Okay, something new on the MMP.

[kcrazorbackfan]

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?

[JohnN]

Did you inhale a 2nd time just to make sure you weren't mistaken?

[John_W]

I have a neighbor who moved here from Orlando in 2012 and he was a regular pot smoker. When they legalized it, he was right there to get a prescription. He's for real, he has a 100% Vietnam agent orange disability. So it was nothing new on my block. He always asked me if I wanted any when he use to make his trips to Orlando. I said, the last time I had any was with Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas just before he went on stage in '84, I wanted to keep that memory.

[Mortal1]

perhaps the grandparents supplied the weed....

[Taltarzac725]

Mary Jane is something I seldom smell here in the Villages.

[tophcfa]

Get used to it. It is legal in many states and as the next generation takes over it will eventually be legal nationwide. It’s only a matter of time. That being said, it will be regulated similar to alcohol, so people shouldn’t be consuming while driving a golf cart.

[Topspinmo]

Mary Jane is something I seldom smell here in the Villages.

You need to get out more :icon_wink:

[Topspinmo]

Get used to it. It is legal in many states and as the next generation takes over it will eventually be legal nationwide. It’s only a matter of time. That being said, it will be regulated similar to alcohol, so people shouldn’t be consuming while driving a golf cart.

Should been de-criminalized years ago. War on drugs was lost before it started. No different than alcohol/ moonshine. Look 👀 how far moonshine has come. Once government figures it can make money off it it becomes legal. Cocaine will be next.

[CWGUY]

:ohdear: Measure 110 passed in Oregon. Hard drugs are o.k. but I think turkey with your family is illegal.

Oregon drug decriminalization: No jail time for small amounts of heroin, other street drugs - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/oregon-decriminalize-drugs-trnd/index.html)

COVID-19 Resources for Oregonians (https://govstatus.egov.com/or-covid-19)

[Coal Miner]

Theres a lot more smoke around here tgan most folks realize. Thank goodness.

[Scott O]

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?
Maybe that was the group I pulled up next to at the intersection on Morse crossing 44 in the golf cart...

[La lamy]

:1rotfl::1rotfl:Did you inhale a 2nd time just to make sure you weren't mistaken?

[La lamy]

I smell it frequently. It can't all be skunks right?!

[RICH1]

Don't Bogart it , pass it around! I wish it were recreational legal here ...

[tammy5912554@gmail.com]

Btw...marijuana is NOT legal in Florida. Get caught with it and you will go to jail.

[golfing eagles]

Mary Jane is something I seldom smell here in the Villages.

Smell it about every 4th or 5th round usually near the potty shack, but there's a house near the 6th tee of Virginia.......

[Craftylady]

Medical marijuana is legal in Florida, please don’t judge. Actually in most Florida counties it is also decriminalized so no jail, just a fine fir getting caught with it if you don’t have a license

[Mikeodonnell73]

They might have been the gransparents!

[MandoMan]

:ohdear: Measure 110 passed in Oregon. Hard drugs are o.k. but I think turkey with your family is illegal.

Oregon drug decriminalization: No jail time for small amounts of heroin, other street drugs - CNNPolitics (https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/09/politics/oregon-decriminalize-drugs-trnd/index.html)

COVID-19 Resources for Oregonians (https://govstatus.egov.com/or-covid-19)

Cold Turkey is allowed.

[Cheapbas]

Mary Jane is something I seldom smell here in the Villages.

Rolling up a dube isn’t the only way. they have edibles,; gummies, chocolate bars and I’m sure methods I haven’t even heard of.

[dtennent]

Get used to it. It is legal in many states and as the next generation takes over it will eventually be legal nationwide. It’s only a matter of time. That being said, it will be regulated similar to alcohol, so people shouldn’t be consuming while driving a golf cart.

Guess they were following their grandfather's example when he was finishing his beer after a round of golf!

[Girlcopper]

Btw...marijuana is NOT legal in Florida. Get caught with it and you will go to jail.
You will NOTgoto jail. Youll get a smallfine unless youre carrying a couple of kilos on your back. Get real!!

[ithos]

I understand the libertarian mindset of decriminalizing drugs but extending it to certain hard drugs will have eventually have a profound effect on all in society.

The Opium Wars arose from China’s attempts to suppress the opium trade. Foreign traders (primarily British) had been illegally exporting opium mainly from India to China since the 18th century, but that trade grew dramatically from about 1820. The resulting widespread addiction in China was causing serious social and economic disruption there.

