• DPMC Moderators: thegreenhand | tryptakid
  • Drug Policy & Media Coverage Welcome Guest
    View threads about
    Posting Rules Bluelight Rules
    Drug Busts Megathread Video Megathread

Florida rejects medical pot; Oregon says yes to recreational marijuana

poledriver

poledriver

Bluelighter
Joined
Jul 21, 2005
Messages
11,543
Florida rejects medical pot; Oregon says yes to recreational marijuana

Florida voters narrowly rejected a plan to legalize medical marijuana, but voters in Washington, D.C. and Oregon both approved recreational pot use by adults, according to preliminary tallies.

Alaska's voters were also considering a measure to tax, regulate and legalize recreational marijuana use.

And in Guam, voters legalized medical marijuana use, according to initial returns showing Proposal 14A passing with more than of the vote.

Supporters say legalization acknowledges that America's pot prohibition is a failure. Twenty-three states and the nation's capital already permit medical marijuana. Colorado and Washington state have legalized recreational use and sales.

Florida's medical marijuana initiative, Amendment 2, received more than 50% of the vote, but failed to reach the 60% needed to pass.

"Wins in Alaska and Oregon will provide a boost to efforts in other states because they will demonstrate the benefits of regulating and taxing marijuana. Losses won't really have much impact. After all, an initiative to make marijuana legal failed in Colorado in 2006," said Mason Tvert, a spokesman for the pro-legalization Marijuana Policy Project.

"Some states will end marijuana prohibition more quickly than others, just as some states ended alcohol prohibition more quickly than others. But they all did in the end, and now just about everybody recognizes that it was a good idea," he said.

View where marijuana is legal
Critics say legalizing pot will lead to increased youth use, and they fear overdoses from popular marijuana-infused foods known as "edibles."

"What we've seen is that the more people hear details about legalization, whether it is details of specific laws or details of experiences in Colorado or Washington, they are turned off from legalization," said Kevin Sabet, director of the Drug Policy Institute at the University of Florida.

"Legalization in theory, it seems, fares much better than legalization in practice," he said. "We're so far from national legalization at this point, and the recent and sudden success of legalization advocates two years ago has started a counter movement. This discussion is far from over."

Cont -

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/.../11/04/voters-deciding-on-marijuana/18485541/
 
Oregon voters approve legal marijuana; D.C. voters legalize; Florida wins but misses anyway

With a 57 to 42 percent lead, voters in Oregon have voted in America’s third legal marijuana market.

As expected voters in Washington D.C. have approved legal marijuana. The initiative to make possessing and growing marijuana plants legal in the nation’s capital was leading 65 percent to 29 percent … enough for news organizations to call it a win.

The D.C. ballot initiative:

… allows adults over the age of 21 to possess up to two ounces of marijuana, give (but not sell) up to one ounce of marijuana to other adults, and cultivate up to three mature marijuana plants at home. If successful, the bill will be transmitted to Congress for a mandatory review period after lawmakers convene again in January. Without interference, the bill’s provisions could go into effect as soon as April 2015.

In Florida, where medical marijuana was on the ballot, voters approved the measure but not by the 60 percent necessary for initiatives to become law in that state. The AP reports that with nearly 90 percent of precincts reporting, about 57 percent of voters had voted yes.

“A tremendous majority of Floridians voted to legalize marijuana for medical purposes today – and that’s what really matters notwithstanding the fact that the initiative will not be implemented,” said Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, in a news release. “Today’s vote is a confirmation of medical marijuana’s broad support across the political spectrum and sends a powerful message not just to Florida legislators but also throughout the South and even nationally.”
Click to expand...

Cont -

http://blog.seattlepi.com/marijuana...juana-oregon-do-we-really-need-it/#26954101=0
 
sorry for you floridians<3.. enjoy more of the same.. make sure to drop by the casino.. drop some cash, drink the booze, pick up a whore..
 
Last edited:
Cops working narcotics (those which are pigs at their cat and mouse numbers game) in Alaska, Oregon, and D.C. must be squealing in collective butthurt-ed-ness. And it's about time someone pooped on their party.

Re. Florida - What a shining example of a rigged system within another rigged system. They had a majority vote - still not good enough. What a travesty - maybe next time (or not).
 
poledriver said:
Florida rejects medical pot; Oregon says yes to recreational marijuana

Florida's medical marijuana initiative, Amendment 2, received more than 50% of the vote, but failed to reach the 60% needed to pass.
Click to expand...


Yep because that's how democracys supposed to work. The less-than-50% minority get to make the rules apparently.

But if you needed any more proof of how absolutely backwards Florida is, a 90 year old man in Ft. Lauderdale is also facing jail time & a $500 dollar fine for feeding the homeless.

How do the residents and lawmakers of Florida sleep at night knowing their state is the biggest joke in the country?
 
Last edited:
Anyone know if DC will open dispensaries for rec use? I live in MD and DC is only a 50 min drive...until the ppl running the state of MD get with it DC wouldn't be a bad option.
 
'medicine cabinet' said:
Anyone know if DC will open dispensaries for rec use? I live in MD and DC is only a 50 min drive...until the ppl running the state of MD get with it DC wouldn't be a bad option.
Click to expand...

That's a good question - sort of a grey area, no? Perhaps it'll be left to the discretion of the dispensary owner(s).

I realize this doesn't answer your question MC (sorry), but I digress.
 
I believe DC plans to regulate the retail market later.

It wasn't done now because this was a voter proposed motion, and voters cannot propose motions on taxes.
Alaska's measure is similar to Colorado's, and Oregon's is modeled on Washington state's. Washington, D.C.'s initiative legalizes marijuana possession but doesn't establish a taxation system because voters aren't allowed to directly implement taxes themselves.
Click to expand...
Link
 
i'm not surprised Florida didn't pass it.
Too many old-fashioned retirees who think pot is taboo
 
Prohibition, the Wall around us all, appears to be crumbling.
Alaska - Legalized
D.C. - Legalized
Oregon - Legalized
Guam - Medical
Some US cities in Michigan and Maine have also legalized.
Californians voted to end mandatory imprisonment and reduced simple drug possession from a felony to a misdemeanor and may release half a million prisoners.
At 58% Florida's medical marijuana initiative got a result that would be considered a landslide victory in most of the world but due to a very undemocratic law requiring 60% to pass, it was narrowly defeated.
By the time the US goes to election again there will be at least 4 states and one territory of the US to have working models of lawfully operating cannabis markets. As well as the 20 US states and one territory that have medical marijuana laws now.
 
Out of curiosity I googled dispensaries in DC and there are a bunch. Not a huge selection, actually 3 of the menus I looked at had some of the same stuff. But that would be great if they decided to open a rec portion.
 
Fucking great news, seems it is only a matter of time before legalization sweeps over the entire US and hopefully the rest of the World.
 
drug_mentor said:
Fucking great news, seems it is only a matter of time before legalization sweeps over the entire US and hopefully the rest of the World.
Click to expand...

Hopefully for you Aussies, your government will get the message and stop puckering their conservative assholes as stringently as is the current trend in relation to controlled substances for recreational consumption.

Such a beautiful place to live, it seems. Such a sad story then, that the politicians running its governing body seem to have such a hard on for the bona fide status of "super nanny state."
 
I recently spoke with the guy who designed colorado's seed-to-sale tracking system. He said Florida would pass. He said this roughly a month ago. Guess he was wrong.

and lol at the Alaska State Troopers. I wonder how the show is going to depict legal marijuana.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top