Pot Legal in Colorado and Washington for Recreational Use

[JohnnyHammersticks]

...as Colorado and Washington "Legalize It".

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

The risk of arrest isn't large enough to make the majority of users skip states. Unless of course you are a grower/seller. Simple users usually don't wind up in jail.

Pot is simply too easy to NOT be caught with.

Yeah what he said.

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by listopencil

They do it out here in California all of the time. It's not unusual for the responsible smokers to ferry their loser friends around, up and down the state and across into others.

I've never seen one.

Again, that kind of person would be such a small minority it's almost not even worth mentioning. The vast majority of smokers aren't going skip states to CO for permanent residency. It's simply not worth it. Pot isn't that great, it's not hard to get at all and the repercussions for using it simply isn't that harsh. Im not saying that people won't go, just saying that it won't be enough to matter.

I have plenty of pot smoking friends....none of them are making plans to move to CO.

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by Katipan

You can't be a lifetime pot aficionado without a measure of discretion. If I get caught with it, I'm probably doing something else wrong. So it being illegal is silly to me, but not anything that determines whether or not I'll do it.

I think pot heads all over are rah rah rahing not because they plan a mass exodus but because CO offers a glimpse at what could be.

This.

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

I have plenty of pot smoking friends....none of them are making plans to move to CO.

How many are planning a fun Easter vacation tho?

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by Katipan

How many are planning a fun Easter vacation tho?

THAT i wouldn't doubt.

Gonna see a lot of hitchhikers that week i suppose.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

I'd venture to say that hitchhiking potheads traveling the country is going to be an extremely small minority, especially with this generation.

My point is, there won't be any "droves" like others are saying.

I just don't believe there will enough of "that type" to make any substantial impact on CO.

Define "drove" and show me where anyone has said that. I'm not expecting an Oklahoma land rush, but it would be naive to think that there won't be some migration into the state as a result.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Katipan

How many are planning a fun Easter vacation tho?

Originally Posted by Detoxing

THAT i wouldn't doubt.

Gonna see a lot of hitchhikers that week i suppose.

So this is perhaps what I don't understand, then. If marijuana is easy and convenient in one's home state, and there's no risk of arrest, why come to Colorado just to smoke marijuana? Is it just a novelty thing that you'd do once?

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by jspchief

People have been making stupid choices in the name of smoking weed for a long time. This will bring in morons in droves.

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Define "drove" and show me where anyone has said that. I'm not expecting an Oklahoma land rush, but it would be naive to think that there won't be some migration into the state as a result.

I agree that there will be some migration. Just not enough to have a significant impact. You should be more worried about your own potheads rather than another state's.

[ModSocks]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

So this is perhaps what I don't understand, then. If marijuana is easy and convenient in one's home state, and there's no risk of arrest, why come to Colorado just to smoke marijuana? Is it just a novelty thing that you'd do once?

Why do potheads flock to Amsterdam?

Why do partiers flock to Vegas?

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

I've never seen one.

Again, that kind of person would be such a small minority it's almost not even worth mentioning. The vast majority of smokers aren't going skip states to CO for permanent residency. It's simply not worth it. Pot isn't that great, it's not hard to get at all and the repercussions for using it simply isn't that harsh. Im not saying that people won't go, just saying that it won't be enough to matter.

I have plenty of pot smoking friends....none of them are making plans to move to CO.

It may be an age/demographic thing. The ones I am thinking of are young, mostly childless, and have jobs (careers) that they can easily relocate with. There is a second group who are older, have children who are 5+ years old, and are pretty settled in their lifestyles. I don't think people from this second group would move.

[listopencil]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

So this is perhaps what I don't understand, then. If marijuana is easy and convenient in one's home state, and there's no risk of arrest, why come to Colorado just to smoke marijuana? Is it just a novelty thing that you'd do once?

The communal experience of being around other people who share your lifestyle, even when they really don't.

[Katipan]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

So this is perhaps what I don't understand, then. If marijuana is easy and convenient in one's home state, and there's no risk of arrest, why come to Colorado just to smoke marijuana? Is it just a novelty thing that you'd do once?

Because I will get to stand in a store in front of a bright and friendly probably semi alternative pierced chick and legally buy a bag of beautiful stuff. Stuff I can't get here for that price or quality.

I feel the same way about people that go to Vegas. I don't gamble and I've certainly seen enough tits and ass to cover 1000 men. But flock to Vegas they do.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Detoxing

Why do potheads flock to Amsterdam?

Why do partiers flock to Vegas?

I always assumed that potheads went to Amsterdam because of the fear of arrest in other places. But apparently that's not accurate at all, since I heard the other day that marijuana is actually illegal there too, but it's just "tolerated". I would've sworn it was legal there.

The Vegas thing is interesting. Why do partiers go to Vegas? Is it because there's an infrastructure there of bars and strip clubs and stuff? I don't really think it's just that. I figure it's more of a culture where "I can misbehave and probably won't get arrested or see anyone I know". I hope people don't do the marijuana tourism thing in Colorado for that reason. I don't envision this place becoming a big outdoor party.

Now that I think about it, where will the marijuana tourists smoke? I don't think they can smoke at the shops that sell it. They can't smoke in public on the streets. They can't smoke in restaurants or bars. Maybe they can smoke in their hotel rooms if they get a smoking room, but that doesn't seem like a wild time. I've never thought about that.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Katipan

Because I will get to stand in a store in front of a bright and friendly probably semi alternative pierced chick and legally buy a bag of beautiful stuff. Stuff I can't get here for that price or quality.

I feel the same way about people that go to Vegas. I don't gamble and I've certainly seen enough tits and ass to cover 1000 men. But flock to Vegas they do.

I'm a babe in the woods on marijuana buying, so I didn't know this. I assumed that the underground market was like a big supermarket where you could shop around and find the type and quality you wanted. I guess this would be more organized with glass cases and stuff, eh?

[Donger]

At least when we have a north wind, it doesn't smell only like horseshit from Wyoming now.