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Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year

25 points by lxm 4y ago

takoid 4y ago
Title should be “Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year”.
eimrine 4y ago
Am I understood right that it is legal to drive while being smoked in Florida? In our country this is a recipe for losing your driver license.
- zdragnar 4y ago
  It's not legal anywhere, though the name varies. Most states would refer to this as either a DUI (driving under the influence) or DWI (driving while intoxicated).
- rufus_foreman 4y ago
  America has drive-thru liquor stores.
  - School-Cotton 4y ago
    Indeed, but that doesn't mean it's legal to start drinking while in your car.
- bitxbitxbitcoin 4y ago
  Legal to smoke cigarettes and drive. Not legal to smoke cannabis and drive.
- pretendscholar 4y ago
  They also sell beer in gas stations too!
- blamazon 4y ago
  Dispensaries generally have to comply with regulations to put the items in a paper bag and staple it shut. If you get pulled over and the bag is still shut - no problems. Consider it equivalent to 'open container' concept for alcohol. (In USA if you are of legal drinking age, it is okay to drive with closed containers of alcohol and generally very not okay to drive with open containers)
  - TylerE 4y ago
    Clarification: Open is okay if it isn't easily accessible (e.g. in the trunk), or you're a rear passenger in some types of hired vehicles (long distance buses, limos) Open container laws aren't even universal. In 10 states open containers are legal, and in most of those passengers can legally drink. In (of course...) Mississippi not only that, but the driver can drink too, as long as they stay below 0.08
    - blamazon 4y ago
      Wow, that is baffling! Today I learned!
    - rascul 4y ago
      Counties and cities can have open container laws too, so just because the state doesn't have the law doesn't mean you can legally do it.
    - ultrarunner 4y ago
      That's pretty interesting. I was curious, so if you trust The Zebra[0], Mississippi has pretty average DUI problems despite pretty average alcohol consumption. [0] https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/most-dangerous-states-drunk-driving/ https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/most-dangerous-st...
      - blamazon 4y ago
        Anecdotally, my experience growing up in the rural south of the USA (not MS) is that the police would often let things slide for a member of the community that they knew. I.e. rather than a formal DUI, the individual would get a ride home and have to pick up their keys at the sheriff's office in the morning. This type of sentiment could be aligned with lax open container laws which could affect such data.
latchkey 4y ago
I don't understand why this is news. Oregon is full of weed stores literally on the same property as gas stations. So a big chain is carrying legal weed... who cares?
- the_only_law 4y ago
  Florida isn’t even a legal recreational state (lawyers made sure that ballot got kicked off) so this is still only for medical.
  - blamazon 4y ago
    It should be noted that in most states with medical one can tell a teledoc "I have anxiety" and get a card very fast.
    - dijonman2 4y ago
      The problem is you document your use, which is problematic for those who own firearms, work in information security, etc.
      - blamazon 4y ago
        I'd imagine along those lines, problematic for licensed pilots as well.
      - notch656a 4y ago
        I can't believe you can still get 10 (scratch that, 15 after the latest amendment to prohibited persons signed this summer) YEARS in jail for licensed medical patient to own a joint next to a .22 squirrel rifle. Firearms rights and pot freedoms fall politically on opposite sides of the political aisle so I have no real hope that's going to be fixed in the near future. There's no bipartisan incentive.
    - yamtaddle 4y ago
      Yeah the "medical" thing is just a hand-out to the doctors who get to act as gatekeepers, and the middlemen who've popped up to funnel customers to them. $100 or whatever for a 5-minute call, if it's even that long, name any of a few things that're true for basically everyone ("sometimes I have trouble sleeping" or "sometimes I'm anxious") and that's that. Nothing about it is treated seriously by anyone involved.
insane_dreamer 4y ago
Woah! Next thing you know they'll be selling alcohol at gas stations too. /s
- blamazon 4y ago
  This really is a slippery slope. Next thing you know they'll be selling: * lottery tickets * dubious 'testerone-enhancing' pills * pepper spray * junk food * entirely too large fountain sodas * (in some states) ammunition And who knows what else!
  - yamtaddle 4y ago
    Seriously, they already sell at least two things that do way more harm than weed ever could (alcohol and the too-large fizzy sugar waters). Arguably some of the others, too, but those stand out as plainly way more harmful than weed.
    - josephcsible 4y ago
      Has soda ever given anyone schizophrenia (or "uncovered" "latent" schizophrenia in people)? Or has anyone ever caused a car crash from drinking soda prior to driving? Marijuana is way, way more harmful than soda.
      - notch656a 4y ago
        Yeah you can get psychosis from too much caffeine. I don't think it 'causes' schizophrenia though. My very low effort researching of fairly low neurotoxicity psychoactive substances like marijuana/LSD/mushrooms is that they're associated with eliciting schizophrenia in those already predisposed? Personally I don't know anyone without a history of family illness that exhibited irreversible mental illness after consuming marijuana. Is it pretty rare? > Or has anyone ever caused a car crash from drinking soda prior to driving? I would say almost certainly yes. For reason of above caffeine induced psychosis. Admittedly it would take a LOT. But some people drink a metric shit-ton of energy soda.
      - 4y ago
five82 4y ago
Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.
- blamazon 4y ago
  NPR recently introduced this story with that soundclip in their daily 30s 'offbeat news' segment: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130134438/circle-k-chain-signs-a-deal-with-one-of-americas-largest-cannabis-producers https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130134438/circle-k-chain-sig... > FADEL: "The Circle K convenience store chain has signed a deal with one of America's largest cannabis producers to sell licensed marijuana at its Florida gas stations, a move that could be called an excellent adventure."
topspin 4y ago
Next to the cigarettes?
TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 4y ago
"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" —Bill S. Preston Esq.
mgbmtl 4y ago
Next thing you know, Uber Eats will be delivering weed. Oh wait.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/uber-eats-cannabis-delivery-leafly-1.661847 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/uber-eats-cannabis-de...
krapp 4y ago
... oh, legally. OK.
Overtonwindow 4y ago
Far out!

