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In reply to the discussion: Kamala Harris Rolls Out National Marijuana Legalization Plan, Pledging To Make It 'The Law Of The Land' [View all]NNadir
(37,122 posts)21. We have lots of businesses in town that don't...
...sell things to mess up brains.
The business that was there previously sold orthopedic shoes. (It moved to a bigger store down the road.)
Like I said, I don't approve of pot smoking. I don't favor criminal penalties for it, but that doesn't imply enthusiasm for getting high. I feel rather the same about that store as I do about cigar stores, or hookah shops. If these places go out of business something else will else will be there. If not, well, our town will probably do as it did before pot shops opened. A small independent bookstore would be nice, a crafts store, a toy store, art supplies; there could be a zillion other things.
It makes me feel better about my community that the store doesn't seem to be a big hit.
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Kamala Harris Rolls Out National Marijuana Legalization Plan, Pledging To Make It 'The Law Of The Land' [View all]
FightFight
Oct 2024
OP
Prohibition is a failed public policy, again. Legalizing cannabis converts a money pool controlled by cartels
ZonkerHarris
Oct 2024
#2
I'm assuming state prohibitions will remain in place, but this is a huge deal.
prodigitalson
Oct 2024
#5
I don't encourage marijuana use as I'm not happy about what I've observed in connection with it.
NNadir
Oct 2024
#9
You can either have stores or people dealing out of their house on your block. It's a choice.
ZonkerHarris
Oct 2024
#16
I hope you take the same tone with people who drink alcohol. and rally against the liquor stores too.
ZonkerHarris
Oct 2024
#22
Isn't there any kind of other rote response? If I oppose selling guns, do I have to object also to knives?
NNadir
Oct 2024
#23