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  State Senate Votes Today on Bill To Legalize MMJ

Posted by CN Staff on February 23, 2009 at 04:55:03 PT
By Derek Harper, Statehouse Bureau 
Source: Press of Atlantic City 

Trenton, NJ -- The state Senate is scheduled to vote today on a bill that would decriminalize marijuana use for some medical purposes in New Jersey, and one of the bill's sponsors said he was taken aback by residents' reactions to the proposal."I've been pleasantly surprised that the overwhelming response has been positive," said state Sen. Jim Whelan, D-Atlantic, who is sponsoring the measure with Sen. Nicholas Scutiari, D-Union, Somerset Middlesex.
The New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act would require the state Department of Health and Senior Services to issue registration cards to patients who have been diagnosed with debilitating medical conditions. They would then be allowed to keep six marijuana plants and have an ounce of marijuana in their possession.It would also create "alternative treatment centers" that would provide marijuana to registered patients.Patients would be banned from smoking marijuana in public or while operating vehicles.Ken Wolski, executive director of the Coalition for Medicinal Marijuana New Jersey, said the bill was very conservative because no state that has allowed medicinal marijuana has smaller plant or possession limits. But he said it still would benefit people.But at the same time, the Fraternal Order of Police New Jersey State Lodge warned the centers could become local problems. "States with marijuana stores have been burdened with nuisance and violent crimes associated with them," Edward R. Brannigan, state FOP president, said in an advertisement with the political news site PolitickerNJ.com. "Marijuana stores in New Jersey will require local police departments to divert resources to prevent, and respond to, marijuana store-related crime, costing property taxpayers thousands of dollars in extra police services."Whelan said he has heard from a number of people who oppose the measure, but "it's been a surprise to me but the overwhelming response has been positive. People recognize this is a bill aimed at getting pain relief ... This is not for people who have a headache, but people with diseases like multiple sclerosis and terminally ill cancer patients, and if medicinal marijuana can bring some relief for those folks then I'm for it."But if it passes today, it remains unclear when the measure would be considered in the Assembly. Gov. Jon S. Corzine has said he would sign the bill.Whelan said he and Scutari have talked with some lawmakers in the lower house. But that side of the Legislature is up for election in November, and potentially controversial issues typically are delayed until after then. That schedule would give the bill a narrow window to clear both houses of the Legislature and be signed by the governor by the time the session ends in early January. If not passed by then, it and all other incomplete bills must be reintroduced and begin the process anew.Whelan said he and others have found the issue to be less controversial than feared, so if it passes on the merits Monday, it could be considered soon there."Given the positive response, frankly, that I've gotten and others have gotten on this," Whelan said, "I don't see it being much of an election issue one way or the other."But he declined to speculate on timing, saying the state's ongoing economic problems have focused much of lawmakers' attention on those issues.Complete Title: State Senate Votes Today on Bill To Legalize Medical Marijuana Source: Press of Atlantic City, The (NJ)Author: Derek Harper, Statehouse BureauPublished: Monday, February 23, 2009Copyright: 2009 South Jersey Publishing Co.Contact: letters pressofac.comWebsite: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/Related Articles & Web Site:Coalition for Medical Marijuanahttp://www.cmmnj.org/Medical Marijuana Act Passes NJ Panelhttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread24372.shtmlMoved by Patients, Committee Clears Marijuanahttp://cannabisnews.com/news/thread24371.shtml

