Congratulations, CANADA!

[rah]

Is that sort of like letting Indians have gambling?

Yeah.

The white man does have the leg up on the cultivation side but there is still plenty of opportunity on the sales end. It will obviously be licensed so just give them to minorities.

[Wezil]

How long until there is critical mass to change US laws?

I realize some states have legalized recreational use (I've been to a CO dispensary) and even more for medical reasons but until there is a change in law at the federal level the whole industry is in stasis.

[rah]

I think when half the states make it legal for recreational use, there will finally be a majority of politicians that are skimming off the profits in some manner, and that will be the tipping point.

[Proteus_MST]

How long until there is critical mass to change US laws?

I realize some states have legalized recreational use (I've been to a CO dispensary) and even more for medical reasons but until there is a change in law at the federal level the whole industry is in stasis.

I doubt that any change of the status will come under GOP rule.
Therefore I guess, that you cannot expect legalized Marijuana in the USA o0n a federal level in the next 2-4 years (after which ideally there is a Democrat PotUS and a Democrat dominated Senate and Congress)

[pchang]

I'm sure the law would change immediately it there were a rash of glaucoma among old, rich, white men.

[Wezil]

I have no doubt it's a nonstarter under this admin. Sessions is infected with the old reefer madness delusion.

I cannot imagine the US getting there in anything less than 5 years. The conservatives are convinced it will usher in some sort of hell.

[rah]

For medicinal use isn't good enough.

[Felch]

I'm guessing federal legalization in 2021-2022. The public is about 60% in favor, but that hardly matters. The tipping point is when the money against legalization is less than the money for legalization.

I see it as the cannabis industry and maybe banks against the alcohol/restaurant and maybe police/prison lobbies. Hopefully more trade groups will see legal cannabis as a positive and step in.

[Felch]

On a personal note, I no longer smoke weed.

I got myself a vaporizer. It's healthier and more efficient!

[rah]

Too many states are moving towards insolvency. There is big money in it for them. Politicians can smell the money. Chicago is already talking about it, and I know Illinois won't let Chicago take all the taxes so it will be legal in Illinois before 2020. (yes, I am an Optimist.)

[Wezil]

Facts on the ground caused the change here. Use was prevalent and, unlike the US, long prison sentences weren't seen as a solution.

Combine that with a PM desperate to achieve at least one of his major campaign promises.

[Lorizael]

wut

[Wezil]

On a personal note, I no longer smoke weed.

I got myself a vaporizer. It's healthier and more efficient!

I'm too attached to my gravity bong.

[Wezil]

Too many states are moving towards insolvency. There is big money in it for them. Politicians can smell the money. Chicago is already talking about it, and I know Illinois won't let Chicago take all the taxes so it will be legal in Illinois before 2020. (yes, I am an Optimist.)

It's amusing that money issues will be the cause for change. Not the fact that it just makes sense.

I'm rooting for you Rah. The revolution started in Uruguay but it will reach your shores eventually.

[ZEE]

I'm too attached to my gravity bong.

Those are nasty and ghettofied.