New Beginnings for Massachussetts and I

ttystikk

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such a joke. So you can become a father or mother at what now...14-13-12?? You can drive at 16, you can drink at 21, you can kill to defend your country at 18, but not smoke MJ. WHY are they treating this god given seed like the devil? Makes my blood boil. ANY substance can be abused, its not the substance, its the abuser. dont punish us all. dont punish the ones that can benefit from the amazing affects of this plant. my daughter in point.
I remember when my son came home from Afghanistan....he saw more death, tragedy, and mayhem that we could imagine. (he was only 19) but he couldnt have a beer when he came home. The more i look into things, the more disgusted I become. I have had such pain and tragedy because of Alcohol. My aunt was killed by a drunk driver. my grandfather, father, and 2 uncles died of alcoholism and related complications. my mother was an alcoholic...sober now 40 years. my 2 marriages failed because of it. I have had more friends than I can count almost lose their lives, families and careers over it. I have counseled children beaten to an inch of their life from drunk parents. Yeah, keep pushing the booze and making it socially acceptable, but pot is the devil.

And there is my daily rant, LOL. :smile:
Here in Colorado, juries are nullifying such outrageous legislation again and again, to the point where DAs give up prosecuting under bad laws.

We the People have ultimate say in two boxes; the ballot box and the jury box.
 

ttystikk

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This is the reply I got from Lewis-wouldn't hurt to write him(the more the better
From: Jason Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 1:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Proposed legislation


Good afternoon,


Thank you for your feedback on the marijuana legislation I have filed. I appreciate your passion in support of the new law and I have heard now from many of you how efforts to change the law could – with a nod to history – seem like efforts to prevent lawful use of marijuana. I assure you that I understand that the people have spoken and that adult lawful use and possession of marijuana is the law of the land in Massachusetts.


So why have I filed legislation?


Along with many of my colleagues, I have carefully studied this issue for the past two years and we compiled our findings in a report which is available at www.malegislature.gov/reports (you may need to filter by “marijuana” to locate the report – filed March 8th of 2016). In that report, my colleagues and I wrote a letter that prefaced the report, and which you can find below, and which explains many of our concerns about how marijuana legalization is implemented.


I understand your concerns about changing a law so recently passed by the people. But I also believe that if I do not act, and work with my colleagues to address policy issues raised by the new law, in the years to come I will hear from constituents who have been harmed because of an issue inadequately addressed by the new law, and I will not in good conscience be able to say to them that I have served them well and ably as a law maker. Perhaps it will help to know that in the few years since legalization, Colorado has already passed dozens of laws changing their own marijuana law, even though their legalization law was a ballot amendment that altered that state’s constitution.


It may also help to understand that since marijuana use is still illegal federally, it is up to us as a state to demonstrate to our federal government that we are providing adequate safeguards to protect the public health and safety. If we fail to satisfy our federal partners, they have the legal authority to shut down our marijuana marketplace even if it is legal at the state level.


I understand that you may not agree with the concerns raised below. I encourage you to continue to provide feedback to me and to my colleagues on those issues in which we may disagree. Moving forward, a standing Joint Committee on Marijuana has been created to review and address proposed marijuana legalization, and I encourage you to engage in that process as it moves forward, and to continue to make your voice heard on this matter.

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Letter from the Committee Members


The Massachusetts Senate created the Special Senate Committee on Marijuana in February, 2015. The purpose of the Committee was to research and analyze the policy ramifications if Massachusetts were to legalize the adult recreational use and sale of marijuana.


The Committee was charged with conducting a thorough and objective review of marijuana policy in Massachusetts as well as lessons to be learned from other states, particularly Colorado and Washington, that have already legalized marijuana.


The Committee was not charged with recommending whether or not the Commonwealth should legalize marijuana. We expect this decision will be made by the voters of Massachusetts, since an initiative petition to legalize marijuana is likely to appear on the statewide ballot this November. The Committee will not be taking an official position on the ballot question.


In this report, the Committee recommends actions for the state to take to address numerous policy issues if marijuana were to be legalized. However, this should not be interpreted to indicate the Committee’s endorsement of marijuana legalization.


After completing this extensive review of marijuana policy, the Committee members feel that we have an obligation to share our overall perspective on this important issue with our colleagues in the legislature and the public. To this end, we wish to express our serious concerns about the prospect of legalizing marijuana for recreational use and sale in Massachusetts, in part for the following reasons:


Public health concerns

• Even with strong safeguards in place, legalization may increase the accessibility of marijuana for youth and contribute to the growing perception among youth that marijuana is safe for them to consume.