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Comment #67 posted by dankhank on February 24, 2009 at 11:47:26 PT
expecting ...
nothing for my part when viewing the flick. I had not seen ads or trailers for this movie. Just heard it was a reefer flick, so I found a nice DivX file on the web.Very surprised, and like your viewing, we were quite still throughout. I got up toward the end and went into the kitchen for a drink. I didn't see the end ... lost interest.
SuperHighMe was pretty good ... Super Size me, too.
I got Slumdog Millionaire 'bout a month ago ago. got Lucky. A good movie, not just because it won an oscar, I knew it then ,honey wasn't as sure as me, but we liked it. 
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Comment #66 posted by Hope on February 24, 2009 at 09:38:51 PT
Of course
If you are in it for the chases, the explosions, the car wrecks, the weaponry, the mayhem, the pain, and the gangster horror of it all... you might like Pineapple Express.To me it was more horror than comedy and I kind of expected more of a comedy, for some reason. So naturally, I was disappointed. 
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Comment #65 posted by Hope on February 24, 2009 at 09:34:53 PT
Pineapple Express
Just had a funny thought remembering it. Watched it with several people. They were pretty mesmerized... but they weren't laughing much, if at all.Any genius upward comedy one might have been looking forward to, if there was any, was certainly swallowed up by the violence.I didn't like it.
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Comment #64 posted by Hope on February 24, 2009 at 06:37:41 PT
Comment 56 Had Enough
Ojala!Thank you, Had Enough, and Westnyc. I do like that word.
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Comment #63 posted by FoM on February 24, 2009 at 05:10:16 PT
Dankhank
Peace, Love and Understanding it what motivates many of us including me. I saw a trailer for Pineapple Express and didn't want to see the movie since guns turn me off big time. I don't watch anything violent anymore. 
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Comment #62 posted by Hope on February 24, 2009 at 03:57:32 PT
Pineapple Express
It was a very violent movie. Explosions, car chases, wrecks... shooting, maiming, and killing all over the place.The car chase with one of the hero's feet stuck through the window of a police car as he was driving, fast, and blinded by a slurpee on the windshield, though harrowing, was different... and funny... in a very high tension sort of way.The bad guys are really bad and the good guys were just astoundingly lucky... in spite of ineptness to the point of hilarity... which is often the structure for comedy.I laughed sometimes at the ignorance of it... but it was not a mellow funny. It was fear, fire, and hightailing it, at high speed... all the time. Kind of like life, sometimes.:0)
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Comment #61 posted by Hope on February 24, 2009 at 03:46:26 PT
Legal retail costs 
Prohibited cannabis is costly because someone is taking a huge risk. There is the risk of the producer, the smuggler and the seller. That risk has to be compensated for somehow. To me, that has has always been the greater cost of cannabis and I understood that. Of course, quality of product is a factor... but the thing that has made it so unnaturally costly in the past is the legal risk and that's completely understandable. I was shocked to see the price of medical cannabis still so high in California after it was made legal. The real cost factor, the illegality, being eliminated should have made a drastic difference in the cost. If it's still ungodly high after legalization... there will still be something wrong. Black market prices for a legal product is not a straight step forward. I don't want people arrested or killed over the cannabis plant and that would be a huge step forward, but taking unnecessarily costly profits even when that danger and risk is eliminated is not exactly a step straight forward.It's a plant!
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Comment #60 posted by dankhank on February 23, 2009 at 21:54:33 PT
what i thought
when you said Win2K
what about processor speed?
I can help, got a real good deal for winxp pro w/sp3 disc.
I probably have some RAM, too
My mission here has been, for years, is to aid any who need to improve their computing experience, with clean up, upgrade OS or RAM, I have a nice collection of APPs and Programs,
I've lost count of the number of PIII machines I have upgraded with RAM and OS in the last few years, and a bunch of 'em were dells ....-------------I agree that there were some really funny spots in Pineapple, but I'm old school ... don't like all the violence ... peace, love and understanding is what we were all about and still are for the most part ... right FoM?movies I have and like are:
Yellow Submarine,
AKA Tommy Chong,
Dazed and Confused,
Fritz the Cat,
Grass,
Half-Baked,
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy,
In Pot We Trust,
reefer Madness (1936,
reefer madness 2006,
Smiley face,
super High Me,
The Trip 1967,
Tim Leary's How to Operate Your Brain,
Totally baked,
and a bunch more thought provoking and enjoyable movies.I'm OK with violence in movies ... just not pot movies.:-)
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Comment #59 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 21:01:57 PT
Dankhank
There was an awful lot of gunfire in that movie. There was too much action if you ask me.I think it was basically the first of it's kind though. A stoner/action flick. I did enjoy most of it though. I burst into laughing sprees several times during the movie.
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Comment #58 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 20:58:09 PT
It is a decent speed FoM
I am happy with it. But it wouldn't hurt to have a little more speed. I'm ready for a new system anyways.
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Comment #57 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 20:56:32 PT
Dank Hank
It's an older dell desktop. It's a PIII. It's a windows 2000 professional 1-2 cpu. That's what it says on the top anyhow. lolOnce I move into my new apt. and figure out how much I have left after bills I will seriously consider upgrading. I'll have to do a price check on XP.Thanks for the suggestion. Anything to make it faster :)
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Comment #56 posted by Had Enough on February 23, 2009 at 20:32:22 PT
Ojala
OjalaIn šāʾ Allāh (إن شاء الله) is an Arabic term evoked by Indonesian, Arabic, Malay, Wolof, Persian, Turkish, Urdu, Hausa, Bengali and many Muslim English, German, and French speakers to indicate hope for an aforementioned event to occur in the future. The phrase translates into English as "God willing" or "If it is God's will", sometimes spoken as DV, the Latin abbreviation for Deo volente or simply "hopefully".The term is also related to another Arabic term, Mā šāʾ Allāh (ما شاء الله), which means "God has willed it".This word is often used to indicate a desire to do something that you wish may occur. This also provides God's blessing on what you are about to do. For example, if you want to do something, in particular if you know that it is very hard to achieve, you invoke God's blessing before it occurs or before you set out to do it.Usage of Insha'Allah derives from Islamic scripture, Surat Al Kahf (18):24: "And never say of anything, 'I shall do such and such thing tomorrow. Except (with the saying): 'If God wills!' And remember your Lord when you forget...'"The triliteral of šāʾ is š-y-ʾ "to will", a doubly weak root in Arabic grammar.***Similarity to Spanish ojalá, and Portuguese oxaláThe Spanish phrase, ojalá (que), and the Portuguese phrase, oxalá (que), both meaning "I hope (that)," "would (that)," "would to God (that)," etc., are both derived from the Arabic law šāʾ Allāh.[1] This phrase is an example of the many words borrowed from Arabic due to the Muslim rule of some areas of the Iberian Peninsula from the eighth to fifteenth centurieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insha'Allah
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Comment #55 posted by Dankhank on February 23, 2009 at 19:36:30 PT
pineapple
I downloaded the movie while in Denver.
Watched it with my son and granddaughter.
Son and I agree there was way too much gun action for it to be a good pot movie.
smiley face was a lot better ...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0780608/
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Comment #54 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 19:19:34 PT
Ojala!
Comment 23. Westnyc.Ojala!I don't know what that means... but I think I like it.:0)
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Comment #53 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 18:54:53 PT
fight_4_freedom
That's a good speed to me. 
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Comment #52 posted by dankhank on February 23, 2009 at 18:46:09 PT:
2K ...
fight_4_freedomsounds like you need to upgrade your OS.
XP pro should run on a machine that supports 2K
Need at least pIII and at least 128MB RAM, 196 or more, the merrier.should e me I prob. can help ...
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Comment #51 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 18:43:58 PT
It worked
Again FoM, your faster than me :)868.3 Kbps - You
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Comment #50 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 18:40:27 PT

