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  1. Mixn123 Mixn123 is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:23am)

    Both of them are "illegal" but that doesn't stop those of us who buy/smoke pot or log on to play the pokahs..

    ..but if only one of them can be nationally legalized and mandated in the US, which would you choose and why?
  2. Gotskillz Gotskillz is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:25am) in reply to Mixn123

    pot..

    because nobodies going to jail for playing poker.
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  3. boris64 boris64 is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:26am) in reply to Mixn123

    Personally, I'd go with pot.I have much more $$ making potential with cannabis ventures than poker.
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:26am) in reply to Mixn123

    its like eating cereal without milk
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:29am) in reply to dangitisuck

    poker because one day you will realize how pointless weed is
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:34am) in reply to boris64

     
    Originally Posted by boris64 View Post

    Personally, I'd go with pot.I have much more $$ making potential with cannabis ventures than poker.

    Wouldn't be much $$ potential if it were fully legal, would it?
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:38am) in reply to BudmansCom

    the undeniable medical properties of pot make this an ez choice.
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:42am) in reply to POKER_PANDA

    DEFINITELY legalize the poker. I can continue to get my weed where I've been getting it, who cares if it's legal or not. Let Americans play on party poker again, that was one of the best sites ever!!!!
  9. boris64 boris64 is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:45am) in reply to BudmansCom

     
    Originally Posted by BudmansCom View Post

     
    Originally Posted by boris64 View Post

    Personally, I'd go with pot.
    I have much more $$ making potential with cannabis ventures than poker.

    Wouldn't be much $$ potential if it were fully legal, would it?

    I'm not sure how this makes sense.

    Just take a look at California and the blooming of the cannabis industry when prop 215 passed.

    Sure, there's money making potential with it being illegal, but I personally don't like to get involved in endeavors that can get me jailed and/or deported (not a US citizen).
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 11:48am) in reply to DBo Fo Sho

     
    Originally Posted by DBo Fo Sho View Post

    poker because one day you will realize how pointless weed is

    whhhaaa......it helps my pokerz skillz....its my PEDs(performance enhancement drugs) .....so i'd take pot to legalize.
  11. RANDYPET RANDYPET is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 12:02pm) in reply to boris64

    I think Grapsfan knows the answer to this question.
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 12:04pm) in reply to FoRsAkEn03

    I would legalize crack
  13. Yeshaya Yeshaya is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 12:15pm) in reply to Pooplips

    obv legalize poker since in the end it hardly makes a difference whether bush is legal. what i mean is that its easier to blaze when its illegal than it is to play poker.
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  14. MoneyOr2 MoneyOr2 is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 12:29pm) in reply to dangitisuck

     
    Originally Posted by dangitisuck View Post

    its like eating cereal without milk

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 12:31pm) in reply to MoneyOr2

    ^ This
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 12:33pm) in reply to Good2BeBlack

     
    Originally Posted by Good2BeBlack View Post

    DEFINITELY legalize the poker. I can continue to get my weed where I've been getting it, who cares if it's legal or not. Let Americans play on party poker again, that was one of the best sites ever!!!!

    this obviously
     
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 1:18pm) in reply to boris64

     
    Originally Posted by boris64 View Post


    I'm not sure how this makes sense.

    Just take a look at California and the blooming of the cannabis industry when prop 215 passed.

    Sure, there's money making potential with it being illegal, but I personally don't like to get involved in endeavors that can get me jailed and/or deported (not a US citizen).

    weed needs to be illegal for it to be this profitable of an industry. u think cali growers can charge 4000 a P or charge 65 an eighth for fire once its being mass produced? fuck no. and fwiw theres no way to legally mass profit off weed, even here in cali you'll get popped by feds if you get too big or too well known of a cannabis club, its only "legal" statewide
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 1:37pm) in reply to Mixn123

    Yes
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  19. Doim Doim is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 2:07pm) in reply to wackyJaxon

    Move to Amsterdam. Both problems solved ;)
  20. Mixn123 Mixn123 is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 2:13pm) in reply to Doim

     
    Originally Posted by Doim View Post

    Move to Amsterdam. Both problems solved ;)

    British Columbia is much closer. Same result. Closer to home.
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 2:19pm) in reply to Mixn123

