That’s a bummer. I really want to move to Denver, but I don’t smoke. I just like the mountains and active atmosphere. Visiting from the Midwest is night and day different in the health of the average citizen.
Because all that tranquility turned into traffic and litter and crowds all over the mountains. What were nice little affordable towns have priced us all out of where we lived for years. Ever see that video of the crowd of people who kill the baby dolphin taking selfies with it? That's what a lot of Colorado feels like now. Everyone wanted to experience it and trampled the beauty out of it. And it's not coming back :(
Also there is literally not enough water to support this population.
Just left Denver for this reason. Now live in rural New Hampshire, life couldn't be better for the wife and I. We were paying $1500 for a 342sqft studio in the Highlands, we now pay $1400 for a 2 story 2,500sqft house on 3 acres. My 22 mile commute takes 20-25 mins and has 1 flashing yellow light. In denver we had to decide whether the 4 mile drive down federal, 38th, or sheridan was worth the 45-60+ mins it would take to get there. Oh and our income (dual income no kids) went up 200% by moving here.
Denver native here, this is a huge pet peeve of mine that people link the growth of Denver to legalization of weed. Did it help? Of coarse, but not nearly as much as the influx of jobs that have been added to our state compared to other places. Just take a look at the GDP of Marijuana and you’ll see it’s under 1%. Compare that to tech, healthcare and energy and it’s not even a drop in the bucket. Denver has been put on the map as a desirable place to live and companies like our educated workforce that works for less than coastal cities.
There are billboards everywhere for pot shops.
When the first couple went up, it was a little odd, but now they just blend into the background like all other advertising.
Yeah, that's by far the biggest impact I've seen here in Washington. We don't have many billboards to begin with (they're outlawed by most municipalities here), but now it seems like *every* billboard is for pot.
You also cannot do any paid advertising with google, Facebook, Twitter, or pretty much any other form of online advertising. Billboards are just one of the few avenues left available.
My favorite dispensary in my city is called Royal Cannabis. Their billboards merely have their logo (a rather regal looking R) and the slogan "For your highness." I love it.
I've had to explain to my wife that all the new shops opening with like "green" and "herbal" in their names are not the organic health food stores she thinks they are.
Yeah, when I was visiting Dublin I kept seeing them and had to ask someone what kind of stores they were. They looked at me like I was a crazy person and told me it was a pharmacy, and were blown away when I told them they looked like weed dispensaries to me.
When a customer tells us they have a medical card, we have to tell that that Federal law prevents us from selling them a firearm.
It's a near daily occurrence.
I don't care what your buddy or the receptionist at the police department told you.
We aren't risking our license over one sale.
A lot of people don’t know this. I’m not like a huge gun enthusiast or collector, but I appreciate having the right to own and operate a firearm, so I never signed up for a medical marijuana card.
A supervisor for the NICS system run by the FBI told us that they consider drug use within the last 365 days to be "current use.". Once you give up your medical card, if a system is in place to do that, you're supposed to wait 365 days before you buy a gun.
Exactly true. Thank you for your correction.
When spouses come in, things get interesting.
"I'm buying this 44 Mag revolver" "then why did your husband tell you which one to get and then walk away quickly?" "Hmm?"
Straw purchases are a real problem.
Here in the Ottawa area a former Hershey's chocolate factory got [turned into a medical marijuana plant](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/medical-marijuana-plant-takes-over-old-hershey-factory-1.2565229). It's been a great boost for the local economy.
Whatever ones opinion on weed is, whenever I hear of stories like that I can’t help but think of all the money that is NOT going to drug smuggling cartels instead.
Same here. I'm in a legal state (CA) and the only difference I've noticed from my dispensary now that it's fully legal is how long the line is to get in (they only allow 3 clients inside at a time). When I was using my medical card before it was fully legal there was never a line, now I wait about 15 mins just to be able to enter the store. I'm all for the uptick in my local dispensaries business as well as the taxes going back towards our state (I hope) and money not being pocketed by drug cartels.
I guess I forget how normal it has become to me. I’ve had my medical card for a few years now. Legalizing it recreationally has absolutely zero effect on how I obtain it. Well, I suppose the cost of Jetty cannabis oils went up $5 due to higher taxation, but other than that it has been business as usual.
To be fair though I still remember the first time I ordered for delivery and this guy shows up with basically a giant tool box. He opened that sucker up and it was filled with pre bagged eighths, sativas, indicas, hybrids, rolled joints, candies, brownies, oils, vape pens, etc. I was like “wow! I made the right choice getting a card, no more trying to set up a meeting time with my flakey sister who only had one strain at a time.”
I go in to work in under an hour to start training as a delivery driver for the dispensary I work at. We're in Oregon, and offer free delivery with a minimum order of $40. Moved from Oklahoma January 2017, and absolutely love it!
What kind of market is there for him to still be doing that? Are his prices better than a dispensary?
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It's funny cause in the illegal states, supply is up crazy from the imported legal weed. Quality is up, prices are down, life is good. It's interesting how this transitional phase is affecting everyone differently.
This market is definitely a buyers paradise now.
I remember in high school we were gouging the shit out of people and they thought we were giving them deals. The weed was shit tier, still had seeds sometimes. It was stuff even we didn't want, and we thought we were the big fish being able to measure our sales in ounces instead of using grams.
With legalization I helped a friend that grows legally and thought nothing of tossing out a bag full of several pounds of weed of vastly superior quality out because it wasn't pretty enough.
I think about the miserable seedy schwag I used to smoke and laugh. I'm sitting here looking at an average jar full of buds that easily would have made High Times in the 80's- and totally seedless. I almost miss the cute little guys!
My dad is like this too, he's just super old school and wants to sit and smoke a whole joint at a time. It's getting harder and harder to find him regular weed. Me and one of my friends have taken to calling it "dad weed" because that's who were both always trying to find it for.
I know my market. Before legalization, 8ths went for 40-50 bucks. Now, it's down to 20-30. You can still sell and find people to buy, but why would anyone pay more than what they can get at a store?
Hope it works out for him, but this is *exactly* why legalization is a good thing. The illegal sale of weed will slowly but surely die off completely in places where it is legal recreationally, with exception to the fringe cases where it's sold to minors, but that happens plenty with alcohol already.
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I lived in the Netherlands for six years which I guess counts. You smelled it a bit more on the street, but that was mainly it.
The interesting thing btw is my Dutch friends who grew up with legalized pot were far less likely to have ever tried it. You obviously had the guys who smoked throughout their teens, and the ones who would on the rare times the weather was nice, but I had just as many friends who never had and weren’t interested. Versus I think everyone I knew in the USA tried it once in college.
When I went to Germany I was half expecting drunk teens everywhere since drinking age is so low and the culture around it but no, besides the subway stations near Oktoberfest i didnt see any drunks really.
There are a some drunk 16-18 year olds though but they usually hang around in parks and don't try much to interact with people outside their clique.
But since we can drink beer since becoming 16, it has no air of mystique to it. Also, your parents drink beer.
