Canada Legalizes It - Update

"CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever" (carsoffortlangley)
10/17/2018 at 19:35 • Filed to: None

I thought it would be interesting to show people what it looks like when you buy drugs from the government. Also, to be handed a memo stating that your adjusting firm will treat edibles/smoking at lunch just like having a beer or glass of wine is so weird.

This is a government store...

I saw this car at the track. Topical

So, tomorrow Canada is officially legalizing cannabis. Depending on who you ask, this means many things.

One thing I know? It’s gonna bring in so much cash for investigators and adjusters. Workers compensation, driving under the influence, property damage claims from the growing of plants (fire, water and mold).

It isn’t my scene, but I will certainly be pursuing a lot of these new lines of business.

I be curious to know what Oppo thinks of legalizing cannabis.

DISCUSSION (63)

Spanfeller is a twat > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 20:47

I think legalization is good, actually, the fact that it was made illegal in the first place sort of blows my mind.

interstate366, now In The Industry > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 20:48

I'm all for it. It doesn't harm anyone any more than alcohol (that is to say don't drive or operate machinery under the influence) and it can be a new source of tax revenue.

Textured Soy Protein > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 20:48

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Spanfeller is a twat
10/16/2018 at 20:49

I agree, it's time

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > interstate366, now In The Industry
10/16/2018 at 20:49

100%

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 20:50

It brings in lots of revenue, and it’s absolutely insane that alcohol is legal but marijauna is not. One actually has medicinal uses. Gotta love big pharma.

atfsgeoff > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 20:51

Never should have been banned in the first place.

But then, I think all recreational drugs should be legal and freely available. What people put in their bodies is their own business.

dogisbadob > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 20:53

should be legal

Tristan > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 20:56

I think it should be legalized, not because I think anyone should use it or because I have any interest in it whatsoever, but because I don’t care what others do as long as they aren't hurting anyone else and I don’t want my tax dollars going to drug enforcement.

fintail > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 20:59

I’m in WA, legal here for several years, society hasn’t collapsed. It will be up to the “legal system” (sarcastic quotes) to enforce and punish those who cause harm under the influence, but I see it as a far lesser danger than booze. Anti-pot laws are all about braindead puritanism and lobbyists at work. Once again on a national level, Canada is moving forward.

MM54 > atfsgeoff
10/16/2018 at 21:01

Agreed

K-Roll-PorscheTamer > interstate366, now In The Industry
10/16/2018 at 21:01

As long as no one drives while smoking reefer, I’ll be good. From experience, it’s a horrible idea.

AestheticsInMotion > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 21:05

Marijuana businesses are strange around here. They’re either the absolute nicest shops in the area, with gorgeous super- modern architecture and trendy interior design, or they’re absolute terror holes the likes of which I don’t think I’d make it out of alive i f I ever foolishly stepped foot through the threshold.

There’s no middle ground.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > atfsgeoff
10/16/2018 at 21:07

Eh, meth af fects surrounding people.

atfsgeoff > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/16/2018 at 21:08

So does alcohol when consumed by alcoholics

The difference is that alcoholics don’t usually burglarize homes, steal from their friends/family, or rob convenience stores to feed their addiction, because alcohol is cheap and readily available

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 21:11

i have never smoked, though I knew people in and after college that did regularly.

I was mostly against it until about 4 years ago. It was christmas and I was getting booze for 3 holiday parties, and some for gifts, when I thought, that is it is kind of ridiculous. I have enough booze in this cart to go out to parking lot and drink myself to death 20 times over . in terms of danger alcohol is worse. my only concern is people driving under the influence, though the accident in texas, assholes are going to do that anyway.

When you look at how ineffective and counterproductive the war on drugs have been fought for th e last 40s, I dont think it should have been as bad as it was classified .

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/16/2018 at 21:13

gotta love prison unions, for profi prisons, alcohol lobby....

itschrome > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 21:15

Legalization is necessary.

BrtStlnd > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 21:25

People who want to use it are already using it now, if your doom and gloom projections were accurate these things would already be happening.

MrDakka > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/16/2018 at 21:30

Alcoho l has medicinal uses as well

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Tristan
10/16/2018 at 21:31

Pretty much how I feel. Go nuts everyone

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 21:44

What many people are facing is sudden shifts to zero smoking tolerance in public places, educational institutions, etc. It was announced yesterda y that as of tomorrow, my college has instituted a total ban on smoking or vaping of anything , on all of their campuses . This doesn’t bother me any, as the only things I smoke are my tires, which I already avoid smoking on campus. But indirectly this will end up affecting me, as many of many of my classmates will no longer be able to smoke as freely as previously, which likely will increase classroom and shop stress levels somewhat.

