To anybody who smokes Marijuana...

[Selkit]

The Occam's razor solution is, just roll it in under similar legislation to alcohol and tobacco consumption; Prohibited in most public spaces, taxed at a level high enough to ensure a revenue stream, but low enough to deter organized criminal activities, restricted for use by minors. And for heaven's sakes, they'd need to update the bloody smoking laws to actually permit enforcement. Their current state is arcane and ridiculous at best.

[Rin]

Legal it.....nuff said lol  :-3

[Tiger Paws]

Legal it.....nuff said lol  :-3

what he said

[Nibi]

Remember, this petition isn't for legalization but for decriminalization, tokar explained it well. :3

Also! If you put in you postal code here: http://sensiblebc.ca/sign/ It'll tell you where you can sign your local petition! :D Makes like a little easier.

[tokar]

Remember, this petition isn't for legalization but for decriminalization, tokar explained it well. :3

Also! If you put in you postal code here: http://sensiblebc.ca/sign/ It'll tell you where you can sign your local petition! :D Makes like a little easier.

http://db.sensiblebc.ca/postal.php    just shows a small box in the upper left corner.  enter your postal code and magically, your electoral riding will appear

in order to sign the referendum petition you must have registered to be on the voters list prior to Sept 9/2013 when this campaign got rolling.  

i now have copies of all the petition sheets for the electoral districts in the lower mainland.

if you do not sign between sept 9 and dec 7 - YOU DID NOT SIGN the official petition. 
if you think you signed at the 4/20 gathering in front of the art gallery - YOU DID NOT SIGN the official petition

YOU CANNOT SIGN ONLINE            when you see a canvasser, (me?) please ask to sign.  all i ask is that you know your riding aka electoral district.  eg burnaby - lougheed, port moody - coquitlam, chilliwack - hope

PLEASE SIGN

note - cultivation (growing) and selling (trafficing) will still be illegal under this proposal.  this is just to instruct the police departments of BC not to charge people for simple possession. example -- 20 grams in 20 one gram bags is chargeable (trafficing), where 20 grams in one bag would be non chargeable (personal use)

other questions - please ask 

[blue-vulpine]

Speaking from a security standpoint, I'd much rather deal with a pothead then a drunk...
I've often seen alcohol to be much more of a problem in Provincial Parks or Work Camps, though of course too much of ANYTHING is a quite often a bad thing. Like with most things, I believe being responsible is key to having a good time.

If your not responsible... Your gonna have a bad time. /memegarbage

I think this is great, I'll be signing this for sure!

thanks for sharing!

-Tj

[n1ghtmar3w0lf]

i dont smoke it myself but my problem with the stuff stems more from certain people who grow it ,if legalization can stop dumb asses from growing it and lessen crime im all for it,what should be illegal is regular cigarettes being as those are highly dangerous and stiffer laws on alcohol may help some to

[Star Wonder]

The bus will be here in abby tomorrow! I hope we can get to it and sign! (Kuvi and myself)

[Digipig]

I've done a fair amount of canvassing for Sensible BC already. Get out and sign if you haven't done so!

[velvetkytten]

I signed this yesterday down at the bus loop in surrey central. You MUST be a REGISTERED VOTER to sign. So make sure you are ! There are many places to sign !

[Star Wonder]

I signed this yesterday down at the bus loop in surrey central. You MUST be a REGISTERED VOTER to sign. So make sure you are ! There are many places to sign !

You don't need to be just a registered Voter. If you file your taxes and are a tax payer, and if you're on disability (not welfare), you are able to sign as well.

[tokar]

You don't need to be just a registered Voter. If you file your taxes and are a tax payer, and if you're on disability (not welfare), you are able to sign as well.

just because you pay taxes, and are not on welfare, does not mean you can vote.

not sure where you get your facts Star but the rules to vote in ANY election for public office are few.  to vote one must be 19 yrs of age, a CANADIAN CITIZEN, and live in the electoral district where the vote is to be applied. (you do not have to actually be in your e.d. to vote in that e.d.  questions - pm me)

there is NOTHING in the election acts that says that you cannot vote if you are on welfare.  if you are on welfare, 19 yrs or over, AND a Canadian citizen, you CAN vote.  strangely enough, if you are in prison -- you CAN vote

[Star Wonder]

just because you pay taxes, and are not on welfare, does not mean you can vote.

not sure where you get your facts Star but the rules to vote in ANY election for public office are few.  to vote one must be 19 yrs of age, a CANADIAN CITIZEN, and live in the electoral district where the vote is to be applied. (you do not have to actually be in your e.d. to vote in that e.d.  questions - pm me)

there is NOTHING in the election acts that says that you cannot vote if you are on welfare.  if you are on welfare, 19 yrs or over, AND a Canadian citizen, you CAN vote.  strangely enough, if you are in prison -- you CAN vote

Uh you totally misread what I said Tokar. It was about the fact you don't need to be a voter to sign the petition. That's all. They asked if I paid taxes or was on Disability (Welfare does NOT count by the government apparently. Thankfully I'm not on welfare anymore). The woman asked if we voted this year, I said I've never voted. She asked if I paid my taxes or I was on disability. She said those on WELFARE didn't qualify to SIGN the petition. As it is a temporary thing by the government. Has nothing to do with voting. So please make sure you read what I said properly, and don't misinterpret it.

[tokar]

just because you pay taxes, and are not on welfare, does not mean you can vote.

not sure where you get your facts Star but the rules to vote in ANY election for public office are few.  to vote one must be 19 yrs of age, a CANADIAN CITIZEN, and live in the electoral district where the vote is to be applied. (you do not have to actually be in your e.d. to vote in that e.d.  questions - pm me)

there is NOTHING in the election acts that says that you cannot vote if you are on welfare.  if you are on welfare, 19 yrs or over, AND a Canadian citizen, you CAN vote.  strangely enough, if you are in prison -- you CAN vote

i made a mistake in the quoted post.  i said you have to be 19 yrs old when i should have said 18. my apologies for this error

[velvetkytten]

excuse me Star but I dont understand why they would tell you that you can sign without being registered to vote in election.

And to claim people on disability cannot sign is also false. I do not understand why you would claim these.

Please make sure your info is CORRECT before you try to wrongfully inform others. This is a very important topic to my heart and I find your wrong info very upsetting.

If we can collect enough signatures from all across BC then we can have a referendum in September 2014 on decriminalizing cannabis in our province.

We will need to collect signatures from 10% of the registered voters in every single one of BC's 85 electoral districts. Also, all signatures must be gathered in a 90 day period.

We will be starting that 90-day clock in September 2013.

Over the coming months we will be pre-registering our supporters and volunteers, so that we have a big head start when we begin the official signature gathering campaign.

If we get enough signatures during Sept-Nov 2013, then there will be a historic referendum vote in September 2014, to pass the Sensible Policing Act into law.

BC's referendum law

BC's referendum system has fixed election dates, and the next one is set for September 2014. Any ballot initiative that has collected enough signatures by early 2014 will be put to a provincial vote that September.

It isn't easy to get enough signatures. We need at least 10% of registered voters in every single one of BC's 85 ridings to sign in support, that's over 400,000 people! Plus, we will have only 90 days to collect them.

However, with some hard work and careful planning, it can be done.

We are not going to be collecting the official signatures until September-November 2013. But we are asking you to please register and volunteer now in support of our campaign, so that we can easily collect your signature when the time comes.

Register and volunteer now!

We will only succeed with thousands of volunteers from all across the province working to sign up and register their friends in support of this campaign.

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