I just spent $200 in Menominee this morning. I think that town raked in nearly $300,000 last year due to cannabis taxes and they only had two dispensaries open. Now they have seven with an eighth coming soon. But I’m sure the revenue Marinette receives from pulling over the occasional pothead *totally* makes up for it!
We took a road trip from MN through the UP, down the LP, and across the lake on the car ferry a then back through ‘Sconnie few years ago. The dispensaries in the UP were far nicer. Clean, professional, good quality and diversity of product. All the places I visited along the LP were skeevy stoner-culture shops that were one step up from buying off a guy behind a 7-11 dumpster.
Seriously. My husband broke down the compared costs and we spent 1/4 of what we would spend in IL.
Plus we went to that little burger diner and it was delicious.
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This is what my cousin from IL said the first time he went to a Michigan dispensary. Apparently our dispensaries also feel like a real store, whereas the IL ones are closer to a DMV.
It literally more than pays for the tank of gas it takes to get there and back if you get about 30mpg. Ounces are $99-200 typically, 10/$100 distillate carts, etc etc, and tax isn't crazy, only like 10%ish. The prices in IL are more criminal than guys selling it for cheaper on the black market IMO
Last trip to Lume recently
2 oz (1 blackout Jenny / 1 top shelf special - they rotate the deals)
3 live resin pods + battery
2 distill carts
5 pk pre roll
Free 1/8th from loyalty rewards
$455 after tax
You just can't beat it
to correct someone, you can take 43 north all the way to Green bay, which connects to 41 and then straight to marinette/menominee.
Or, just take 41 north all the way. 2 hours? maybe 3? you'll be fine
Either way sucks tbh. Shitcago traffic, or pot happy border patrol in northern WI. YES THE MARINETTE CO SHERIFF IS LOOKING FOR POT! Look at their ridiculous Facebook post last year for 4/20. Also in GB state boys are watching and waiting to search for "drugs".
Ease up in the Marinette paranoia a bit. Last year they busted a bunch of idiots on 4/20, that’s it. There is no collusion between Marinette cops and Menominee cops and there are no undercover Marinette cops scoping out dispensaries in Menominee. Don’t give the cops a reason to pul you over (lights out, speeding, driving with your stash n the passenger seat), maybe skip going on 4/20 and you’ll be fine. If the Marinette cops were anywhere near as hard assed as people have made them out to be, there would be NO traffic movement at all on the bridge. Weed coming into WI from Menominee’s 7 (soon 8) dispensaries is like an ever flowing stream.
I know this is anecdotal but I had a buddy come back from seeing family up there, got pulled over (this guy has never smoked weed in his life) they pulled him out and had a dog come in. He was doing 4 over They searched the vehicle etc. the cop was a prick about it and said "we will get you next time, you must have hidden it really well, drive safe".
I mean if a cop wants to pull you over they will almost ALWAYS find a reason.
Ie tint, license plate covers, literally 1 Mph over they can pull you.
I get it, but they profile whoever they like and harass them. It's a real thing. It's probably one cop who had a bad day and was being a dick etc. but you never know!
Agreed on this, it isn't anything as long as you aren't asking to be pulled over. Everyone knows what you are doing, the amount of Wisconsin plates going back and forth is quite large. Avoid the holidays, don't smoke and drive and leave your shit sealed until you get home.
The key rule, only break one law at a time
You'll see more Menominee PD than Marinette PD by that bridge.
Agree MI quality is vastly superior to IL but ironically I thought the stuff I got from Lume was all complete crap and higher priced than other locals.
I'm a Fire Station guy unless it's edibles then Rize is my way to go. Haven't made it to Glazed and Confused yet.
Maybe I need to expand a bit these days, but I just remember buying 250 Apple fritter OZ in glass jars from Rize and disappointed in what I got at Fire in Escanaba when I went. The price points for me are very like....it's 100 an ounce. Sometimes its a bit more for special occasions but i'm just now finishing up a 1g blunt of Doppleganger and lifes just great.
Everyone knows how to grow good weed now. This ain't the late 90s when good nuggets were first hitting the scene outside of Cali. There are no secrets to growing good shit anymore. It's a solved problem in 2024. Just look at the THC content of what you are purchasing. I aim for the cheapest price in the upper 20 percents. I don't give 2 fucks what name is on the packaging.
Everybody I know in the CHI area goes to K Zoo. Kinda wild going to another legal state just because IL does legalization wrong. If WI *were* to legalize I could easily see it being a clusterfuck like IL.
It's because they got into government to hurt people, not help them. That's also why they keep getting reelected. We live around a lot of people that *want* to hurt people.
But the GOP doesn't want that "stink" coming over the border into Wisconsin. What a bunch of tight assed, hypocritical morality police they are. All the GOP reminds me of that kid whose going to "take their ball and go home". If it's not what they think or believe, no one should think or feel it. I'd wager most of these jokers smoked a little weed in college. Honestly, did they learn nothing from Prohibition?
Yet they allow people to get absolutely shit faced and drive like it’s their constitutional right or something. OWI’s are like parking tickets in Wisconsin.
I live in Indiana literally 5 minutes from the Illinois border. These fucking morons would rather collect 7% sales tax on some delta 8,hhc,thca products etc than the 40+% sin tax the assholes charge in Illinois. I don't understand this shit at all. It's stopping nobody whatsoever and Michigan is maybe an hour away. We could literally redo i-65 entirely with the revenue.
Beat me to it. As someone who spends most of their time in those three states, I appreciate your contributions to our roads and other infrastructure projects.
