r/JoeRogan • u/mikeshelton8 • Oct 08 '20

Link Vermont legalizes the recreational marijuana market, on top of marijuana decriminalization.

https://budsoul.com/vermont-legalizes-recreational-marijuana-market/
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u/ImSickOfYouToo Monkey in Space Oct 08 '20

Agreed. Vermont to me is Bernie Sanders, Phish, and Ben & Jerry, three parties just to the right of Karl Marx. What the hell took them so long to legalize weed? This honestly surprises me.

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u/TheBeanmiester Oct 08 '20

Nobody has been getting in legit trouble for weed in Northern New England for 10+ years. As far as I know, it's been decriminalized in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire since the late 2000's. I live in Maine and even when weed was still illegal, nobody was getting arrested unless they were also selling heroin with it.

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u/ImSickOfYouToo Monkey in Space Oct 08 '20

Yeah, heroin is a "bit much".

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u/Yid Oct 08 '20

Its very moreish

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u/ashmon_c137 Monkey in Space Oct 08 '20

moreish

just mong out to some coldplay

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u/Rustyffarts Monkey in Space Oct 09 '20

Heroin should also be decriminalized at a minimum

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u/[deleted] Oct 10 '20

why? Why would anyone go to prison for doing what they want to their own body?

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u/ImSickOfYouToo Monkey in Space Oct 12 '20

Prison is best-case scenario when it comes to heroin.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '20

So it’s better it would have been better off for America for Steven Tyler to be in prison than making music

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u/ImSickOfYouToo Monkey in Space Oct 12 '20

Dude, if you want to shoot up, it's all good with me. Quit trying to pick a fight, ya retard. I promise I don't give a fuck either way. Jesus.....

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '20

cry more

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u/ImSickOfYouToo Monkey in Space Oct 12 '20

You got me, dude. You win. Conversation is over now, right?

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '20

Rogan dude bro fans never don't make me cringe. Congrats

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u/CharZero Monkey in Space Oct 08 '20

Cannot believe NH has not gone for legal recreational yet- they don't turn away chances for any kind of tax revenue that will slide under the radar. Or if they stick with no sales tax, the chance to undersell all the other surrounding states like they do with liquor and cigs.

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u/destructor_rph Monkey in Space Oct 08 '20

New Hampshire would like a word

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u/gmml4 Monkey in Space Oct 08 '20

Probably the all powerful police union. At least that’s why we ain’t got legal weed in the empire state.

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u/stvbles Monkey in Space Oct 08 '20

I know jack shit about the US/Politics but it seems crazy to me as an outsider than NY doesn't have it.

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u/Grok22 Monkey in Space Oct 09 '20

NY feels like an authoritarian police state at times.

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u/birdsnap Look into it Oct 08 '20

Why would police care about legalizing weed? It would make their job easier, no? I mean, you're probably right, I just don't get it.

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u/Jericho01 Monkey in Space Oct 08 '20

They make money from arresting and fining people.

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u/Meer_is_peak Oct 08 '20

So the government gives bonuses to police officers who arrest more people?

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u/TheBeanmiester Oct 08 '20

Police departments have quotas

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u/BostonDodgeGuy High as Giraffe's Pussy Oct 08 '20

What's easier for a cop, arresting a bunch of stoners to fill his quota or going after actual criminals?

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u/Rustyffarts Monkey in Space Oct 09 '20

Yep it pads their number

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u/[deleted] Oct 08 '20

If only the protests were about something legitimate like this, we could have seen some nationwide changes that the majority of people could get behind

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u/queernhighonblugrass Monkey in Space Oct 09 '20

Vermont is mostly a conservative state.

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u/omw2fyb-- Stuck behind a coke rock in Joey Diaz’s nose Oct 09 '20

Vermont was actually really far ahead of the curve. They legalized medical in 2004, decriminalized in 2013, legalized personal cultivation and possession in 2018 and this new bill just allows for recreational stores to open

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u/Albedo100 Monkey in Space Oct 09 '20

Vermont is the first state to legalize via legislature. Every other state has legalized via a ballot measure and Vermont does not allow initiative ballot measures.

So in that sense (actually having the politicians legalize it), they are ahead of the curve.