• Marijuana-infused edibles are the fastest growing segment of the market and present particularly challenging issues for public health and safety.

• The risk of harmful health consequences and addiction may be greater than in the past due to the high potency of many products on the market today.

• Even with tight restrictions on advertising and marketing, legalization would likely encourage commercialization and market expansion as marijuana businesses seek to grow their revenues and profits by gaining new customers and increasing the consumption of their existing customers.


Public safety concerns

• There is no well-accepted standard for determining driver impairment from marijuana intoxication and no equivalent test to an alcohol breathalyzer, making it difficult for law enforcement to identify and arrest offenders and gain convictions in court.

• Although some banks have been willing to assume the risk and considerable expense involved in providing banking services to marijuana businesses, the industry still relies heavily on cash for many transactions and is unable to obtain bank loans or lines of credit, raising security concerns.

• Even with legalization and reasonable tax rates, the black market is likely to persist due to the significant profits to be gained from meeting demand (of adults and youth) across New England, as well as the ease of growing marijuana and the difficulty that law enforcement would face in enforcing home growing limits.


Economic and fiscal concerns

• Since marijuana remains illegal under federal law, state agencies would have to assume the difficult and costly responsibilities for ensuring public health and safety, environmental protection, and agricultural safeguards that would ordinarily be undertaken by federal agencies such as the FDA and EPA.

• There is considerable uncertainty regarding federal policy toward marijuana, particularly with the impending change in administration after the presidential election, as well as growing conflict among states with different policies toward marijuana.

• Tax revenues and fees that would be generated from legal sales may fall short of even covering the full public and social costs (including regulation, enforcement, public health and safety, and substance abuse treatment), and should not be expected to provide a significant new funding source for other public needs such as education or transportation.


We are also concerned that the effort required at this time to implement marijuana legalization by our state and local governments would consume enormous amounts of time and energy that could otherwise be spent addressing other challenging issues already facing our cities and towns.


Furthermore, Massachusetts currently lacks the necessary baseline data on marijuana public health, public safety, and economic and fiscal impacts, as well as the ability totrack and monitor trends over time. This issue has been particularly problematic for Colorado and Washington in formulating sound marijuana policy.


In the final analysis, the Committee members believe strongly that it would be prudent for Massachusetts to take a cautious approach to considering marijuana legalization, and continue to learn from the experience of other states. If the legislature were to take up legislation to legalize marijuana or the voters were to approve the likely ballot question in November, it will be critical for the legislature to carefully consider how best to address the numerous policy issues outlined in this report in order to protect the health and safety of the residents of the Commonwealth.


--


Best regards,

Jason





Jason M. Lewis
State Senator
Fifth Middlesex District
State House, Room 511-B

Boston, MA 02133
617 722-1206
[email protected]

http://www.facebook.com/SenJasonLewis

Twitter @senjasonlewis
See my post immediately above.

The citizens of the state of Colorado have been refusing to enforce bullshit legislation like this for years now, rightly seeing it as the backdoor prohibition that it is.

Doublespeak at its finest; all their limits simply play into the hands of the very same black market they claim to dislike. If you want the black market to go away, deregulate it completely!

And by the way, Colorado has seen a drop in both alcohol related DUI and marijuana use since legalisation.
 

JustCallmeMom

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Little auto hubbabubbasmelloscope auto seed germinated and she is now in her 3g pot next to Wilma my auto white widow. Here we go! Wilma is growing, but growth has slowed since temp in tent dropped to 70...she also seems "limp/droopy". I'm having trouble keeping temp up inside tent due to low temp in my house. I watered her as she was dry (maybe that is the limp droopy thing going on??) and I replaced (2) 23w cfl's with (2) 42's I want to get temp back up around 78-80 degrees...she seemed to like it around there. Will check on her later to see if maybe she perks up. Never thought I would worry so much about "a weed".
 