You now have judges in California that say that homeless people have a right to camp out on any public sidewalk including the one in front of single homes. Don't think it could happen in The Villages? All it takes is an election or two.

california homeless pictures - Google Search (https://www.google.com/search?lr=&newwindow=1&as_qdr=all&sxsrf=ALeKk02CmldAffRnOMKeZM3hRxIJtPvVQw:160656672 1772&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=california+homeless+pictures&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT_oi2n6XtAhWEaDABHcuoAhAQjJkEegQIAxAB&biw=1536&bih=722)

[jbrown132]

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?
If I had to run across someone on the MMP who was under the influence,I rather run across someone who has has had a few tokes of pot than someone who has been sitting around the happy hour bars getting sloshed on martinis.

[Eg_cruz]

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?
Tattletale, tattletale hang your britches on a nail. 😂🤣😂🤣

[Eg_cruz]

You will NOTgoto jail. Youll get a smallfine unless youre carrying a couple of kilos on your back. Get real!!
Not true

[Kerry Azz]

That’s too funny, it probably the Grandparents weed, Spoiler Alert” a lot of folks here smoke weed legally and illegally.

[Kerry Azz]

I guess your not aware that it is legal here. If you have a medical prescription for it.

[fishon]

I enjoyed working in a drug free company.
The potheads were fired.
Good riddance.

[Dlbonivich]

Who cares!

[Joe C.]

All illegal drug users and sellers should be tried and executed. Just like in Indonesia. That country doesn't have a drug problem.
Drugs cost $$$$ and when the users don't have enough $$$$ they steal, sometimes kill or injure, and destroy families. They are no good.

[Grill Meister]

Alas, I must have lead a mis-spent youth. I have no idea how marijuana smells. Poor, poor, pitiful me.

[Singerlady]

I understand the libertarian mindset of decriminalizing drugs but extending it to certain hard drugs will have eventually have a profound fact on all in society.

The Opium Wars arose from China’s attempts to suppress the opium trade. Foreign traders (primarily British) had been illegally exporting opium mainly from India to China since the 18th century, but that trade grew dramatically from about 1820. The resulting widespread addiction in China was causing serious social and economic disruption there.

You now have judges in California that say that homeless people have a right to camp out on any public sidewalk including the one in front of single homes. Don't think it could happen in The Villages? All it takes is an election or two.

california homeless pictures - Google Search (https://www.google.com/search?lr=&newwindow=1&as_qdr=all&sxsrf=ALeKk02CmldAffRnOMKeZM3hRxIJtPvVQw:160656672 1772&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=california+homeless+pictures&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT_oi2n6XtAhWEaDABHcuoAhAQjJkEegQIAxAB&biw=1536&bih=722)
Thank goodness we don’t have sidewalks in front of our homes.

[dewilson58]

I smell it frequently. It can't all be skunks right?!
I use to be surprised how much I smell it down here. :shocked:

[Dana1963]

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?
You have lived a sheltered life

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?

Do you think that many grandparents in The Villages are not doing the same thing?

The only thing unusual here is that the people were young. And that's not so unusual during the holidays.

[Heytubes]

In my company’s worker comp insurance policy if you get an injury, automatic drug test. If failed, WC would not pay so you’re on the hook to pay your own med expenses. Glad I’m retired.

[Rlheinz19@yahoo.com]

Moving to TV next spring. More than ever convinced it is the right move. Party on! What color loofah do I need to show 420 friendly? Lol

[dewilson58]

It's 100% medical required skunk smell.




:1rotfl:
:1rotfl:
:1rotfl:

[Smodakman]

Jim Dandy to the rescue.....

[KRM0614]

Should been de-criminalized years ago. War on drugs was lost before it started. No different than alcohol/ moonshine. Look 👀 how far moonshine has come. Once government figures it can make money off it it becomes legal. Cocaine will be next.
I cocaine heroin and meth are now legal in Oregon ! Apparently federal law is a joke ! Now the looters can destroy more

[newgirl]

Soon

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

I have been smoking a joint 2 or 3 times a week for many years . I only do it on the lanai usually at night listening to a little jazz and glass of good wine . I’m a few weeks away from being 82 and I never smoked cigarettes, a little weed , wine and Coltrane is one of life’s little pleasures

[dewilson58]

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?


I was play Roosevelt a few months ago and two grandkids were driving a golf cart across the course..........across the fairways, across the hazards, across the greens. Ranger Rick chased after them, but never caught them because he was trying to drive in the right areas.


Some grandparents do, some do not.

