Slog Comments
Friendly Reminder: Don't Smoke Pot in Dumb Public Places (Like on Federal Property)
1
Also, it's not legal in any public places in WA.
Oh, and Planet Money's running an excellent series on the finance side of pot. Apparently, because of the federal rules it's really difficult to even open a bank account if you're a pot dispensary.
Oh, and Planet Money's running an excellent series on the finance side of pot. Apparently, because of the federal rules it's really difficult to even open a bank account if you're a pot dispensary.
3
Like the entrance to the bus tunnel on Pine next to A & F? Because I saw several urbanites openly partaking there Monday afternoon...
4
25 feet from the door, that's the rule.
Also not legal on any college or university campus, but not sure about private ones like SU or SPU.
I think the ferry lines are ok, but have not checked on that yet. You can't smoke on a bus, but think you can on a water taxi.
Also not legal on any college or university campus, but not sure about private ones like SU or SPU.
I think the ferry lines are ok, but have not checked on that yet. You can't smoke on a bus, but think you can on a water taxi.
6
It's still not allowed on any College or University that gets any kind of federal funding (read: all of them).
Think of it like booze, not cigarettes. So pretty much nowhere outside of your house for now.
Think of it like booze, not cigarettes. So pretty much nowhere outside of your house for now.
7
And for fucks sake learn how to wrap your weed. If you make the entire train car smells like a skunk farted in a jester beanie, you probably did it wrong.
It's in the best interest of everyone that the general public doesn't feel encroached upon by this legal victory.
It's in the best interest of everyone that the general public doesn't feel encroached upon by this legal victory.
8
Keep in mind if you are traveling to other states and you have a medical marijuana card and go through a border patrol checkpoint the BP officers will still cite you for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia, etc. even if you have a legal medical marijuana card and the state you are travelling in has medical marijuana laws - they have to cite you because they are feds even though the state recognizes it as legal. But keep your medical marijuana card valid because the prosecutors should just dismiss it once they receive verification or depending on the state you can be charged with crimes because the medical marijuana laws are not exactly the same.
9
This also includes block parties on Capitol Hill, as well as Hempfest. In fact, I would love nothing more than to see the cops arrest dozens of idiots for smoking in the open on the next festival.
10
@9: You're going to be waiting a long, long time if you expect that people are ever going to be arrested for smoking pot during Hempfest.
11
I'm kind of doubting that, @9.
Lowest priority.
Now pick up your trash, that's a higher priority for enforcement here in Seattle. And Tacoma.
Lowest priority.
Now pick up your trash, that's a higher priority for enforcement here in Seattle. And Tacoma.
14
@12 - more than you might think. not at state borders, but within some number of miles of a national border or entry point. Seatac is an entry point. So is the cruise terminal on Elliot Bay.
http://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights/la…
http://www.aclu.org/immigrants-rights/la…
15
I wouldn't really characterize pot as being legal as of midnight, I think the more accurate way to think about it is that it's no longer illegal under state law, and within the limitations described. It remains illegal everywhere under federal law, even if that law is more or less likely to be enforced, depending on where you're standing at the moment
16
It's like saying "discrimination is legal" in states that never took their Jim Crow laws off the books. Or saying "abortion is legal" in states that kept all their laws on the books that were overturned by Roe v. Wade.
Everyone knows this but when it comes to pot they are pretending they don't know it because pretending makes it true.
It's fun to pretend. I'm a beautiful princess and the flowers and butterflies of the forest love me.
Everyone knows this but when it comes to pot they are pretending they don't know it because pretending makes it true.
It's fun to pretend. I'm a beautiful princess and the flowers and butterflies of the forest love me.
17
@9: "This also includes block parties on Capitol Hill, as well as Hempfest. In fact, I would love nothing more than to see the cops arrest dozens of idiots for smoking in the open on the next festival."
Man, is there ever anything you post that doesn't make you sound like an intolerable asshole?
Man, is there ever anything you post that doesn't make you sound like an intolerable asshole?
18
my god. fuck all this mind your ps and qs shit. pot is legal. celebrate. fuck encroaching on people. its legal. talk a walk around the block and smoke a fucking joint at midnight! fuck yeah!!!
19
@12 They are usually within a few miles of the border - California and Arizona is one. They have a lot of "permanent-temporary" checkpoints as they call them all over. It was very eye-opening moving from Washington to Arizona to see this. Also, BP will pull you over for speeding, etc. and then just call in the regular cops to make an arrest. From Arizona border to San Diego there are two if not three of these checkpoints and it is only a 2 hour drive. Usually all equipped with drug dogs.
20
@18 this kind of attitude is exactly what she's talking about. It's legal to smoke IN YOUR HOUSE or on your own property. It is NOT LEGAL to smoke pot in public, just like it's not legal to have an open container of booze in public. You can't smoke pot anywhere that you can't smoke cigarettes, and you doubly can't smoke it around other people that may not want you to do it. I.E. IN PUBLIC. So please, coming from someone who is down with 420 but not a smoker, chill the fuck out, have some consideration, and understand what the hell you are talking about.
Comments (20) RSS