If you think people that smoke weed are destroying your way of life maybe you should read a history book about what the temperance movement did to our country. Strengthened the mob, turned citizens into criminals, ruined the economy. I dont smoke weed but believe the freedom to do so and pay taxes for buying it are a much better plan than draconian laws and the black market it creates.
You must not live in a state that it was voted in. The smell, the crime, the bullies that do not give a shit about life.
So state making money off of thug stoners makes it right? Not in my book.
Sorry about your bad experiences.
What about when you cannot even have your mom over on mothers day for dinner. The smell is so bad you cannot go outside for a bbq.
Go do a bit of research. Check the stats in ANY state that has "legalized" marijuana. They have all experienced an increase in DUI fatalities!
Man, sounds like somebody needs to hit the bong and chill out...
It is not the dude on the corner smoking it. Its the illegal grow and or selling operation on the rural corner. The county and state do not enforce shit.Man, sounds like somebody needs to hit the bong and chill out...
But seriously...Move farther away from the stoned masses?
I mean, I get it...weed and most of the people that smoke it in public settings are obnoxious tools...but if its that many of your neighbors in their own home/property sounds like a place you don't fit in.
I can't stand the smell of it. Don't deal well with drunks anymore either...So I stay my pasty ass out the bars and live far enough away from other people that my neighbors would need to throw a pound or so of weed on their patio fire for me to get a wif of it.
Weed ain't going away anytime soon so I think your in the wrong spot if it affects you that badly.
I'm personally all for legalized and taxed vice substances. No reason they should be treated differently than alcohol or tobacco...and I dont use either.
May as well tax it and put that money towards cleaning up the aftermath of it cause it's not going away and the taxpayers have been funding the cleanup long enough, let the users contribute a bit more.
I had a friend carry a little radio and play it for a few minutes while hunting. He said deer were curious critters and would always come to the sound of it. Not sure how true it was, but he always managed to kill deer
So what does an illegal grow have to do with the state legalization?
As stated...bark up a different tree if thats the case. It's still illegal on a federal level. Even at a state level in a legalized state, an illegal grow/sales operation is tax evation at the very least and God knows government of any size wants their dues paid...sounds like you need to make more noise...or sneak in and burn it down...if its illegal not like they could report it going up in smoke to anyone.
On that note...I say elkdreamer burns down the illegal grow and monitors how many critters come to check on it out of curiosity...two birds one stone and could even be the be-all-end-all to this conversation/debate... In alm seriousness though, sounds like a situation that requires intervention at a higher than local level if thats the case.