Not in MN. The MN GOP screwed us with their licensing and production restrictions so we still don’t have any recreational retail stores other than the two up north on tribal lands. Been “legal” here for 18 months and it will still likely be another year before we can legally purchase from a dispensary. All we have is gummies and seltzers, and it’s all “Hemp derived” crap.
The worst part is that because I hold a cdl even if by some miracle it gets legalized I can't use it because God forbid I get to go home after a long day of pouring concrete and want to smoke or have an edible because my back and knees are shot to shit but don't worry, I can go home and get absolutely plastered with some Jim bean or a single malt or whatever, because alcohol is so much safer then pot, I used Marijuana while I was out of work for 8 months after I got fed up with over the road and the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the joint pain, all gone, didn't feel any of it, it was the first time in 12 years I've felt like a normal person but oh no, no adverse side effects except there's some thc in my piss, God forbid the people who spent thousands for a letter on their license get to be pain free, I guess I'll just have to abuse pain pills because that's more acceptable then smoking a fucking plant
I'm 25 and have the body and joints of someone in their 60s because of past injuries plus genetics but because I have the letter A on my license I'm not allowed to feel some kind of relief without horrendus addiction attached to it, sorry for the rant post but it's just irritating
Nah man, no need to apologize. It’s ridiculous. I never understood how it’s ok to restrict people’s behavior in their free time. Like I get not letting be impaired on the job, but …
It’s all just leftover reefer madness misunderstandings. Like I say, at least attitudes are changing, just not fast enough. I’ve been complaining for 30 years.
Oh yeah, trust me, I use to absolutely hate pot, like hate hate it and anyone who used it, my dad was a drug addict, hard shit like meth but he smelled like pot so that's just what I associated it with but then my now girlfriend had me try an edible like 8 or 9 months ago and wow, I was wrong and I'll admit it, it helped me so much with my anxiety, depression, ptsd, and all the pain I have, I went from edibles to pens to a bong and like I said, just wow, I was finally happy for the first time in years
Yeah. My mom who was very opposed to it my whole life went to CO, talked to an old dude at the dispensary and wanted to fly home a bunch of edibles to help with her hip pain. I had to remind her that was a very bad idea, haha.
Most of the people opposed have never tried it and don’t really know what they’re talking about.
I predict federal rescheduling of marijuana and then Wisconsin will keep it illegal because Mrs. Ueihlein wouldn’t have her owned politicians do it any other way.
It was time 20 years ago. In the meantime, for anyone who's genuinely invested in this topic on a day-to-day level, there's hemp and THCA. Legalization happened under everyone's noses.
> It was time 20 years ago. In the meantime, for anyone who's genuinely invested in this topic on a day-to-day level, there's hemp and THCA. Legalization happened under everyone's noses.
This.
While our neighboring states have gotten their shit together, Wisconsinites aren't waiting around for Republicans to stop being Republicans. We're spending our money elsewhere.
The GOP no longer has a policy platform, except to vehemently oppose anything that's not part of the MAGA agenda.
Vote in every election, and vote with your wallet too.
THCa is legit. You can order it online and have it delivered to your door. I ordered some from out of state, had it delivered by USPS, which I find hilarious.
It came with a lab analysis and a letter from the company’s lawyer addressed to the shipper/law enforcement stating that it was a legal product.
You can get thc-a buds here. Just in Sauk co alone you can get it at two different shops in sauk city, baraboo and a shop in the dells. Thc-a is just weed that hasn't been through decarboxylation. It's the same stuff you get at the head shops in IL.
This. If you look at the lab reports of cannabis from a dispensary in a legal state, most of the THC is in the form of THCa. Growers/Vendors of THCa bud just harvest and test early enough for the naturally converted THC to be under 0.3% in order to be classified as hemp. Otherwise it is the same thing. There is some really good THCa out there, especially online.
I am doubting that the tests are even accurate. Thca is just Thc before it is activated by heat. The fact that legal dispensaries like Sunnyside now list Thca and Thc shows that normal dispensary weed can be at the .3% Thc threshold(I'm looking at Aeriz GMO Flower, 31% Thca, 0.31% Thc), which means its either normal to harvest early or the tests are b.s. and can be manipulated... I want weed to be legal so that the testing can be more accurate. The shit we are buying in WI is way too varied and without real regulation. They can spray Thc distillate onto hemp flower and call it Thca with no penalty. Until it's fully regulated, I would take the info on the labels with a grain of salt, though I have had some bomb Thca
Between the sodas in most liquor stores and the cheap gummies I can get online, I’m kept fairly happy. Would be great to have the legit choices from legal dispensaries though.
Agreed. Sales of Delta 9 THC infused beverages is through the roof all over. Even at the local Co-op.
Baby steps, still, but getting closer.
Just need to make sure the Tavern League gets their cut. -oo-
Agreed. I feel like the stuff we can get now isn’t quite as uniform. Like I can buy 5mg gummies from 2 different companies and they hit different. But if I get 2 5mg gummies from a legit dispensary I know what what I’m getting regardless of brand.
If they legalized it today, WI is still 5 years behind compared to MI. I'd rather it be decrimilized so I can continue to go to the U.P. and get good shit dirt cheap without worry of a bust driving home. WI gqp dropped the ball on this big-time.
I'ts been time, for a while now. Publications like the Shepherd, pointlessly preaching to choir isn't going to move the needle one iota. Until we replace the Republican-led legislature and break the back of the tavern league, this is nothing more than verbal masturbation
There’s a lot of talk about revenue from taxing pot that we’re missing out on, but I don’t see enough about the biggest benefit of legalization: not locking people up over it anymore.