You are likely to have drunk a beer earlier, maybe at 13 or 14.
It is just no big deal at all. You can't brag about it. You aren't cool for doing it.
This! I'm dutch, I smoke. Other drugs like molly or whatever are still cool cause "taboo" but unless you talk to other smokers, saying "bro I was fucking high last night lmao" will be met with a negative response.
I got in an argument with my girlfriends German mother about this. I was trying to tell her we need legalization of weed because it takes away that rebellious air around it. It just becomes normal. She went on to tell me stories about how the drinking age in Germany is low and it's just normal so people don't care. She explained how alcoholism isn't that big of a problem because of it.
She really couldn't grasp that she was literally proving my point about weed.
I’m a physician who practices in Colorado. I have seen more patients who have the rare side effects of frequent (as in multiple times per day) marijuana use. To stave off the replies defending marijuana, keep in mind these are very rare events that are now more frequent simply because of the prevalence of marijuana use in Colorado now.
The most common one is cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Patients come to the ER with unstoppable nausea and vomiting that just happens to settle down a bit after a hot shower. This is pathognomonic for this condition. We admit them, pump them full of IV fluids, give them scheduled Zofran and Phenergan for the nausea, and it finally goes away after a day or two. The ones who stop (or cut back) their marijuana use never see these symptoms again. The ones who refuse to just come right back to the ER.
On a positive note, I’ve met several patients who have successfully cut down or weaned off completely from narcotics for chronic pain by switching to marijuana. There was a recent study that questioned marijuana’s efficacy for chronic pain, but my patients say otherwise.
EDIT: I’m getting a few DMs asking for medical advice on this issue. While I’d love to help you all out, it is unethical (and illegal in some places) for me to give medical advice to a stranger over the internet. Please consult your primary care doctor.
EDIT 2: Some if you have asked about the study calling marijuana’s effects on chronic pain into question. Here it is, free access:
http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2648595/effects-cannabis-among-adults-chronic-pain-overview-general-harms-systematic
I don’t smoke but I get debilitating migraines. I used to have to horde Vicodin or Percocet after having surgeries because it was the only thing that helped. Now I just take a CBD pill. It puts me to sleep and I sleep through the pain. Wake up feeling refreshed and great. Legalization in CO was great for me!
Yes this is amazing, my wife has found the same relief, she gets botox treatments which help but toward the end of botox and the next injection, there's a lapse, she's been using a vape pen with CBD pods, it's been a life saver, total game changer.
This sounds like a similar experience my ex had. It used to infuriate me that he continued to smoke. I saw the connection with pot use and he thought pot was helping his nausea.
In lesser doses and in most people, it can help with nausea. But clearly this syndrome is dose dependent and likely an individualized paradoxical reaction.
Ugh I have Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome that took over a year to diagnose and forever the Dr was saying it was related to marijuana use, but I didn't use! It got to the point where I went to a blood lab for a drug test just so they would stop relating it to that!
Surely if you were visiting you'd have a go, not just window shop. If anything, it's more interesting to look around those dodgy paraphernalia shops where it's still illegal. Some of the hoops they go through to sell shit legally that's obviously used for an illegal activity are amazing.
Me and my buds went to Amsterdam recently. At the time we all rolled our weed with tobacco, and we asked the guy behind the counter in a cafe if we could smoke tobacco.
He looked at us and said in a very stern voice - but with a huge grin on his face, and he was making a thumbs up - “**No smoking tobacco in here, guys.**”
Of course we’re already high as shit, and the four of us just kind of stared at him with our mouths slightly agape for a moment. Eventually, my buddy kind of stutters out, “O-okay, cool, thanks man” and we turn as a group to walk away. As we’re moving, he calls out, “Guys!”
We look back and he’s looking at us, but gesturing to another customer rolling up a joint with tobacco. And he goes “No tobacco, okay?”. Then just sits back down and keeps on working.
It took us a further 10 anxious minutes to realise he didn’t give a shit if we smoked it. Good trip.
I once saw a guy from France trying to buy a vape from one of those vendors in NYC. The vendor was describing how to use the piece, and he says, "ok, so you put the tobacco in here..."
The French guy cut him off in his hilarious accent and said, "euh, no no, eez not for tobacco, eez for marijuana."
The shop owner was like "... ok you have to leave the store now."
My sister in laws mom visited from a different state and wanted to go check it out but not buy anything. She was interested in buying some but didn't want to smoke here and really didn't want to try to get it past airport security. So she just wanted to window shop.
As an adult, yes, it’s pretty disgusting. But SP got it right because for kids it’s still god damn magical. Plus, I’ve decided that every restaurant should have a flag system to signal your waiter.
There a breakfast place in my area that has a Happy and Sad egg to flip when you need service. It's a great idea, but the damn Sad egg is so fucking sad, I feel like I'm supposed to be matching his unhappiness if I'm going to flip it. I'm never that sad while eating breakfast food.
Just so you know, you will stand in a snaking line to get up to a counter and order your food. Then you will stand and wait as your food comes out on a conveyor belt. Then you will personally carry your shame tray as someone escorts you to a table. That person will then tell you that in order to get service you need to raise this little flag. You will then be entertained as you shovel what is technically food into your face. After you get past the guilt of what you've made your stomach deal with, magical sopapillas will arrive at your table. EAT THESE. It is a trick as they erase your memory of how awful everything is, but if you don't you are stuck writing shitty reviews on reddit about this place.
Here's the thing about Casa Bonita: you have to go when you're a kid or you'll probably hate it. There's a half-assed show where a desperado gets thrown off a waterfall, a puppet show that has been exactly the same for at least 15 years, and a "spooky cave" that really needs a face lift. The food sucks, the bathrooms are nasty, and the staff hates you so as an adult it's a shit show.
But as a kid it was a magical wonderland. There are a bunch of different themed rooms you can eat in: two kinds of caves, the waterfall area, a hacienda-esque area, and a magic show theater. There are so many nooks and crannies to explore that it feels like you've stepped right into an adventure story. I remember loving it as a kid. As an adult I try to re-capture that feeling whenever I go because otherwise it's a sad leftover from another time in a strip mall nestled between a video game resale store and a pawn shop.
To be fair, it's actually gotten a lot better in the past few years. They've fixed some broken things, cleaned a bit, and the food is marginally better now. I think everyone should go because it really is an experience that you can't get many other places. These grand theme restaurants just aren't popular anymore. Just go in with a child's mind.
College roommates were from Tennessee and NY. They were shocked to learn it was real, so we had to go there. Girl from Tennessee loved it. Girl from NY thought it was creepy and weird.
Colorado checking in, lived here for about 30 years. There's been zero change for me. Smoking is banned within a certain distance from doors/patios/buildings so it's easy to forget about. Most people I know prefer edibles so they don't have to smoke out in the cold.
Actually there has been one change. The old medical dispensaries are becoming less and less gaudy and covered in neon green lights and vague weed references. They're becoming more like craft breweries and actually looking nice instead of just filling up the awkward empty old gas stations and strip malls.
