To anybody who smokes Marijuana...

[Nibi]

...or thinks it should be decriminalized!

Sensible B.C. has started a campaign to decriminalize marijuana possession in 2014, they have from September 9 to December 5 to get 400,000 signatures. Keep an eye on their "upcoming events calendar" for any events in the area you live. And even if you don't smoke, like I don't, consider signing anyways. :-3

http://sensiblebc.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/SensibleBC
https://twitter.com/sensiblebc
http://sensiblebc.ca/sign/ (Plunk in postal code here to find local area to sign the petition!)

[tokar]

...or thinks it should be decriminalized!

Sensible B.C. has started a campaign to decriminalize marijuana possession in 2014, they have from September 9 to December 5 to get 400,000 signatures. Keep an eye on their "upcoming events calendar" for any events in the area you live. And even if you don't smoke, like I don't, consider signing anyways. :-3

http://sensiblebc.ca/
https://www.facebook.com/SensibleBC
https://twitter.com/sensiblebc

there is so much money wasted by the police, and the courts in the pursuit of catching tokers.  this money could be re-directed to pursue the people that break into your car or house, those that do cocaine or heroin or other harder drugs.

each year more people die of alcohol and tobacco than die from a marijuana overdose.  to overdose on thc one would have to smoke anywhere from 20 thousand to 40 thousand joints PER DAY.  not at all possible because one would fall asleep long before you got anywhere near 1,000 joints smoked.

do a google search for a list of those that have died as a result of a thc overdose.  then google for those that have died at the hands of the police as a result of the police searching for pot.  i wonder which one has zero deaths and which one has numerous reports and still counting?

agree or not with legalization, what sensible bc is trying to do is get this provinces attorney general to inform the police departments not to pursue those found with small amounts of marijuana in their possession. please sign the petition.

[Nibi]

Well said tokar. :thumbs: :3

[Drake Wingfire]

Huh, I thought this campaign was already at the door-door signatures stage, unless I am reading what you said wrong. Cause I remember signing on that a long ass time ago.

[tokar]

Huh, I thought this campaign was already at the door-door signatures stage, unless I am reading what you said wrong. Cause I remember signing on that a long ass time ago.

on monday, 9 / 9 / 2013 was the launch of the actual campaign.  it goes on until december when the 'votes' get counted.  then after that, electionsbc gets hold of it and counts and cross check the results to make sure that nobody signed twice
my guess is that sometime in march we will get the results.

please sign

[Nibi]

Would like to share some more links:

Kelowna: Sensible BC: It's not about promoting dope smoking

Vancouver: BT Vancouver: Pot Petition Launches

Prince George: Pot Petition Helping To Change Public Opinion

Kamloops: Sensible B.C. sets up petition booths

Also would to mention that they will soon have an area on Sensible B.C.'s website that will allow you to just put in your postal code and have it show you your local signing area. So that's good to hear. :birdy:

[Aeturnus]

I don't smoke it and I see nothing wrong with it being legal, and if I lived in BC, I'd sign the petition in a heartbeat.

[tokar]

if you are interested in signing the petition and you live in the riding of BURNABY - LOUGHEED, contact me to arrange a place for you to sign.  you may only sign this petition ONCE and ONCE only.

i am a registered canvasser for BURNABY - LOUGHEED.  you must be registered as a voter.  you cannot register to vote and then sign as the cut off date to do so has past.

no matter what your riding, if you are a registered voter, please sign.  this is not to legalize or promote the smoking of marijuana but to stop the police from pursuing those for simple possession of small amounts.  charges would still be laid if the possession amount was obviously for the purpose of selling.

please sign.

[zenia]

I don't smoke it and I see nothing wrong with it being legal, and if I lived in BC, I'd sign the petition in a heartbeat.

I don't care if people want to smoke it... but I do not want to be subjected to secondhand pot smoke because I think it smells disgusting and it gives me a MAJOR headache.  T__T

[tokar]

I don't care if people want to smoke it... but I do not want to be subjected to secondhand pot smoke because I think it smells disgusting and it gives me a MAJOR headache.  T__T

i am sorry to hear that it affects you that way.  i hope you speak up and explain to anyone that is smoking in your vicinity to move away and why you are asking them to do so.  when i do smoke i try to respect anyone that is nearby and not 'blow smoke in their faces'.

[Selkit]

I know how you feel. I hope there is another petition to make smoking in public illegal.

Smoking in most public spaces is already technically illegal, but is un-enforceable owing to convoluted jurisdictional matters. Better yet, petition to redefine the current fine-handling for smoking, so ordinary cops can actually issue the fine for smoking in a posted no-smoking area. Fun fact: Transit cops, VPD, et-al, cannot issue a smoking fine thanks to archaic health regulations and jurisdictional arcana. Fix the legislation we already have.

On the other side of that coin though, Rainratty, a blanket ban will not be helpful; Smokers of any substance will smoke, regardless of any posted penalty or bystander request, if that particular individual is inclined to be inconsiderate. By the same token, the responsible smokers will use designated areas, dispose of their butts and roaches properly, or otherwise just choose a more appropriate moment. Failing that? Talk to them. Tell them flat out, that it's uncool; Silence is otherwise consent, in the eyes of someone inconsiderate enough to impose, and I've found they tend to fold under a little condemnation or diplomacy.

[zenia]

i am sorry to hear that it affects you that way.  i hope you speak up and explain to anyone that is smoking in your vicinity to move away and why you are asking them to do so.  when i do smoke i try to respect anyone that is nearby and not 'blow smoke in their faces'.

Yeah, in the last place I lived, my two roommates didn't care about what I thought at all, and smoked it every day... inside the house even though the landlord said to knock it off. Then I moved here and all was good for a year and now someone is smoking it outside (and it blows into the windows... and in summer it isn't really fair to tell people to keep their windows closed) every day. I am not entirely sure who it is though, so the building management said they'd keep an eye out.

It really is too bad that it causes such an adverse reaction in me, because otherwise, I wouldn't really care.

[Selkit]

Zenia; I'm lucky in that pot not only does not bother me, I consider the odor pleasant in small quantities. On the other hand, processed blond tobacco like cigarettes will actually raise skin irritation, to say nothing of what it does to my breathing and nose. On the other hand, I've been playing a worrisome game at work the past few weeks; Is it a skunk, or is it pot. Lately, it's been the skunk-with-attitude. D:

[zenia]

heh I am like that with cigarettes, sort of. While a lot of smoke is gross (I am not a smoker at all), the occasional whiff of one cigarette does not bother me and is a little pleasant.

Pot on the other hand, always smells like skunk-cabbage/poop/gross to me. :P

[Silvermink]

I don't care if people want to smoke it... but I do not want to be subjected to secondhand pot smoke because I think it smells disgusting and it gives me a MAJOR headache.  T__T

My partner's girlfriend is actually deathly allergic to it - she has to run if there's pot smoke in her vicinity. :( She got hit at VancouFUR once by people smoking outside the back door of the hotel.

I still think it should be legal, though, all things considered.