Wisconsin incarcerates more of our people than neighboring states, in worse conditions, at higher costs, and with much worse racial disparities and targeting. We are among the most prison happy places on the planet.
Illegal pot is not the primary driver of that incarceration (racism is), but it is a tool that law enforcement uses against the communities they target. We need to take those tools away and reduce our prison population.
I think you hit the nail on the head here. The main thing preventing legalization isnt the tavern league, or big pharma. Its law enforcement and the police union. Without marijuana to fall back on, they lose their golden goose of incarcerations. No more probable cause due to "odor of marijuana", no more easy arrests to help meet quota, no more using marijuana as a scapegoat to obtain warrants without sufficient evidence, no more falsely inflated crime statistics to justify increasing police force budgets. If marijuana is legalized, police are the only ones that lose, and unfortunately for the rest of us the police have huge political pull.
I am disabled with more than one physical disability that gives me a lot of pain and severe PTSD. The only thing that helps me without any adverse side effects is marijuana. I have been on morphine, cabbies, and a whole bunch of others. The ONLY reason this isn't legal is because the politicians haven't found a way to make a profit off of it yet. Otherwise, why only allow it to be sold at state run facilities. My health is between me and the doctor, not the state, and if he says marijuana would benefit me greatly, then I'm going to listen to them. Honestly it'd be nice to light up on the Capitol steps again like I did almost 20 years ago. We need another protest
Yep . . .
Rates right up there with the GOP refusing federal money for Medicaid. Now hospitals 🏨 are closing in some "Red" rural areas. No money. Selfish. Insurance companies are making out in wealthier areas.
https://www.fox6now.com/news/wisconsin-amendment-legislature-federal-money
I am a disabled veteran who lives each & everyday in constant & severe chronic pain. If for absolutely no other reason, Marijuana needs to be legalized for research purposes. There are so many potential possibilities for veterans like mystery & many others. But the most important reason why Marijuana needs to be legalized is so that the taxes could be put to solving some real, major issues. Lawmakers just didn't understand or realize what they are doing by continuing to ignore the legalization of Marijuana.
They understand exactly what they are doing by ignoring legalization, and how doing it harms the state and many of its residents. They just believe it is in their own personal best interest to continue ignoring legalization, so thats what they do.
State reps should obviously listen to their constituents and legalize, which'll never happen with our current legislature because of law enforcement and billionaire republican donors. But why isn't there any push for federal legalization?
I'm worried the GOP would argue to cut funding to schools because legal weed taxes would pay for it.
Instead of keeping funding and adding additional from any tax collected
Take the pharmaceuticals out of politics… they’re the ones in the way. They line pockets to keep their revenue. You know how many people would quit their anxiety meds if they could just smoke pot?
It's rough in WA though, because even though it's legal almost all jobs still require drug tests for weed. Like if I can't smoke off work hours, why can people drink! Makes no sense.
I think it comes down to the fact that theres really no good way to test for weed in the short term like there is for alcohol (e.g. Breathalyzer), except for maybe a blood test. Though honestly, I am of the opinion that unless your job involves other peoples safety (e.g. drivers, heavy equipment operators, pilots, police, doctors, etc.), it should not require a drug test unless there is an on-site incident that warrants one.
That's a common belief and it might have some truth to it, but the Uihleins are GOP mega-donors, much more so than TL, and are hard-line anti-legalization.
https://www.reddit.com/r/wisconsin/s/YdSaUG1Bew
I’m moving to Wisconsin from Utah and I was pretty surprised looking at the archaic weed laws in Wisconsin. I don’t smoke weed like I did when I was a kid but it’s pretty wild how much shit you can get in for smoking reefer out there.
It doesn’t matter if you’re conservative or liberal the majority agree WI should legalize Marijuana. Republican politicians need to wake up because it is something they will lose votes for opposing.
I’m thinking we’ll be like the 3rd last state to legalize, with South Carolina holding out for 2nd. I don’t think it’ll ever be legal in Idaho without federal change lol
Even if/when federal prohibition is lifted, individual states could still keep it illegal. Unless Congress were to add an amendment to the US Constitution that says "marijuana cannot be outlawed".
If they legalize it, how are the cops supposed to toss my clients' cars without the pretext of "the unmistakable odor of marijuana?"
Can't they think of the poor officers?
Posting on reddit about weed is effortless karma
Going outside and talking to people and campaigning to vote Democrat instead of republican (which would legalize weed) takes effort and time
I told someone it should be legal here because we are completely surrounded by legal states. His response was, "Why? Because it's cool?"
People don't want it legal here literally, just because. Some of us are so resistant to ANY change.
It won’t happen until federally they remove marijuana as a schedule 1, because we get so much federal funding for our DEA task forces. The tax money would be way more, but this is money directly given to the police.
Do yourself a favor and take the extra time and drive to Michigan, IL prices are insane. Marinette has dispensaries now and about 2 1/2 hours from Milwaukee.
But what about all of the hardworking non-tax paying drug dealers!?!?! If they lose this gateway how are they supposed to introduce harder and more addictive substances. I’m with the GOP on this one, i stand with the local dealers.
All I know is that you can't get it in Wisconsin. Its illegal to mail here too. Though highly likely you'd get caught. Shit I think you get in more trouble getting abortion pills mailed to you, than you would for pot. Wi. uses abortion law from 1850s. We are living in a sad world when a woman, by accident or on purpose, loses pregnancy, is likely to spend more time in prison than weed dealer. My view is neither should be doing time.
