Laconia and pot

Redbarn · 02-03-2015, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Sal

Heck! The sky seems to be falling. Oh, the humanity!

Thank you for the constructive comment

I am hoping to expose people to this topic in places like this website and I hope people see articles like this http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs...109801/-1/news
So that they might attend the city meeting and voice concerns about bringing businesses like this to Laconia.

After all what is point of new master plan to fix Laconia if they continue to do things like this.

VitaBene · 02-03-2015, 10:17 PM

Redbarn, there is no question that Laconia has a herion problem. However, pot has nothing to do with it.

Kamper · 02-04-2015, 05:57 AM

"It's going to go somewhere."

If the people of NH, directly or through the General Court, decide to legalize pot it is the towns' duty to work with that decision. Businesses associated with that product can be dealt with just as our authorities deal with bars and stores that sell alcoholic beverages.

Pot use may go up if it becomes legal but pot-related crime will probably go down since prices will probably be lower. Contamination and tampering issues will drop significantly - just like they did for booze when prohibition ended.

PaugusBayFireFighter · 02-04-2015, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Redbarn

Thank you for the constructive comment

I am hoping to expose people to this topic in places like this website and I hope people see articles like this http://www.unionleader.com/apps/pbcs...109801/-1/news
So that they might attend the city meeting and voice concerns about bringing businesses like this to Laconia.

After all what is point of new master plan to fix Laconia if they continue to do things like this.

Good luck. Marijuana will be on the ballot and PASS for recreational use in 2016 in both Mass and Maine. Vermont is right behind them. NH is the only state in NE where you can get arrested for a small amount of a harmless plant. Whether you like it or not marijuana is coming to NH. Hold all the meetings you want, just like they did in every other state where it's now either recreational, medical or decriminalized. The facts trump paranoia.

If you want to debate marijuana you better bring FACTS with you. There's too much recent data to back the proponents. The opponents arguments are scare tactics that no longer work because there's data to dismiss them.

Were you worried when's NH built two HUGE liquor stores at the border? The most dangerous, destructive drug in the world is alcohol. Come on up to tax free NH and stock up!

Please site all the documented problems in the NE states where marijuana is either legal, decriminalized or medical. It's been many years now, where's the problems in those states????
Crickets.....
By the way, I don't know anybody in Lacona that sells weed but it would take me all but 20 minutes to find it. Regulate and tax it.

Redbarn · 02-04-2015, 08:31 AM

I think you are all missing my point. Or rather you are pretty much proving it. It is a controversial issue good/bad what ever doesn't matter but there are people who have a problem with it. Laconia doesn't need a controversial issue when it is trying to rebuild it's image. Let another town have the issues why seek out the issue.

PaugusBayFireFighter · 02-04-2015, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Redbarn

I think you are all missing my point. Or rather you are pretty much proving it. It is a controversial issue good/bad what ever doesn't matter but there are people who have a problem with it. Laconia doesn't need a controversial issue when it is trying to rebuild it's image. Let another town have the issues why seek out the issue.

I understand your point but what issues would there be? It will be recreationaly legal within a few years so why worry about a medical dispensary?

If I were to drive from my house, near Christmas Island, to downtown Laconia, I could buy pot, heroin, meth or percs in several spots before I got to the medical marijuana store. I don't know anyone around here and grew up in Boston but I see the dealers daily. It's everywhere. The city is loaded. People TRAVEL to Laconia to buy because it's easy to find. Just like in Mass where suburban users drive to Lawrence and Lowell for readily available cheaper dope. Free up the cops and courts from useless pot busts and focus on the hard drugs like Percocet and Heroin.
redbarn...please don't take my rant towards you. I'm talking to the people who form opinions based on poop.

02-03-2015, 10:17 PM	#2
VitaBene Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 3,591 Thanks: 1,628 Thanked 1,641 Times in 844 Posts	Redbarn, there is no question that Laconia has a herion problem. However, pot has nothing to do with it.

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02-04-2015, 05:57 AM	#3
Kamper Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Thornton's Ferry Posts: 1,307 Thanks: 67 Thanked 172 Times in 128 Posts	"It's going to go somewhere." If the people of NH, directly or through the General Court, decide to legalize pot it is the towns' duty to work with that decision. Businesses associated with that product can be dealt with just as our authorities deal with bars and stores that sell alcoholic beverages. Pot use may go up if it becomes legal but pot-related crime will probably go down since prices will probably be lower. Contamination and tampering issues will drop significantly - just like they did for booze when prohibition ended.

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02-04-2015, 08:31 AM	#5
Redbarn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 62 Thanks: 8 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts	I think you are all missing my point. Or rather you are pretty much proving it. It is a controversial issue good/bad what ever doesn't matter but there are people who have a problem with it. Laconia doesn't need a controversial issue when it is trying to rebuild it's image. Let another town have the issues why seek out the issue.