fight_4_freedom
This one should work for you. I just did mine and it came to 939 kbps. http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/
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Comment #49 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 18:09:28 PT

fight_4_freedom 
I'm sorry it didn't work. Maybe it's just for data cards. That sounds reasonable. My satellite and card are over $110.
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Comment #48 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 17:50:52 PT

I tried it but I still have windows 2000
so it wouldn't work. I did check out the prices for cable and internet. Basic cable with 10 meg(which is what I have) highspeed is $71.00 and cable with 5 meg highspeed $61.00.
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Comment #47 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 17:04:41 PT

fight_4_freedom
It is fun. You should get way better speeds then me but we've never had cable Internet so I'm happy with this. http://www.speedtest.net/
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Comment #46 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 16:57:53 PT

That speed tester thing is pretty cool
I know I need to check mine.I'm talking with my cable/internet company right now. Checking out the price.
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Comment #45 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 16:39:06 PT

fight_4_freedom
Hopefully your cable and Internet won't be too much. We haven't upgraded to HD programming on DirecTV because I know it will cost more then what it costs now. My aircard is $60 for the Internet. It's worth it since we are using Verizon's RevA. Here's a speed test. I love doing a speed test these days. LOL!!http://www.speedtest.net/result/417049180.png

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Comment #44 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 16:30:44 PT

Yes fortunately I do have a T.V.
The girl that currently lives in the apt. says that the cable works. So I guess free cable until I have have them hook up the internet. Then they may figure out the cable has been free and I may end up having to pay for it. I'm going to try to split the cable and hook it to my current cable modem (same company) to see if that will work. But I'm guessing I'll end up paying for it.But that's ok, I can live with it.
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Comment #43 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 16:26:04 PT

fight_4_freedom
Do you have a tv? I hate moving. I moved a lot in my younger years. Maybe that's why we have been at the same home for about 30 years. 
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Comment #42 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 16:22:29 PT

