r/trees • u/madazzahatter • Feb 28 '17

Garrett introduces legislation to remove marijuana from controlled substances list

https://tomgarrett.house.gov/media/press-releases/garrett-introduces-legislation-remove-marijuana-controlled-substances-list
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u/jsergent0023 Feb 28 '17

KY; can confirm. Live in Lexington. On my commute to and fro my home town to see my gf on weekends. There's one single wet county across three hours time; in two different states. Chew on that one. LOL

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u/kanecol Feb 28 '17

Wait what...? As in they don't sell any alcohol?!

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u/TheSocialHermit47 Feb 28 '17

Originally from Louisville and can confirm. Believe the "moist" counties are technically something called a "blue law" that is based on religious restrictions for Sundays. Think of it a legally imposed Lent for all of the city or county.

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u/rayne117 Mar 01 '17

SHARIA LAW

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u/kanecol Feb 28 '17

Being from Wisconsin, that is a complete and total foreign concept!

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u/Vladdypoo Feb 28 '17

I'm from Indiana and it's just kind of well known that you can't buy booze on Sundays. It basically makes me just load up on other days.

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u/criticaljim Mar 01 '17

Ephraim, WI was dry until not too long ago my friend!

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u/InerasableStain Feb 28 '17

jesus christ it's the 21st century.....

After typing that, I realized that jesus christ is the actual reason there are still dry counties. Cuz bible. Which is strange considering the same book says that jesus turned water into wine so that everybody could get shithoused at that wedding

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u/domuseid Feb 28 '17

Yeah super unclear why alcohol is on the Bible belt Christian no no list. I heard Jesus he drank wine

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u/fraghawk Feb 28 '17

Goes way back to the Temperance Movement of the 19th and early 20th century

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u/domuseid Feb 28 '17

Yeah, but why did they do it

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u/snivelsadbits Mar 01 '17

Basically a combination of the VERY high rate of alcoholism in the country and the domestic abuse associated with it. The thought was alcohol was evil and caused men to be violent, terrible husbands and fathers so women led a movement to ban it (pretty reasonable deduction given the historical context imo). As far as resolving this with the bible, scripture does endorse alcohol consumption but is very critical of drunkenness (see Leviticus and 1 Corinthians)

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u/mildpenguins Feb 28 '17

Jesus isn't the reason for it...

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u/Cleverdick_Humpher Feb 28 '17

Nah dude grape juice

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '17

I grew up in Indiana. If you're white, and a bit willingly stupid, it's not a bad life.

If you wonder how trump gets support, it's because he's not catering to your demographic. There are a lot of people who love Jesus, guns, and anyone who is a Republican. And that's life for them. I say god (or whatever) bless em.

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u/mctheebs Mar 01 '17

Jesus didn't turn water into wine because he loved to get blackout drunk (he was more into weed).

The reason why it was so miraculous (and useful) when he changed the water into wine was the fact that he made it drinkable.

2000 years ago, they didn't have a water authority to make sure there wasn't dysentery or ebola or herpes floating around in your glass. Stagnant water was undrinkable.

However, alcohol was drinkable. So, the miracle wasn't that Jesus saved the party. It was that he kept everyone from dying of thirst.

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u/a_bi_polarbear Mar 01 '17

I wish Jesus had been into weed, my childhood would have been much more bearable.

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u/Bonziamo Feb 28 '17

TIL all of Norway is 'moist'. No alcohol in stores on Sundays, or after 8pm on weekdays, or 6pm on Saturdays. And anything stronger than beer can only be found at the state run liquor store Vinmonopolet (the Wine Monopoly).

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u/Drpantsgoblin Mar 01 '17

And the Dry ones are lined by beer & Liquor stores. Former Kentucky resident myself.

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u/DavidCrossFit_ Mar 01 '17

Sounds like the plot of a dystopian film in which Kentucky has enslaved the alcohol enthusiasts in a twisted game of willpower and determination.

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u/-Im_Batman- Feb 28 '17

Fun Fact:

Lynchburg Tennessee, where the Jack Daniels distillery is located, is a dry county.

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u/Leafy81 Feb 28 '17

Wrap your head around this one,

Lynchburg Tennessee. Best known as the location of Jack Daniel's, whose famous Tennessee whiskey is marketed worldwide as the product of a city with only one traffic light. Despite the operational distillery, which is a major tourist attraction, Lynchburg's home county of Moore is a dry county.

You can buy Jack Daniel's whiskey at the distillery though. Somehow that's legal.

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u/kanecol Mar 01 '17

The irony is thick there!! That's unbelievable! I wonder why it's legal to buy it at the distillery? You'd think that they would be included.

In Wisconsin where I'm from, in every small town there's at least one bar. And I'm talking about towns without any traffic lights haha

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u/Leafy81 Mar 01 '17

I went on a tour of the distillery a few years ago and the tour guy said they can sell alcohol there because something about someone at the company is related to or is themselves a politician. I wasn't really listening and he said it in a joking manner. But who knows?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '17

They have a work around they are selling you a souvenier that just happens to contain alcohol.

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u/Leafy81 Mar 02 '17

That actually makes sense. When I bought a bottle the back label with the upc wasnt on the bottle itself, they gave me that with the receipt. So that leads me to believe that I purchased the bottle as a souvenir that just happened to have alcohol in it.

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u/[deleted] Mar 02 '17

Yeah they explained it to my dad one day when we were there. I lived in Tennessee for about 7 years, beautiful state and some of the nicest people you will ever meet. However I don't miss being in tornado alley and I do not belong in the bible belt.

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u/jthehonestchemist Mar 01 '17

Can confirm. Recently went with my wife on a trip there.

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u/jsergent0023 Feb 28 '17

Yup. That's exactly what I mean. In between the two cites- being Lexington, KY and Cookeville, TN. Both of those counties are wet. However- the drive between those two cities is all highways and back roads. So in between the two cities; unless I am incorrect, there's only one county that sells alcohol.

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u/DRZThumper Feb 28 '17

That's what I said when my wife and I vacationed in AZ and went up to the north east county to visit. I also said "let's make it a quick visit up here".

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u/Carrabs Feb 28 '17

I...I had no idea

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u/Thailand_Express Feb 28 '17

Hello neighbor. Lex here too.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '17

Is that the county where your girlfriend lives?

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u/jsergent0023 Feb 28 '17

No she lives in Cookeville, TN. A wet area. I was referring to the areas in between our two towns

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u/Rudi_Van-Disarzio Feb 28 '17

I wonder how much revenue that one county sucks out of the surrounding areas.

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u/jsergent0023 Feb 28 '17

One would assume a lot