Does anyone live in a state with legal recreational use?

[cwydro]

I want to go on a road trip.

[TeamPooka]

1. Welcome to sunny Southern California! We have legal weed and Disneyland!

[cwydro]

3. I'm looking for somewhere a bit closer, but that might work!

Is it widely available or would I need to pick a specific city?

[TeamPooka]

19. widely available in most major cities except san Diego

[Liberty Belle]

52. It IS available in the city of San Diego, just not the unincorporated parts of the County.

There are lots of dispensaries, both recreational and medical, here.

[TeamPooka]

59. and delivery services are allowed anywhere by state law

[hlthe2b]

2. yup... the first (with WA). I don't use, but I'm glad it is available, nonetheless.

[cwydro]

5. I always wanted to visit Washington. That's an idea.

Are you in CA too?

[hlthe2b]

7. No.... I am in Colorado. Colorado and WA were the first states to legalize.

I like Washington; I LOVE Colorado.

[nancy1942]

4. Come to Oregon.

[cwydro]

6. Hey, that's another place I would love to visit. Would I have to pick a specific town?

I’m planning a train trip...so there has to be a station lol.

[peacefrogman]

56. Start in Portland and take a train to Eugene.

Fun and unique towns. Both are walking towns. I have seen more than one person visiting, excited to be able to openly get and use pot. Or take the train from Eugene up to Seattle, hitting Portland on the way.

[Joe Nation]

49. Oregonians remind me of Minnesotans...

...minus the Midwestern work ethic and minus the quality education system. I've spent a lot of time in both states. Mostly, the people are very similar with the two exceptions I noted. Very laid back and very friendly. Both have rural areas that are much more conservative. Oregon is very scenic while Minnesota has mosquitoes the size of eagles. Carried my brother away they did.

[peacefrogman]

57. Minneapolis. I have heard it is the Midwestern Portland.

[Aristus]

8. Washington State!

There are five or six retail cannabis stores within a 15-minute drive of my house.

[cwydro]

16. Is there a train station lol?

I’m planning a train trip.

[Aristus]

18. King Street Station.

It's within walking distance of our sports stadiums (stadia?)

[cwydro]

20. I may need to ask you more questions!

I’ll need to find decently priced hotels too, and I’ll wanna know “things to see” from a local’s point of view...

[Aristus]

24. Sure.

The Space Needle and Pike Place Market are usually at the top of every tourist's 'must-see' list.

The Space Needle is located in the middle of Seattle Science Center, with a number of different pavilions dedicated to bringing scientific concepts and applications to a broad, diverse audience. Be sure to add the science center to a trip to the Needle.

Gasworks Park on Lake Union.

Visit Fremont, a lively, very liberal neighborhood north of downtown. The Fremont Troll, located under a bridge, naturally, is an excellent example of urban art. Fremont also boasts a statue of Lenin, a not-very-subtle poke at Fremont's left-leaning politics. Someone painted the statue's hands blood-red to remind visitors that Lenin was no squishy, kum-bah-yah liberal. There is also 'Waiting For The Interurban', a cluster of statues representing light-rail commuters at one of Fremont's streetcar stops. Half a block away is a statue memorializing J.P. Patches, a beloved children's television clown and variety show host. It depicts him and his sidekick running to catch the aforementioned interurban.

In a city famous for the arts, there are so many art museums, professional and community theaters, and art festivals, you'll never get a chance to visit them all. Read 'The Stranger', Seattle's progressive underground newspaper, to help you plan art outings.

Seattle is the birthplace of Starbuck's, but since a Starbuck's in Seattle is little different than a Starbuck's in, say, Budapest, stick with the smaller, local, family, or cooperatively-owned coffee shops.

The famed 'Seattle Underground Tour' is a bit of a tourist trap, but it's fun, and an interesting way to learn about Seattle's early history. It originates in a bar near Pioneer Square, (the 'Square', by the way, is triangular...)