25 points by lxm 4y ago

Title should be “Weed Is Coming to Circle K Gas Stations in US Next Year”.

Am I understood right that it is legal to drive while being smoked in Florida? In our country this is a recipe for losing your driver license.

zdragnar 4y ago
It's not legal anywhere, though the name varies. Most states would refer to this as either a DUI (driving under the influence) or DWI (driving while intoxicated).
rufus_foreman 4y ago
America has drive-thru liquor stores.
- School-Cotton 4y ago
  Indeed, but that doesn't mean it's legal to start drinking while in your car.
bitxbitxbitcoin 4y ago
Legal to smoke cigarettes and drive. Not legal to smoke cannabis and drive.
pretendscholar 4y ago
They also sell beer in gas stations too!
blamazon 4y ago
Dispensaries generally have to comply with regulations to put the items in a paper bag and staple it shut. If you get pulled over and the bag is still shut - no problems. Consider it equivalent to 'open container' concept for alcohol. (In USA if you are of legal drinking age, it is okay to drive with closed containers of alcohol and generally very not okay to drive with open containers)
- TylerE 4y ago
  Clarification: Open is okay if it isn't easily accessible (e.g. in the trunk), or you're a rear passenger in some types of hired vehicles (long distance buses, limos) Open container laws aren't even universal. In 10 states open containers are legal, and in most of those passengers can legally drink. In (of course...) Mississippi not only that, but the driver can drink too, as long as they stay below 0.08
  - blamazon 4y ago
    Wow, that is baffling! Today I learned!
  - rascul 4y ago
    Counties and cities can have open container laws too, so just because the state doesn't have the law doesn't mean you can legally do it.
  - ultrarunner 4y ago
    That's pretty interesting. I was curious, so if you trust The Zebra[0], Mississippi has pretty average DUI problems despite pretty average alcohol consumption. [0] https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/most-dangerous-states-drunk-driving/ https://www.thezebra.com/resources/driving/most-dangerous-st...
    - blamazon 4y ago
      Anecdotally, my experience growing up in the rural south of the USA (not MS) is that the police would often let things slide for a member of the community that they knew. I.e. rather than a formal DUI, the individual would get a ride home and have to pick up their keys at the sheriff's office in the morning. This type of sentiment could be aligned with lax open container laws which could affect such data.