[yanksansky]

You won’t get arrested, fined $$$

[deestatham@aol.com]

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?


Dear God! Sure wish the police had been around. What next??

[dewilson58]

Dear God! Sure wish the police had been around. What next??


The police were busy staking out charlieo1126@gmail.com (https://www.talkofthevillages.com/forums/members/charlieo1126@gmail-com-105815/) house. Film at 11.


:duck:

[jmcote]

Should been de-criminalized years ago. War on drugs was lost before it started. No different than alcohol/ moonshine. Look 👀 how far moonshine has come. Once government figures it can make money off it it becomes legal. Cocaine will be next.

Totally agree. Not a fan of drugs whether legal or not. Not a moral stance, just not my thing. However, legalizing and taxing these so called recreational drugs would put a dent in both the related criminal activity and the government deficit. What's not to like.

[airstreamingypsy]

Don't Bogart it , pass it around! I wish it were recreational legal here ...

It will be, as soon as Rick Scott figures how he can make a lot of money from it.

[kanoa1kale2]

I have a neighbor who moved here from Orlando in 2012 and he was a regular pot smoker. When they legalized it, he was right there to get a prescription. He's for real, he has a 100% Vietnam agent orange disability. So it was nothing new on my block. He always asked me if I wanted any when he use to make his trips to Orlando. I said, the last time I had any was with Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas just before he went on stage in '84, I wanted to keep that memory.

I have a friend with Agent Orange Disability who has so many problems, the government should give him whatever he wants. Very nasty stuff. Pot does help mitigate the pain meds required and allows the physicians to reduce the amount of pain med given. I've lost two other friends to Agent Orange problems. I'm eternally grateful I was sent to Europe for my duty station during that war.

[kanoa1kale2]

Should been de-criminalized years ago. War on drugs was lost before it started. No different than alcohol/ moonshine. Look 👀 how far moonshine has come. Once government figures it can make money off it it becomes legal. Cocaine will be next.

I believe Oregon just legalized it in the last election.

[GoPacers]

All illegal drug users and sellers should be tried and executed. Just like in Indonesia. That country doesn't have a drug problem.
Drugs cost $$$$ and when the users don't have enough $$$$ they steal, sometimes kill or injure, and destroy families. They are no good.

Wow...

[Mustagotlost]

It is too legal in Florida. Even other states honor marijuana license from Florida.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

I said, the last time I had any was with Jim Dandy of Black Oak Arkansas just before he went on stage in '84, I wanted to keep that memory.

Used to love that band in the '70s. Their first three albums are great, every song a winner. Don't know why they didn't hit it as big as some other southern rockers. Very cool that you hung out with Jim Dandy. I can only say I hung out with Kerry Livgren of Kansas (who turned me on not to weed, but some great Italian prog) after an interview for my college newspaper in 1977.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

OP, they're just doing what so many of us used to do at their age, and we turned out alright. I for one would rather see them do that than drink to excess.

[PugMom]

Used to love that band in the '70s. Their first three albums are great, every song a winner. Don't know why they didn't hit it as big as some other southern rockers. Very cool that you hung out with Jim Dandy. I can only say I hung out with Kerry Livgren of Kansas (who turned me on not to weed, but some great Italian prog) after an interview for my college newspaper in 1977.

have you ever heard of Goblin?? very italian & progressive

[Curtisbwp]

You have yet to encounter the grandparents doing the same thing.

[ts12755]

Iin the last 2 years I've met several dozen Villagers that use legal and illegal Marijuana here in the villages. It will be recreational legal in Florida by the next Governor election.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Btw...marijuana is NOT legal in Florida. Get caught with it and you will go to jail.

That is incorrect.

Medical marijuana is legal, controlled, and regulated in the state of Florida. Recreational use is still not legal in the state though.

[cologal]

Maybe that was the group I pulled up next to at the intersection on Morse crossing 44 in the golf cart...
Colorado legalized POT several years ago. There is quite a back story as to why they did. But all the POT money goes to new school construction!

[LiverpoolWalrus]

have you ever heard of Goblin?? very italian & progressive

Oh yes. I'm pretty sure I even had at least one of their albums back in the day. Kerry Livgren introducing me to Italian prog had a huge effect on me. After that night I checked out Banco, PFM, Le Orme, Area, etc. To this day, I still think Banco is one of the best bands ever, in any genre, from any country. I had the good fortune to finally see them live in one of their rare U.S. appearances at a progfest in PA around 2008.

