When as a nation are we going to get over our irrational fear of marijuana.

and only a few blocks from Disneyland, which will be a much happier place now

Way to go, Hamilton!

That's MR. Eric Stoltz to you!

Do people have issues with pharmacies being close to schools too? Because, in California, a dispensary is really no different from a pharmacy.

Heading over to the Australian and Hawaiian internationals, and then me and Mick are going to wing on over to London and jam with the Stones!

rebelyell2006: When as a nation are we going to get over our irrational fear of marijuana.

Sure, except it's still not a good idea to put it next to a continuation school. These kids ARE the kids that screwed up their education already with drugs, gangs, etc.

I think that Ray Walston is beyond caring, but that's just me.

FTFA: "And people like me need their service," said Douglas, who smokes marijuana for attention-deficit disorder.

I'm all for legalizing weed so people don't have to offer excuses like ADD with a straight face for reasons why they smoke.

The violence from keeping drugs illegal is worse than the drugs themselves. Legalize them, and tax the snot out of them.

Alcohol led to a lot of terrible things when we tried to ban it. Law was unenforceable, and the war on drugs never really has been enforceable either. It's not amoral, it's just human nature. If you choose not to partake in it because you find it amoral, that's fine, it doesn't meant that it's a good idea to make it illegal.

You forgot Matthew McConaghey.
/I keep getting older. They stay the same age.
//Yes they do. Yes they do.

Amazing what those three stoners from Fast Times grew up to accomplish.

Nofun:

It's not amoral, it's just human nature.

Then why?

tax the snot out of them

Nofun: The violence from keeping drugs illegal is worse than the drugs themselves. Legalize them, and tax the snot out of them.

I love watching COPS when the cops start lecturing a guy they arrested for weed how what he is doing is harmful to his family, when the only apparent harm is the police hauling him off to jail.

Disposable Rob: FTFA: "And people like me need their service," said Douglas, who smokes marijuana for attention-deficit disorder.

I'm all for legalizing weed so people don't have to offer excuses like ADD with a straight face for reasons why they smoke.

That's a perfectly cromulent reason to have a medical marijuana prescription.

\off to blaze up to treat my chronic toenail fungus

There is no such thing as a "pot shop". These places are not stores, and they do not market pot.

LasersHurt: I'm pretty sure you need a prescription and ID to get anything from that shop. What's gonna happen, the students are going to see this, develop a condition, get the prescription, then legally purchase and use it? And what then, suddenly start selling coke?

Beats the hell out of Pepsi, or God forbid, RC.

Nofun: The violence from keeping drugs illegal is worse than the drugs themselves. Legalize them, and tax the snot out of them.

Alcohol led to a lot of terrible things when we tried to ban it. Law was unenforceable, and the war on drugs never really has been enforceable either. It's not amoral, it's just human nature. If you choose not to partake in it because you find it amoral, that's fine, it doesn't meant that it's a good idea to make it illegal.

You presume that the ban for anything happens on moral grounds. Be to alcohol and marijuana or firearms and prostitution, every ban is an attempt to sell out on that issue for more palpable gain.
Politicians will say that they made whatever choice they did on moral grounds, but it's usually votes or money that inspires it.

If they wanted to reduce an undesired cultural problem then the proper choice would have been to do it through education and rehabilitation. Not by sending armed guards door to door and dragging people off to jail.

High school kids have had virtually unfettered access to pot for the last 50 years and society hasn't crumbled. I wonder if religious conservatives ever get tired of being wrong.

Hell, going to sunday school as a kid messed me up WAY more than smoking weed did.

Nofun: The violence from keeping drugs illegal is worse than the drugs themselves. Legalize them, and tax the snot out of them.

Alcohol led to a lot of terrible things when we tried to ban it. Law was unenforceable, and the war on drugs never really has been enforceable either. It's not amoral, it's just human nature. If you choose not to partake in it because you find it amoral, that's fine, it doesn't meant that it's a good idea to make it illegal.