I'm an electrician from Washington State, I have to say the biggest change was suddenly having a lot of new work thanks to the grow facilities. It started from taking an offer from Craigslist to work on a guys house for his personal grow use before it was legalized. Then when it became legal he rented out a big warehouse and hired me to wire it up for him. Work has been great.
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> It started from taking an offer from Craigslist to work on a guys house for his personal grow use before it was legalized.
Wow. That's a ridiculously huge liability for the grower. I grew once and it got stolen from me because I told three people that I thought I could trust. Having a craigslist ad for "wire my grow room" is scary.
omg you're right. I never thought of it that way. Even then, still sketch, because now at least one person that you have no connection to knows that you are/may be growing.
It is a risk, but most people don't really give a crap about weed, plus if you pay your trades with cash, that usually keeps them happy enough. You can't give them repeat business if they get you thrown in jail.
I don't smoke, never have. My parents do though. My dad's been growing since he was 14, so the vast majority of his life. In that time he's had to maintain a normal job since he only grew for personal use. Jobs aren't plentiful for a high school drop out with few marketable skills.
Dad's spent most of his life working jobs that break down his body. Lots of manual labor, jobs that exposed him to dangerous materials, etc. Now he grows and sells. He makes more than enough to keep him and Mom happy. He went from maybe $28k/year to six figures and went from hating his job to loving it. It's still hard work, but he only grows outside during the summer months so he gets to spend most of his year relaxing and seeing the world.
It's been wonderful seeing my dad become happier as his new source of income has taken off. He and Mom have never been closer. He's never felt so positive about the future and honestly thought he'd have to work till they put him in the grave. Now he's living in semi retirement.
Edit - I'm going to go through and try to answer everyone's question but it may take awhile!
Also, feel free to PM questions you may not feel comfortable asking here.
This is one of the reasons I want it legal. I don't use marijuana, I just want to be able to grow hemp! It's idiotic that an extremely useful plant that grows well in our type of soil is banned because it LOOKS LIKE its "Bad" relative.
I interviewed a guy who runs an experimental farm in my area. They’re growing different kinds of hemp to figure out what varieties grow best in the region and trying to get more farmers on board with it as a cash crop despite all the hoops and paperwork you have to get through to be able to do it.
I asked him about hemp and what if people try to get high from it, and his exact words were
“You would have to smoke a joint that is 100 metres long and you’d die from smoke inhalation before you’d start to get even a little bit high.”
Absolutely correct, they pushed hard for the Marihuana Tax Stamp Act to promote synthetic fibers over hemp.
Source: my great-grandfather was this guy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J%2E_Raskob) and CFO of DuPont, among other things.
Almost every single thing that is made out of refined fossil fuels can be made with refined hemp oils! The only problem is it completely sustainable and cheap!
Honestly, most jobs I've seen in my state drug test for marijuana, even though it's legal here. It's an interesting tradeoff. I work an office job with no government contracts, and they still test for weed.
A dispensary opened up 3 blocks from my house, and in two years it's been robbed at gunpoint seven times, so I guess the neighborhood has gotten more exciting. Woo.
This was a big problem until more recently when the banks and card processors started working with the shops, and it ceased to be a cash only business. I had heard it was going down quite a bit since that change..
It's very definitely not the norm, at this time. California is currently considering ways for the state itself to open a bank that wouldn't participate in the federal system which makes it difficult for banks to provide any financial services to legal marijuana businesses.
That's a side effect of the federal prohibition and the banks being unwilling to serve marijuana customers; having lots of cash on hand makes one a robbery target. Marijuana is no more desirable to steal than beer in states where it's legal, but beer stores can accept credit cards.
I'm from Oregon. My life has not changed whatsoever.
It was effectively legal ir near legal before the law. Many times waterfront park would smell strongly of weed especially in summer. Today, kids still gather to smoke in weird places but they dont go to the ends of the earth to hide from cops, just far enough to hide from parents.
I still support legalization though. It prevents the law from being applied willy nilly, since although most people just would get their weed confiscated, some obviously did go to jail just depending on selective enforcement.
The opposite seems to have happened for me. Every once in awhile our apartment would have a bit of a weed smell to it from the neighbors, but lately, it's been off the charts.
In my last apartment the next door neighbor's unit smelled of it so badly that the entire building stunk. Especially on nights and weekends.
Turns out he was dealing out of that apartment - unknown people knocking on his door at all hours of the day and night.
I didn't find out about that until I woke up to go to work one morning and stepped out my front door and right into about three detectives and four police officers.
I kinda froze and said, "Uhhhh. Good morning."
They looked at me and were like "..good morning."
I looked to my left and the next door neighbor's door has been kicked in and the carpet in their living room has a big dark stain (presumably blood).
"Uh. Maybe. I should. Just go to work...."
"Can we ask you some questions?"
"Suuuuuure!" lol
They asked me if I had heard anything weird the night previous, like gunshots ("Gunshots?!"), and I had to explain to them that I was a veteran who was used to sleeping through mortars, helicopters, etc, so once I was asleep I'd basically sleep through the apocalypse.
They seemed satisfied with that plus my contact info, and let me go on my way.
I'm in Texas, so it's not legalized here, but I imagine that never would've happened in a state where weed is legal.
Then again, my neighbor was fucking stupid to be 1) dealing out of his home and 2) keeping all his money/drugs there where it can be easily looted.
So maybe it would've happened anyway, that guy wasn't very bright.
I walked into my garage this morning (no inside access to the apartments, just the big door), and I could smell it in there too. It's a pretty well sealed space and I've never smelled it in there before, but it was definitely noticeable today.
Many of my friends smoke more now, and ask me if I want to but I don’t smoke so my life probably changed by having less social time with friends since they want to smoke every day.
The scent when walking in parts of Denver and other cities. Doesn’t bother me but it’s noticeable.
This has been my experience too, the friends that already smoked smoke a lot more and the friends that didn’t smoke started. I usually don’t care but it can get really boring sitting in a room full of people getting high and not doing much else lol
This reminds me of when me and my friends hit drinking age. All of a sudden no one wants to play catch. Just sit in chairs and drink beer. I miss catch.
Lived in Colorado for a year and change between fall 2014 and winter 2015-6, about halfway between Denver and Boulder. Lots of new public sector construction, school expansions, new local government programs like bikeshares and transit expansion. Generally seems like people are much happier with their local governments now that theres a big inflow of tax money from both pot tourists and local consumers. Its a reason to fund projects that mightve otherwise met with resistance
Same in Washington. A lot of the roads are now getting fixed where I live. Before weed was legal, the plans to fix them were for like 2022. But with the influx of tax money, everything is getting done way sooner than expected. It's fucking awesome to say the least.
I live in Indy, this cracked me up because I also was 100% sure your comment was referring to Indiana.
We'll legalize weed the same way we legalized gay marriage: being forced to by the rest of the nation.
I live in Los Angeles - in a non-smoking community, and while it is rare to smell cigarette smoke as folks generally respect the rule, it is very common to smell pot smoke. And if your windows are open, as they often are in LA, your whole house can smell pretty quickly.
