Marijuana Legalization/Decriminalization Efforts

[Melena]

Last Friday I received my capsules and one cookie. Haven't tried the cookie which is labeled as 27% THC 1.2% CBD 0.78% CBN. Did capsules on Saturday and Monday, which are labeled as being 0.75% CBD 0.1% CBN (25mg CBD per bottle label). Saturday I felt smiley. Not high smiley but just pleasant. Monday I didn't have my typical feeling of my throat closing before work and while nothing super stupid stood out from work that day I never had a feeling of annoyance or anger or anxiety like I usually do at least once a day. I was an idiot though last night and drank a "normal" amount for myself and woke up at around 2 a.m. violently ill. Probably shouldn't do the alcohol thing anymore. This is going to sound silly but I'm sort of afraid of what the cookie is going to do to me. I'm going to try a nibble on Saturday around noon to see how it goes.

The one time I tried weed, I was beyond drunk and yeah I thought I was going to die. I have no idea how my brother, his wife and astylla got me upstairs to our bed.

[Yabby]

Just take it real slow with the cookie. Give it a good hour before eating more. That shit will sneak attack your ass.

[Tokitoki]

If I mix drinking in weed I can end up with the spins and get sick. Usually takes a lot of drinking for that to happen, but results may vary.

As Yabby said, take it slow with the cookie. Eat a half, or a quarter if feeling apprehensive, and give it at least an hour before doing anything else.

[6souls]

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/0...marijuana-bill
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/0...e-this-session

Republican-controlled MN Senate ends the state's bid for recreational marijuana and the creation of a task force to study the issue. Gov Walz will not try again until 2020.

Monday's 6-3 vote in the judiciary and public safety Committee ended the marijuana debate for this legislative session.

The committee's six Republican members repeatedly outvoted three Democrats who tried to keep the issue alive for the session. That included a move by supporters to create a task force to study marijuana legalization, an idea that has won approval in a House committee.

State Sen. Warren Limmer, R-Maple Grove, who chairs the judiciary and public safety committee, said it was expert testimony from state health and public safety officials that convinced him it's the wrong time for legalization. He said he has concerns about impaired driving and the impact on children.

[Yabby]

And then went home to get shit faced.

[Yuri-G]

god damnit. god fucking damnit.

[Roranora]

just a little bump in the road brought to you by partisan politicking and gerrymander gurus

sorry Minnesota

[Kalmado]

I realize this is probably a very stupid question but here we go. I had bought a cookie a LONG time ago and forgot I put it in my pc desk drawer. So uh...should I just throw it away or will I die if I nuke it and eat it?

[Dantrag]

I realize this is probably a very stupid question but here we go. I had bought a cookie a LONG time ago and forgot I put it in my pc desk drawer. So uh...should I just throw it away or will I die if I nuke it and eat it?

I mean, it's still food <__<; Fuck that.

[Kalmado]

I mean, it's still food <__<; Fuck that.

I just hate being wasteful! Yeah I'm an idiot. I honestly forgot about it once I started getting interviews and realized I'd have to wait quite a bit. Should've put it in the freezer. Oh well $15 down the drain.

[Salodin]

Honestly its probably wont kill you. Idk about how stale it'll be...but if you fiening you fiening /shrug

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[Kalmado]

I had my drug test last night for the new job last night. I guess they now put the pee in a device and it's an immediate read. Of course they don't tell you! I have taken zero items that say it has THC. Only CBD capsules that say CBD only. It shouldn't be a worry but the girl said, "Why is this computer being weird..." and I'm like no no no!

[archibaldcrane]

CBD stuff usually has THC in it, just at very low levels.

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[Psion]

kinda depends on how it was packaged as well - if it was a properly sealed package it can last a couple months outside the freezer, though it's going to vary depending on cookie, whether preservatives were used, etc. if it was just cellophane wrapped or in a paper bag, it aint going to last more than a few days before turning hard and nasty. that said, it's a weed cookie so i don't know how that would affect it.

if there's no mold and it doesnt smell bad it's probably ok. wait crap, that might be tricky to tell... do weed cookies smell like weed? <_<;

it might be hard as a rock to eat though.

[Kalmado]

The product I've been using from the store I buy at.

Urban Roots brings to us another great CBD product made in the USA and containing zero THC. 30 capsules fill a bottel with 25mg in each cap. That's a total of 750mg in each bottle! Made with MCT oil, agricultural hemp oil, and essentials oils.

[Enkidu]

I wouldn't take CBD before a drug test, but it's probably not going to give a positive result. Reasons are that I would never trust the formulation enough to guarantee that the CBD isn't going to convert to THC in the pill/oil/whatever.

[Kalmado]

About the only thing I could do I guess is buy a test from the dollar store to see what I'd pop. Test was done and sent off so here we are. Haven't heard back from my sup yet but then again I have one more online assessment to do before every pre-employment thing has been completed.

[Moss]

Which vape pens do you guys prefer?

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[6souls]

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2019/0...lize-marijuana

Illinois' governor has announced a plan to legalize recreational marijuana in 2020 and to expunge a number of convictions. The state's law enforcement and the NAACP are voicing opposition to the move.

The legislation would allow adults 21 and older to legally buy cannabis for recreational use from licensed dispensaries. Illinois residents could possess up to about an ounce (30 grams) of marijuana, while non-residents could possess about half an ounce (15 grams).

While the Illinois law would take effect Jan. 1, the first licenses for Illinois growers, processors and dispensaries wouldn't be issued until May and July 2020, the governor's office said.

"This bill advances equity by providing resources and second chances to people and communities that have been harmed by policies such as the failed 'war on drugs,' " said Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton, who is black.

The measure includes a $20 million low-interest loan program to help defray the costs of starting a licensed cannabis business for "social equity applicants." Those applicants would include people who have lived in a "disproportionately impacted area" — or communities with high rates of poverty and high rates of arrest and incarceration for marijuana offenses — or been arrested or convicted of offenses eligible for expungement.

Critics of legalization, including law enforcement and the Illinois NAACP, have said it would lead to more addiction and mental health issues and would harm rather than help black communities.

"The consequences of this bill are far reaching and will have devastating impacts on citizens, communities and youth," said Kevin Samet, founder and president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana. "Illinois lawmakers must take a smart, commonsense approach, and not welcome in another addiction-for-profit industry into the state."

Part of the profits would be used to get the state out of the red and turn around the financial problems the state has suffered over the past couple years.

[Byrthnoth]

I'm a little confused about why the NAACP would be opposed to this. Feels very 1990s.