Yes I think I will indeed give her the 
last months rent tomorrow. It just feels right. I may be a little short on cash for a while but I'm looking into getting a second job in the evenings anyways. Maybe just for a couple of days a week.It's more exciting than scary. And I have moved so many times in the last several years that I'm just sick of it.But I personally do not have that many possessions so it won't be that difficult. A friend from work is giving me a couch that she was going to get rid of. She just bought brand new furniture so that worked out good for both of us.
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Comment #41 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 16:03:27 PT

fight_4_freedom
You sound very close to stepping out on your own. It's exciting but also a little scary. It's sounds nice too.I thought it would be more then 5 Republicans knowing how much people from New Jersey are exposed to worldly things. They are tough people.
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Comment #40 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 15:57:30 PT

Thanks for that other article
I'm actually surprised we even got 5 republicans to sign it.From the looks of this bill, they will allow dispensaries if it passes.And thank you for your kind little comment. Tonight I will make my final decision on the apartment I've been looking at lately. I think I'm going to take it. It's a small, but clean and comfy little place. I already know the landlord enough to know that she doesn't mind her occupants indulging in herbal remedies. She said she'd prefer that over having someone that drinks a lot.New cupboards, newer looking bathroom, big closets. And one of the best parts is that I don't have to sign a lease. So as long as I let her know a month in advance, I can move out whenever.Water and heat is paid. I only have to pay for electric and internet. Got to have my internet. But if I decide to get it I will be in there by the 15th of March.
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Comment #39 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 15:37:35 PT

fight_4_freedom 
You are so darn sweet!
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Comment #38 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 15:36:49 PT

fight_4_freedom
Excerpt: The bill passed 22 to 16, mostly along partisan lines. Five Republicans voted for it. http://www.northjersey.com/news/njpolitics/medicalmarijuana022309.html
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Comment #37 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 15:34:38 PT

You are just as sharp as ever
I'm o.k. with coming in second. :)
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Comment #36 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 15:33:07 PT

Am I missing something
Where did you see that only 5 republicans voted for it? And I do agree that it really helps to have the democrats in power.
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Comment #35 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 15:29:21 PT

fight_4_freedom
Don't worry young man you soon will beat me. I'm slllooowwwiiiiing down! LOL!
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Comment #34 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 15:28:03 PT

fight_4_freedom
All I can say is I am so thankful that Obama won and we have more Democrats in power then Republicans or we would still be spinning our wheels. Only 5 Republicans voted for it. That is down right sad.
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Comment #33 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 15:26:44 PT

FoM
You beat me by a minute and 17 seconds on that one. lolYou're still too quick for me ;)
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Comment #32 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 15:24:54 PT

Congrats New Jersey!!!!!!
Scutari-Whelan ‘New Jersey Compassionate Use Medical Marijuana Act’ Approved By Senate
By CNoelTRENTON – A bill sponsored by Senators Nicholas P. Scutari and Jim Whelan to create an avenue of legality for medical marijuana for those suffering from chronic and terminal diseases was approved by the Senate today by a vote of 22-16.Boy, we have quite the winning streak going on :)
Full Article
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Comment #31 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 15:23:37 PT

NJ Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill
February 23, 2009TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The New Jersey Senate has approved a bill allowing chronically ill patients legal access to marijuana.The bill was approved 22-16, after about 15 minutes of discussion on the Senate floor on Monday.Advocates say medicinal marijuana has been shown to alleviate pain and nausea in patients suffering from cancer, glaucoma, multiple sclerosis and HIV/AIDS when other drugs fail. Critics claim the measure would condone and promote illegal drug use.The New Jersey Assembly has not yet considered the measure.If the legislation is approved, New Jersey would become the 14th state to allow medicinal marijuana.Copyright: 2009 Associated Presshttp://www.lehighvalleylive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-36/1235422753255370.xml&storylist=jersey
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Comment #30 posted by E_Johnson on February 23, 2009 at 12:24:42 PT

The DEA should be like the ATF
Marijuana doesn't have to be illegal in order for DEA agents to keep paying their mortgages and putting their children through college. They can remain employed after the war, as regulatory police.
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Comment #29 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 11:50:29 PT

dongenero
That sounds great but how could it be done? I have no idea.
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Comment #28 posted by dongenero on February 23, 2009 at 11:31:24 PT