    Sigh, I'm pretty freaking sure playing online poker is not "illegal"
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 2:27pm) in reply to herbstreet24

     
    Originally Posted by herbstreet24 View Post

    Sigh, I'm pretty freaking sure playing online poker is not "illegal"

    Sigh, semantics.
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 2:27pm) in reply to mtstackin88

     
    Originally Posted by mtstackin88 View Post


    weed needs to be illegal for it to be this profitable of an industry. u think cali growers can charge 4000 a P or charge 65 an eighth for fire once its being mass produced? fuck no. and fwiw theres no way to legally mass profit off weed, even here in cali you'll get popped by feds if you get too big or too well known of a cannabis club, its only "legal" statewide

    Pretty sure the DEA/FEDS said that they were not going to be getting involved in Cali weed laws anymore.
     
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 2:41pm) in reply to Ugottook420

     
    Originally Posted by Ugottook420 View Post

    Pretty sure the DEA/FEDS said that they were not going to be getting involved in Cali weed laws anymore.

    Yeah, that ended once Obama took office. He said so long as you are following state laws/regulations, the Feds will not be involved anymore, which is definitely a step in the right direction.
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  25. scottydontplay scottydontplay is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 2:46pm) in reply to Mixn123

    easiest call ever.. legalize poker

    pot has been illegal forever they cant shut it down, but they can shut down internet poker and take all of our monies : /
  26. Mixn123 Mixn123 is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 3:05pm) in reply to scottydontplay

     
    Originally Posted by scottydontplay View Post

    easiest call ever.. legalize poker

    pot has been illegal forever they cant shut it down, but they can shut down internet poker and take all of our monies : /

    Yup.

    I've smoked pot for 20 years. Never been busted or arrested. Never knew anyone busted for smoking weed. Sure, I know people harassed for smoking, but never jailed unless they were distributing or caught with narcotics.

    Pot has been an ongoing losing battle like forever. Complete waste of time, resource and taxpayer money. Jesus, just fucking legalize it already, tax it and fix our education system, health system and debt.

    Yet a MUCH more dangerous drug, alcohol, is mandated, mass produced, sponsored, promoted, etc.. and it holds absolutely no medical benefit other than to disassociate ourselves from our own faculties. so retarded...

    But I digress..

    My vote is to legalize poker. There are laws that criminalize smoking/possessing weed, but the "war" has been an abysmal failure.

    If they passed the law, flicked the doom-switch, we're shit out of luck for internet poker, and that would seriously fuck with my pot budget.
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  27. lil BOLLOCKS lil BOLLOCKS is offline

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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 3:06pm) in reply to dangitisuck

     
    Originally Posted by dangitisuck View Post

    its like eating cereal without milk

    EXACTLY. like i wanna fire up a session but no dealers are answering wtffff
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 3:57pm) in reply to Chet Steadman

     
    Originally Posted by Chet Steadman View Post

    Yeah, that ended once Obama took office. He said so long as you are following state laws/regulations, the Feds will not be involved anymore, which is definitely a step in the right direction.

    LOTS of clubs have been raided/shutdown since obama has been in office...
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 4:57pm) in reply to mtstackin88

     
    Originally Posted by mtstackin88 View Post

     
    Originally Posted by Chet Steadman View Post

    Yeah, that ended once Obama took office. He said so long as you are following state laws/regulations, the Feds will not be involved anymore, which is definitely a step in the right direction.

    LOTS of clubs have been raided/shutdown since obama has been in office...

    This is true, but most of those places were doing shady business anyway. I know, I'm right in the heart of it all...3 blocks away from OAKSTERDAM UNIVERSITY, where they teach you how to grow your trees the right way. I mean, like others have said, I've been smoking for over 10 years now, never been popped by the boyz or have any run ins at all for that matter. I continue to get the best CALI bud you can get, but I can only play on a select number of poker sites. LEGALIZE BOTH, I guess is what I'm trying to say, but if I had to choose one it'd definitely be POKER.
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    May 11th, 2010 (5/11/2010 6:32pm) in reply to Good2BeBlack

    Poker b/c in massachusetts if u get caught with less than 1 ounce of pot there's only a $100 civil penalty that most cops don't care about anyway.
     
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