They'll have to double the size of that new agricultural sciences building they just built
Being in the EP...you know many of us get our gas in VA and many of us spend a lot of money in MD and VA. It would be great to see our bordering states residents spend a little money in WV.
I have not partaken in nearly 30 years and probably wouldn't if it became legal, but the millennial party folk and lazy workers are all already buying with zero issues in finding a source.
I've told people for the last few years that if they legalized pot and linked it to Eco-tourism in WV, it would bring a lot of money into the state from people on the east coast. As mdeer stated, it won't happen, though. Some other state around WV will do it first and then WV will be playing catch-up. I mean, it's already the number one cash crop, so why not make sure the local and state governments are getting their cut. Maybe it could improve schools and infrastructure. They need to find a viable option after the coal and natural gas jobs finally dry up or are reduced further.
Alcohol & heroin leave the blood stream in short order; however, THC stays for more than 40 days. This presents a problem with drug testing and complying with company policies. I think some things need to be worked out first.
That's what zoning laws are for though.
Millennials are the most educated generation in American history and are very much needed in a state that's aging quite rapidly.
Colorado's economy has exploded since legalization. What lazy professionals are you referring to? How are professionals using pot any different than those who have a drink after work?
Ummm, maybe so, but they are also the laziest. I see it something like this: get college degree, smoke dope until age 35, get minimum wage job to pay to have raunchy tattoos removed, get real job and find out what real work really is, at age 55 realize that retirement is something I should have been thinking about back when I was smoking dope, reality punches me in both my eyes and leaves them black and blue, swollen and bloody, blame everything on cheap parents who are now retired and should not be spending my inheritance so I can retire. Get notice from Social Security Administration that I will have to work until age 80 before getting any benefits, then the F-it stage and just smoke dope to forget about how I f-ed up.
Does it matter when this "experiment" has been under a microscope across many media outlets for the past 4 years? It's not as if data isn't widely available. Not that it matters, but I do have family in the Colorado Springs area and have visited many times since 2012.
No, they're not. lol I'd love to see your source on this wonderful anecdote. Your entire post reads like "get off my lawn."
I'm not sure the cure to WV's problems is going to be tying the economy to another finite resource. I think we're all seeing the fallout from that w/ coal. Unfortunately for WV, we won't see an uptick in drilling until the price of oil goes up again. It would provide a lot of good jobs though.
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The ones in Charles Town and Wheeling are decent (haven't been to the Mardi Gras one), but I feel like a lot of the gambling money comes from those small "hot spots" around the state.
I was replying to someone else that used those terms; guessed you missed that part.
Yes; because the baby boomers ( and every other generation) has made saving for their own retirement such a priority.
Like most gambling establishments; the ones in Wheeling and New Cumberland are filled with degenerates spending their water bill money. Actually not bad for an occasional trip; but pretty bad seeing all the regulars that are there and fairly obvious that most of them should have never walked through the door....ever; let alone for the fourth time that week.
