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State senators from Philadelphia, Delaware and Chester counties are sponsoring a bill to legalize marijuana in the state.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably pissed that NJ is raking in tax revenue from legal sales across the river

[–] Monkeyhog 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

And Delaware already legalized for recreational, but stores won't be open to public until next year

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's not working for Iowa. Minnesota, Illinois, and Missouri are legal but this former bastion of freedom and inclusion (remember gay marriage anyone?) is so fucking backwards now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You can buy edibles from special state stores only in Harrisburg, Pittsburgh, and Philly. The stores are open Wednesday to Friday from 6 AM to 3 PM.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yep. Good. Everyone just goes to the dispensary in jersey, or just gets the legally grey farm bill stuff from the smoke shop. Just blanket legalize the stuff already, and rake it in in. Put it towards infrastructure or smth, I don't know. Hell can you legalize all the drugs while your at it, or decriminalise at least? Thanks.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

This is how the dominoes of legalized gambling happened. States saw their neighbors raking in the cash and legalized gambling to keep their citizens' dollars inside the state. It's the same phenomenon now that pot is legal in states around PA, they want their people to spend that money inside the state to get tax revenue.

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