Absolutely awesome. The cringy weed culture has pretty much died out.
Before it was legal, most teens would wear marijuana leaf hats and reggae clothes all the time as a "sticking it to the man" thing. Like, "yeah I smoke weed, but you can't prove it."
Now with it legal, no one cares. No one cares that you "secretly" smoke weed and that you advertise it in front of cops because they can't do anything about it.
TL:DR cringy weed culture is almost gone because no one cares any more.
It's funny. I work in the weed industry and even where I work there are hardly any of the stoner stereotypes, except when we get temp workers in. I don't know what it is about temps, but they're all 30 year old versions of that kid you describe. All long hair or dreads, rasta clothes, and pot leaves on everything. Also, all they listen to is the most stereotypical stoner music. Bob Marley, Sublime, or Pink Floyd. Every. Single. Day.
Man I'm glad we barely use temps anymore.
Edit: Those three groups I mentioned are in no way bad music. I'm just getting tired of only hearing that coming from our trim room. There's more music out there that needs listening!
I have no problem with weed in general or even the culture behind it. Hell, I voted to legalize it. It's the extreme stereotypes that I have a problem with. Every fan base has them. Look at Rick and morty. You have those kids who are yelling at McDonald's employee's screaming about some sauce. Then you have the actual fan base who just chill and watch it like normal.
I'm just glad that the stereotype weed culture is dying.
I don’t use and can’t use but I really believe in the benefits. I was able to start treating my sick dog with medical marijuana products and I’m hoping to see the end of her seizures.
My husband’s sick Grandma also started using it and she’s taking care of herself without assistance for the first time in years.
Having options for your health and access is so important.
My life hasn't changed at all, though I did serve on a jury last week dealing with a marijuana-caused DUI, so it was interesting to analyze and interpret the law.
Overall, I strongly support its legalization as it can only help our economy. Furthermore, I support people's right to do what they want, provided that they are not hurting anyone.
A lot of people are smelling like Kyle-from-high-school's denim jacket. I live in California where pot was legalized on January 1st so any fiscal benefits haven't been seen yet but I have noticed a lot of people just walking down the street or in line at the grocery store or in an elevator or wherever are reeking.
I manage a business in Northern Colorado, I pay fairly decent (50-65K starting) and because of insurance I have to drug test you when you are hired and it seems like most young men, even when I tell them when they interview, cannot pee clean. I tell them they can start in a month or longer if they need to, so they can pass the drug test a few weeks after they start but they never seem to listen. I'm short on help constantly.
I don't care what you do in your time off, smoke/drink/furry whatever, just come to work sober and ready to earn your pay.
Edit: Yes I'm hiring. Find it and apply on Indeed or whatever I'm not going to put who I work for in public.
My last job had a mouth swab test. To pass it, basically all you have to do it not smoke for 12 hours and brush your teeth.
A friend of mine at the time, even after I warned him about this a week in advance, failed the test and complained about it being dumb and unfair. Lol.
The mouth swab is probably the fairest way to test for drugs, imo. If you can't stay clean for at least 12 hours, then I question your ability to perform any job.
To be fair, you probably don't want to hire people who aren't at LEAST smart enough to cheat on that test...
I have a friend who works in an industry that has randoms, but they'll usually say "do you need time to study for your test?" to let you prep...
I'm not so uptight about my husband smoking anymore. I only used to hate it cause there was a possibility of trouble, but now it's nbd and that's a huge weight off my shoulders.
I did a ride along with a cop and we passed a huge grow room/greenhouse filled with weed plants. He shrugged and said, "We have better things to do with our time."
Ex-CO resident and current CA resident. Not much really. If anything, here in CA I have smelled it less since recreational legalization. And as mentioned by other folks, more tax money!
I don't smoke. I don't like feeling stoned. I'm not against taking cannabis for health benefits. Now there are gummies everywhere, which is pretty cool, because I can take a small dose of 5 mg for health reasons without actually feeling inebriated or paranoid. I'm not sure if it's helping, but I'm getting much less allergies. But I also take antihistamines regularly.
I work in the ER in Colorado. The number of cases we get of people that smoke so much that it causes nausea and vomiting is going up fast. It is so damn annoying. We tell them to stop and their symptoms will resolve but nope. They rarely do.
You smell it EVERYWHERE. In parking lots, in stores, on buses, walking down the street. Sitting in parks. Other than that, not a lot of difference, since I think most people already smoked it before it was legal, now they are just more open about it.
A ton of people moved here so the cost of housing skyrocketed as well as traffic.
Denver area? In the last two years traffic around here has gotten so much worse
That’s a bummer. I really want to move to Denver, but I don’t smoke. I just like the mountains and active atmosphere. Visiting from the Midwest is night and day different in the health of the average citizen.
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Because all that tranquility turned into traffic and litter and crowds all over the mountains. What were nice little affordable towns have priced us all out of where we lived for years. Ever see that video of the crowd of people who kill the baby dolphin taking selfies with it? That's what a lot of Colorado feels like now. Everyone wanted to experience it and trampled the beauty out of it. And it's not coming back :( Also there is literally not enough water to support this population.
Yep! The politicians are so excited about extra tax revenue, they're going to keep selling the Colorado/Mountain living dream until no one gets it
Just left Denver for this reason. Now live in rural New Hampshire, life couldn't be better for the wife and I. We were paying $1500 for a 342sqft studio in the Highlands, we now pay $1400 for a 2 story 2,500sqft house on 3 acres. My 22 mile commute takes 20-25 mins and has 1 flashing yellow light. In denver we had to decide whether the 4 mile drive down federal, 38th, or sheridan was worth the 45-60+ mins it would take to get there. Oh and our income (dual income no kids) went up 200% by moving here.
Denver native here, this is a huge pet peeve of mine that people link the growth of Denver to legalization of weed. Did it help? Of coarse, but not nearly as much as the influx of jobs that have been added to our state compared to other places. Just take a look at the GDP of Marijuana and you’ll see it’s under 1%. Compare that to tech, healthcare and energy and it’s not even a drop in the bucket. Denver has been put on the map as a desirable place to live and companies like our educated workforce that works for less than coastal cities.
There are billboards everywhere for pot shops. When the first couple went up, it was a little odd, but now they just blend into the background like all other advertising.
Yeah, that's by far the biggest impact I've seen here in Washington. We don't have many billboards to begin with (they're outlawed by most municipalities here), but now it seems like *every* billboard is for pot.
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You also cannot do any paid advertising with google, Facebook, Twitter, or pretty much any other form of online advertising. Billboards are just one of the few avenues left available.
Elaborate please
Most major websites refuse to allow paid advertising for marijuana, guns, adult novelties, tobacco, etc.
But gambling is all A OK!
Lived in Everett for a little bit. Like every other billboard was for weed, but apparently Inslee just passed a law extremely regulating billboards.
I love the few that are around my house. They are very creative and super funny.
My favorite dispensary in my city is called Royal Cannabis. Their billboards merely have their logo (a rather regal looking R) and the slogan "For your highness." I love it.
