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Main Street Marijuana,
Open for Business
BY MARY OUGHT SIX · TUE JUL 15, 2014
Twenty months after Washingtonians voted yes on recreational marijuana, the first pot shops have been cleared to open for business. July 8th was the official first day, but the 9th was the opening of the first pot store in SW Washington’s Clark County, just a hop, skip and a joint from the Oregon border.
Main St. Marijuana in Vancouver is just one mile from Portland, Oregon. Proprietor Ramsey Hamide anticipates that, “A huge influx of our business is going to be Oregonians or from the Portland metropolitan area.” http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/marijuana
First in the long line of people waiting to buy legal weed was Mark Edwards, 42, from Salem, Oregon. He arrived at 3:30am. “I got here early and now I get to be first of the historic day, so I’m enjoying that.” he told HIGH TIMES. “It’s the whole idea that it’s legal for the first time. I don’t have to worry about getting arrested over it, I just go buy it. I’m going to take it to a family member’s house tonight and just enjoy it for once, truly and fully.”
Edwards predicted he wouldn’t be coming to the Vancouver shop for long, “[Oregon] is going to be on the November ballot, I’m confident of that and I’m confident that when it does go through this year it’s going to be legal in just a matter of time now.”
Marijuana: What's the Story?, by Don Dupay
New Year, New World:
Legal Marijuana Sales Begin in Colorado
- by Erik Altieri, NORML Communications DirectorJanuary 1, 2014
At eight o’clock this morning, Iraq War Veteran Sean Azzariti stepped up to the counter at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver and made the first ever legal marijuana purchase in the United States. He didn’t have to show a medical marijuana program card, proving he paid a fee and consulted a doctor, he simply flashed his driver’s license to confirm he was over 21 and bought his cannabis products. This is a first for Sean, who uses cannabis to treat his PTSD, as his ailment was not an authorized qualifying condition for the Colorado medical marijuana program.
The first purchase? 3.5 grams of Bubba Kush and a marijuana infused truffle. Total cost? 58.74 with tax included ($40 plus tax for the Kush and $9.28 plus tax for the truffle. You can view his receipt he tweeted out here.)
So far, the 34 stores that were open for business today are reporting massive lines, but no real problems. The sky has yet to fall, drivers aren’t crashing continuously into buildings, violence has not erupted in the streets. Maybe it is possible, after decades of scare mongering, that regulation just might be the better alternative after all? The program is still in it’s beginning stages, and will naturally need fine tuning along the way, but so far it is already looking like a widely better solution than prohibition ever was. Judging by the lines that extended far outside the door and around the building at all of the retail locations, Coloradans seem to be very eager to give regulation a chance. Let’s work together to ensure this program works and that it sets the shining example for all other states to follow in the coming years nationwide.
Congratulations to Colorado and all those who worked so hard to get us to this point. It is truly a historic day.
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"People have only as much liberty
as they have the intelligence to want
and the courage to take.”
Emma Goldman
The officers involved were not punished for this crime. Chief Potter essentially blamed the victim. (the mentally ill) The officers who kicked, punched, and beat James to death (in front of 12 witnesses) were neither disciplined nor prosecuted. There was zero accountability for this crime. And the killings continue. tmf
http://www.theportlandalliance.org/alienboy
And Checkout The Alliance Community Action Calendar
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BREAKING NEWS AT THE ALLIANCE:
SYSTEM GRAVELY BROKEN:
RESPONSES TO CHASSE DISCIPLINE REVERSAL
The two officers who had been disciplined in
the brutal beating death of James Chasse, Jr. were ordered to have their records expunged and back payments made for the 80 hours each was suspended.
As long as we continue to have little police accountability in Portland,
avoidable killings of innocent people will continue.
http://www.ThePortlandAlliance.org/policeaccountability
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