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So, how many states total is it now legal for recreational use?

mgr86 10y ago
Well MA and NV also voted to legalize last night. It failed in AZ. Maine, is leaning in favor but that is still within 1%. Assuming Maine holds the total are these 7 1. Alaska 2. Washington 3. Oregon 4. Nevada 5. Colorado 6. Massachusetts 7. Maine --- Non States 8. Washington DC 9. Our neighbors to the north. Canada.
- lnrdgmz 10y ago
  > 8. Washington DC But in DC, marijuana sales are still illegal, which makes for an interesting situation: you're allowed to be in possession of something you cannot legally buy.
  - cr1895 10y ago
    Is growing also illegal? The Netherlands has a similarly bizarre circumstance where it's perfectly fine (though technically illegal) to buy <5g in a shop but it's still quite illegal for that shop to be supplied with product, as commercial production is illegal and heavily counteracted by law enforcement.
    - lnrdgmz 10y ago
      Growing for personal use is legal. I don't know the legality of seed trade.
      - elif 10y ago
        Seed gifting is allowed but seed sale is illegal. The way it's happening, hydroponic supply stores are giving away seeds as the direct profit motive is there for them.
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  - coev 10y ago
    And this is why people are selling $50 t-shirts with a few grams attached to the tag.
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- noarchy 10y ago
  >Our neighbors to the north. Canada. Recreational use isn't legal here (though enforcement varies, depending on where you are). Medical use has been for a while. The current government is likely to table legislation sometime next year, but no one knows yet what form it will take.
  - mgr86 10y ago
    I think it is fair to include them on my list. It is not necessarily legal in some of these states yet either. It will still take some time.
- matart 10y ago
  FYI it is not legal in Canada. While barely enforced for small amounts, you can still be arrested.
  - elchief 10y ago
    Though not really in Vancouver
- elchief 10y ago
  Not until April 20th 2017 (Canada)
  - mgr86 10y ago
    Yes I think it is fair to include Canada in this list. MA, for example will still be illegal until Dec 15. But retail locations will not open until at least 2018.
- anonbanker 10y ago
  Canada isn't set to legalize until Spring of 2017. In many locations of Canada, people are still being prosecuted actively for trafficking/possession/production of marihuana.
maxerickson 10y ago
It's still illegal at the federal level. The next administration may take a different approach to enforcement than the current one (I think it is kind of likely. But let's hope they choose not to prosecute growers and dispensaries and such.)
- hx87 10y ago
  Trump doesn't strike me as a culture warrior, and since MJ's relevance to law-and-order issues is rather low compared to stop-and-frisk or BLM, his approach might not be all that different from the present one.
  - smhenderson 10y ago
    AS others have pointed out I'm not as worried about Trump as I am Pence. He seems to definitely fit the culture warrior mold and on the very conservative side.

mgr86 10y ago

Well MA and NV also voted to legalize last night. It failed in AZ. Maine, is leaning in favor but that is still within 1%. Assuming Maine holds the total are these 7 1. Alaska 2. Washington 3. Oregon 4. Nevada 5. Colorado 6. Massachusetts 7. Maine --- Non States 8. Washington DC 9. Our neighbors to the north. Canada.

lnrdgmz 10y ago
> 8. Washington DC But in DC, marijuana sales are still illegal, which makes for an interesting situation: you're allowed to be in possession of something you cannot legally buy.
- cr1895 10y ago
  Is growing also illegal? The Netherlands has a similarly bizarre circumstance where it's perfectly fine (though technically illegal) to buy <5g in a shop but it's still quite illegal for that shop to be supplied with product, as commercial production is illegal and heavily counteracted by law enforcement.
  - lnrdgmz 10y ago
    Growing for personal use is legal. I don't know the legality of seed trade.
    - elif 10y ago
      Seed gifting is allowed but seed sale is illegal. The way it's happening, hydroponic supply stores are giving away seeds as the direct profit motive is there for them.
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- coev 10y ago
  And this is why people are selling $50 t-shirts with a few grams attached to the tag.
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noarchy 10y ago
>Our neighbors to the north. Canada. Recreational use isn't legal here (though enforcement varies, depending on where you are). Medical use has been for a while. The current government is likely to table legislation sometime next year, but no one knows yet what form it will take.
- mgr86 10y ago
  I think it is fair to include them on my list. It is not necessarily legal in some of these states yet either. It will still take some time.
matart 10y ago
FYI it is not legal in Canada. While barely enforced for small amounts, you can still be arrested.
- elchief 10y ago
  Though not really in Vancouver
elchief 10y ago
Not until April 20th 2017 (Canada)
- mgr86 10y ago
  Yes I think it is fair to include Canada in this list. MA, for example will still be illegal until Dec 15. But retail locations will not open until at least 2018.
anonbanker 10y ago
Canada isn't set to legalize until Spring of 2017. In many locations of Canada, people are still being prosecuted actively for trafficking/possession/production of marihuana.

maxerickson 10y ago

It's still illegal at the federal level. The next administration may take a different approach to enforcement than the current one (I think it is kind of likely. But let's hope they choose not to prosecute growers and dispensaries and such.)

hx87 10y ago
Trump doesn't strike me as a culture warrior, and since MJ's relevance to law-and-order issues is rather low compared to stop-and-frisk or BLM, his approach might not be all that different from the present one.
- smhenderson 10y ago
  AS others have pointed out I'm not as worried about Trump as I am Pence. He seems to definitely fit the culture warrior mold and on the very conservative side.