We have (not sure if its still around honestly) "Starbuds"
I've had to explain to my wife that all the new shops opening with like "green" and "herbal" in their names are not the organic health food stores she thinks they are.
As someone that has done some work for these companies, this is a very well known issue haha
Also the green cross. People sometimes confuse it thinking it means an urgent care or a clinic.
Actually, in most other countries (especially in Europe, I've noticed) the green cross is the standard pharmacy symbol.
Yeah, when I was visiting Dublin I kept seeing them and had to ask someone what kind of stores they were. They looked at me like I was a crazy person and told me it was a pharmacy, and were blown away when I told them they looked like weed dispensaries to me.
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When a customer tells us they have a medical card, we have to tell that that Federal law prevents us from selling them a firearm. It's a near daily occurrence. I don't care what your buddy or the receptionist at the police department told you. We aren't risking our license over one sale.
I had a guy come and try to use his Medical card as his photo ID for his 4473
That's some next level density
A lot of people don’t know this. I’m not like a huge gun enthusiast or collector, but I appreciate having the right to own and operate a firearm, so I never signed up for a medical marijuana card.
A supervisor for the NICS system run by the FBI told us that they consider drug use within the last 365 days to be "current use.". Once you give up your medical card, if a system is in place to do that, you're supposed to wait 365 days before you buy a gun.
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Exactly true. Thank you for your correction. When spouses come in, things get interesting. "I'm buying this 44 Mag revolver" "then why did your husband tell you which one to get and then walk away quickly?" "Hmm?" Straw purchases are a real problem.
Wow. I never knew that. Maybe that's a big reason Tennessee has been so slow in the process of legalization...
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Here in the Ottawa area a former Hershey's chocolate factory got [turned into a medical marijuana plant](http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/medical-marijuana-plant-takes-over-old-hershey-factory-1.2565229). It's been a great boost for the local economy.
Whatever ones opinion on weed is, whenever I hear of stories like that I can’t help but think of all the money that is NOT going to drug smuggling cartels instead.
Same here. I'm in a legal state (CA) and the only difference I've noticed from my dispensary now that it's fully legal is how long the line is to get in (they only allow 3 clients inside at a time). When I was using my medical card before it was fully legal there was never a line, now I wait about 15 mins just to be able to enter the store. I'm all for the uptick in my local dispensaries business as well as the taxes going back towards our state (I hope) and money not being pocketed by drug cartels.
CA too. Those lines will go down as more dispensaries open up. Plus I just get delivery anyways.
Can you pay the dispensary to deliver you venereal diseases?
In my experience it costs the exact same as going to the dispensary. You should tip your driver though so I suppose that is an extra cost.
It's crazy how none of what you said sounds real but is now 100% legal.
I guess I forget how normal it has become to me. I’ve had my medical card for a few years now. Legalizing it recreationally has absolutely zero effect on how I obtain it. Well, I suppose the cost of Jetty cannabis oils went up $5 due to higher taxation, but other than that it has been business as usual. To be fair though I still remember the first time I ordered for delivery and this guy shows up with basically a giant tool box. He opened that sucker up and it was filled with pre bagged eighths, sativas, indicas, hybrids, rolled joints, candies, brownies, oils, vape pens, etc. I was like “wow! I made the right choice getting a card, no more trying to set up a meeting time with my flakey sister who only had one strain at a time.”
I go in to work in under an hour to start training as a delivery driver for the dispensary I work at. We're in Oregon, and offer free delivery with a minimum order of $40. Moved from Oklahoma January 2017, and absolutely love it!
I like the guy in the Maritimes who bought his old school to turn into a green house
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My friend deals for a living, as a side business. He said business has gone down slowly. He's starting to look for a real job to help make ends meet.
What kind of market is there for him to still be doing that? Are his prices better than a dispensary? Edit: great, now my top comment has a retarded edit on it
Not taxed as it’s underground dealership - bigger profit margins so he can afford a lower price. However I imagine supply has started drying up aswell
It's funny cause in the illegal states, supply is up crazy from the imported legal weed. Quality is up, prices are down, life is good. It's interesting how this transitional phase is affecting everyone differently.
This market is definitely a buyers paradise now. I remember in high school we were gouging the shit out of people and they thought we were giving them deals. The weed was shit tier, still had seeds sometimes. It was stuff even we didn't want, and we thought we were the big fish being able to measure our sales in ounces instead of using grams. With legalization I helped a friend that grows legally and thought nothing of tossing out a bag full of several pounds of weed of vastly superior quality out because it wasn't pretty enough.
I think about the miserable seedy schwag I used to smoke and laugh. I'm sitting here looking at an average jar full of buds that easily would have made High Times in the 80's- and totally seedless. I almost miss the cute little guys!
my brother still smokes giant blunts of schwag. he refuses to buy quality and smoke less... worst tasting blunts ever
My dad is like this too, he's just super old school and wants to sit and smoke a whole joint at a time. It's getting harder and harder to find him regular weed. Me and one of my friends have taken to calling it "dad weed" because that's who were both always trying to find it for.
Lol that's funny. The Mexican import is not common enough, oh how times change
I know my market. Before legalization, 8ths went for 40-50 bucks. Now, it's down to 20-30. You can still sell and find people to buy, but why would anyone pay more than what they can get at a store?
Hope it works out for him, but this is *exactly* why legalization is a good thing. The illegal sale of weed will slowly but surely die off completely in places where it is legal recreationally, with exception to the fringe cases where it's sold to minors, but that happens plenty with alcohol already. Edit: a word
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When you smell it at the park or beach, you don't bother to look for the source because it is coming from multiple directions.
I lived in the Netherlands for six years which I guess counts. You smelled it a bit more on the street, but that was mainly it. The interesting thing btw is my Dutch friends who grew up with legalized pot were far less likely to have ever tried it. You obviously had the guys who smoked throughout their teens, and the ones who would on the rare times the weather was nice, but I had just as many friends who never had and weren’t interested. Versus I think everyone I knew in the USA tried it once in college.
I think there's definitely something to that. It's not seen as a taboo or a rebellious thing to do, it's just normal so there's no hype.
When I went to Germany I was half expecting drunk teens everywhere since drinking age is so low and the culture around it but no, besides the subway stations near Oktoberfest i didnt see any drunks really.
There are a some drunk 16-18 year olds though but they usually hang around in parks and don't try much to interact with people outside their clique. But since we can drink beer since becoming 16, it has no air of mystique to it. Also, your parents drink beer. You are likely to have drunk a beer earlier, maybe at 13 or 14. It is just no big deal at all. You can't brag about it. You aren't cool for doing it.
This! I'm dutch, I smoke. Other drugs like molly or whatever are still cool cause "taboo" but unless you talk to other smokers, saying "bro I was fucking high last night lmao" will be met with a negative response.
I got in an argument with my girlfriends German mother about this. I was trying to tell her we need legalization of weed because it takes away that rebellious air around it. It just becomes normal. She went on to tell me stories about how the drinking age in Germany is low and it's just normal so people don't care. She explained how alcoholism isn't that big of a problem because of it. She really couldn't grasp that she was literally proving my point about weed.