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Bountykiller420

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You think that's what could have done it. Light leaks? I have a thick blanket between my veg and flower. I should change that immediately ? Well if that's the case if someone wants pm me I have a couple veg that I will be getting rid of. Lol because my flower is much more important at this point.
Highly likely whats causing it, if you are in the room with the lights out can you see light coming in? Invest in a cheap tent, milliard sells one for $100 thats 50"x50"x79", even tents will have small light leaks too though, just gotta use some black silicon caulking on the pinhole leaks and some duct tape over the zipper flaps ( basically i tape to the flap which extends the width of it ) because for some reason tent companies don't make the double flaps over the zippers wide enough so you get light leaks regardless, stupid design
https://www.amazon.com/MILLIARD-Reflective-Hydroponic-Planting-Seedling/dp/B00ETBDXZU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1489438435&sr=8-2&keywords=milliard+grow+tent
 

Dr. Who

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This is the reply I got from Lewis-wouldn't hurt to write him(the more the better
From: Jason Lewis
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 1:12 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Proposed legislation


Good afternoon,


Thank you for your feedback on the marijuana legislation I have filed. I appreciate your passion in support of the new law and I have heard now from many of you how efforts to change the law could – with a nod to history – seem like efforts to prevent lawful use of marijuana. I assure you that I understand that the people have spoken and that adult lawful use and possession of marijuana is the law of the land in Massachusetts.


So why have I filed legislation?


Along with many of my colleagues, I have carefully studied this issue for the past two years and we compiled our findings in a report which is available at www.malegislature.gov/reports (you may need to filter by “marijuana” to locate the report – filed March 8th of 2016). In that report, my colleagues and I wrote a letter that prefaced the report, and which you can find below, and which explains many of our concerns about how marijuana legalization is implemented.


I understand your concerns about changing a law so recently passed by the people. But I also believe that if I do not act, and work with my colleagues to address policy issues raised by the new law, in the years to come I will hear from constituents who have been harmed because of an issue inadequately addressed by the new law, and I will not in good conscience be able to say to them that I have served them well and ably as a law maker. Perhaps it will help to know that in the few years since legalization, Colorado has already passed dozens of laws changing their own marijuana law, even though their legalization law was a ballot amendment that altered that state’s constitution.


It may also help to understand that since marijuana use is still illegal federally, it is up to us as a state to demonstrate to our federal government that we are providing adequate safeguards to protect the public health and safety. If we fail to satisfy our federal partners, they have the legal authority to shut down our marijuana marketplace even if it is legal at the state level.


I understand that you may not agree with the concerns raised below. I encourage you to continue to provide feedback to me and to my colleagues on those issues in which we may disagree. Moving forward, a standing Joint Committee on Marijuana has been created to review and address proposed marijuana legalization, and I encourage you to engage in that process as it moves forward, and to continue to make your voice heard on this matter.

--


Letter from the Committee Members


The Massachusetts Senate created the Special Senate Committee on Marijuana in February, 2015. The purpose of the Committee was to research and analyze the policy ramifications if Massachusetts were to legalize the adult recreational use and sale of marijuana.


The Committee was charged with conducting a thorough and objective review of marijuana policy in Massachusetts as well as lessons to be learned from other states, particularly Colorado and Washington, that have already legalized marijuana.


The Committee was not charged with recommending whether or not the Commonwealth should legalize marijuana. We expect this decision will be made by the voters of Massachusetts, since an initiative petition to legalize marijuana is likely to appear on the statewide ballot this November. The Committee will not be taking an official position on the ballot question.


In this report, the Committee recommends actions for the state to take to address numerous policy issues if marijuana were to be legalized. However, this should not be interpreted to indicate the Committee’s endorsement of marijuana legalization.


After completing this extensive review of marijuana policy, the Committee members feel that we have an obligation to share our overall perspective on this important issue with our colleagues in the legislature and the public. To this end, we wish to express our serious concerns about the prospect of legalizing marijuana for recreational use and sale in Massachusetts, in part for the following reasons:


Public health concerns

• Even with strong safeguards in place, legalization may increase the accessibility of marijuana for youth and contribute to the growing perception among youth that marijuana is safe for them to consume.

• Marijuana-infused edibles are the fastest growing segment of the market and present particularly challenging issues for public health and safety.

• The risk of harmful health consequences and addiction may be greater than in the past due to the high potency of many products on the market today.

• Even with tight restrictions on advertising and marketing, legalization would likely encourage commercialization and market expansion as marijuana businesses seek to grow their revenues and profits by gaining new customers and increasing the consumption of their existing customers.


Public safety concerns

• There is no well-accepted standard for determining driver impairment from marijuana intoxication and no equivalent test to an alcohol breathalyzer, making it difficult for law enforcement to identify and arrest offenders and gain convictions in court.

