Nebraska and Oklahoma aim to harsh the mellow

Seriously, why would they do this? I am not a fan of legalized pot, trust me. It brings a good deal of undesirables to the area. But why?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30542646

As a Colorado resident who has recently driven through Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma, all I can do is laugh at their argument. "We had to spend all our overtime budgets to bring the officers to testify in court." BullE36 M3. You used up your overtime budgets running triple patrols on every highway that leads to and from Colorado with the intent of busting more people who might have it on them. Had they done the same 5 years ago, I'd imagine the arrest rate wouldn't have been much different.

Fueled by Caffeine wrote: Seriously, why would they do this?

You kinda have to go there and experience the people directly to understand them, and then this.

Can't speak for Nebraska, but I hear bad things about Oklahoma residents and their ability to roll a joint:

Song

Sometimes, your neighbors having fun bothers you so much you call the cops on them.

They stop anyone with Colorado plates looking for stoners. We ere talking about this at work after Thanksgiving break and every time someone I work with leaves the state on a road trip the average time they are stopped is about 3 times. I made it to Ohio and between Columbus and Cleveland I was stopped 4 times. Having legal pot sucks. Tax money is great, but the influx of minimum wage earners and everything that brings with it is horrible. Then you have the pot tourists. You can usually find them strolling through the middle of the road after eating an entire monkey bar. Usually need to remind them that this isn't crap grown in your friends attic and there is a reason that there are servings on the packages.

Hungary Bill wrote: Can't speak for Nebraska, but I hear bad things about Oklahoma residents and their ability to roll a joint: Song

I freakin' love this song.

xd wrote: They stop anyone with Colorado plates looking for stoners. We ere talking about this at work after Thanksgiving break and every time someone I work with leaves the state on a road trip the average time they are stopped is about 3 times. I made it to Ohio and between Columbus and Cleveland I was stopped 4 times.

So Colorado tags = probable cause?

Does California stop Nevada drivers to search for hookers?

foxtrapper wrote:

Fueled by Caffeine wrote: Seriously, why would they do this?

You kinda have to go there and experience the people directly to understand them, and then this.

Fair point, I've only driven through the states. I think I was in Omaha when I was 3 for two nights.

foxtrapper wrote:

Fueled by Caffeine wrote: Seriously, why would they do this?

You kinda have to go there and experience the people directly to understand them, and then this.

Don't lump us all in with the insane, bible-thumpers that inhabit this state.

Unfortunately those of us that don't suck at life are still outnumbered by frittatas.

bludroptop wrote: Does California stop Nevada drivers to search for hookers?

Nope, because Cali has more than enough of them.....they're probably even unionized in those two states. If they are actually catching people from Colorado with the E36 M3 on them, well....those caught people from Colorado are berkeleying dipE36 M3s.

The legal pot thing is a pain in the patootie. Colorado is a pretty great state, but since that law passed the only thing anyone knows about it is legal pot, followed by high school level humor. Sheesh.

Haven't had any issues with cops in adjoining states myself, but I've only gone east in a truck and trailer. I'm not looking forward to taking the VW camper out of state, because then the dumb stereotypes will really kick in.

Dude!

bludroptop wrote:

xd wrote: They stop anyone with Colorado plates looking for stoners. We ere talking about this at work after Thanksgiving break and every time someone I work with leaves the state on a road trip the average time they are stopped is about 3 times. I made it to Ohio and between Columbus and Cleveland I was stopped 4 times.

So Colorado tags = probable cause? Does California stop Nevada drivers to search for hookers?

No but they stop them to look for guns.

I think Nebraska and Oklahoma are just angry because it's cutting into their meth market.

/lived in south Omaha for 8 years. Saw some crazy E36 M3.

Legal pot in Washington state...

Absolutely no difference noticed.

bludroptop wrote:

xd wrote: They stop anyone with Colorado plates looking for stoners. We ere talking about this at work after Thanksgiving break and every time someone I work with leaves the state on a road trip the average time they are stopped is about 3 times. I made it to Ohio and between Columbus and Cleveland I was stopped 4 times.

So Colorado tags = probable cause? Does California stop Nevada drivers to search for hookers?

Between Columbus and Cleveland, anything out of state is probable cause enough... if two people are going 75, Mansfield or Ashland will pull over the out of state car.

Keith Tanner wrote: The legal pot thing is a pain in the patootie. Colorado is a pretty great state, but since that law passed the only thing anyone knows about it is legal pot, followed by high school level humor. Sheesh. Haven't had any issues with cops in adjoining states myself, but I've only gone east in a truck and trailer. I'm not looking forward to taking the VW camper out of state, because then the dumb stereotypes will really kick in.

Throw the following stickers on the back and they'll be sure to leave you alone.

Give it another year or two, and there will be a half-dozen more states with legal pot. Then Colorado won't be such a novelty.

Tim Baxter wrote: Give it another year or two, and there will be a half-dozen more states with legal pot. Then Colorado won't be such a novelty.

This years elections... Oregon, Alaska, DC (but Fed halted that one)

I'm actually surprised China or Russia isn't using the legalized pot as a reason to drop troops in to the US with full legal authority and UN backing. After all, we as a country have signed agreements and treaties we use to justify interdiction operations in other countries and yet we have areas of our own country violating those agreement.

The Mexican cartels could probably get Mexican troops in to the US to burn down pot fields, and thanks to current UN agreements also prosecute individual growers under Mexican anti-drug laws. Sure the current people in charge of the Federal enforcement have chosen not to enforce federal laws, but if their feet were held to the fire on an international stage I wouldn't bet on their protection.

We have had a customer ask us where the nearest pot shop was before he left to go home. Nobody at work had any idea. I live in the western part of CO, which is the conservative part. Things might be different in Boulder. Things are always different in Boulder

We've definitely seen some differences, but not good ones. It's still illegal federally, so any federal highway or airport construction projects are still zero tolerance. As my wife works in the construction industry, this has been a factor - failing a drug test will get you fired. This has been a hard lesson for some of the guys on the crews.

My mother in law works with developmentally challenged kids, and she's found a rise in kids with the THC equivalent of fetal alcohol syndrome. Unsurprisingly.

Wait.... Colorado has already collected 34 million in taxes?

What is the taxable rate on that stuff?

ronholm wrote: Wait.... Colorado has already collected 34 million in taxes? What is the taxable rate on that stuff?

Very high. Get it

Taxable rate is very high for recreational sales. I believe it's a 15% excise. Medicinal sales are still done at normal sales tax rates.

Oh, and the $34m in taxes was raised by the end of Q3.