Nevada voting on legalization

Alaskan Biker · Post by **Alaskan Biker** » Sat 14th Oct 2006 05:41 pm

I have not come across a lot of news about Nevada's upcoming election but just so anyone who has not heard is aware of it we have 2 states making an attempt at legalization this November.

Nevada is trying again with Question 7 to vote on the legalization and possession of 1 ounce for adults over 21 and I wish them all the best they are having a much harder fight there than the one going on in Colorado that has me quite hopeful.

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/455 ... tight_race

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15127242/

711 · Post by **711** » Sat 14th Oct 2006 07:11 pm

Legalization or decriminalization?

mazdog · Post by **mazdog** » Sat 14th Oct 2006 07:45 pm

the nevada one is legalization of upto an ounce.
I've got my fingers crossed and if it passes i just may be packing my bags.
I already love Vegas and the only thing that could make it better would be 'coffeeshops' or at least the comfort of knowing the ounce in my pocket won't send me to jail.

the mayor of Vegas also recently said he would like to turn the dowtown Fremont street area in a 'little Amsterdam' with coffeeshops and brothels............fuckin BRILLIANT!!!!

711 · Post by **711** » Sat 14th Oct 2006 09:14 pm

Still, vegas and dam are a far way aways. And I don't mean geographically.

dblair1969 · Post by **dblair1969** » Sat 14th Oct 2006 09:53 pm

If the Nevada law passes, I'm selling my home in California and heading to Vegas, I have several years working in casinos already, so finding work shouldn't be to tough... VOTE YES !!!!!

mazdog · Post by **mazdog** » Sat 14th Oct 2006 11:54 pm

Still, vegas and dam are a far way aways.

what?

of course they are/will be/would be completely different. The fact of the matter is that Las Vegas is one of the most liberal and forward thinking cities (right up with SF and other Cali cities) in this country and if change is ever gonna come its gotta start like this in a place like Vegas.
How is this anything but a huge forward step for herbal comsumptionists?

Stygian23 · Post by **Stygian23** » Sun 15th Oct 2006 12:04 am

mazdog wrote:The fact of the matter is that Las Vegas is one of the most liberal and forward thinking cities (right up with SF and other Cali cities) in this country and if change is ever gonna come its gotta start like this in a place like Vegas.

How could a state founded by polygamists and made popular by Italian mafiosi NOT be liberal? That's my question.

Alaskan Biker · Post by **Alaskan Biker** » Sun 15th Oct 2006 08:36 pm

mazdog wrote:the nevada one is legalization of upto an ounce.
I've got my fingers crossed and if it passes i just may be packing my bags.
I already love Vegas and the only thing that could make it better would be 'coffeeshops' or at least the comfort of knowing the ounce in my pocket won't send me to jail.

the mayor of Vegas also recently said he would like to turn the dowtown Fremont street area in a 'little Amsterdam' with coffeeshops and brothels............fuckin BRILLIANT!!!!

Brilliant is the right word...........I wonder could there be a Mazdog shop in the future ?

dblair1969 · Post by **dblair1969** » Sun 15th Oct 2006 10:21 pm

"Little Amsterdam" in Vegas? I've got Goosebumps! I don't have words to express how awsome that would be.....

Doog · Post by **Doog** » Mon 16th Oct 2006 09:32 am

dblair1969 wrote:"Little Amsterdam" in Vegas? I've got Goosebumps! I don't have words to express how awsome that would be.....

How 'bout Viva Las Vegas

"Bright light city gonna set my soul, gonna set my soul on fire, got a whole lotta money that's ready to burn, so get those stakes up higher......"

hey you guys know how that song goes anyway, and no doubt there would be some sort of remixed stoner version if the dream became reality.

If Elvis Presley were alive today, he would be (and allegedy was) a toker.

DrGonzo · Post by **DrGonzo** » Mon 16th Oct 2006 12:51 pm

Oh how the Casinos would love that.

Another form of intoxication to aid them in their quest to part you from your hard earned!

Mind, I'd visit just for the Coffeshops, Sod Gambling.

I'm constantly hearing about the high quality smokeables being produced in the states and even claims that it's "Way" better than Amsterdam........... Hopefully I'll be able to sample that for myself soon?

420 2008 in Vegas anyone?

courtjester · Post by **courtjester** » Tue 17th Oct 2006 04:04 am

Mazdog, to answer your rhetorical question literally, you're absolutely right, there's nothing but upside to it.

When one domino falls, 49 others will start to tumble. Nevada already has no state income tax because it was forward-thinking on casinos. Wait until it starts flaunting the additional benefits of taxing herb, and lures the wealth of 10 million-or-so Americans into the desert (as if people weren't already moving there in droves).

We aren't talking about weed now. We're talking about personal wealth, and how it invariably will suffer in the last states to fall into lockstep.

The weed won't look so dastardly then, unlike those last politicians claiming they know best how to limit personal free will.

Whether this particular initiative passes or not, Nevada is the great U.S. weed frontier, and will get this done within the next few years.

cannibistourist · Post by **cannibistourist** » Tue 17th Oct 2006 04:41 am

right on court jester!

hey drgonzo definately check vegas the cannabis scene there is gettin pretty wild! on my trip there earlier this year was actually told by a local ive known for years that she hasnt been able to find "regular" weed there in ages its all local grown gold!

also the first place i scored and tried bubblehash! Vegas is a must!

Lafe · Post by **Lafe** » Tue 17th Oct 2006 05:04 am

I'm constantly hearing about the high quality smokeables being produced in the states

Depending on where you live, it's slim pickings to be sure but I have indeed sampled on occasion what could only have been grown by boutique growers more interested in the quality of product than quantity produced. Some of these people are true craftsmen (craftwomen?) and their wares are superb.

Obviously, when the capitalism aspect gets factored in the market will decide what might available for commercial consumption by the masses.

The big difference between this and other U.S efforts at decriminalization is of course the permission to sell in a regulated fashion. Leave it to the Nevada Capitalists to get in front of this movement :-) No surprise there, eh?

Stygian23 · Post by **Stygian23** » Tue 17th Oct 2006 07:02 am

courtjester wrote:When one domino falls, 49 others will start to tumble.

The problem with that statement is that is the very logic the U.S. used for entering the Korean and Viet Nam wars (no such thing as a police action that sends home hundreds of thousands in body bags and utilizes napalm). Alaska has had some of the most progressive laws in relation to cannabis for decades, however that hasn't caused any other states to start passing the same laws. And Nevada has had legalized gambling and prostitution, however only the Native Americans have adopted gambling as freely and last I checked only Nevada had legal prostitutes.

Shrug. The day will come when it is legal again. It is impossible to keep a prohibition law in effect in the long run.