Pot Legalized
November 9th, 2012 at 6:27:37 AM permalink | |
FarFromVegas Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 3 Posts: 121 |
I'm talking about people who can afford health insurance and simply choose not to pay for it! And there are a bunch of them! Also, there are people who couldn't get insurance because of a previous condition. My husband treats patients who are self-pay, and even some who can't pay at all, but when it comes time for them to receive diagnostic services (like xrays or MRIs) which his office doesn't do, they have to go to a hospital or clinic with the equipment, and then they can't pay the bill that results. Sometimes they skip out on the bill and sometimes they renegotiate it down to what the insurance would have paid, so basically they receive the same thing those of us who have paid for insurance receive without paying for the insurance, and our costs go up. There are people who would rather pay for new TVs and a closet full of shoes and we pay when they get sick or hurt because they don't expect to get sick or hurt. This space for rent |
November 9th, 2012 at 10:18:03 AM permalink | |
RonC Member since: Nov 7, 2012 Threads: 8 Posts: 2510 | Are the same people who try to ban smoking the people who lead the charge for legalizing...smoking? |
November 9th, 2012 at 1:05:34 PM permalink | |
MonkeyMonkey Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 0 Posts: 111 |
I hate to be nitpicky, but can you cite a source that backs up your claim, or is it based solely on your husband's experience? As I've mentioned before having a debate where "Because I said so..." is a valid argument is not much of a debate. While we wait, I'll add my version of a common sense response to your claim. These people that you claim can afford it but choose to skip out on the bill are destroying their credit rating with unpaid medical bills. That's hardly how "someone that can afford it" behaves, because you won't stay someone that can afford it for long using that tactic. But common sense aside, I'm really curious to see your credible source that backs up your claim. World's most discriminating Kool-Aid connoisseur |
November 11th, 2012 at 8:01:44 PM permalink | |
98Clubs Member since: Nov 11, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 75 |
Yah, I agree with this opine. The road to Slavery/Serfdom/Debtor's Prison starts out quite innocently. The sad axiom of this is that at some point the Government can't enforce the wide-sweeping elephantine regulations without the use of Militaristic force. IMHO we are well down this spiral. There are four things certain in life... Death, Taxes, the Resistance to them, and Stupidity. |
July 25th, 2014 at 8:31:02 PM permalink | |
zippyboy Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 665 | A little store opened today near me on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington. They had three strains at the beginning, but were sold out of two when I got there around 4pm. There were only about 40 pre-loaded packages on the shelf, and they would close when sold out. This isn't like Colorado where they can poke around in pickle jars full of buds. Can't buy by the gram, so 3.5 grams of 50%sativa/50% indica for $45 including tax (33% tax!). Store was the size of a big walk-in closet, so there was a doorman outside allowing entry to 1-2 people at a time. I was the youngest person waiting in line, and I'm 50. I figure the only folks who would routinely visit these stores are out-of-state tourists or squares who have no connections themselves. As I've stated before, I know so many people who grow now that's it's legal, and they offer it cheaper than this, but I'm curious about the new buffet table of options available now. It'll take some time for supply to catch up with demand. The weed doesn't smell very good, but maybe that's unique to this strain. It smells like grass someone left in the mower after a rain, but under a loupe it has the nice silvery glissening droplets of nectar we all look for. I'll check it with my Pax vaporizer later. Check out the brochure and visit the Peninsula Cannabis website if interested. Kinda cool. All of America will follow when the taxman realizes how much cash can be had. |
July 25th, 2014 at 11:49:48 PM permalink | |
Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 | I can't even imagine getting high at my age, it's such a kid thing. Being around adults who are are high, they are so useless and boring. It has such a different effect than booze. Some of the greatest authors wrote when drunk, but there are none that wrote on dope. It's impossible. That's why they call it, well, you know.. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
July 26th, 2014 at 12:22:05 AM permalink | |
rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | Some of the early packaging may be collectable. Especially if it is dated in the same year month of legalization. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
July 26th, 2014 at 3:17:56 AM permalink | |
AZDuffman Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 135 Posts: 18210 |
Yeah, but to grow and sell it to someone who likes to do it, hmmm. The President is a fink. |
July 26th, 2014 at 7:33:40 AM permalink | |
theodores Member since: Oct 28, 2012 Threads: 2 Posts: 85 | That is really cool to see. I really wish it was legal around here. I don't like to get "high" as such, but it is a great palliative. |
July 26th, 2014 at 8:55:14 AM permalink | |
Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
I predict pot will be legal in most of America within ten years. By then some other drugs will be legal in some states. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |