Recreational Marijuana in Illinois

sharpy wrote:My town voted to do more research


More Research???--- nobody high on weed every mass killed anyone. Nobody smoking weed ever beat his wife ….nobody high on weed ever raped anyone, started a fight, or began an argument …..However, I guess they will eat all your chips, cookies and fries … SO BAN IT!

blondy28 wrote:It's rather amusing reading about the township meetings where they're voting on whether or not they want to allow dispensaries in their towns.  The comments on these articles are a throwback to Reefer Madness.  The same cast of characters who defend a grifter like Trump, who's an actual threat to all of us, are absolutely beside themselves at the thought of weed being sold in Illinois.  Rob, I see your town voted to approve dispensaries.  Northbrook, I understand, approved it last night.  I've seen that there is a group of people who wear t-shirts and they go to all the township meetings to try to talk them into opposing it.  Makes me think of the dry towns.  Did they have fewer alcoholics or DUIs?  I think Wheaton was the last town to finally give up its "dry" status.  

My town voted to do more research.  I think that mayor Jim Schwantz, former 85 Bear, was the deciding vote on that.  We haven't had the actual vote yet.

sharpy wrote:My town voted to do more research


More Research???--- nobody high on weed every mass killed anyone. Nobody smoking weed ever beat his wife ….nobody high on weed ever raped anyone, started a fight, or began an argument …..However, I guess they will eat all your chips, cookies and fries … SO BAN IT!

jaywit wrote:Isn't Illinois bankrupt or about to be?  This has been a huge cash cow for Washington.  Maybe the transition of the money from illegal hands to legal/taxable hands isn't sitting so well with those involved in the illegal distribution who are otherwise well-connected.

alohafri wrote:I'm holding out for recreational LSD.

jaywit wrote:Isn't Illinois bankrupt or about to be?  This has been a huge cash cow for Washington.  Maybe the transition of the money from illegal hands to legal/taxable hands isn't sitting so well with those involved in the illegal distribution who are otherwise well-connected.

sharpy wrote:I'll only use work related LSD.


Given your profession's use of acronyms, initials, nicknames, monikers and completely indecipherable notes - I figured LSD was already widely used ….

blondy28 wrote:

jaywit wrote:Isn't Illinois bankrupt or about to be?  This has been a huge cash cow for Washington.  Maybe the transition of the money from illegal hands to legal/taxable hands isn't sitting so well with those involved in the illegal distribution who are otherwise well-connected.

The anti-weed people say that the costs associated with the increased number of people driving under the influence makes up for any tax revenue.  Of course, this is when the pro-folks point out that just because you opt out of selling it doesn't mean that users won't be driving through your town so you end up with the additional expense without the revenue.

Yeah, our state has a bunch of problems with finances, which is why I don't get why the Republicans keep cutting taxes.  Our former governor, who was named the worst governor in the country by his own party, took office an immediately got rid of the state income tax that Governor Quinn put in place.  Our issues are not enough that we can save our way out of them.  If we got every dollar that we sent to Washington back, we wouldn't be in such bad shape, but while we're supporting South Carolina and Mississippi, on top of our own state, then it's definitely an uphill battle.

jaywit wrote:

blondy28 wrote:

jaywit wrote:Isn't Illinois bankrupt or about to be?  This has been a huge cash cow for Washington.  Maybe the transition of the money from illegal hands to legal/taxable hands isn't sitting so well with those involved in the illegal distribution who are otherwise well-connected.

The anti-weed people say that the costs associated with the increased number of people driving under the influence makes up for any tax revenue.  Of course, this is when the pro-folks point out that just because you opt out of selling it doesn't mean that users won't be driving through your town so you end up with the additional expense without the revenue.