Woodland Park Zoo, erstwhile home of the world-famous Bobo the gorilla.

Head across I-90 (over the world's largest floating bridge) to Bellevue for excellent high-end dining and shopping. Bellevue has been named the Most Walkable City In America, and so naturally is very pedestrian-friendly.

If small clubs for listening to up-and-coming bands is your thing, I recommend the Nectar Lounge, The Tractor, The Crocodile in Belltown, and the Triple Door.

Travel up to Kerry Park on lower Queen Anne Hill, and face south for the 'Frasier View', a close approximation of the view from Frasier's condo on the self-titled sitcom. (The view shown on the 'Frasier' set is actually a composite photograph.)

Broadway on Capitol Hill is the epicenter of Seattle's thriving gay scene. Lots of great restaurants, shops, and clubs.

That would make for a good start...

[cwydro]

25. Very cool, thanks!

Searching trains.

I’ll buy you a bottle of wine!

[Aristus]

26. Very nice.

Speaking of which, there are tour companies that operate trains taking visitors from Seattle to the heart of Washington's wine country. You can sip, taste, buy a couple of cases of wine, then take the train back to the city. Some of Washington's dessert wines are legendary.

[cwydro]

37. Yum.

[SWBTATTReg]

29. Nice writeup! I love Seattle WA and have had a lot of nice times and fun there. nt

[Aristus]

40. I live about a thirty minute drive south of Seattle.

But I'm always half-heartedly planning someday to sell the house and move closer to the city. Never a dull moment there...

[cwydro]

69. Came in on the train the other day!

I love this city, wow, what a great place.

[Aristus]

70. I'm delighted to hear it!

Glad you had a good time. That makes me happy.

[sazemisery]

9. Massachusetts

We have 5 stores open mostly in Central and Western MA. The first two to open have diminished their suppy and are limiting strains and quantities to insure that the medical patients have first choice. You can find locations on Leafly.com

[cwydro]

21. Thanks! That's obviously closer to me, and another place I want to visit.

Train travel seem complicated from here unfortunately.

[cwydro]

45. Are there any in Boston?

I’m finding that site difficult.

[sazemisery]

46. None in Boston yet...

Salem and Fall River are open I think

[cwydro]

47. How far are those towns from Boston?

Can they be reached by train?

I’m disappointed because I’ll be passing through Boston next month.

[BootinUp]

10. Here's this morning 's text msg.

STUFF YOUR STOCKINGS @ THE POT SPOT with $10 TOP SHELF GRAMS!! TODAY ONLY!! + BUY 2 GRAMS GET 1 GRAM FREE on ALL SHATTER in STOCK!! 350 E 4th St. Perris, CA

[TeamPooka]

13. i love the text messages I get from my places too. I wonder what the teen age me would

think about this back in the 1970s

[cwydro]

14. Omg.

I need to move.

[GWC58]

44. If I had the ways and means to do so

I would move, to a legalized state, in a heartbeat. But, alas, I haven’t the ways and means, so I’m stuck where I’m at!😫😢

[In_The_Wind]

11. It should be legal in NY within a year.

https://ny.curbed.com/2018/12/20/18150369/marijuana-legalization-new-york-city-de-blasio

[malchickiwick]

12. Vegas area -- Our flower here in the desert is of surprisingly good quality, but pricey.

I must say that I truly miss the sweet prices, variety, and true OG from Oregon where I lived until 2 years ago, but the flower here in Vegas is nevertheless good stuff. There are about a dozen shoppes near the strip, many more around greater LV, not to mention the rest of the state.

I look forward to the day when cannabis can legally cross state borders. Bringing in that California Grass will surely drop prices a bit.

(Right now, a quality eighth = about $45)

[cwydro]

15. I was just looking at Nevada!

Any chance of decent priced hotels? I can afford something better than motel6 lol.

[Wellstone ruled]

23. Off the Strip unless you

stay Sunday thru Thursday.

