Many US communities are blocking medical marijuana
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[QUOTE= GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press]More and more states are saying yes to medical marijuana. But local governments are increasingly using their laws to just say no, not in our backyard.In California, with the nation's most permissive medical marijuana laws, 185 cities and counties have banned pot dispensaries entirely. In New Jersey, perhaps the most restrictive of the 17 states that have legalized marijuana for sick people, some groups planning to sell cannabis are struggling to find local governments willing to let them in.
Dispensaries have also been banned in parts of Colorado and have run into opposition in some towns in Maine.
Local politicians have argued that pot is still illegal under federal law, that marijuana dispensaries bring crime, and that such businesses are just fronts for drug-dealing, supplying weed to people who aren't really sick.
Cities and towns are prohibiting dispensaries outright or applying zoning ordinances so strict that they amount to the same thing. The ordinances typically set minimum distances between such businesses and schools, homes, parks and houses of worship.
The township manager of Maple Shade, N.J., where the zoning board last year turned down an application for a dispensary at the vacant site of a former furniture store, said his town was just following zoning law. But Gary LaVenia said it is easy to see why people would be nervous about legal pot-dealing in their communities.
"People read the accounts of what's going on in the other states, like Colorado, like California," he said. "Regardless of the fact that use here is the most regulated, people still read those accounts and assume that that's what's going to happen here."
Medical marijuana advocates say the resistance is going to hurt people in desperate need of relief.
"It prevents patients with mobility issues from getting their medication," said Kris Hermes, a spokesman for Americans for Safe Access, an Oakland, Calif., group. "It also pushes patients into the illicit market."
States such as California and Colorado have seen an explosion in the number pot dispensaries, along with criticism that the rules are so lax that practically anyone can buy weed. Also, there have been cases of violence involving people trying to steal pot from dispensaries[/QUOTE]
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"Your dispensary cannot be within two miles of any school."
"But your town is only two miles in size altogether. :("
so.. they're banning [i]medicinal[/i] marijuana
thats quite the dick move
People wouldn't abuse the system to get illegitimate medical marijuana if the stuff was legal.
How did these idiots overlook that?
meanwhile people continue to consume caffeine, sugar, alcohol, tobacco, and food high in carbohydrates, cholesterol, and fat
they're legal so they must be okay!!
It should be illegal to ban medicinal marijuana.
fucking conservatives
The ganja would be healthy for your economy, if anything.
Can someone explain to me why small towns have more power than the states they're in?
[QUOTE=JustGman;34135892]Can someone explain to me why small towns have more power than the states they're in?[/QUOTE]
you'll all be saying this in ron paul's second term
[QUOTE=Cypher_09;34135936]you'll all be saying this in ron paul's second term[/QUOTE]
in his third term all towns will be walled with a giant castle in the middle and farms around the outside
[QUOTE=Sanius;34135857]meanwhile people continue to consume caffeine, sugar, alcohol, tobacco, and food high in carbohydrates, cholesterol, and fat
they're legal so they must be okay!![/QUOTE]
So your argument in favor of legalizing marijuana is that there are a bunch of legal things on the market that should be illegal?
[QUOTE=xenodrox;34136102]So your argument in favor of legalizing marijuana is that there are a bunch of legal things on the market that should be illegal?[/QUOTE]
my argument is that none of the above should be illegal and that favoring one set over another is extremely hypocritical
[QUOTE=Sanius;34136111]my argument is that none of the above should be illegal and that favoring one set over another is extremely hypocritical[/QUOTE]
your argument is illogical because the listed items are entirely unrelated to each other
i agree with your view, but the argument is poor
[QUOTE=Sanius;34135857]meanwhile people continue to consume caffeine, sugar, alcohol, tobacco, and food high in carbohydrates, cholesterol, and fat
they're legal so they must be okay!![/QUOTE]
I always think this argument sounds really petty.
As much as I agree entirely, it still seems a bit... limp. Not sure why though.
[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;34136755]your argument is illogical because the listed items are entirely unrelated to each other
i agree with your view, but the argument is poor[/QUOTE]
It's better to focus on alcohol and cigarettes, really. They're the main offenders.
This shouldn't make me so angry but for some reason it does.
Because obviously pot will destroy our children and convert our people to Islem. We must stop this liberal attack on America.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;34136039]in his third term all towns will be walled with a giant castle in the middle and farms around the outside[/QUOTE]
The farms go around the towers, silly.
[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;34136755]your argument is illogical because the listed items are entirely unrelated to each other
[/QUOTE]
they are related in the sense that they are unhealthy even in moderation yet they are more socially acceptable than marijuana because they are not illegal
2 Dispensaries in my town of 1000. (Michigan)
Think, what are these politicians' true motives?
Who are they kissing up to?
[QUOTE=ShootEvryRapper;34137079]Think, what are these politicians' true motives?
Who are they kissing up to?[/QUOTE]
lobbyists
[QUOTE=ThePinkPanzer;34136863]Because obviously pot will destroy our children and convert our people to Islem. We must stop this liberal attack on America.[/QUOTE]
its true! Marihuana was created in the arabian peninsula in the 1930s as a recruiting tool for Moslems, they would send their "Hashashins" to distribute hashish to american schoolchildren, who would see the islam false idol "Mohammaud" in their hallucinatory fervor and become a Moslem themselves. If it weren't for this, america wold have no moslems and 9/11 would have not happened.
[QUOTE=Sanius;34137033]they are related in the sense that they are unhealthy even in moderation yet they are more socially acceptable than marijuana because they are not illegal[/QUOTE]But none of those are unhealthy in moderation, with a slight exclusion to tobacco.
[QUOTE=Sanius;34135857]meanwhile people continue to consume caffeine, sugar, alcohol, tobacco, and food high in carbohydrates, cholesterol, and fat
they're legal so they must be okay!![/QUOTE]
I'm surprised you didn't mention pharmaceutical medication. Those can be just as bad as any other drug if taken in excess.
[QUOTE=Lambeth;34137159]I'm surprised you didn't mention pharmaceutical medication. Those can be just as bad as any other drug if taken in excess.[/QUOTE]
yeah that slipped my mind
it just sickens me that people demonize substances like marijuana all the while constantly consuming shit that is just as bad or worse
[QUOTE=Sanius;34137178]
it just sickens me that people demonize substances like marijuana all the while constantly consuming shit that is just as bad or worse[/QUOTE]
you aren't surprised are you
where do you think we are
I would give you the [IMG]http://www.facepunch.com/fp/ratings/weed.png[/IMG] rating if I could.
This isn't the case in my city. You can't drive a mile downtown with out finding like five dispensaries.
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