Smoking Pot Legal in Washington State and Colorado..well, at least on the State level at any rate

[shadowkat]

Apparently Colorado and Washington made recreational marijuana or pot legal. Which is interesting, considering it isn't legal Federally. This sort of puts Colorado at odds with the Federal Government.

So...while it is legal to smoke pot in Colorado from the State's perspective, you might not want to do it around any Federal DEA agents?

Also, they couldn't have passed this law when I was in school out there?

Go here: http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/political/marijuana-legal-in-colorado-washington-but-dont-break-out-the-cheetos-yet

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/08/us/politics/marijuana-laws-eased-in-colorado-and-washington.html?_r=0

Comments

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

This "legalization" also has my blogger brother in a pickle. He's pro-legalization, but anti-states flouting federal law and setting a precedent for that on measures that are less agreeable being passed by other states. My guess? It won't be able to stand just because the popular vote likes it. It may end up going up through the courts.

[cactuswatcher.livejournal.com]

Arizona legalized medical marijuana not long ago. But every time the state talks about setting up to license places where it could be sold, the feds say they'll arrest the people accepting the applications for the state.

[cindergal.livejournal.com]

WA legalized marijuana as well. It'll be interesting to see how they get around that whole pesky federal law thing.

[petzipellepingo.livejournal.com]

They did the same thing within the city limits of Detroit.

[flameraven.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it's an interesting conundrum. If they do manage to set up legal places to buy the pot, though, they're going to take a huge chunk of money out of the illegal drug trade (to the tune of 1 billion+ per year, is what I'm hearing) so while I think it will probably end up going through the courts, the federal government might be persuaded to back down on this one. The money alone is a compelling argument.