Maryland Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession

It all smells/tastes nasty, I'll pass.

I drink to get drunk, not sick, just drunk.

Not all children like soda either.

It comes in all shapes sizes and creeds. Most of them are delicious! All of them except the sours. They can burn in hell!

I try to avoid wicked hangovers which is usually brought on by dark liquor. Projectile vomiting all the way home is not fun, the wibbly wobbly feeling of waking up isn't either.

Beer gets disgusting after a certain point, wine will eventually just put me to sleep, hard ciders agree with me and clear liquor mixed has proven reliable thus far.

As for skirting the feds? Salvia is legal last I checked though I've never done it. So are a number of other 'legal' highs.

I'm so not a hoppy beer fan. IPAs are bleeeeeeeeh.

doesn't work.

and is a sad joke, I don't even smoke, but know that it's a bad joke.

There are many different kinds my friend. English vs. American, west coast American vs east coast American. And lets not forget the almighty doubles and imperials (those are the best!) I had to warm myself up to them initially. If you find them a bit too bitter, seek out a west coast or even an English IPA. They tend to be more malty than an east coast style.

My personal favorite are stouts.

My favorite beer is


And it is difficult to get where I live sadly.

It sold out where I get beer and they won't get it back...not sure why. They keep changing what beer they get all the time.

Oh I do love me some barleywines. Belgian quadruples are very good too.



One of my favorites...

I didn't mean at work, I meant outside of it. Even a civil citation for mj on personal time would probably be grounds for termination. I don't smoke, but if it were truly legal in MD I'm not sure I'd still abstain.


This is so true. Now that I'm in my 30's, I can barely function if I drink too much the night before. In my 20's, it wasn't nearly as bad, and in my teens, hangovers didn't slow me down at all.

Even outside of work. Tests come back positive on a drug test and you're still screwed lol... this does nothing to legalize weed as all it does is make the ridiculous punishments less severe... you work for law enforcement man!

Like I said before too... even as all the states start to turn towards legalizing it or at least (in this case) lessening the punsihment the Feds are still making it quite a pain for people..

I'll reiterate that I'm of the opinion that random drug tests should be illegal, regardless of the profession.

As long as a person isn't high at work, it's none of their business.

Then again, I'm sure a bunch of persons will disagree with this, I really don't care, so save it.

I get more annoyed at employers wanting to run a credit check on you before the hire. Like seriously? I'm waiting for the anal probing.

Also, my facebook information? lol, no.

First of all I should say, I'm not a cop, I work in technology. I'm not subject to drug testing aside from as a condition for my initial hiring, as far as I'm aware, unless I wreck a department vehicle. An employer can still give you the boot for anything, so there's no true protections there, but I doubt you'll see many people being punished in this state for recreational amounts of weed anymore. Are cops going to waste their time on what amounts to less than a traffic ticket that adds points to your license? And the Feds are backing down a bit too, essentially saying recently that they won't interfere with state/local laws legalizing or decriminalizing marijuana.

Most cops have better things to do than to arrest people for dime bags. Now they can be out dealing with dangerous narcotics and the associated violence and property crime. Personally I think it's a pretty good start. The inner city isn't a hell because of marijuana...

ya, that's a bit far...

$100 - $500 tickets for multple offenses... yes the cops are going to be handing these out... revenue stream baby! Just like they continue to give out speeding tickets... and let me just say, if you pay more than that for a speeding ticket in your state you sir are getting raped.

I didn't think you were an officer. I do like how you say you are not suject to a drug test (outside initial hire) then give a condition that you would be subject to it. You should probably give your contract a re read so you at least fully understand the contract you signed.

It depends on whether you live in a right to work state but even so you can't legally get the boot for anything... say the boss wants you to sleep with em and you say no and you get fired for it... you can take em to court on that. There are protections but they vary state to state. Also, there are plenty of businesses even now and even with this new law passed that will can your *** for smoking weed (even in places like CO and WA).

Maybe they do in your podunk town? I know a couple years back we had issues with cops planting evidence (dime bags) on a bunch of people and then arresting them which led to more problems for us the tax payer. How can you even say this with a straight face with all the people getting arrested for possesion and the poeple that end up in prison/jail for some of this stuff. I personally think they'll start coming after people more now that they can "tax" you for this now.

They believe the inner city is hell because of drugs and marijuana is a part of that. Illegal sales of weed puts money into the hands of criminals man!

Beers!

Mil's new favorite

(Does not need ice)

You don't understand the amount of work that it takes to process drug arrests. Each piece of evidence has to be gone over, tested in a lab with strict quality controls on expensive equipment... it's not a revenue stream, not at $100-500.


The policy is this- you can be drug-tested if you're in certain positions, primarily ones that require a CDL, or you are in an accident in a work vehicle and they have reasonable suspicion that you were impaired. Thanks to our topic here, I just read it. In fact, it appears that we cannot be fired for civil violations, including this one... criminal drug convictions require notification for discipline, however. It will be interesting to see how this language is enforced.


MD is not a right to work state. We do have decent worker protections. It remains to be seen how this will be handled in light of changing laws.


The thing with small amounts of pot is that a subsequent in-depth search may lead to evidence of more serious violations. It's a helpful tool for cops. Again, how this will be handled under the new law, and whether or not you can use a civil violation as probable cause for a full search, is something that we'll have to see.

And many DA's have been backing away from going after people for misdemeanor marijuana charges for years. It depends on where you live, but here that seems to be the case.


No one with any sense actually believes marijuana causes the bulk of inner-city crime.

I tried that crabbies beer not long ago very good.

Love me some ginger beer!

I have had three hangovers in my life. Then I figured out what was causing them. Getting drunk and not eating. So I eat when I drink and limit myself to kinda half seas over.

Mind you this doesn't work for everyone. Some get hangovers no mater what. I mean a glass of wine with dinner will give people the full pounding headache / used sweatsock mouth treatment.
Putting out fires?

Light beer doesn't even qualify as barley pop. I don't drink barley pop either.

I like the browns and blacks and thick enough to take a knife and fork.

Once, back in my way babe days I was sipping a Guinness in a bar. Some dude sits down by me and asks "How can you drink that stuff? Its expensive and it tastes terrible."

"Slowly. Its expensive. And it tastes terrible."

On my lifetime top 10 worst pickup lines list.

Drinking tequila right now...

Looks TOTALLY yummy.

But it goes so well with ice and lime.

I live in Maryland and although I'm not an MJ smoker, I'm surprised O'Malley has finally done something right.

Bad news for us medical / legalization proponents.

Denver deaths put focus on marijuana edibles

OK, as a long time marijuana user, for me it reduces aggressive tendencies but the worst ODed I have ever been on THC was on edibles. Well, edibles and art. Right down to sitting on a curb unable to move.

This story looks to me like Refer Madness II.

Not that this really means much, but I react paradoxically to most drugs introduced to my system, including marijuana. This means that I basically wind up getting the opposite effect from that which is considered normal (and means that I have yet another thing in common with kids too young for kindergarten). With weed, it means I get nauseous and develop a blinding headache. I could easily see it leading to rage/aggression if I were someone else.

Pot isn't for everyone. Some people like to drink, some people like to smoke.

Yeah that's how I was in college. Stupidity of others would get me so frustrated I'd have to take some bongs rips. Then I would be fine.