... which would then create and sustain a thriving black market where said drug could be obtained cheaper. Just look at cigarettes. I'm all for legalizing pot, but overtaxing it would just create a new problem.

Why is it called a bullshiat school not a public or private? Why is this important place of study in a distracting strip mall? I think I would have more access, be closer to and see more pot going down the road than 100 feet from this outlet.

luktti: Why is it called a bullshiat school not a public or private? Why is this important place of study in a distracting strip mall? I think I would have more access, be closer to and see more pot going down the road than 100 feet from this outlet.

Assuming by bullshiat you mean continuation. It's a public high school, but for people that flunked or were kicked out of high school. And it's a suburban area. There's schools all around. In neighborhoods, on major streets, next to malls, next to fast food, etc.

Happy almost 4/20.

LasersHurt: I'm pretty sure you need a prescription and ID to get anything from that shop. What's gonna happen, the students are going to see this, develop a condition, get the prescription, then legally purchase and use it? And what then, suddenly start selling coke?

the guy quoted in the article "needs pot" for his "attention deficit disorder".

it's hardly like they're treating a bunch of cancer patients. legitimate users of medical mj probably constitute 5% of the users. not that they should be denied their rights, but i can see why people wouldn't want dispensaries on every corner...

All drugs must be absolutely unrestricted and free because that will end the drug problem.

I hope they brought enough for everyone.

said Douglas, who smokes marijuana for attention-deficit disorder.

uh...you're doing it wrong?

/Look, a twinkie!

Steigen: said Douglas, who smokes marijuana for attention-deficit disorder.

uh...you're doing it wrong?

/Look, a twinkie!

Isn't that just like drinking alcohol to treat blurred vision?

sharkbeagle: All drugs must be absolutely unrestricted and free because that will end the drug problem.

Anyone who thinks that Obama over-reached in his interpretation of the commerce clause of the Constitution (with the recent health-care law) should also feel that the commerce clause is being abused in the case of the DEA. Health care (a large fraction of the national economy) is a much more legitimate example of "interstate commerce" than some guy growing pot in his basement.

...so all anti-health-care true conservatives should be pro drug-legalization if they really care about limiting the power of the federal government to the strict wording and intent of the Constitution.

Disposable Rob: FTFA: "And people like me need their service," said Douglas, who smokes marijuana for attention-deficit disorder.

I'm all for legalizing weed so people don't have to offer excuses like ADD with a straight face for reasons why they smoke.

weed helps one focus. to be fair, it could be a focus on video games, cartoons, artwork, engineering, code writing, manual labor, etc. it depends on the person. either way, i'd take weed over any prescription drug.

Nasty_McFilth: Do people have issues with pharmacies being close to schools too? Because, in California, a dispensary is really no different from a pharmacy.

Except where the people there aren't trained professionals that are licensed and certified by a state board of educators and leaders.

Oh, and the medicine they dispense isn't federally legal, FDA controlled and regulated, or manufactured in a laboratory.


Other than that....it's totally like a pharmacy.

Digital Communist: High school kids have had virtually unfettered access to pot for the last 50 years and society hasn't crumbled. I wonder if religious conservatives ever get tired of being wrong.

Hell, going to sunday school as a kid messed me up WAY more than smoking weed did.

That's probably because you're a farked up individual to begin with but go right on smoking.

Why would my favorite martian be mad?

/am old

Matthew Keene: LasersHurt: I'm pretty sure you need a prescription and ID to get anything from that shop. What's gonna happen, the students are going to see this, develop a condition, get the prescription, then legally purchase and use it? And what then, suddenly start selling coke?

Beats the hell out of Pepsi, or God forbid, RC.

All I wanted was a Pepsi, and she wouldn't give it to me. Just a Pepsi

/not obsure

I forgot Anthony Edwards was one of the stoners in Fast Times. Wasn't Nic Cage an uncredited pothead in some eighties movie?