Yeah, our state has a bunch of problems with finances, which is why I don't get why the Republicans keep cutting taxes.  Our former governor, who was named the worst governor in the country by his own party, took office an immediately got rid of the state income tax that Governor Quinn put in place.  Our issues are not enough that we can save our way out of them.  If we got every dollar that we sent to Washington back, we wouldn't be in such bad shape, but while we're supporting South Carolina and Mississippi, on top of our own state, then it's definitely an uphill battle.

Do any of your border states have legal weed?  If not, Illinois would likely get a ton of revenue from out of staters.  With Oregon recently becoming legal, Washington is watching to see how our income stream changes.

blondy28 wrote:

jaywit wrote:

blondy28 wrote:

jaywit wrote:Isn't Illinois bankrupt or about to be?  This has been a huge cash cow for Washington.  Maybe the transition of the money from illegal hands to legal/taxable hands isn't sitting so well with those involved in the illegal distribution who are otherwise well-connected.

The anti-weed people say that the costs associated with the increased number of people driving under the influence makes up for any tax revenue.  Of course, this is when the pro-folks point out that just because you opt out of selling it doesn't mean that users won't be driving through your town so you end up with the additional expense without the revenue.

Yeah, our state has a bunch of problems with finances, which is why I don't get why the Republicans keep cutting taxes.  Our former governor, who was named the worst governor in the country by his own party, took office an immediately got rid of the state income tax that Governor Quinn put in place.  Our issues are not enough that we can save our way out of them.  If we got every dollar that we sent to Washington back, we wouldn't be in such bad shape, but while we're supporting South Carolina and Mississippi, on top of our own state, then it's definitely an uphill battle.

Do any of your border states have legal weed?  If not, Illinois would likely get a ton of revenue from out of staters.  With Oregon recently becoming legal, Washington is watching to see how our income stream changes.

Michigan voted for it on a ballot referendum, but I don't think they've started selling yet.  I think Colorado is the closest state to Illinois that sells it because my very good friend has a lot of medical issues and she wasn't able to get medical marijuana in Illinois, so she and her husband drove to Colorado a few months ago, and they'll probably have to make one more trip this year.

jaywit wrote:

blondy28 wrote:

jaywit wrote:

blondy28 wrote:

jaywit wrote:Isn't Illinois bankrupt or about to be?  This has been a huge cash cow for Washington.  Maybe the transition of the money from illegal hands to legal/taxable hands isn't sitting so well with those involved in the illegal distribution who are otherwise well-connected.

The anti-weed people say that the costs associated with the increased number of people driving under the influence makes up for any tax revenue.  Of course, this is when the pro-folks point out that just because you opt out of selling it doesn't mean that users won't be driving through your town so you end up with the additional expense without the revenue.

Yeah, our state has a bunch of problems with finances, which is why I don't get why the Republicans keep cutting taxes.  Our former governor, who was named the worst governor in the country by his own party, took office an immediately got rid of the state income tax that Governor Quinn put in place.  Our issues are not enough that we can save our way out of them.  If we got every dollar that we sent to Washington back, we wouldn't be in such bad shape, but while we're supporting South Carolina and Mississippi, on top of our own state, then it's definitely an uphill battle.

Do any of your border states have legal weed?  If not, Illinois would likely get a ton of revenue from out of staters.  With Oregon recently becoming legal, Washington is watching to see how our income stream changes.

Michigan voted for it on a ballot referendum, but I don't think they've started selling yet.  I think Colorado is the closest state to Illinois that sells it because my very good friend has a lot of medical issues and she wasn't able to get medical marijuana in Illinois, so she and her husband drove to Colorado a few months ago, and they'll probably have to make one more trip this year.

Even though it's legal in Washington, Idaho (where weed is not legal) has made it publicly known that transport of marijuana across state lines will be treated as a federal offense.  I don't know the laws regarding drugs/marijuana but the implication is that one would not be arrested for possession but instead arrested for possible selling and distribution.  Washingtonians with weed travelling into Idaho are careful not to speed or do anything else to be pulled over and potentially searched.