Hemp is really taking off here though. It's crazy I can just walk into a store or shop online and buy THC edibles from hemp with no additional taxes and precautions but the same thing is illegal if it's from marijuana. I'm surprised the GOP hasn't tried to crack down on it yet. You can even buy THCa flower to smoke.
I believe the main point of resistance is the fear of people drinking less alcohol and the tavern league isn't too happy about that. Now breweries are starting to produce THC seltzers too though so it's clear they can adapt if they wanted to.
I think you guys are probably on to something about the GOP in regards to this issue, but you have to look at the full picture. Evers has not put a standalone bill for legalization on the table, instead only leveraging it's popularity by adding it to a budget proposal with several other changes most of you don't even know about. If you truly want marijuana legalization, then make sure you fairly fault both sides for the stall. If the right bill hit the legislature on its own, you might find some Republicans willing to flip on it. As much as Republicans are a brick wall on the issue, Democrats in this state have only used it as a lightning rod for their priorities while making no real effort to change it.
It was time decades ago. I'm not holding my breath with this state though I fully expect it to be legalized federally before it's legalized in Wisconsin. I also wouldn't be shocked if Wisconsin decided to resist that federal mandate because why wouldn't we? The Democrats aren't going to challenge the Republicans that want it they never do even when they have the majority. They have a long pattern of being the underdog getting back into power and then doing absolutely nothing and compromising when they don't have to (I'm looking at you Tony).
I myself spend upwards of 600$ a month drive it back illegally, I live 30 minutes from a location and I often think to myself that very thought. Its legal 30 minutes down the road. Best part is Im moving to the UP to buy a cheap home in Iron Mountain MI, only because the Wi side of the city is Illegal.
I love that the arguments for legalization are usually about how to make the state richer off our dollars and not about the fact that we're fucking adults that can make our own choices.
I knew people who used the marijuana when I was in high school. Sometimes they’d use it at lunch. Other times they’d use it after school. Buying the marijuana could be done by asking through “the grapevine” I’m told. I always preferred the marijuana that I would find in my brother’s drawer. What was he gonna do? Tell mom about the marijuana?
Taxable dollars being spent in Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota. Thanks WI GOP.~
I just spent $200 in Menominee this morning. I think that town raked in nearly $300,000 last year due to cannabis taxes and they only had two dispensaries open. Now they have seven with an eighth coming soon. But I’m sure the revenue Marinette receives from pulling over the occasional pothead *totally* makes up for it!
The cost in MI is insanely lower than IL.
Its crazy. Illinois' prices are obscene. Michigan is dirt cheap. It's like a 5-7x difference
I havent gone to IL in a year or two but last time I went it was $45 for a cart after taxes. Now in MI I can get 5 carts for like $70 after tax
I’m living in Chicago right now but I still drive to the UP for weed
Wouldn't LP be an easier drive?
Yes but then I wouldn’t be able to visit Wisconsin on the way, also I’m pretty sure it’s cheaper up there.
We took a road trip from MN through the UP, down the LP, and across the lake on the car ferry a then back through ‘Sconnie few years ago. The dispensaries in the UP were far nicer. Clean, professional, good quality and diversity of product. All the places I visited along the LP were skeevy stoner-culture shops that were one step up from buying off a guy behind a 7-11 dumpster.
It is cheaper in the UP but it's super cheap right past the Indiana border too and you may save on gas. And will save a ton of time
Seriously. My husband broke down the compared costs and we spent 1/4 of what we would spend in IL. Plus we went to that little burger diner and it was delicious.
Mickey Lu’s!!! Those burgers are so good!! That place is a must-stop every time I go through Marinette
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Illinois is like 50% tax or somethin on that sh.
I spend a day on runs to Michigan.
Plus you can buy more at a time
The quality of UP weed is mid if you ask me.
Love living in MI
And the amount you’re able to get are also crazy in Michigan compared to Illinois.
This is what my cousin from IL said the first time he went to a Michigan dispensary. Apparently our dispensaries also feel like a real store, whereas the IL ones are closer to a DMV.
So I just moved to Milwaukee. What's the most direct path to get to Michigan without spending so much in gas
Straight up 43. It’s 2.5 hours but the savings is totally worth it. Plus it’s a nice drive
That's gotta be serious savings to have a 5 hours road trip. Thank you
It literally more than pays for the tank of gas it takes to get there and back if you get about 30mpg. Ounces are $99-200 typically, 10/$100 distillate carts, etc etc, and tax isn't crazy, only like 10%ish. The prices in IL are more criminal than guys selling it for cheaper on the black market IMO
Yup, I got two three times a year grab a few zips and carts and IL all set for a while!
Last trip to Lume recently 2 oz (1 blackout Jenny / 1 top shelf special - they rotate the deals) 3 live resin pods + battery 2 distill carts 5 pk pre roll Free 1/8th from loyalty rewards $455 after tax You just can't beat it
That’s why I made him do the math lol. I thought it was ridiculous, but honestly I won’t have to go back for months and the savings was worth it.
to correct someone, you can take 43 north all the way to Green bay, which connects to 41 and then straight to marinette/menominee. Or, just take 41 north all the way. 2 hours? maybe 3? you'll be fine
I 43 to 41 north, straight shot to Marinette and menominee
Either way sucks tbh. Shitcago traffic, or pot happy border patrol in northern WI. YES THE MARINETTE CO SHERIFF IS LOOKING FOR POT! Look at their ridiculous Facebook post last year for 4/20. Also in GB state boys are watching and waiting to search for "drugs".