And strangely enough...Banco had a hold on Kansas, too. Their song The Spider from Point of Know Return sounds exactly like the great Italian proggers. The Spider - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBrnBm4hnuc)

And here for your listening pleasure is the one and only Banco doing one of my favorite songs of all time, and I owe it all to Kansas: Banco del mutuo soccorso (non mi rompete) - YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXws0RYLo4A)

[brfree1411@aol.com]

I agree! Marijuana is much better than being drunk. Maybe with MJ, you get lost, drive slowww & giggle uncontrollably but it’s better than have a bar fight or be mean

[ismatta]

So what. Outdoors, and if your driving responsibly, a great distance from you. At least it wasn’t a cancer causing cigar.

[NoMoSno]

So what. Outdoors, and if your driving responsibly, a great distance from you. At least it wasn’t a cancer causing cigar.
Anything you burn and inhale can potentially cause lung cancer.

[timjones]

Iin the last 2 years I've met several dozen Villagers that use legal and illegal Marijuana here in the villages. It will be recreational legal in Florida by the next Governor election.

What effect the covid restrictions have had on marijuana consumption, has decreased or increased or had no discernible effect?

[jbfleck]

Drunks can be very ugly

[kcrazorbackfan]

I was play Roosevelt a few months ago and two grandkids were driving a golf cart across the course..........across the fairways, across the hazards, across the greens. Ranger Rick chased after them, but never caught them because he was trying to drive in the right areas.


Some grandparents do, some do not.

Some grandparents do, most grandparents don’t give a 5hit; they’re afraid of offending their kids or grandkids.

[CFrance]

So what. Outdoors, and if your driving responsibly, a great distance from you. At least it wasn’t a cancer causing cigar.
Getting high and driving responsibly seems oxymoronic.

[Shoolie]

Sounds like a good way to end the evening to me.

[Trbrown57]

Sorry I am just moving in, what is the mmp?

[Ricky Dale]

multi-modal path

[ithos]

Thank goodness we don’t have sidewalks in front of our homes.

There are plenty of sidewalks in the villages. Also plenty of nice green grass with shade next to the MMPs. And every home has right of way property which is publicly owned.

California was nirvana in the 80s. Now Uhaul costs 10x more to move out than to move in.
But what am I thinking? It could never happen here.

[Topspinmo]

I understand the libertarian mindset of decriminalizing drugs but extending it to certain hard drugs will have eventually have a profound fact on all in society.

The Opium Wars arose from China’s attempts to suppress the opium trade. Foreign traders (primarily British) had been illegally exporting opium mainly from India to China since the 18th century, but that trade grew dramatically from about 1820. The resulting widespread addiction in China was causing serious social and economic disruption there.

You now have judges in California that say that homeless people have a right to camp out on any public sidewalk including the one in front of single homes. Don't think it could happen in The Villages? All it takes is an election or two.

california homeless pictures - Google Search (https://www.google.com/search?lr=&newwindow=1&as_qdr=all&sxsrf=ALeKk02CmldAffRnOMKeZM3hRxIJtPvVQw:160656672 1772&source=univ&tbm=isch&q=california+homeless+pictures&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjT_oi2n6XtAhWEaDABHcuoAhAQjJkEegQIAxAB&biw=1536&bih=722)


I bet they can’t camp out on Wiltshire Blvd.?

[Topspinmo]

Coming home tonight on the MMP southbound towards 44, I come up behind a cart with a young female in the the back seat and a young male and a female in the front seat. All of a sudden, I get a whiff of a familiar odor from when I worked UC and then see a joint being passed back and forth. Just when I thought there was nothing new to see here in TV....🤪🤪

Grandparents, do you know what you’re grandkids are doing in your cart?

Well, at least they didn’t stop at the electrician boxes and start Humping like the drunks did. Or maybe the wasn’t high enough yet? :shocked:

[Laker14]

I've definitely caught whiff of it, on many more than one occasion, as I've tooled around TV in my cart. Live and let live. Just another one of those things that handled responsibly is not a problem for anyone, but handled irresponsibly could be. Like cars, booze, dogs, golf carts, drones, car stereos, , just to name a few.

[Henryk]

You will NOTgoto jail. Youll get a smallfine unless youre carrying a couple of kilos on your back. Get real!!

I believe you are incorrect. If you read the news on the other not-to-be-named site, you see people arrested all the time for small amounts of pot.

[sallybowron]

You need to get out more :icon_wink:

My son lived with us for 9 months a few years back. He served at Arnold Palmers and he said that he saw tons of Villagers using MJ around the Villages. They bought in the parking lot behind Barnes and Nobel.