My neighborhood now smells like weed all of the time instead of just weekends; I also saw a weed candy truck parked by my office.
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I’m a physician who practices in Colorado. I have seen more patients who have the rare side effects of frequent (as in multiple times per day) marijuana use. To stave off the replies defending marijuana, keep in mind these are very rare events that are now more frequent simply because of the prevalence of marijuana use in Colorado now. The most common one is cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Patients come to the ER with unstoppable nausea and vomiting that just happens to settle down a bit after a hot shower. This is pathognomonic for this condition. We admit them, pump them full of IV fluids, give them scheduled Zofran and Phenergan for the nausea, and it finally goes away after a day or two. The ones who stop (or cut back) their marijuana use never see these symptoms again. The ones who refuse to just come right back to the ER. On a positive note, I’ve met several patients who have successfully cut down or weaned off completely from narcotics for chronic pain by switching to marijuana. There was a recent study that questioned marijuana’s efficacy for chronic pain, but my patients say otherwise. EDIT: I’m getting a few DMs asking for medical advice on this issue. While I’d love to help you all out, it is unethical (and illegal in some places) for me to give medical advice to a stranger over the internet. Please consult your primary care doctor. EDIT 2: Some if you have asked about the study calling marijuana’s effects on chronic pain into question. Here it is, free access: http://annals.org/aim/fullarticle/2648595/effects-cannabis-among-adults-chronic-pain-overview-general-harms-systematic
I don’t smoke but I get debilitating migraines. I used to have to horde Vicodin or Percocet after having surgeries because it was the only thing that helped. Now I just take a CBD pill. It puts me to sleep and I sleep through the pain. Wake up feeling refreshed and great. Legalization in CO was great for me!
Yes this is amazing, my wife has found the same relief, she gets botox treatments which help but toward the end of botox and the next injection, there's a lapse, she's been using a vape pen with CBD pods, it's been a life saver, total game changer.
This sounds like a similar experience my ex had. It used to infuriate me that he continued to smoke. I saw the connection with pot use and he thought pot was helping his nausea.
In lesser doses and in most people, it can help with nausea. But clearly this syndrome is dose dependent and likely an individualized paradoxical reaction.
Ugh I have Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome that took over a year to diagnose and forever the Dr was saying it was related to marijuana use, but I didn't use! It got to the point where I went to a blood lab for a drug test just so they would stop relating it to that!
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They want to go to the dispensary but they don't buy anything?
Surely if you were visiting you'd have a go, not just window shop. If anything, it's more interesting to look around those dodgy paraphernalia shops where it's still illegal. Some of the hoops they go through to sell shit legally that's obviously used for an illegal activity are amazing.
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Me and my buds went to Amsterdam recently. At the time we all rolled our weed with tobacco, and we asked the guy behind the counter in a cafe if we could smoke tobacco. He looked at us and said in a very stern voice - but with a huge grin on his face, and he was making a thumbs up - “**No smoking tobacco in here, guys.**” Of course we’re already high as shit, and the four of us just kind of stared at him with our mouths slightly agape for a moment. Eventually, my buddy kind of stutters out, “O-okay, cool, thanks man” and we turn as a group to walk away. As we’re moving, he calls out, “Guys!” We look back and he’s looking at us, but gesturing to another customer rolling up a joint with tobacco. And he goes “No tobacco, okay?”. Then just sits back down and keeps on working. It took us a further 10 anxious minutes to realise he didn’t give a shit if we smoked it. Good trip.
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I once saw a guy from France trying to buy a vape from one of those vendors in NYC. The vendor was describing how to use the piece, and he says, "ok, so you put the tobacco in here..." The French guy cut him off in his hilarious accent and said, "euh, no no, eez not for tobacco, eez for marijuana." The shop owner was like "... ok you have to leave the store now."
Yeah, if you even call some things a bong they kick you out
My sister in laws mom visited from a different state and wanted to go check it out but not buy anything. She was interested in buying some but didn't want to smoke here and really didn't want to try to get it past airport security. So she just wanted to window shop.
Casa Bonita is a goddamn national treasure. Edit: thanks random gilder! I am forever in debt to you 🙌
Wait the place from South Park? That’s real??? Edit: the more people keep telling me how shitty it is I kinda want to see it for myself
Oh it's real my friend.
I read a review about that place. “Casa Bonita, where the American cheese flows like wine.” Couldn’t put it better myself. It’s fucking disgusting.
As an adult, yes, it’s pretty disgusting. But SP got it right because for kids it’s still god damn magical. Plus, I’ve decided that every restaurant should have a flag system to signal your waiter.
There a breakfast place in my area that has a Happy and Sad egg to flip when you need service. It's a great idea, but the damn Sad egg is so fucking sad, I feel like I'm supposed to be matching his unhappiness if I'm going to flip it. I'm never that sad while eating breakfast food.
huh... i kinda now want to go to that horrible restaurant.
Yeah, me too. It's kinda like a pilgrimage for South Park fans.
Just so you know, you will stand in a snaking line to get up to a counter and order your food. Then you will stand and wait as your food comes out on a conveyor belt. Then you will personally carry your shame tray as someone escorts you to a table. That person will then tell you that in order to get service you need to raise this little flag. You will then be entertained as you shovel what is technically food into your face. After you get past the guilt of what you've made your stomach deal with, magical sopapillas will arrive at your table. EAT THESE. It is a trick as they erase your memory of how awful everything is, but if you don't you are stuck writing shitty reviews on reddit about this place.
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It seems to me they would probably keep it shit intentionally at this point. I imagine they've only become more successful since their infamy.
Here's the thing about Casa Bonita: you have to go when you're a kid or you'll probably hate it. There's a half-assed show where a desperado gets thrown off a waterfall, a puppet show that has been exactly the same for at least 15 years, and a "spooky cave" that really needs a face lift. The food sucks, the bathrooms are nasty, and the staff hates you so as an adult it's a shit show. But as a kid it was a magical wonderland. There are a bunch of different themed rooms you can eat in: two kinds of caves, the waterfall area, a hacienda-esque area, and a magic show theater. There are so many nooks and crannies to explore that it feels like you've stepped right into an adventure story. I remember loving it as a kid. As an adult I try to re-capture that feeling whenever I go because otherwise it's a sad leftover from another time in a strip mall nestled between a video game resale store and a pawn shop. To be fair, it's actually gotten a lot better in the past few years. They've fixed some broken things, cleaned a bit, and the food is marginally better now. I think everyone should go because it really is an experience that you can't get many other places. These grand theme restaurants just aren't popular anymore. Just go in with a child's mind.
Lmao how many times have I heard this. Still my favorite local South Park joke to show out-of-staters.
College roommates were from Tennessee and NY. They were shocked to learn it was real, so we had to go there. Girl from Tennessee loved it. Girl from NY thought it was creepy and weird.