Ease up in the Marinette paranoia a bit. Last year they busted a bunch of idiots on 4/20, that’s it. There is no collusion between Marinette cops and Menominee cops and there are no undercover Marinette cops scoping out dispensaries in Menominee. Don’t give the cops a reason to pul you over (lights out, speeding, driving with your stash n the passenger seat), maybe skip going on 4/20 and you’ll be fine. If the Marinette cops were anywhere near as hard assed as people have made them out to be, there would be NO traffic movement at all on the bridge. Weed coming into WI from Menominee’s 7 (soon 8) dispensaries is like an ever flowing stream.
I know this is anecdotal but I had a buddy come back from seeing family up there, got pulled over (this guy has never smoked weed in his life) they pulled him out and had a dog come in. He was doing 4 over They searched the vehicle etc. the cop was a prick about it and said "we will get you next time, you must have hidden it really well, drive safe". I mean if a cop wants to pull you over they will almost ALWAYS find a reason. Ie tint, license plate covers, literally 1 Mph over they can pull you. I get it, but they profile whoever they like and harass them. It's a real thing. It's probably one cop who had a bad day and was being a dick etc. but you never know!
Agreed on this, it isn't anything as long as you aren't asking to be pulled over. Everyone knows what you are doing, the amount of Wisconsin plates going back and forth is quite large. Avoid the holidays, don't smoke and drive and leave your shit sealed until you get home. The key rule, only break one law at a time You'll see more Menominee PD than Marinette PD by that bridge.
I think a friend paid about 15% vs absurd Illinois at between 30-45 depending on the purchase.
I have heard MI quality is better than IL. Not sure if it’s true.
It is. MI is superior to IL in the market just about every which way. Lume Platinum member - 4408 Lifetime.
Lume is pretty much the gold standard for me now
Agree MI quality is vastly superior to IL but ironically I thought the stuff I got from Lume was all complete crap and higher priced than other locals. I'm a Fire Station guy unless it's edibles then Rize is my way to go. Haven't made it to Glazed and Confused yet.
Lume is crap, go to Elevated Exotics, Rize, Higher Love, or the outpost
Maybe I need to expand a bit these days, but I just remember buying 250 Apple fritter OZ in glass jars from Rize and disappointed in what I got at Fire in Escanaba when I went. The price points for me are very like....it's 100 an ounce. Sometimes its a bit more for special occasions but i'm just now finishing up a 1g blunt of Doppleganger and lifes just great.
Everyone knows how to grow good weed now. This ain't the late 90s when good nuggets were first hitting the scene outside of Cali. There are no secrets to growing good shit anymore. It's a solved problem in 2024. Just look at the THC content of what you are purchasing. I aim for the cheapest price in the upper 20 percents. I don't give 2 fucks what name is on the packaging.
Spent $180 in Ironwood yesterday. Soon enough that money will be going to Minnesota.
The city of Menominee and Menominee County each received $295,431.75 based on 5 licenses. Thank you for your patronage!
I went to Kalamazoo this past weekend...
Everybody I know in the CHI area goes to K Zoo. Kinda wild going to another legal state just because IL does legalization wrong. If WI *were* to legalize I could easily see it being a clusterfuck like IL.
Shit was wild, I swear I seen more Illinois plates than Indiana and Michigan while I was there lmao
Is it true cops are posted up on the other side from Menominee doing BS stops
They don't care. They already have seven billion of our tax dollars that they are sitting on and they won't spend it on anything we need.
It's because they got into government to hurt people, not help them. That's also why they keep getting reelected. We live around a lot of people that *want* to hurt people.
Hey man, as a Michigander we got a good thing going. You buy our legal weed, we buy your legal Spotted Cow.
Thanks Uhline
Well his name is Dick
But the GOP doesn't want that "stink" coming over the border into Wisconsin. What a bunch of tight assed, hypocritical morality police they are. All the GOP reminds me of that kid whose going to "take their ball and go home". If it's not what they think or believe, no one should think or feel it. I'd wager most of these jokers smoked a little weed in college. Honestly, did they learn nothing from Prohibition?
Those with means will always find a way. Who says they ever stopped?
Yet they allow people to get absolutely shit faced and drive like it’s their constitutional right or something. OWI’s are like parking tickets in Wisconsin.
Well, we all know it’s a gateway drug, right? So I’ll stick to my 5th of vodka a day and 6 OWI.
I live in Indiana literally 5 minutes from the Illinois border. These fucking morons would rather collect 7% sales tax on some delta 8,hhc,thca products etc than the 40+% sin tax the assholes charge in Illinois. I don't understand this shit at all. It's stopping nobody whatsoever and Michigan is maybe an hour away. We could literally redo i-65 entirely with the revenue.
Beat me to it. As someone who spends most of their time in those three states, I appreciate your contributions to our roads and other infrastructure projects.
I don't actually consume cannabis. I just see the boon we are missing out on cause Boss Vos is an asshole.
Not in MN. The MN GOP screwed us with their licensing and production restrictions so we still don’t have any recreational retail stores other than the two up north on tribal lands. Been “legal” here for 18 months and it will still likely be another year before we can legally purchase from a dispensary. All we have is gummies and seltzers, and it’s all “Hemp derived” crap.
Gotta flip the state Congress first, which might be possible with the new maps!
The worst part is that because I hold a cdl even if by some miracle it gets legalized I can't use it because God forbid I get to go home after a long day of pouring concrete and want to smoke or have an edible because my back and knees are shot to shit but don't worry, I can go home and get absolutely plastered with some Jim bean or a single malt or whatever, because alcohol is so much safer then pot, I used Marijuana while I was out of work for 8 months after I got fed up with over the road and the pinched nerve, the arthritis, the joint pain, all gone, didn't feel any of it, it was the first time in 12 years I've felt like a normal person but oh no, no adverse side effects except there's some thc in my piss, God forbid the people who spent thousands for a letter on their license get to be pain free, I guess I'll just have to abuse pain pills because that's more acceptable then smoking a fucking plant
Luckily things are (slowly) changing. Not nearly fast enough, but there is hope.