I also imagine there will be an increase in non-inhaled nicotine use. One particular form in the land of c owboys and riggers.

For Sweden > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 21:44

Finally, finally, people will realize that marijuana is boring

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/16/2018 at 21:49

They tried to make alcohol illegal once. It didn't work. People are realizing that banning other recreational drugs also isn't working.

Svart Smart, traded in his Smart > interstate366, now In The Industry
10/16/2018 at 21:57

This.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 22:02

I don’t think it should have been legalized, but rather re- criminalized. How Ontario is dealing with it I don't agree with. Anywhere you can have a cigarette (unless posted otherwise) you can smoke a joint. They say great it like alcohol, that I agree with, but if you have a joint while walking down the street I should be able to drink a beer while walking down the street (not that I would). Saying that I'm all for it even tho I don't smoke it.

Dash-doorhandle-6 cyl none the richer > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 22:03

From what I’ve heard “cool” Canadians kind of like it the way it was (basically legal). I think there will be an initial mi nor shitshow, then all will carry on.

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > atfsgeoff
10/16/2018 at 22:04

Then they kill a family of 6 on the way home from a liquor store, or beat their wife to a pulp if we are generalizing.

atfsgeoff > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies
10/16/2018 at 22:06

Yes, you are absolutely correct

Yet alcohol is still legal, as it should be

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > BrtStlnd
10/16/2018 at 22:34

You think I don’t already attend grow ops and intoxicated driving deaths?

BaconSandwich is tasty. > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/16/2018 at 22:42

I'm against it. The long term healthcare costs will likely outweigh the tax revenue. I'd be delighted to be wrong, though.

pip bip - choose Corrour > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 06:12

totally against it

i don’t want to inhale secondhand smoke from a stoner.

BigBlock440 > The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock
10/17/2018 at 09:28

I should be able to drink a beer while walking down the street (not that I would).

Lots of places you could, at least in America, it’s all dependent on city ordinances .

BigBlock440 > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 09:30

I’ve long thought that the only reason it’s not legal yet is because there’s not an easy way to test for a DUI like there is with alcohol.

CB > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 19:39

Meanwhile, I don’t think any stores are actually open in Saskatchewan yet because they didn’t plan this very well.

vicali > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 19:40

People are quite excited in town as you can guess..

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > vicali
10/17/2018 at 19:44

Kamloops today:

Kinja'd!!!

Takuro Spirit > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 19:44

I think smoking anything is gross. I don’t wanna see or smell anything that was just in your lungs.

I ts like a mouth fart.

Visible halitosis.

RPM esq. > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 19:45

It should absolutely be legal and regulated and taxed like alcohol and tobacco . And where I live, it is. Not my style, but it’s demonstrably less harmful to society than alcohol, which I enjoy (responsibly), and tobacco products, which I mostly don’t.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > RPM esq.
10/17/2018 at 19:45

Yeah, I have never and have no current plans to partake.

Quadradeuce > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 19:52

I have no problem with it, but for some reason marijuana culture just annoys the hell out of me. No particular reason why, it just does. But I have my vices, so I have no issue with others pursuing theirs responsibly.

On a more objective note, when I talk with employers, one of the biggest issues they have is finding people who won’t come to work high. Leave it at home, folks. Don’t drive high, don’t work high. If you need to be high all the time, you need help just like an alcoholic.

Spanfeller is a twat > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 19:56

The Canadian government is selling a type of pot called “MK ultra”

That’s so weird and upsetting in so many ways...

jimz > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 19:59

it looks like the bridge of the Orville?

ranwhenparked > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 20:00

I work for a company that has been lobbying for legal canna bi s for 40 years now, frankly, it can’t come soon enough. The bulk of our business has been declining at a steady rate for decades and the decline is accelerating. Shifting to m arijuana products could be what saves our industry, which is what we’ve all known since the 1970s, anyway.

My only real concern is the drug testing issue though. I just worry about someone getting into an accident while stone cold sober and still getting charged with DUI, because they have enough residual in their system from several days earlier.

BTW, this is what government-run stores look like near me:

Kinja'd!!!