• Although some banks have been willing to assume the risk and considerable expense involved in providing banking services to marijuana businesses, the industry still relies heavily on cash for many transactions and is unable to obtain bank loans or lines of credit, raising security concerns.

• Even with legalization and reasonable tax rates, the black market is likely to persist due to the significant profits to be gained from meeting demand (of adults and youth) across New England, as well as the ease of growing marijuana and the difficulty that law enforcement would face in enforcing home growing limits.


Economic and fiscal concerns

• Since marijuana remains illegal under federal law, state agencies would have to assume the difficult and costly responsibilities for ensuring public health and safety, environmental protection, and agricultural safeguards that would ordinarily be undertaken by federal agencies such as the FDA and EPA.

• There is considerable uncertainty regarding federal policy toward marijuana, particularly with the impending change in administration after the presidential election, as well as growing conflict among states with different policies toward marijuana.

• Tax revenues and fees that would be generated from legal sales may fall short of even covering the full public and social costs (including regulation, enforcement, public health and safety, and substance abuse treatment), and should not be expected to provide a significant new funding source for other public needs such as education or transportation.


We are also concerned that the effort required at this time to implement marijuana legalization by our state and local governments would consume enormous amounts of time and energy that could otherwise be spent addressing other challenging issues already facing our cities and towns.


Furthermore, Massachusetts currently lacks the necessary baseline data on marijuana public health, public safety, and economic and fiscal impacts, as well as the ability totrack and monitor trends over time. This issue has been particularly problematic for Colorado and Washington in formulating sound marijuana policy.


In the final analysis, the Committee members believe strongly that it would be prudent for Massachusetts to take a cautious approach to considering marijuana legalization, and continue to learn from the experience of other states. If the legislature were to take up legislation to legalize marijuana or the voters were to approve the likely ballot question in November, it will be critical for the legislature to carefully consider how best to address the numerous policy issues outlined in this report in order to protect the health and safety of the residents of the Commonwealth.


--


Best regards,

Jason





Jason M. Lewis
State Senator
Fifth Middlesex District
State House, Room 511-B

Boston, MA 02133
617 722-1206
[email protected]

http://www.facebook.com/SenJasonLewis

Twitter @senjasonlewis
TRANSLATION = I didn't research MJ. I already know everything I need to know about it and it's addictive properties as told to us by our federal government!

I don't like MJ or the fact that you pot heads got it legal! I use my own logic and personal feelings about MJ as a base of opinion on what I think of you. AND your dope!

I also laugh at all you idiots that thought TRUMP was going to leave MJ state laws/rights alone! Just look what Sessions did to close your fucking "POT PARTY" over in Las Vegas!

There is NOTHING you can do about changing my mind! Go ahead and try to vote me out the next time I run - DOPE head!

"Normal people like me...Are always right!"

Now go screw yourself!

Best regards

Jason Lewis

Get used to it Mass..... Were all with you here in MI!
Um, say. How would you like a slightly used Attorney General?
 

Dr. Who

Well-Known Member
See my post immediately above.

The citizens of the state of Colorado have been refusing to enforce bullshit legislation like this for years now, rightly seeing it as the backdoor prohibition that it is.

Doublespeak at its finest; all their limits simply play into the hands of the very same black market they claim to dislike. If you want the black market to go away, deregulate it completely!

And by the way, Colorado has seen a drop in both alcohol related DUI and marijuana use since legalisation.

See my translation of the letter, directly above....:hump:

You're exactly right too! VOTE and do your jury duty!
 

HideousPenguinBoy

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"• The risk of harmful health consequences and addiction". Health consequences and addiction? Son, have you met cigarettes and alcohol, the things that are legal and pushed down our throats? What a twat.

Babies have been in flower for a week and pistils are now huge looking, but no sign of bud. Strangely, my plants didn't want to drink for 5 days, and then suddenly in one night they went completely dry and droopy. I guess they got over their transplant shock. Not a good start for flowering... One plant is showing phosphorus deficiency, but I think it's due to shock and a temperature flux that's been happening due to power outages. (because the pH and nute levels are fine) Ugh.
 

greg nr

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Smart move! Get a shit pile stocked up for your future. I was going to do the same for retirement... What a joke - got into making medical which is only making me expand the freaking space again...
I'm not stockpiling anything. Assuming I don't kill all my plants, a 3x3 just doesn't produce what anyone would call a stockpile. I won't have any around anyway judging from friends, family, and the occasional sad pair of eyes. Karma will be happy. My day will come.
 