DEA vs America
I really hope the DEA are driving themselves over the cliff right now.Forget new appointments or reorganization. Disband it now, along with ONDCP. Why should only private citizens be facing unemployment? Dismantling DEA and ONDCP would be a great cost reduction and corruption reduction measure.
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Comment #27 posted by Dr Ganj on February 23, 2009 at 11:25:34 PT

CA Assemblyman Wants Marijuana Legal
Legalize It: Ammiano to Introduce Legislation Monday to Allow Pot -- and Tax It
By Joe Eskenazi in Breaking News, GovernmentSunday, Feb. 22 2009 
The story SF Weekly broke on Friday is true: Assemblyman Tom Ammiano will announce legislation on Monday to legalize marijuana and earn perhaps $1 billion annually by taxing it. Quintin Mecke, Ammiano's press secretary, confirmed to SF Weekly that the assemblyman's 10 a.m. Monday press conference regarding "new legislation related to the state's fiscal crisis" will broach the subject of reaping untold -- and much-needed -- wealth from the state's No. 1 cash crop. Mecke said Ammiano's proposed bill "would remove all penalties in California law on cultivation, transportation, sale, purchase, possession, or use of marijuana, natural THC, or paraphernalia for persons over the age of 21." The bill would additionally prohibit state and local law officials from enforcing federal marijuana laws. As for Step Two -- profit -- Ammiano's bill calls for "establishing a fee on the sale of marijuana at a rate of $50 per ounce." Mecke said that would bring in roughly $1 billion for the state, according to estimates made by marijuana advocacy organizations. 
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2009/02/legalize_it_ammiano_to_introdu.php
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Comment #26 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 11:08:45 PT

Another Comment
This is why I think we need the Federal Law to be changed. I really mind people being arrested and their lives wrecked because of the Federal law.California Mendocino County Under Medical Marijuana Seige Nowhttp://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/02/23/18572738.php
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Comment #25 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 10:38:10 PT

The Oscars
Here is a little "Pineapple Express" skit they did at the Oscars last night.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Q0Og-UckDY
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Comment #24 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 10:37:27 PT

Hope
It shouldn't be expensive. It should be free for those who need it and cannot afford it. It's a plant that grows almost everywhere. The quality of cannabis is excellent everywhere. It has been perfected over all these years. 
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Comment #23 posted by westnyc on February 23, 2009 at 10:36:28 PT

Ojala! Legalization!
I haven't been able to smoke since college. Twenty-years gone by now! Ojala! I so miss it--I secretly lurk within this site reading the posts and reminisceing--hoping to see a day where I can't be professionally destroyed for partaking in adult/responsible behavior--goodbye random drug tests, goodbye unconstitutional violations for needing a pay-check! Sadly, I do not like alcohol or cigarettes, I never have--but, I would love to be able to return home on a Friday night after busting-my-hump all week, pop-in Mommie Dearest and have a cup of coffee with a little bowl of green-stuff. Maybe there is hope?:-)
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Comment #22 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 10:22:42 PT

comment 17
Evil people. I've been reading about them. It's right that they be imprisoned for the harm they've caused people. They have harmed people, big time. But maybe they should be imprisoned where they've been sending people, not the country club prison they'll likely go to.
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Comment #21 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 10:20:27 PT

Yes indeed Hope
Every time a new bill is introduced or voted on, it all seems even more exciting than it did the time before. I think it's because we realize that with each passing initiative or introduced bill, we are getting closer to ending prohibition altogether. 
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Comment #20 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 10:18:10 PT

Tell me why
cannabis should cost more than tobacco? Tax and all.
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Comment #19 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 10:16:12 PT

Fifty dollars and ounce tax?
Completely unreasonable.It's ridiculous.Most people, I think, pay not much more than that for their pot... not the hellish rates we hear about in California. I wouldn't buy it. Be time to start thinking about horticulture.Keep in mind... legality is supposed to bring the price down. Keep competition among legal sellers in mind. That usually means lowering prices to compete... not raising them.Fifty dollars and ounce would be way too much, because it would be way more than the real value of the item or substance being taxed.The taxers need to bridle their greed already. 
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Comment #18 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 10:15:46 PT

Personally
I don't think we will have to worry about federal law because I don't think this will pass through the legislature. But seeming how they are the one medical marijuana state that constantly gets bombarded with the feds and their cruel tactics, they might as well be the ones to lead the way with total legalization as well.And if the prices for the herb itself weren't that high, I don't see a problem with the $50 tax.But if the prices stay the way they are ($300 to $400 per ounce) then that added tax would seem like a bit too much.
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Comment #17 posted by E_Johnson on February 23, 2009 at 10:08:01 PT