I’m not generally a fan of the same entity charged with regulating a certain product also being the one profiting off its sale. Just seems like a conflict of interest.

ranwhenparked > interstate366, now In The Industry
10/17/2018 at 20:10

This is my take. I’m not a fan, personally, but I honestly could not possibly care less if others want to partake. That it has numerous, legitimate medical uses has already been proven. Recreationally? Fine, just don’t drive or operate heavy machinery or go to work at any job where being drunk would also be a bad idea.

ranwhenparked > Spanfeller is a twat
10/17/2018 at 20:11

Even weirder - we needed a constitutional amendment to ban alcohol, but banning marijuana was just a “whatever, let’s just do this” sort of thing.

Pixel > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 20:16

Hate the smell of pot smoke. Hate dealing with heavily stoned people. Hate fucking everything about pot culture. Find it even less appealing than alcohol (which I also don’t consume), and tobacco (ditto).

Glad it is getting legalized so to government stops wasting money fighting it and using it a as tool to further fuck over poor neighborhood and the (mostly non-white) people in them.

I am pissed at big corporations wanting to get into the game and profit off it. In some cases the same corporations that lobbied to keep it illegal.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > CB
10/17/2018 at 20:19

Similar to Mass. the anti smoke group switched to plan B, if you can’t beat them, dr ag out the process on the local level forever. It was supposed to be ready in jan, then july,then sept, and now some towns are trying to drag it out to Jan or Feb.

Spanfeller is a twat > ranwhenparked
10/17/2018 at 20:33

I know the reasons for banning it in America were dubious, but why was it banned here ?

The law that officially prohibits marijuana consumption in Mexico is the General Healthcare Law of 1984. I looked it up and they give no reason to ban it. In one section it describes THC as “A dangerous, addictive substance that has serious health risks”

Granted, now you can have pot for “personal” consumption and you wont be arrested if you’re under the 5g limit. But they can seize it without giving any reason.

I’m looking it up but it just seems like conservatives back in 1840 didn’t like it and it was banned something to do with religion apparently . Even after the Reform war I’m not certain it was ever legal since then.

diplodicus forgot his password > AestheticsInMotion
10/17/2018 at 20:40

You should see the ones in Detroit...

ranwhenparked > Spanfeller is a twat
10/17/2018 at 21:21

Honestly, it could have been as simple as following international trends.

Marijuana has been classified as a S chedule I drug in the US since 1971, meaning that our FDA considers it to have no accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse. It would not be out of the question for your Congress to just look at what was happening next door and copy it. Most politicians are pretty lazy, ours do that kind of thing a lot, too.

Spanfeller is a twat > ranwhenparked
10/17/2018 at 21:34

The current law is from 84' the first law was from 1920.... which follows US legislation as you say.

Yeah, we copy other nations constantly (and other nations copy us AHEM GERMANY) I think our environmental standards are basically carbon copies of the Californian one.

ranwhenparked > Spanfeller is a twat
10/17/2018 at 21:42

It happens a lot here, too. Especially at the city level. Philadelphia hasn’t had an original idea in decades, they just follow whatever New York does.

Future Heap Owner > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 22:12

“[my employer] will treat edibles/smoking at lunch just like having a beer or glass of wine”

S o in American business culture a beer or glass of wine at lunch is fairly normal; is that to say that they’d allow both? Because if so... that don’t make no sense.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Future Heap Owner
10/17/2018 at 22:12

It is totally allowed

vicali > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 22:13

Not really, pretty boring day actually. Weather was nice.

DipodomysDeserti > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 22:17

Kinja'd!!!

Stay away from that one!

Future Heap Owner > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 22:23

Kinja'd!!!

I’m 100% in favor of legalization, but that is bonkers to me.

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Future Heap Owner
10/17/2018 at 22:27

I mean. It's allowed, but not acceptable. I'm not going to start eating pot brownies at client meetings because I can.

Future Heap Owner > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 22:35

Totally, it’s just strange corporate policy.

Milky > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
10/17/2018 at 23:48

With weed? IMHO it really is a no harm, no foul kind of drug.

Hell as a Detroiter I googled Windsor weed. Have to wait until April to buy in stores there . We’re probably going to legalize it here next month anyways though.

RPM esq. > AestheticsInMotion
10/18/2018 at 12:37

That’s because most of the terrifying ones were already there, but under the guise of extremely shady medical dispensaries. Much less lucrative than the recreational market.

AestheticsInMotion > RPM esq.
10/18/2018 at 13:24

There’s one particular location on highway 2 somewhere between G old B ar and S kykomish that makes me... Uneasy... Even just driving past.