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phleshdef

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22. None of that really matters. Public perception is what it is.

Reply to Uncle Joe (Reply #20)

Fri Jan 13, 2012, 03:08 PM

Jan 2012

Public perception of a CVS or Walgreens being near a school is nothing like public perception of a marijuana dispensary being near a school.

I know all about the dangers of Oxycontin. I originally grew up in southern appalachia, where its a horrible, horrible problem.

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Feds Crack Down On Colorado Medical Pot Dispensaries [View all] Purveyor Jan 2012 OP

Tell the feds to get in line if they want some bong hits. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #1

We have such twisted priorities in this country IMO. RKP5637 Jan 2012 #2

Again, as in CA the dispensaries are breaking STATE law. tridim Jan 2012 #3

Are you saying that state law requires them to be 1000 feet from schools? hlthe2b Jan 2012 #9

Another DUer on a similar thread posted that there isn't. SammyWinstonJack Jan 2012 #10

There is loads of disinformation about the subject on DU. Beware. tridim Jan 2012 #13

Yes it is state law. Robb Jan 2012 #11

Yes, there are maps with circles around schools for that specific purpose. tridim Jan 2012 #12

Wrong again.... DreamSmoker Jan 2012 #21

You don't know jack-squat about CO's MMJ laws. tridim Jan 2012 #23

Why are the fedz enforcing a state law? theaocp Jan 2012 #30

Gotta keep the market open for Big Pharma!!! KansDem Jan 2012 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author RKP5637 Jan 2012 #6

Thats ridiculously ignorant. There are a hell of a lot of dispensaries that their NOT shutting down. phleshdef Jan 2012 #8

I have to wonder at the double standard, are pharmacies required to be more than a 1000 ft Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #17

Theres no community/social stigma to deal with in regard to pharmacies, so it really doesn't matter. phleshdef Jan 2012 #19

If cannabis were legalized along the lines of alchohol I could agree with you, but Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #20

None of that really matters. Public perception is what it is. phleshdef Jan 2012 #22

Apparently public perception thought well enough of cannabis, despite decades of Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #24

Ok, I'm sorry, but thats a bunch of pious garbage. phleshdef Jan 2012 #26

Which and/or how many states had/have 100% consensus in regards to the fight for racial equality? Uncle Joe Jan 2012 #27

You have no reason to flood me with a wall of text, I ultimately want legalization. phleshdef Jan 2012 #28

23 dispensaries ain't a "crack down," Reuters. Robb Jan 2012 #5

Some people in Cali and Colorado are ABUSING their new found freedom. As a pro-legalization advocate phleshdef Jan 2012 #7

actually, the bar keeps moving. uncle ray Jan 2012 #15

If that were true, there would be a lot more dispensaries getting shut down than there is. phleshdef Jan 2012 #16

So True DreamSmoker Jan 2012 #29

yet another attempt to make shit up Froward69 Jan 2012 #14

Many states have the same kind of laws regarding liquor stores. phleshdef Jan 2012 #18

yes their are people locked up for H & C Froward69 Jan 2012 #25