Judges exposed -- interesting news
Two Pennsylvania judges were just sentenced to prison for taking kickbacks to sentence teens to private boot camp type facilities for minor offenses:http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/02/23/pennsylvania.corrupt.judges/index.html
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Comment #16 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 10:05:45 PT

Hope
I hope it will be sold some day in health food stores. I still have major concerns about the federal law. So many people might go to jail over believing it's ok. I think we need to fix it (Federal Law) before it will work with no problems. If California thinks it's ok then they can go for it. Maybe by the time it gets to more states the kinks will be out of it then.
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Comment #15 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 10:03:20 PT

I know the cannabis is worth more to many
than the tobacco... but be real. It's still a consumable, renewable leaf and that's what it really is, no matter what else it is to the person who enjoys it.
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Comment #14 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 09:57:22 PT

Comment 12
Tobacco is a lesson in up-pricing and taxing and what the market needs and will bear.Cannabis is easier to grow and less likely to ever put you in the hospital... and might even help keep you out of it. It should be comparable in price to cigarettes except perhaps only sold in liquor stores, head shops, special coffee shops, clubs, or the like.
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Comment #13 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 09:51:12 PT

Fight_for_Freedom
It's all a bit exciting to see a little more progress happening when you've been watching this issue as closely as we have for so long. 
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Comment #12 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 09:50:21 PT

One More Comment
If they would set the price to $50 or no more then $100 for the cannabis and $50 for the tax that would be workable I think.
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Comment #11 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 09:47:02 PT

Lol! 
You're right, FoM. Press conference for which one? I was thinking the California one. I'm very interested in both.
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Comment #10 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 09:44:39 PT

A Question
If some here are happy about the tax issue what about the federal law? How will that protect people who grow and distribute it until Barney Frank or some other Bill gets passed? Even Obama mentioned Federal law needing to be changed in some instance I remember in an interview last year.
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Comment #9 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 09:44:15 PT

FoM
The press conference is being held for the introduction of the legalization bill in California.
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Comment #8 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 09:43:08 PT

Oh my goodness
I completely forgot the link. And I thought I was doing good today.lol
San Francisco Weekly article
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Comment #7 posted by Hope on February 23, 2009 at 09:40:48 PT

Fight_for_Freedom
Amazing news! Thank you.And a press conference about it? I'm impressed.
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Comment #6 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 09:38:21 PT

fight_4_freedom
What is the press conference for? New Jersey or the tax issue in California? I posted a link on another thread about the tax. $50 an ounce would cripple many people in my opinion. It won't stop the illegal market that way either. 
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Comment #5 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 09:20:50 PT

Hopefully this will make a lot of headlines
Press Conference is not for another half hour.
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Comment #4 posted by fight_4_freedom on February 23, 2009 at 09:19:01 PT

LEGALIZE IT! Good Luck CALIFORNIA
Legalize It: Ammiano to Introduce Legislation Monday to Allow Pot -- and Tax ItBy Joe Eskenazi Sunday, Feb. 22 2009The story SF Weekly broke on Friday is true: Assemblyman Tom Ammiano will announce legislation on Monday to legalize marijuana and earn perhaps $1 billion annually by taxing it.

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Comment #3 posted by runruff on February 23, 2009 at 06:22:55 PT

When the bell rings, they salivate!
Every one minute of every day Millions of people around the world will be lighting up. They will smoke, or what ever, and leave no footprint on society.In every town and city around the world there are people committing evil crime against their neighbors. Rape, Raping children, murder, robbery, drunk driving, violent assaults and all this simultaneously across town or even next door.Policing certain crimes has it's rewards while others don't. The corporations who have bought their legislation in congress will get there priorities met before the people. Simply put cops prove the pavlovian theory. 
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Comment #2 posted by bhones on February 23, 2009 at 05:47:06 PT:

So Full Of Sh!t!!!
They use the argument that crime goes up with dispensories. That's Bull sh!t! It's no different than convienant store or bank roberies; their just easy targets for scumbags. Maybe this could help the police focus on getting the real scum off the street, instead of arresting people for smoking pot. Just maybe this will free up police to focus on real crime. Imagine that!
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Comment #1 posted by FoM on February 23, 2009 at 04:56:37 PT

Good Luck Today!
Gov. Jon S. Corzine has said he would sign the bill.

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