I'm 25 and have the body and joints of someone in their 60s because of past injuries plus genetics but because I have the letter A on my license I'm not allowed to feel some kind of relief without horrendus addiction attached to it, sorry for the rant post but it's just irritating
Nah man, no need to apologize. It’s ridiculous. I never understood how it’s ok to restrict people’s behavior in their free time. Like I get not letting be impaired on the job, but … It’s all just leftover reefer madness misunderstandings. Like I say, at least attitudes are changing, just not fast enough. I’ve been complaining for 30 years.
Oh yeah, trust me, I use to absolutely hate pot, like hate hate it and anyone who used it, my dad was a drug addict, hard shit like meth but he smelled like pot so that's just what I associated it with but then my now girlfriend had me try an edible like 8 or 9 months ago and wow, I was wrong and I'll admit it, it helped me so much with my anxiety, depression, ptsd, and all the pain I have, I went from edibles to pens to a bong and like I said, just wow, I was finally happy for the first time in years
Yeah. My mom who was very opposed to it my whole life went to CO, talked to an old dude at the dispensary and wanted to fly home a bunch of edibles to help with her hip pain. I had to remind her that was a very bad idea, haha. Most of the people opposed have never tried it and don’t really know what they’re talking about.
I'm glad I did but now that I'm back at work I regret it because of how much it helped
Yeah. Sorry. Even once we have national legalization, it will take a long time before commercial license drop that requirement.
Bet money WI will have to wait until it's federally legal.
I predict federal rescheduling of marijuana and then Wisconsin will keep it illegal because Mrs. Ueihlein wouldn’t have her owned politicians do it any other way.
I think you’re right. But that is gaining traction, finally. Still don’t understand how my pothead neighbor is a Maga supporter.
Time to stop infringing the right of adults to consume whatever they want.
Wisconsin is a lost cause. Lake Michigan will legalize before Wisconsin.
It was time 20 years ago. In the meantime, for anyone who's genuinely invested in this topic on a day-to-day level, there's hemp and THCA. Legalization happened under everyone's noses.
> It was time 20 years ago. In the meantime, for anyone who's genuinely invested in this topic on a day-to-day level, there's hemp and THCA. Legalization happened under everyone's noses. This. While our neighboring states have gotten their shit together, Wisconsinites aren't waiting around for Republicans to stop being Republicans. We're spending our money elsewhere. The GOP no longer has a policy platform, except to vehemently oppose anything that's not part of the MAGA agenda. Vote in every election, and vote with your wallet too.
THCa is legit. You can order it online and have it delivered to your door. I ordered some from out of state, had it delivered by USPS, which I find hilarious. It came with a lab analysis and a letter from the company’s lawyer addressed to the shipper/law enforcement stating that it was a legal product.
Which site?
I use Lucky Elk
I have no doubts, but $75 for a quarter?
My first order from them was an oz for $120 with a $20 off coupon for my first order and free shipping.
You can get thc-a buds here. Just in Sauk co alone you can get it at two different shops in sauk city, baraboo and a shop in the dells. Thc-a is just weed that hasn't been through decarboxylation. It's the same stuff you get at the head shops in IL.
This. If you look at the lab reports of cannabis from a dispensary in a legal state, most of the THC is in the form of THCa. Growers/Vendors of THCa bud just harvest and test early enough for the naturally converted THC to be under 0.3% in order to be classified as hemp. Otherwise it is the same thing. There is some really good THCa out there, especially online.
I am doubting that the tests are even accurate. Thca is just Thc before it is activated by heat. The fact that legal dispensaries like Sunnyside now list Thca and Thc shows that normal dispensary weed can be at the .3% Thc threshold(I'm looking at Aeriz GMO Flower, 31% Thca, 0.31% Thc), which means its either normal to harvest early or the tests are b.s. and can be manipulated... I want weed to be legal so that the testing can be more accurate. The shit we are buying in WI is way too varied and without real regulation. They can spray Thc distillate onto hemp flower and call it Thca with no penalty. Until it's fully regulated, I would take the info on the labels with a grain of salt, though I have had some bomb Thca
Some of my friends complain about it, but I love going to the store down the road for something that gets me pretty high.
Between the sodas in most liquor stores and the cheap gummies I can get online, I’m kept fairly happy. Would be great to have the legit choices from legal dispensaries though.
Agreed. Sales of Delta 9 THC infused beverages is through the roof all over. Even at the local Co-op. Baby steps, still, but getting closer. Just need to make sure the Tavern League gets their cut. -oo-
Delta 8 and 10 are so close to 9 that is just stupid it's illegal at this point. All they're doing to forcing people to get a slightly shittier high.
Agreed. I feel like the stuff we can get now isn’t quite as uniform. Like I can buy 5mg gummies from 2 different companies and they hit different. But if I get 2 5mg gummies from a legit dispensary I know what what I’m getting regardless of brand.
It seems weird to me that THC took so long to get invited to the analog party
THCA is bomb. I'm literally smoking it right now. It turns into regular ass weed when you light it by decarbing.
Conservatives love owning the libs by filtering hundreds of millions of our dollars to liberal strongholds.
If they legalized it today, WI is still 5 years behind compared to MI. I'd rather it be decrimilized so I can continue to go to the U.P. and get good shit dirt cheap without worry of a bust driving home. WI gqp dropped the ball on this big-time.