Plenty of Reasonable Hotels on Freemont Street. Main Street,Golden Nugget. You also have the Stations Casino Hotels which are clean and cheap. Go on line,signup up for a Players Card and get tons of freebe's. Couple of the Joints are just blocks from Dispensaries. Go a new Drive Thru opening next month or February on the Ute Res north west valley on hwy 95 and Snow mountain. BTW,they now have a Drive thru on Main Street in Old Vegas.

Google has the locations of most of the Weed Shops.

[cwydro]

36. Thank you for the info!

It’d be kind of fun to gamble too.!

[Wellstone ruled]

39. After New Years Day,

All kinds of Cheap Rooms on the Strip as well,just sucks to pay the extra Resort Fees. Station Casino's do have great locations . And the Freemont Street is still our Fav. Use your keyboard,bet you will find 30 dollar premo rooms.

[cwydro]

42. Cool, thanks.

[KPN]

17. Oregon! Pot shops everywhere. My small

town (25,000 more or less) has at least 20 shops. And a surplus of cannabis. Prices are way lower (including taxes) than they were before recreational was legal — by far. Can’t verify if this was true, but I heard one shop actually had a sale a month or so back (an ounce for $25).

[cwydro]

22. Does your town have a train station?

I’m making this a train trip. I need a vacation in so many ways.

[KPN]

32. No, but Portland, Salem, Eugene and a few others do

Heading South and into N Ca. It’s the Amtrak line — goes N into WA as well. All towns in ORegon have cannabis shops. Pretty routine here.

[Downtown Hound]

31. My biggest complaint about legal CA pot is the taxes

25%! Way too high, no pun intended. I don't mind paying taxes but there is a limit, and CA has crossed it.

[Siwsan]

27. Just became officially legal on Dec 6, in Michigan

But they are still working out the licensing process, so no stores, yet. Probably won't be any for another year. But, progress has been made.

[cwydro]

35. Michigan would be a great place to visit, but yeah, I saw it's not really happening yet.

Better than NC though.

[MortSahlFan]

28. Michigan

I've had a medical card on two separate occasions, but yet even now, I still kinda act like it's still illegal. I never grew plants in fear of some bureaucratic mistake, or getting burglarized (again).

The most important thing besides the health benefit is that the police can't bust whoever they feel like. The usage rate is the same, yet the incarceration rates are not even close.

[Downtown Hound]

30. California

First state to legalize medical weed. Would have been the first to legalize recreational too except it was the pot growers who killed that in 2012 because they didn't want to be taxed.

I'm really happy that it's legal here and our bud is extremely high quality. But the ironic thing was I actually liked it better when it was just medical. Medical cards were SUPER EASY to get, and we didn't have the insanely high taxes on pot that we do now since it became legal recreationally. And the edibles were much better too. Legal recreational use meant putting everything under much tighter regulations, and you can't get some of the really kick ass edible shit that you used to be able to get when it was just medical.

Still though, we have great selection, great quality, and tons of it available. And CA is one damn beautiful state. Redwood forests, amazing coastline, lakes, rivers, hills, and deserts. Great place to get high.

[BigmanPigman]

33. San Diego.

I am getting my medical tomorrow and possibly some for my little dog (we'll ask the vet first). Kind of pricy here though.
https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=recreational+marijuana+dispensaries&find_loc=San+Diego%2C+CA

[cwydro]

34. I visited there once a long time ago.

All I remember was Mission Beach!

[BigmanPigman]

38. Everything is the same, just more expensive and crowded...

as with everywhere I guess.

[customerserviceguy]

41. Go to Washington

Legal weed, killer microbrew, sumptuous wines, and magnificent seafood!

And super great people, everywhere you go, even in Seattle. But, stick to other areas, and you're guaranteed to find really wonderful folks! I lived there for thirty-seven years, and I always love to go back to visit.

