DC Council rejects emergency legislation to restore the 300ft buffer between dispensaries and schools

[Anonymous]

This is the dumbest thing in a long line of dumb things the DC Council has done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The proliferation of head shops overall are so unattractive. Yuck. Also, they should be required to have life size posters of young people who need to have lung transplants from vaping. Medical is what you'll need when you head down the recreational smoking anything road. I realize the medical dispensary is different from a head shop, but it also doesn't need to be near a school. It's bizarre how hard it is for a venue to get a liquor license or have a band play (god forbid we have a few extra decibals) but this is "fine". Idiots.

I can't believe people are trying to withhold vital medication from sick citizens. I thought we wanted healthcare for everyone. This is about healthcare.

Bullshit. It’s about addicts and stoners. If it were “medical” the FDA would regulate it and pharmacies (not sleazy “dispensaries”) would sell it.

You are right about one thing, the current system is silly. It should be completely legal and controlled and taxed like alcohol. Sure, the histrionic Nancy Reagan’s out there will complain, but who cares what they have to say?

Maybe you should move to Oregon. Or wait, the state legislature just repealed the permissive hug-a-druggie laws.

+1, just like in DC, Oregonians rapidly realized that legalizing drugs and removing enforcement even for still-illegal drugs, without having an aggressive framework in place to address the inevitable problems this would create, was idiotic.

I only hope DC can do what Oregon has done and roll it back; this development does not fill me with confidence.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The proliferation of head shops overall are so unattractive. Yuck. Also, they should be required to have life size posters of young people who need to have lung transplants from vaping. Medical is what you'll need when you head down the recreational smoking anything road. I realize the medical dispensary is different from a head shop, but it also doesn't need to be near a school. It's bizarre how hard it is for a venue to get a liquor license or have a band play (god forbid we have a few extra decibals) but this is "fine". Idiots.

I can't believe people are trying to withhold vital medication from sick citizens. I thought we wanted healthcare for everyone. This is about healthcare.

Bullshit. It’s about addicts and stoners. If it were “medical” the FDA would regulate it and pharmacies (not sleazy “dispensaries”) would sell it.

You are right about one thing, the current system is silly. It should be completely legal and controlled and taxed like alcohol. Sure, the histrionic Nancy Reagan’s out there will complain, but who cares what they have to say?

Maybe you should move to Oregon. Or wait, the state legislature just repealed the permissive hug-a-druggie laws.

+1, just like in DC, Oregonians rapidly realized that legalizing drugs and removing enforcement even for still-illegal drugs, without having an aggressive framework in place to address the inevitable problems this would create, was idiotic.

I only hope DC can do what Oregon has done and roll it back; this development does not fill me with confidence.

Has DC done anything like that for them to roll back? Seems like we are talking about marijuana dispensaries.

[Anonymous]

Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

Nah.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

Nah.

It would have a disproportionate impact on BIPOC. It's illegal to recriminalize it at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The proliferation of head shops overall are so unattractive. Yuck. Also, they should be required to have life size posters of young people who need to have lung transplants from vaping. Medical is what you'll need when you head down the recreational smoking anything road. I realize the medical dispensary is different from a head shop, but it also doesn't need to be near a school. It's bizarre how hard it is for a venue to get a liquor license or have a band play (god forbid we have a few extra decibals) but this is "fine". Idiots.

I can't believe people are trying to withhold vital medication from sick citizens. I thought we wanted healthcare for everyone. This is about healthcare.

Bullshit. It’s about addicts and stoners. If it were “medical” the FDA would regulate it and pharmacies (not sleazy “dispensaries”) would sell it.

You are right about one thing, the current system is silly. It should be completely legal and controlled and taxed like alcohol. Sure, the histrionic Nancy Reagan’s out there will complain, but who cares what they have to say?

The first "control" would be (like liquor stores), you can't open across from a school. That's why this is so crazy. Even people who want the most open drug laws agree that this is not a good idea (for example, the owner opening this dispensary, who would not want a dispensary open across from his own kid's school).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

Nah.

It would have a disproportionate impact on BIPOC. It's illegal to recriminalize it at this point.

How is it illegal to recriminalize it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

Nah.

It would have a disproportionate impact on BIPOC. It's illegal to recriminalize it at this point.

How is it illegal to recriminalize it?

https://www.mpp.org/issues/criminal-justice/fostering-social-justice-and-equity-while-regulating-marijuana/

Marijuana prohibition has a history of racism, and it continues to be enforced unequally. An ACLU study found African Americans are 3.64 times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession, despite similar rates of marijuana use.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

Nah.

It would have a disproportionate impact on BIPOC. It's illegal to recriminalize it at this point.

How is it illegal to recriminalize it?

https://www.mpp.org/issues/criminal-justice/fostering-social-justice-and-equity-while-regulating-marijuana/

Marijuana prohibition has a history of racism, and it continues to be enforced unequally. An ACLU study found African Americans are 3.64 times more likely than whites to be arrested for marijuana possession, despite similar rates of marijuana use.

I'll take liberal myths for $100.

Do you even live here? You have to do something pretty bad before the DC police will even begin to consider to maybe sort of give a shit.

If you were getting charged with marijuana possession, it was probably because the cops were already arresting you for murder or assault or some other violent crime and just threw the pot charges on top.

[Anonymous]

You don’t understand, I MUST light up and show how cool I am RIGHT AFTER stepping out the dispensary and flex on all the school-aged kids…..

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

Nah.

It would have a disproportionate impact on BIPOC. It's illegal to recriminalize it at this point.

I'll take "not a lawyer for $500, Alex."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

Nah.

It would have a disproportionate impact on BIPOC. It's illegal to recriminalize it at this point.

I'll take "not a lawyer for $500, Alex."

TIL only lawyers can detect racism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe we need a ballot initiative to re-criminalize it.

That would be racist.

Nah.

It would have a disproportionate impact on BIPOC. It's illegal to recriminalize it at this point.

I'll take "not a lawyer for $500, Alex."

TIL only lawyers can detect racism.

No, but only lawyers can use this as a legal argument in a court of law when challenging such a law.