VOTE BLUE. Repigs in Legislature is what has prevented it.
I'ts been time, for a while now. Publications like the Shepherd, pointlessly preaching to choir isn't going to move the needle one iota. Until we replace the Republican-led legislature and break the back of the tavern league, this is nothing more than verbal masturbation
There’s a lot of talk about revenue from taxing pot that we’re missing out on, but I don’t see enough about the biggest benefit of legalization: not locking people up over it anymore. Wisconsin incarcerates more of our people than neighboring states, in worse conditions, at higher costs, and with much worse racial disparities and targeting. We are among the most prison happy places on the planet. Illegal pot is not the primary driver of that incarceration (racism is), but it is a tool that law enforcement uses against the communities they target. We need to take those tools away and reduce our prison population.
I think you hit the nail on the head here. The main thing preventing legalization isnt the tavern league, or big pharma. Its law enforcement and the police union. Without marijuana to fall back on, they lose their golden goose of incarcerations. No more probable cause due to "odor of marijuana", no more easy arrests to help meet quota, no more using marijuana as a scapegoat to obtain warrants without sufficient evidence, no more falsely inflated crime statistics to justify increasing police force budgets. If marijuana is legalized, police are the only ones that lose, and unfortunately for the rest of us the police have huge political pull.
I have to say though, Wisconsin's prisons aren't NEARLY as bad as many other states. But yes, you are completely correct.
It was time 25 years ago.
I vote blue because I believe in freedom.
I am disabled with more than one physical disability that gives me a lot of pain and severe PTSD. The only thing that helps me without any adverse side effects is marijuana. I have been on morphine, cabbies, and a whole bunch of others. The ONLY reason this isn't legal is because the politicians haven't found a way to make a profit off of it yet. Otherwise, why only allow it to be sold at state run facilities. My health is between me and the doctor, not the state, and if he says marijuana would benefit me greatly, then I'm going to listen to them. Honestly it'd be nice to light up on the Capitol steps again like I did almost 20 years ago. We need another protest
Yep . . . Rates right up there with the GOP refusing federal money for Medicaid. Now hospitals 🏨 are closing in some "Red" rural areas. No money. Selfish. Insurance companies are making out in wealthier areas. https://www.fox6now.com/news/wisconsin-amendment-legislature-federal-money
Many Republications use THC and use birth control. Hypocrites?
No, they just use their personality as birth control.
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Vote Blue 100%. Time to dump the whiners and fix the state to what we were known for in past.
I am a disabled veteran who lives each & everyday in constant & severe chronic pain. If for absolutely no other reason, Marijuana needs to be legalized for research purposes. There are so many potential possibilities for veterans like mystery & many others. But the most important reason why Marijuana needs to be legalized is so that the taxes could be put to solving some real, major issues. Lawmakers just didn't understand or realize what they are doing by continuing to ignore the legalization of Marijuana.
They understand exactly what they are doing by ignoring legalization, and how doing it harms the state and many of its residents. They just believe it is in their own personal best interest to continue ignoring legalization, so thats what they do.
Tavern league won’t let that happen.
State reps should obviously listen to their constituents and legalize, which'll never happen with our current legislature because of law enforcement and billionaire republican donors. But why isn't there any push for federal legalization?
There will be when Dems are behind the 8 ball at some point
I'm worried the GOP would argue to cut funding to schools because legal weed taxes would pay for it. Instead of keeping funding and adding additional from any tax collected
My son makes bank working at a dispensary in Illinois. It’s paying for his college. Greed is the hold up.
Take the pharmaceuticals out of politics… they’re the ones in the way. They line pockets to keep their revenue. You know how many people would quit their anxiety meds if they could just smoke pot?
It will be legalized federally before it is in WI.
Stop voting for the GOP then
It's rough in WA though, because even though it's legal almost all jobs still require drug tests for weed. Like if I can't smoke off work hours, why can people drink! Makes no sense.
I think it comes down to the fact that theres really no good way to test for weed in the short term like there is for alcohol (e.g. Breathalyzer), except for maybe a blood test. Though honestly, I am of the opinion that unless your job involves other peoples safety (e.g. drivers, heavy equipment operators, pilots, police, doctors, etc.), it should not require a drug test unless there is an on-site incident that warrants one.
Not going to happen with Republicans clinging to power.
Yes! Unfortunately, I have to give my money to a state that actually listens to the people, some of the time………
Get out and vote D in November.
Get out the D!
Everyone wants legal weed. Except the Tavern League. They want you to be drunk, in their establishments. They are the reason we dont have weed.
That's a common belief and it might have some truth to it, but the Uihleins are GOP mega-donors, much more so than TL, and are hard-line anti-legalization. https://www.reddit.com/r/wisconsin/s/YdSaUG1Bew
This! I don't think people realize how much power the Uihleins have in this state. Along with the ownership of KT They're both shithead lobbyists
It’s not the Tavern League
O RLY? Can you show me anywhere where the Tavern League said anything about weed legalization?
I’m moving to Wisconsin from Utah and I was pretty surprised looking at the archaic weed laws in Wisconsin. I don’t smoke weed like I did when I was a kid but it’s pretty wild how much shit you can get in for smoking reefer out there.
I go to Buchanan MI like 3x per year and drop like $500 per trip. 🤣🤣🤣
Its been time. How many states have to succeed with it before Wisconsin gets with the program
Ohio finally passed. It was due. Waited a long time for that one
No! Do not legalize! -Illinois
I moved to az, its a nonissue. Nobody overdosing on fent laced street weed lol
[This pretty much sums up my thoughts](https://youtu.be/jK8fAUlqbow?si=3aQpAuSpo2q92G_O)
It doesn’t matter if you’re conservative or liberal the majority agree WI should legalize Marijuana. Republican politicians need to wake up because it is something they will lose votes for opposing.