[GWC58]

43. I live on the eastern shore of Maryland,

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a rather red area of a, supposed, Blue state. After 4 months I am still waiting for my mmj approval number. That’s needed before I can even see a dr for a recommendation. My problem is the $200-250 drs fee. Oh yeah, the answer to the question is a big, fat NO on adult use. And the stigma is still alive and well here! My wife is not cool with mmj. I tell her I could cut down, maybe even eliminate, on my opiates. To her it’s “substituting one crutch for another.” That’s why I may have to suck it up and wait another 2/4 years for adult use. 😢😫 Of course I’m hearing about states that will legalize adult use, about 8. And, wouldn’t ya know it, Maryland ISN’T one of them. NOT FUCKING MARYLAND! Some people love the state they live in. I’m not one of them. I hate this state, FUCKING HATE IT. 62% of the citizens want legalization. To that a delegate, an (R) said “we don’t legislate based on polls.” Well I guess that would depend on the question being polled.

[samnsara]

48. the whole west coast is legal.. start at BC...but dont carry over the border....

….head to Seattle..Portland and down to Calif...and hit the wineries as well as the pot shops....and the craft beer.

[GWC58]

50. It was thought, wrongly it turns out, that

after 30 states legalized some form of cannabis that feds would do cannabis reform. Nope! They, stubbornly, hold on to that Nixon era Schedule I status. Lots of things have changed in close to 50 years. Not that one, though. 👿

[peacefrogman]

58. States are starting to address convicted people with pot charges. Also, I was reading that

they are discussing employers not able to drug test for pot. Both those are loosening up the Fed hold, I believe. I do not think it will be long before the Feds change their position.

[GWC58]

60. I honestly believe that they're not going

to have much of a choice. For one thing the Feds don’t have the resources to go into each state. And without local, state help it’s all the more harder. 🤔🥴

[peacefrogman]

61. I agree.

[CountAllVotes]

51. Hello there!

& greetings from the great Pacific Northwest where all is good in the Emerald Triangle!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Triangle

[samnsara]

53. yep..its3 30 am...time to WAKE AND BAKE!

[GWC58]

54. MUST BE NICE!!!!!! 😫

[samnsara]

62. ..just have to remember to get the strains seperated ;)

[mickswalkabout41]

55. Washington. Oregon

Yup. And it’s a fine fine thing. DUIs are down, drug violence is down. Most crimes are down. Except white supremacy violence, but I’m betting even they enjoy a good blunt from time to time. I’d encourage them to do it more.

[GWC58]

63. I wish Maryland would go to adult use.

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In 2014 I voted Heather Mizear, who was for legalizing. Anthony Brown won, but lost to Republican Larry Hogan. He’s not for adult use and will, most likely, fight this issue the next four years. And I’m fairly sure Hogan will do everything in his power to keep it off the ballot as a voter referendum. Shit!!! 😡😡😡😡 What a time to re-elect a D- NORML rated governor. Too bad Ben Jealous didn’t win. Hogan is about as anti cannabis as they come. As an “addendum” I just heard that the Maryland Senate & House (of Delegates) are working on bills to legalize adult use cannabis or, in their words, “Recreational marijuana use.” Even if passed it would, surely, face a Hogan veto. Hope springs eternal! 😃🥴

[GWC58]

64. Does wishing I live(d) in a

legal state count? Because I surely wish “I live in a legal state!” 😨😰😡

[samnsara]

65. hey! how did that road trip go?

[cwydro]

66. It begins next week!

[cwydro]

68. Hanging in Seattle now!

[GWC58]

67. Nope, don't live in an Adult Use state,

nor do I live near one. Well, technically, I do; Washington, DC has legalized cannabis. Thanks to the last Congress, specifically Representative Andy Harris, R/MD-1, the District is blocked, by Congress, from setting up a regulated market. Hopefully, fingers crossed, by autumn 2019 the rider ends. 👍🏻