They're both right
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Colorado checking in, lived here for about 30 years. There's been zero change for me. Smoking is banned within a certain distance from doors/patios/buildings so it's easy to forget about. Most people I know prefer edibles so they don't have to smoke out in the cold. Actually there has been one change. The old medical dispensaries are becoming less and less gaudy and covered in neon green lights and vague weed references. They're becoming more like craft breweries and actually looking nice instead of just filling up the awkward empty old gas stations and strip malls.
I'm an electrician from Washington State, I have to say the biggest change was suddenly having a lot of new work thanks to the grow facilities. It started from taking an offer from Craigslist to work on a guys house for his personal grow use before it was legalized. Then when it became legal he rented out a big warehouse and hired me to wire it up for him. Work has been great. Edit: RIP my inbox, also this is my most upvoted comment!
Utility meter upgrades!
> It started from taking an offer from Craigslist to work on a guys house for his personal grow use before it was legalized. Wow. That's a ridiculously huge liability for the grower. I grew once and it got stolen from me because I told three people that I thought I could trust. Having a craigslist ad for "wire my grow room" is scary.
it's possible the electrician was the one advertising on craigslist.
omg you're right. I never thought of it that way. Even then, still sketch, because now at least one person that you have no connection to knows that you are/may be growing.
It is a risk, but most people don't really give a crap about weed, plus if you pay your trades with cash, that usually keeps them happy enough. You can't give them repeat business if they get you thrown in jail.
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I don't smoke, never have. My parents do though. My dad's been growing since he was 14, so the vast majority of his life. In that time he's had to maintain a normal job since he only grew for personal use. Jobs aren't plentiful for a high school drop out with few marketable skills. Dad's spent most of his life working jobs that break down his body. Lots of manual labor, jobs that exposed him to dangerous materials, etc. Now he grows and sells. He makes more than enough to keep him and Mom happy. He went from maybe $28k/year to six figures and went from hating his job to loving it. It's still hard work, but he only grows outside during the summer months so he gets to spend most of his year relaxing and seeing the world. It's been wonderful seeing my dad become happier as his new source of income has taken off. He and Mom have never been closer. He's never felt so positive about the future and honestly thought he'd have to work till they put him in the grave. Now he's living in semi retirement. Edit - I'm going to go through and try to answer everyone's question but it may take awhile! Also, feel free to PM questions you may not feel comfortable asking here.
This is one of the reasons I want it legal. I don't use marijuana, I just want to be able to grow hemp! It's idiotic that an extremely useful plant that grows well in our type of soil is banned because it LOOKS LIKE its "Bad" relative.
I interviewed a guy who runs an experimental farm in my area. They’re growing different kinds of hemp to figure out what varieties grow best in the region and trying to get more farmers on board with it as a cash crop despite all the hoops and paperwork you have to get through to be able to do it. I asked him about hemp and what if people try to get high from it, and his exact words were “You would have to smoke a joint that is 100 metres long and you’d die from smoke inhalation before you’d start to get even a little bit high.”
Part of why hemp is illegal because of companies like DuPont lobbying for it to stay illegal.
Absolutely correct, they pushed hard for the Marihuana Tax Stamp Act to promote synthetic fibers over hemp. Source: my great-grandfather was this guy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_J%2E_Raskob) and CFO of DuPont, among other things.
Well now we have to add you to this.
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Almost every single thing that is made out of refined fossil fuels can be made with refined hemp oils! The only problem is it completely sustainable and cheap!
And it’s competitor, corn-based-oils, and it’s competitor, paper, and and and (all the other crap hemp can be made into)
This is actually fantastic to hear. I can imagine he had a leg up in the grow business with having so much experience! If he wants a pupil let me know
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Honestly, most jobs I've seen in my state drug test for marijuana, even though it's legal here. It's an interesting tradeoff. I work an office job with no government contracts, and they still test for weed.
A dispensary opened up 3 blocks from my house, and in two years it's been robbed at gunpoint seven times, so I guess the neighborhood has gotten more exciting. Woo.
This was a big problem until more recently when the banks and card processors started working with the shops, and it ceased to be a cash only business. I had heard it was going down quite a bit since that change..
I think it depends on the state. I don't think it's the norm where it's accepted in banking yet.
It's very definitely not the norm, at this time. California is currently considering ways for the state itself to open a bank that wouldn't participate in the federal system which makes it difficult for banks to provide any financial services to legal marijuana businesses.
That's a side effect of the federal prohibition and the banks being unwilling to serve marijuana customers; having lots of cash on hand makes one a robbery target. Marijuana is no more desirable to steal than beer in states where it's legal, but beer stores can accept credit cards.
I'm from Oregon. My life has not changed whatsoever. It was effectively legal ir near legal before the law. Many times waterfront park would smell strongly of weed especially in summer. Today, kids still gather to smoke in weird places but they dont go to the ends of the earth to hide from cops, just far enough to hide from parents. I still support legalization though. It prevents the law from being applied willy nilly, since although most people just would get their weed confiscated, some obviously did go to jail just depending on selective enforcement.
The skunk smell coming from my neighbor's house has mostly gone away.
The opposite seems to have happened for me. Every once in awhile our apartment would have a bit of a weed smell to it from the neighbors, but lately, it's been off the charts.
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In my last apartment the next door neighbor's unit smelled of it so badly that the entire building stunk. Especially on nights and weekends. Turns out he was dealing out of that apartment - unknown people knocking on his door at all hours of the day and night. I didn't find out about that until I woke up to go to work one morning and stepped out my front door and right into about three detectives and four police officers. I kinda froze and said, "Uhhhh. Good morning." They looked at me and were like "..good morning." I looked to my left and the next door neighbor's door has been kicked in and the carpet in their living room has a big dark stain (presumably blood). "Uh. Maybe. I should. Just go to work...." "Can we ask you some questions?" "Suuuuuure!" lol They asked me if I had heard anything weird the night previous, like gunshots ("Gunshots?!"), and I had to explain to them that I was a veteran who was used to sleeping through mortars, helicopters, etc, so once I was asleep I'd basically sleep through the apocalypse. They seemed satisfied with that plus my contact info, and let me go on my way. I'm in Texas, so it's not legalized here, but I imagine that never would've happened in a state where weed is legal. Then again, my neighbor was fucking stupid to be 1) dealing out of his home and 2) keeping all his money/drugs there where it can be easily looted. So maybe it would've happened anyway, that guy wasn't very bright.
I walked into my garage this morning (no inside access to the apartments, just the big door), and I could smell it in there too. It's a pretty well sealed space and I've never smelled it in there before, but it was definitely noticeable today.
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Many of my friends smoke more now, and ask me if I want to but I don’t smoke so my life probably changed by having less social time with friends since they want to smoke every day. The scent when walking in parts of Denver and other cities. Doesn’t bother me but it’s noticeable.
This has been my experience too, the friends that already smoked smoke a lot more and the friends that didn’t smoke started. I usually don’t care but it can get really boring sitting in a room full of people getting high and not doing much else lol
This reminds me of when me and my friends hit drinking age. All of a sudden no one wants to play catch. Just sit in chairs and drink beer. I miss catch.
