Failed prohibition

[neoplacebo]

I'm high on life.

You stick with that. I'm life on high.

Highly unlikely.

Go fish.

[O Really]

Help is around the corner!

Maybe.

... The measure would let patients purchase and use marijuana from medical cannabis centers if their physician declares in writing they have one of more than a dozen "debilitating medical conditions" listed and that cannabis could bring health benefits. An amendment approved Thursday increases the amount of a prescribing physician's required training from three to 10 hours....

May be too restrictive for me to benefit.

We have medical providers in two states with legal pot. Nobody seems to be the least bit hesitant about offering a prescription, but it is different in that if you don't have a 'real" medical condition, you can just buy the recreational variety. We've never gotten a prescription, but Lady O sleeps sounder with an edible called "Retire Mints".

[Ulysses]

I'm high on life.

You stick with that. I'm life on high.

Highly unlikely.

Go fish.

AFAIK, fish don't smoke.

[neoplacebo]

As far as you know they may be plotting mayhem at midnight down at the koi pond. Just waiting for you to slip up.

[O Really]

I'm high on life.

You stick with that. I'm life on high.

Highly unlikely.

Go fish.

AFAIK, fish don't smoke.

Salmon do.

[Ulysses]

You stick with that. I'm life on high.

Highly unlikely.

Go fish.

AFAIK, fish don't smoke.

Salmon do.

LOL, I don't think the salmon had any choice in the matter.

[Vrede too]

I don't think neoplacebo has any choice in the matter.

[neoplacebo]

I don't think neoplacebo has any choice in the matter.

Hell, I'm in a desperate fight with some particularly aggressive batter.

[GoCubsGo]

Heck, so do whitefish, mullet, trout and sable to name a few.

[neoplacebo]

GOP representative from SC introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana. Must be a slow week for stolen elections, socialism, and freedom to die from a novel virus. ok
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans- ... 16233.html

[GoCubsGo]

GOP representative from SC introduces bill to decriminalize marijuana. Must be a slow week for stolen elections, socialism, and freedom to die from a novel virus. ok
https://www.yahoo.com/news/republicans- ... 16233.html

Or something in the water or air.

State Rep. Todd Rutherford wants to lower SC drinking age to 18

[Whack9]

Damn. So apparently in Texas its a felony to have THC edibles or vapes. Sick.

Even worse - in South Dakota getting busted with CBD gummies could land you a felony. Imagine wrecking someone's life over CBD gummies.

[Whack9]

The more I read about legalization in SD the more absurd and sketchy it seems.

Basically, voters voted to amend the state constitution to legalize marijuana, but the courts struck it down in a case brought forth by the state police and some county sherrif. Due to a technicality, and a rather minor one at that, the ballot initiative was struck down.

This country is such a joke sometimes.

https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Co ... 0)#Lawsuit

Plaintiffs alleged that Amendment A should be considered a revision to the constitution rather than an amendment and therefore that the measure should be declared invalid. In South Dakota, revisions to the constitution may be called by a three-fourths vote of all the members in each house of the state legislature. Revisions resulting from a revision convention would require a majority vote of members of the convention before being placed on the ballot for voter ratification.

...

"Our constitutional amendment procedure is very straightforward. In this case, the group bringing Amendment A unconstitutionally abused the initiative process. We’re confident that the courts will safeguard the South Dakota Constitution and the rule of law."[3]

Also note - the law the plaintiffs are referring to was only put in place back in 2018.

[Ulysses]

Hell, I'm in a desperate fight with some particularly aggressive batter.

Sounds like a clear cut case of salt and batter.

[GoCubsGo]

Damn. So apparently in Texas its a felony to have THC edibles or vapes. Sick.

Even worse - in South Dakota getting busted with CBD gummies could land you a felony. Imagine wrecking someone's life over CBD gummies.

CBD?
That state is cra cra.

[GoCubsGo]

The more I read about legalization in SD the more absurd and sketchy it seems.

Basically, voters voted to amend the state constitution to legalize marijuana, but the courts struck it down in a case brought forth by the state police and some county sherrif. Due to a technicality, and a rather minor one at that, the ballot initiative was struck down.

This country is such a joke sometimes.

https://ballotpedia.org/South_Dakota_Co ... 0)#Lawsuit

Plaintiffs alleged that Amendment A should be considered a revision to the constitution rather than an amendment and therefore that the measure should be declared invalid. In South Dakota, revisions to the constitution may be called by a three-fourths vote of all the members in each house of the state legislature. Revisions resulting from a revision convention would require a majority vote of members of the convention before being placed on the ballot for voter ratification.

...

"Our constitutional amendment procedure is very straightforward. In this case, the group bringing Amendment A unconstitutionally abused the initiative process. We’re confident that the courts will safeguard the South Dakota Constitution and the rule of law."[3]

Also note - the law the plaintiffs are referring to was only put in place back in 2018.

How can an amendment or revision to the constitution be illegal, the constitution defines the statutes and codes.

Hopefully appealed and overturned.

[Vrede too]

How can an amendment or revision to the constitution be illegal, the constitution defines the statutes and codes.

Hopefully appealed and overturned.

Sounds like the procedures are different for amendments and revisions. From the link:

Lawsuit overview

Issue: Whether the amendment comprises more than a single subject; whether the amendment is considered to be an amendment or a revision to the state constitution

Court: Hughes County Circuit Court

Ruling: Circuit Judge Christina Klinger ruled in favor of plaintiffs; South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws planned to appeal to the South Dakota Supreme Court

Plaintiff(s): Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom and South Dakota Highway Patrol Superintendent Rick Miller
Defendant(s): State of South Dakota; intervention by South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws and New Approach South Dakota

Plaintiff argument:
The measure comprises more than one subject; the measure does not simply amend the constitution but, rather, revises the constitution and therefore required a constitutional convention to be called for by a three-fourths vote of all the members of each house in the state legislature
Defendant argument:
Amendment A contains one subject to which all provisions are essentially related, and the state constitution's definition of amendment and revision is permissive, not obligatory.

(long discussion of the ruling)

Sounds to me like a technical issue rather than a pro or anti-pot ruling. I don't have an opinion on the correctness of the ruling, but the procedural law is what it is.

[billy.pilgrim]

You stick with that. I'm life on high.

Highly unlikely.

Go fish.

AFAIK, fish don't smoke.

Salmon do.

And mullet do too

[GoCubsGo]

Highly unlikely.

Go fish.

AFAIK, fish don't smoke.

Salmon do.

And mullet do too

Yuh huh!

Heck, so do whitefish, mullet, trout and sable to name a few.

[Ulysses]

Go fish.

AFAIK, fish don't smoke.

Salmon do.

And mullet do too

Yuh huh!

Heck, so do whitefish, mullet, trout and sable to name a few.

If I'm not mistaken, salmon and the other piscene critters mentioned don't actually smoke, rather, they get smoked, usually only after being caught, killed, and partitioned. So they are relatively passive recipients of the smoking process. As are the various humans here who get stoned way more than is good for their tiny brains.