their own plants just fine.

>I don't understand economics 1 bit
Thanks for sharing

Anecdotal evidence. Some people have high IQs and use weed? Shocker. Some people have high IQs and use alcohol it doesn't mean that alcohol isn't destructive.
>but muh perfect Bob Marley track

Didn't that start with making an anecdote for the other side?
Both sides have idiots that don't understand how empirical research and statistics work.

>something called the anecdotal evidence fallacy

Yeah. Read through this thread and look at every assblasted prohibitionist faggot who has used it instead of real statistics, facts and data.

Pro-tip: all of them, yourself included.

Google "psychology: projection" and gaze deep into your mirror.

>I don't have a real counter argument, have a random insult
Thanks for sharing

So if you think this way why the fuck do you use blanket statements like all stoners are dumb and lazy

I never made any statements regarding blankets itt. Blankets are pretty comfy on a cold night.

All I'm saying is that it's very shortsighted to come to conclusions about millions upon millions of people in hundreds to thousands of different communities using nothing but personal experience. And you have the gall to complain about blanket statements?

Well it stopped the state from waging war with a fucking plant, so that's a positive

You're the one who is using fucking stereotypes for an argument with blanket statements and getting upset when I tell you I'm nothing like the stereotype you're perpetuating

Having fun with those refugees?
Sorry we don't want to base our national policy on bailing you out from your own mess instead of what's best for us.

Why are you so upset? Is it because I think weed isn't good for people? I've smoked plenty myself, if it helps.
You didn't answer my question.