Which state will be the last to legalize pot?

That information about Tennessee have 91 of 95 counties is grossly inaccurate. My county and the five adjacent counties are all wide open and have been for some time. Even if I didn't know anything about the rest of the state, that alone would make the math wrong. Locally, we couldn't buy beer on Sundays until 95 or 96. That's when Applebee's came to town, and it was a condition for them before construction began.

 

Quite possible. One thing I know is that money will win out over morality every time. I remember when I was in Nashville drinking and the bartender mentioned the blue laws, one was that no alcohol could be sold on Sundays. Well, when the Titans came to town and managed to carve out an exception.

 

You would think that, but I think you would be wrong. Mississippi's liquor laws before 1966 (when the statewide prohibition was ended) amounted to a quasi-legal racket, with officials at every level of government and law enforcement looking the other way (for a healthy fee, of course) while bonded liquor was sold out the back doors of certain establishments. It was a weird and thoroughly corrupt setup where the state took in tax dollars on something that was theoretically illegal.

That, rather than any prudishness over alcohol (trust me, people here LOVE their booze), was the reason it took so long to end the statewide prohibition. The system in place was so lucrative for state officials that they were reluctant to kill what was a golden goose lining their pockets.

Remember, also, that Ole Miss houses (at least I believe it still does) that nation's only legal pot farm. BTW, Mississippi has county/municipal option, where liquor can be sold within the city limits of towns that vote to do so, while the surrounding county remains dry.

 

Last state to legalize? I'm guessing Kansas.

 

No way KY is last. Pot was (is) the biggest cash crop in KY. KY has a Senator who has all but said he is for it. KY won't take the lead on it, but look for them to be closer to the front than the back of this line.

 

No one dies from smoking weed.

 

You fell into his false premise trap.

 

Arrogance, for starters. Stoners who realize they are stoners are proud of it. Drunks who realize they're drunks are ashamed of it.

 

Yes, I'm sure that smoke is special and very good for the lungs. :

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/08/090805110741.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/01/080123104017.htm

 

Christopher Lane did:

 

Which was it, the pot or his skin tone? Or do you think Reefer Madness was a documentary?