predictions for the legalization of pot in Colorado and Washington

Moral campaign has become economic reality. Pot prohibition at this point is a business model supporting the DEA complex which has the US in offices around the world.

State taxed growing, processing, and selling brings tax revenue under local control for the benefit of it's people and federal prohibition co-opts the peoples taxes to run an international scam. I don't think they can survive exposure to this revenue flow. I think the superior and more locally beneficial economic model will win out.

 

This will be a real dilema for those that benefit from the anti pot money machine.

 

Moral campaign become economic model become civil rights issue, everybody must get paid.

Civil rights legislation has come after social tension but before a wholesale change in attitude.

We will get there.

 

I predict both states will see an influx of veterans

 

Yeah, if it becomes legal nation wide, all those poor DEA, and most of the ATF, and a lot of judges and lawyers and jailers will be laid off. That's billions and billions of dollars that won't be spent.

 

I saw on CNN today, that the government of Wisconsin is asking hunters to be on the look out for Marijuana plants when they are out in the woods. How stupid is that? Plants are harvested before the first frost. No wonder the government lost the drug war.

 

really,,, are you going to buy my house?.

 

That would be a no. No way I'm leaving Vegas any time soon.

 

Does anyone know if you are allowed to smoke pot in bars in Colorado or Washington, now that it's legal?

 

The article I found about it just said this, "A64 will allow adults 21 and older to purchase up to one ounce of marijuana from specialty marijuana dispensaries and grow up to six marijuana plants in their homes. Possession is limited to up to an ounce for personal use, but selling marijuana without a license, purchasing marijuana from a party who is not licensed as well as public use of marijuana will remain illegal." (for Colorado)

I know alochol is treated similarly, it's illegal to consume or be drunk in many public places... whether "Public" includes a bar or not in regards to Marijuana, I'm not sure. I know a lot of cities (at least in my state) have laws banning smoking tobacco inside restaurants and the like. Which is totally bogus... What is and is not allowed on private property should be entirely up to the owner of said private property. However, it'll likely be something similar in regards to Marijuana.

I agree too, all that stuff will likely happen. Crime will go down, revenue will go up, and other States will eventually follow suit.

The growing contention between the federal government / state governments will force the feds to ease up on it's own policy.

 

Hm, I wonder the what the criteria and financial expense will be for obtaining a license to sell marijuana in Colorado.

 

Probably no different than any other business. That's just a guess. I sure you could call the CHAMBER OF COMMERCE in those states to find out.