latchkey 4y ago

I don't understand why this is news. Oregon is full of weed stores literally on the same property as gas stations. So a big chain is carrying legal weed... who cares?

the_only_law 4y ago
Florida isn’t even a legal recreational state (lawyers made sure that ballot got kicked off) so this is still only for medical.
- blamazon 4y ago
  It should be noted that in most states with medical one can tell a teledoc "I have anxiety" and get a card very fast.
  - dijonman2 4y ago
    The problem is you document your use, which is problematic for those who own firearms, work in information security, etc.
    - blamazon 4y ago
      I'd imagine along those lines, problematic for licensed pilots as well.
    - notch656a 4y ago
      I can't believe you can still get 10 (scratch that, 15 after the latest amendment to prohibited persons signed this summer) YEARS in jail for licensed medical patient to own a joint next to a .22 squirrel rifle. Firearms rights and pot freedoms fall politically on opposite sides of the political aisle so I have no real hope that's going to be fixed in the near future. There's no bipartisan incentive.
  - yamtaddle 4y ago
    Yeah the "medical" thing is just a hand-out to the doctors who get to act as gatekeepers, and the middlemen who've popped up to funnel customers to them. $100 or whatever for a 5-minute call, if it's even that long, name any of a few things that're true for basically everyone ("sometimes I have trouble sleeping" or "sometimes I'm anxious") and that's that. Nothing about it is treated seriously by anyone involved.

insane_dreamer 4y ago

Woah! Next thing you know they'll be selling alcohol at gas stations too. /s

blamazon 4y ago
This really is a slippery slope. Next thing you know they'll be selling: * lottery tickets * dubious 'testerone-enhancing' pills * pepper spray * junk food * entirely too large fountain sodas * (in some states) ammunition And who knows what else!
- yamtaddle 4y ago
  Seriously, they already sell at least two things that do way more harm than weed ever could (alcohol and the too-large fizzy sugar waters). Arguably some of the others, too, but those stand out as plainly way more harmful than weed.
  - josephcsible 4y ago
    Has soda ever given anyone schizophrenia (or "uncovered" "latent" schizophrenia in people)? Or has anyone ever caused a car crash from drinking soda prior to driving? Marijuana is way, way more harmful than soda.
    - notch656a 4y ago
      Yeah you can get psychosis from too much caffeine. I don't think it 'causes' schizophrenia though. My very low effort researching of fairly low neurotoxicity psychoactive substances like marijuana/LSD/mushrooms is that they're associated with eliciting schizophrenia in those already predisposed? Personally I don't know anyone without a history of family illness that exhibited irreversible mental illness after consuming marijuana. Is it pretty rare? > Or has anyone ever caused a car crash from drinking soda prior to driving? I would say almost certainly yes. For reason of above caffeine induced psychosis. Admittedly it would take a LOT. But some people drink a metric shit-ton of energy soda.
    - 4y ago

five82 4y ago

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

blamazon 4y ago
NPR recently introduced this story with that soundclip in their daily 30s 'offbeat news' segment: https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130134438/circle-k-chain-signs-a-deal-with-one-of-americas-largest-cannabis-producers https://www.npr.org/2022/10/20/1130134438/circle-k-chain-sig... > FADEL: "The Circle K convenience store chain has signed a deal with one of America's largest cannabis producers to sell licensed marijuana at its Florida gas stations, a move that could be called an excellent adventure."

topspin 4y ago

Next to the cigarettes?

TEP_Kim_Il_Sung 4y ago

"Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" —Bill S. Preston Esq.

mgbmtl 4y ago

Next thing you know, Uber Eats will be delivering weed. Oh wait.. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/uber-eats-cannabis-delivery-leafly-1.661847 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/uber-eats-cannabis-de...

krapp 4y ago

... oh, legally. OK.

Overtonwindow 4y ago

Far out!