Final Phase

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I'm not stockpiling anything. Assuming I don't kill all my plants, a 3x3 just doesn't produce what anyone would call a stockpile. I won't have any around anyway judging from friends, family, and the occasional sad pair of eyes. Karma will be happy. My day will come.
Well heck then stock pile your knowledge so when the time to expand comes round you won't have to scratch your skull raw trying to figure out where you last went wrong - and you will unless your a genius with good common sense and two green thumbs! Good luck and have fun!
 

be4meliz

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TRANSLATION = I didn't research MJ. I already know everything I need to know about it and it's addictive properties as told to us by our federal government!

I don't like MJ or the fact that you pot heads got it legal! I use my own logic and personal feelings about MJ as a base of opinion on what I think of you. AND your dope!

I also laugh at all you idiots that thought TRUMP was going to leave MJ state laws/rights alone! Just look what Sessions did to close your fucking "POT PARTY" over in Las Vegas!

There is NOTHING you can do about changing my mind! Go ahead and try to vote me out the next time I run - DOPE head!

"Normal people like me...Are always right!"

Now go screw yourself!

Best regards

Jason Lewis

Get used to it Mass..... Were all with you here in MI!
Um, say. How would you like a slightly used Attorney General?
Sessions reminds me of Heinrich Himmler without the glasses-suffering from "Little Man" syndrome! His best Quote to date" I used to like the KKK until I found out they smoke Pot!
 

MaloMAL

Active Member
Selling 600 watt HPS/MH light with 6" duct reflector and lamp along with dimmable 250,400,600,superlumen digital ballast. LED is where it's at no need for it anymore. Light run on on time HPS bulb = 120 hours MH bulb = 448 hours.... Finished grow using LED so not too many hours on the HPS bulb. This is a steal. Boston locals 100$
 

MaloMAL

Active Member
Here in Colorado, juries are nullifying such outrageous legislation again and again, to the point where DAs give up prosecuting under bad laws.

We the People have ultimate say in two boxes; the ballot box and the jury box.
Anything wrong with young fathers you'd like to share lol ?
 

Bosgrower

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Sessions reminds me of Heinrich Himmler without the glasses-suffering from "Little Man" syndrome! His best Quote to date" I used to like the KKK until I found out they smoke Pot!
Reba had it right " ... Don't trust your soul to no back woods Southern lawyer "
 

be4meliz

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Good day for crop management- just hope I don't lose power- but have generator just in case- big trees,high wind, and heavy snow do not bode well. More popcorn to trim and jar and feed and water time. Good day for a dose of Cannabutter and hunker down-off work for 2 days-good timing. Hope all are well out there
 

be4meliz

Well-Known Member
No Noreaster is going keep me away from my cobkits package. I was at PO when it opened. Now I have an awesome blizzard day project.

Lil frost on my WW this morning.
Looking frosty, Crisis- are those WW photo or autos? The buzz I'm getting from mine(uncured) is awesome. Very smooth, burns clean, and no choke(flushing worked) comes on subtle ,then whacks you in the head like a warm mop LOL. Very energetic- no couch lock. Will definetly do these again
 

Bosgrower

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This is an open question for all my Baystate neighbors ...
I have a some single freebies both feminized and regular that I'm most likely never going to get to. I'll be happy to donate them to anyone that wants to germinate and clone them for the group if they turn out to be worth keeping around.

TH Seeds Bubblegum F
HSO Chocolate Mint OG F
Barney's Farm Critical Kush AUTO
Dinafem Strawberry Amnesia F
Dinafem Critical Cheese F
Dinafem Big Kush F
Bomb Seeds THC Bomb R
G13 Lab Seeds Blueberry Gum F
Delicious Seeds Honeybells F

I have to check the 'fridge for the rest but let me know if any of these might be of interest.
 

HideousPenguinBoy

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This is an open question for all my Baystate neighbors ...
I have a some single freebies both feminized and regular that I'm most likely never going to get to. I'll be happy to donate them to anyone that wants to germinate and clone them for the group if they turn out to be worth keeping around..
That's super nice of you! Are there any you super want to see mothered?
 

Bosgrower

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Not really ... what I hope is that whoever takes them will clone them (except the AUTOs) in case they turn out to be really good phenos/strains ... and that clones will be available to the group.
 
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