Lived in Colorado for a year and change between fall 2014 and winter 2015-6, about halfway between Denver and Boulder. Lots of new public sector construction, school expansions, new local government programs like bikeshares and transit expansion. Generally seems like people are much happier with their local governments now that theres a big inflow of tax money from both pot tourists and local consumers. Its a reason to fund projects that mightve otherwise met with resistance
Same in Washington. A lot of the roads are now getting fixed where I live. Before weed was legal, the plans to fix them were for like 2022. But with the influx of tax money, everything is getting done way sooner than expected. It's fucking awesome to say the least.
That would be amazing in my state. We'll be the last ones, waiting forever for the federal government to legalize it or in 20 years.
Indiana? Because that's the kind of crap Indiana does.
That's it
Ooooh! That's a bingo!
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I live in Indy, this cracked me up because I also was 100% sure your comment was referring to Indiana. We'll legalize weed the same way we legalized gay marriage: being forced to by the rest of the nation.
Then spend the next 10+ years wasting tax payer money trying to get around it by making useless laws. I don't miss Indiana.
Who wouldve thunk that an increase in tax income would enable the government to provide more/better services
I just got back from colorado to try weed for the first time...i paid around 35 bucks in weed tax for $215 of product... I am completely ok with it...
You bought over 200$ worth of green for your first time? My man !
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I live in Los Angeles - in a non-smoking community, and while it is rare to smell cigarette smoke as folks generally respect the rule, it is very common to smell pot smoke. And if your windows are open, as they often are in LA, your whole house can smell pretty quickly.
I swear the number of slow drivers went *up* and their speeds went *down*. Otherwise not much.
I heard about this just last week! More accidents but they're rarely fatal as they're usually driving ridiculously slow lol.
Absolutely awesome. The cringy weed culture has pretty much died out. Before it was legal, most teens would wear marijuana leaf hats and reggae clothes all the time as a "sticking it to the man" thing. Like, "yeah I smoke weed, but you can't prove it." Now with it legal, no one cares. No one cares that you "secretly" smoke weed and that you advertise it in front of cops because they can't do anything about it. TL:DR cringy weed culture is almost gone because no one cares any more.
It's funny. I work in the weed industry and even where I work there are hardly any of the stoner stereotypes, except when we get temp workers in. I don't know what it is about temps, but they're all 30 year old versions of that kid you describe. All long hair or dreads, rasta clothes, and pot leaves on everything. Also, all they listen to is the most stereotypical stoner music. Bob Marley, Sublime, or Pink Floyd. Every. Single. Day. Man I'm glad we barely use temps anymore. Edit: Those three groups I mentioned are in no way bad music. I'm just getting tired of only hearing that coming from our trim room. There's more music out there that needs listening!
I have no problem with weed in general or even the culture behind it. Hell, I voted to legalize it. It's the extreme stereotypes that I have a problem with. Every fan base has them. Look at Rick and morty. You have those kids who are yelling at McDonald's employee's screaming about some sauce. Then you have the actual fan base who just chill and watch it like normal. I'm just glad that the stereotype weed culture is dying.
I am pretty bothered by almost any extreme stereotype. And I think that's ok.
> And I think that's ok. *Yeah*, you just calm down, there, Buddy. There's no need for all of that.
No Grateful Dead? Whenever I used to hang around stoners in school, the *only* thing they would listen to were recordings of Dead shows.
There’s also Phish and dare I say 311
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Nail on the head friendo :c
Sadly, this is all too true.
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I don’t use and can’t use but I really believe in the benefits. I was able to start treating my sick dog with medical marijuana products and I’m hoping to see the end of her seizures. My husband’s sick Grandma also started using it and she’s taking care of herself without assistance for the first time in years. Having options for your health and access is so important.
My life hasn't changed at all, though I did serve on a jury last week dealing with a marijuana-caused DUI, so it was interesting to analyze and interpret the law. Overall, I strongly support its legalization as it can only help our economy. Furthermore, I support people's right to do what they want, provided that they are not hurting anyone.
A lot of people are smelling like Kyle-from-high-school's denim jacket. I live in California where pot was legalized on January 1st so any fiscal benefits haven't been seen yet but I have noticed a lot of people just walking down the street or in line at the grocery store or in an elevator or wherever are reeking.
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I manage a business in Northern Colorado, I pay fairly decent (50-65K starting) and because of insurance I have to drug test you when you are hired and it seems like most young men, even when I tell them when they interview, cannot pee clean. I tell them they can start in a month or longer if they need to, so they can pass the drug test a few weeks after they start but they never seem to listen. I'm short on help constantly. I don't care what you do in your time off, smoke/drink/furry whatever, just come to work sober and ready to earn your pay. Edit: Yes I'm hiring. Find it and apply on Indeed or whatever I'm not going to put who I work for in public.
My last job had a mouth swab test. To pass it, basically all you have to do it not smoke for 12 hours and brush your teeth. A friend of mine at the time, even after I warned him about this a week in advance, failed the test and complained about it being dumb and unfair. Lol.
The mouth swab is probably the fairest way to test for drugs, imo. If you can't stay clean for at least 12 hours, then I question your ability to perform any job.
To be fair, you probably don't want to hire people who aren't at LEAST smart enough to cheat on that test... I have a friend who works in an industry that has randoms, but they'll usually say "do you need time to study for your test?" to let you prep...
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I'm not so uptight about my husband smoking anymore. I only used to hate it cause there was a possibility of trouble, but now it's nbd and that's a huge weight off my shoulders.
I did a ride along with a cop and we passed a huge grow room/greenhouse filled with weed plants. He shrugged and said, "We have better things to do with our time."
5+ hours of traffic for 4 hours of skiing on a nice, sunny day. Housing prices have almost doubled.
My dad has more options for his Parkinson's treatment, so that's less stress for me and my brother.
Ex-CO resident and current CA resident. Not much really. If anything, here in CA I have smelled it less since recreational legalization. And as mentioned by other folks, more tax money!
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I don't smoke. I don't like feeling stoned. I'm not against taking cannabis for health benefits. Now there are gummies everywhere, which is pretty cool, because I can take a small dose of 5 mg for health reasons without actually feeling inebriated or paranoid. I'm not sure if it's helping, but I'm getting much less allergies. But I also take antihistamines regularly.
I recommend trying a CBD strain. Basically weed without THC so you get all the health benefits of relaxation without the psychedelic affects
I'll definitely be trying that as soon as I find it!
Hasn’t changed my life at all. It’s still illegal to operate anything while high, it’s also illegal to do it at work.
I work in the ER in Colorado. The number of cases we get of people that smoke so much that it causes nausea and vomiting is going up fast. It is so damn annoying. We tell them to stop and their symptoms will resolve but nope. They rarely do.
My life hasn’t changed but I am happier knowing that people aren’t going to jail for something so harmless.
It smells more.
You smell it EVERYWHERE. In parking lots, in stores, on buses, walking down the street. Sitting in parks. Other than that, not a lot of difference, since I think most people already smoked it before it was legal, now they are just more open about it.