Cannabis is legal

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Pretty sure the roadside test should be the officer stands in front of you, they hold out a cookie. If you reach for it, you fail.

Dude I don't touch the stuff, and I'd be diving for that cookie. Attica Attica, falsely accused.

[TheFlamesVan]

Originally Posted by Lubicon

As posted earlier in this thread, yes there are road side tests for general impairment. You can be charged with impaired driving for any number of reasons including prescription drugs, illness, or even being tired. Anything that impairs your ability to safely drive can technically lead to a charge.

Sorry my point was poorly explained. I understand that yes, technically, an officer can charge you with impairment for a number of things. Anytime I hear of an accident resulting in an injury or death it is by intoxication (by alcohol), speed or distracted driving. I never hear of people being charged for other forms of impairment, so in my opinion it's either a non issue, or one they are missing.

[GP_Matt]

I think they need a VR driving simulator that they give to any motorist suspected of driving impaired whether it is tired, drunk, high or distracted.

The beauty of it is that some people who are just terrible drivers would likely fail as well.

[PepsiFree]

Originally Posted by GP_Matt

I think they need a VR driving simulator that they give to any motorist suspected of driving impaired whether it is tired, drunk, high or distracted.

The beauty of it is that some people who are just terrible drivers would likely fail as well.

Giving potheads a video game hardly solves anything.

[Nage Waza]

I am all for legalization, along with a very strict no public smoking rule. I would like to see the same for smoking as well (I get a pretty bad reaction to smoke). Personnel vaporizers and consumables should be fine anywhere.

[Canehdianman]

Originally Posted by Nage Waza

I am all for legalization, along with a very strict no public smoking rule. I would like to see the same for smoking as well (I get a pretty bad reaction to smoke). Personnel vaporizers and consumables should be fine anywhere.

I'd love a personnel vaporizer. So many people I'd use it on.

[ASP#26525]

Originally Posted by MattyC

Lord knows we need weed on those two days. That is how I say dates. That is how my computer shows dates. That is how my old job at the bank logged dates.

I would love to see you wandering around Robson Street on 4/20 trying to tell everyone about proper date notation.

That's because that's how the Americans do it, but the rest of the world writes dates in a logical way, i.e., Day/Month/Year. It actually causes a lot of confusion and I really, really hate how the Americans insist on doing things differently, but it's a very ingrained part of their history.

Also, I would never go to Robson Street on 4/20. First off, we don't have a 4/20, and secondly, I have enough fun smoking weed at home by myself every day NOT surrounded by a ton of annoying brats.

[GGG]

Originally Posted by ASP#26525

That's because that's how the Americans do it, but the rest of the world writes dates in a logical way, i.e., Day/Month/Year. It actually causes a lot of confusion and I really, really hate how the Americans insist on doing things differently, but it's a very ingrained part of their history.

Also, I would never go to Robson Street on 4/20. First off, we don't have a 4/20, and secondly, I have enough fun smoking weed at home by myself every day NOT surrounded by a ton of annoying brats.

There is an ISO standard for dates it us YYYY-MM-DD. This sorts properly and is the only correct way to show dates. so 04-20 is correct.

[afc wimbledon]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

Dude I don't touch the stuff, and I'd be diving for that cookie. Attica Attica, falsely accused.

that's why they'd use a hostess Twinkie, only the truly effed up will go for one of those

[polak]

No what you want to use is something that used to be good but is now past its normal shelf life but still edible. Like 2 day old chicken wings or fish tacos from the fridge or something.

Sober people will be disgusted by it while anyone who has the munchies will not be able to resist.

[Jacks]

Edit: April fools is over.

[Fuzz]

Ugh. I hate April 1.

[troutman]

WTF? edibles won't be legalized? I don't want to smoke it.

Cannabis candies will stay off-limits after marijuana legalization — and that's a mistake: researcher

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/are-...cher-1.4661471

Despite their illegal status, "you can buy edibles online and get these products delivered to your home in Canada," Charlebois said. Today, the industry goes well beyond brownies and cookies.

[CaptainCrunch]

This thing is starting to become a real mess.


the borders stuff, the off limits on edibles

[CliffFletcher]

Not surprising. When a City of Calgary delegation returned from a fact-finding mission in Colorado, Nenshi said that the number one thing authorities warned them about was edibles. Most people have no idea what their tolerance is for edibles, and the onset time and effects vary dramatically. Colorado had all sorts of problems with people going out for a night on the town, deciding to try edibles, and getting totally messed up and unable to cope or get home. And lots of cases of children being poisoned by mistakenly eating edibles in the form of cookies and gummy bears.

I expect it will be another year or two before Canada has sorted our regulatory and safety issues around edibles.

[Swarly]

Originally Posted by troutman

WTF? edibles won't be legalized? I don't want to smoke it.

Cannabis candies will stay off-limits after marijuana legalization — and that's a mistake: researcher

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/are-...cher-1.4661471

Am I mistaken or has this not been the plan for a long time now? I thought it has always been legalization this year but no edibles or cafe's for the first year of legalization. As a way to ease into it, test out the new laws and see what needs to be changed before diving all-in with everything. I don't necessarily agree, I would prefer edibles right away and think it a little odd how they want to treat pot like alcohol in public (no public smoking etc.) yet alcohol has bars to drink in but no cafes to smoke in?? seems a bit slow but I thought it was this way since the beginning

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by afc wimbledon

that's why they'd use a hostess Twinkie, only the truly effed up will go for one of those

You know what caught me by surprise.



I went to Mac's last night to pick up pop, and There were Twinkies for sale. I was scared to look at the date of manufacture label, but I would almost assume that they would have a manufactured date from the 80's and a best before date of never.

[Burninator]

Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

You know what caught me by surprise.



I went to Mac's last night to pick up pop, and There were Twinkies for sale. I was scared to look at the date of manufacture label, but I would almost assume that they would have a manufactured date from the 80's and a best before date of never.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/forever-twinkies/

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by Burninator

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/forever-twinkies/

Yeah . . . I think you work for big Twinkie and the confectionery food industry.


We know that Twinkies are so cheap because most of them were manufactured in the 1950's and stored when a dollar was worth a penny and labor was a lot cheaper.

[Weitz]

Interesting article since all that talk about 'Terry' a while ago.

Why Colorado's black market for marijuana is booming 4 years after legalization

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/colorad...rket-1.4647198

When recreational marijuana went on sale in Colorado in 2014, the government's goal was to regulate and tax a drug that was already widely used and to squeeze out dealers and traffickers in the process.

But law enforcement authorities in the state say legalization has done the exact opposite.

Even though there are more than 500 recreational marijuana dispensaries in the state, the black market is booming. It's being driven by criminal organizations that grow weed in Colorado and smuggle their crop into states where it is still illegal and can be sold for a much greater profit.

The black market hasn't gone away within the state, either, because some marijuana users are deterred by the higher dispensary prices and are loyal to their long-time dealers.