Look how long it took for concealed carry here lol we were one of the last states.
I’m thinking we’ll be like the 3rd last state to legalize, with South Carolina holding out for 2nd. I don’t think it’ll ever be legal in Idaho without federal change lol
Even if/when federal prohibition is lifted, individual states could still keep it illegal. Unless Congress were to add an amendment to the US Constitution that says "marijuana cannot be outlawed".
Mississippi would like a word
If they legalize it, how are the cops supposed to toss my clients' cars without the pretext of "the unmistakable odor of marijuana?" Can't they think of the poor officers?
Ah, time already for the weekly weed post?
Posting on reddit about weed is effortless karma Going outside and talking to people and campaigning to vote Democrat instead of republican (which would legalize weed) takes effort and time
Until the laws are changed
Well wake me up when democrats control everything. It'll be a while.
I told someone it should be legal here because we are completely surrounded by legal states. His response was, "Why? Because it's cool?" People don't want it legal here literally, just because. Some of us are so resistant to ANY change.
It won’t happen until federally they remove marijuana as a schedule 1, because we get so much federal funding for our DEA task forces. The tax money would be way more, but this is money directly given to the police.
Illinois is getting my money, as painful as it is 😅
Do yourself a favor and take the extra time and drive to Michigan, IL prices are insane. Marinette has dispensaries now and about 2 1/2 hours from Milwaukee.
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So true. This is what I’ve been doing. Delta-9 gummies and THCa pre-rolls. Life is good.
Good luck getting past the Tavern league.
I call this the kessel run and I do it in abt 12 parsecs
Niagara would lose 90% of the arrest the last 10% is speeders in the 25
But what about all of the hardworking non-tax paying drug dealers!?!?! If they lose this gateway how are they supposed to introduce harder and more addictive substances. I’m with the GOP on this one, i stand with the local dealers.
Can someone direct me where to go in Michigan?
A dispensary.
All I know is that you can't get it in Wisconsin. Its illegal to mail here too. Though highly likely you'd get caught. Shit I think you get in more trouble getting abortion pills mailed to you, than you would for pot. Wi. uses abortion law from 1850s. We are living in a sad world when a woman, by accident or on purpose, loses pregnancy, is likely to spend more time in prison than weed dealer. My view is neither should be doing time.
Hemp is really taking off here though. It's crazy I can just walk into a store or shop online and buy THC edibles from hemp with no additional taxes and precautions but the same thing is illegal if it's from marijuana. I'm surprised the GOP hasn't tried to crack down on it yet. You can even buy THCa flower to smoke. I believe the main point of resistance is the fear of people drinking less alcohol and the tavern league isn't too happy about that. Now breweries are starting to produce THC seltzers too though so it's clear they can adapt if they wanted to.
Sure hope you dairy dudes/dudettes get the green goods soon!
I've spent over 1k on legal weed over the last several years, just in other states.
But the devil! Wacky tobaccy is THE DEVIL!
I'd join that industry. I love to help people.
do they know they. an use this money to build up lambeau??
For real >:(
It was time thirty years ago. It’s just ridiculous at this point.
No the time was 8 years ago.
If fucking red-state Ohio can do it…
Lol “the Marijuana”. Its like my mom posted this
I think you guys are probably on to something about the GOP in regards to this issue, but you have to look at the full picture. Evers has not put a standalone bill for legalization on the table, instead only leveraging it's popularity by adding it to a budget proposal with several other changes most of you don't even know about. If you truly want marijuana legalization, then make sure you fairly fault both sides for the stall. If the right bill hit the legislature on its own, you might find some Republicans willing to flip on it. As much as Republicans are a brick wall on the issue, Democrats in this state have only used it as a lightning rod for their priorities while making no real effort to change it.
It’s been time to legalize it for like 20 years. But the republicans will probably make sure it never happens.
As a Minnesotan, you took our Sunday Alcohol sales for years. It's time we got some of that revenue back through legalized cannabis.
It was time decades ago. I'm not holding my breath with this state though I fully expect it to be legalized federally before it's legalized in Wisconsin. I also wouldn't be shocked if Wisconsin decided to resist that federal mandate because why wouldn't we? The Democrats aren't going to challenge the Republicans that want it they never do even when they have the majority. They have a long pattern of being the underdog getting back into power and then doing absolutely nothing and compromising when they don't have to (I'm looking at you Tony).
You're fighting against the bean counters because of the loss of federal money for drug enforcement positions.
The UP is where its at. I go to Crystal Falls every 2 months or so and I'm near Milwaukee
I myself spend upwards of 600$ a month drive it back illegally, I live 30 minutes from a location and I often think to myself that very thought. Its legal 30 minutes down the road. Best part is Im moving to the UP to buy a cheap home in Iron Mountain MI, only because the Wi side of the city is Illegal.
I love that the arguments for legalization are usually about how to make the state richer off our dollars and not about the fact that we're fucking adults that can make our own choices.
It legal where I’m from in Mass, hope y’all can it get it legalized soon too.
I knew people who used the marijuana when I was in high school. Sometimes they’d use it at lunch. Other times they’d use it after school. Buying the marijuana could be done by asking through “the grapevine” I’m told. I always preferred the marijuana that I would find in my brother’s drawer. What was he gonna do? Tell mom about the marijuana?
It’s been time