stance on marijuana use/legalization for recreational purposes

[Darrell]

Marijuana is not a drug. I used to suck dick for coke. You ever suck any dick for some Marijuana? - Bob Saget, Half Baked

:tooth

 

[itsmeJonB]

I got a little high last night.
I completely blacked out and murdered a stripper, then started beating up random strangers before my friend overdosed on marijuana and died. True story

 

[Codrus]

I got a little high last night.
I completely blacked out and murdered a stripper, then started beating up random strangers before my friend overdosed on marijuana and died. True story

where did you get the 500lbs of pot to get him to O.D.?....and how did you keep him conscious and smoking?

 

[itsmeJonB]

where did you get the 500lbs of pot to get him to O.D.?....and how did you keep him conscious and smoking?

Don't come in here with your fairy tales, I single marijuana cigarette can kill a person!
Reefer madnessss

 

[Codrus]

Don't come in here with your fairy tales, I single marijuana cigarette can kill a person!
Reefer madnessss

i guess,...if when taking a hit they suck it in and choke on it

 

[Darrell]

I will give anyone props for OD'ing on cannabis because that is without a doubt a real accomplishment.

If I smoke more than a bowl in a two hour period, I can barely move, let alone smoke myself to death.

:24:

 

[Natasha]

i guess,...if when taking a hit they suck it in and choke on it

Nah...that just causes projectile vomiting. Or at least that's what happened to my younger brother at the Metallica concert. Funniest...thing...EVER!!! I was doubled over laughing.

 

[Darrell]

Nah...that just causes projectile vomiting. Or at least that's what happened to my younger brother at the Metallica concert. Funniest...thing...EVER!!! I was doubled over laughing.

Ever see someone accidentally drink bong water? That makes Reagan from the Exorcist look like an amateur in the vomiting department. :yuk

 

[cam elle toe]

 

[CaptainTurtles]

I voted to legalize it.
My fiance and I occasionally like to flash a bowl. I did it a little in my teens, you know, 'experimenting' and that was that. When I came here to British Columbia, Canada my fiance kept telling me how BC bud is meant to be some of the best in the world, so he went and got some for us. I was expecting just enough for a bowl or two but OH MY GOD, I think we have enough for maybe 200+. It's so strong we use maybe half a bowl between us.

But anyway, we enjoy it. Don't overdo it. Maybe once every month?
I've always thought things are easier to control when it's legal.

 

[teh_fuzz]

LEGALIZE that shit!

1. free police resources - so much time is spent on nickle and dime bag dealers that when you think of man hours spent on that shit, it gets depressing LOL
2. TAX it - like cigarettes, liquor, etc... even better if the sole profits from this were to go directly towards a USEFUL cause like what tasha said!
3. Sure it can cause some obvious issues to your health, but then again so can alcohol, cigarettes, and TBH just about anything with the right excess.

If this shit would get taxes and its earnings were to used on the national debt, i could probably assure you the national debt would be gone in a matter of months LOL

 

[retro]

Here's a great graphic for tuffy

 

[Stone]

The legal acceptance of drug abuse would merely be another sign of a failing society unable to defend itself of destructive forces from within.
There are many worse drugs that do far more physical harm. That's not a rational defense for legalizing recreational pot, but it is a rationalization to abuse marijuana.

 

[HK]

The legal acceptance of drug abuse would merely be another sign of a failing society unable to defend itself of destructive forces from within.

In what way is marijuana a destructive force, exactly?

 

[Stone]

In what way is marijuana a destructive force, exactly?

Basically, across a society, a lowering of ethics and moral values.
We've had two Presidents of late that represent how low the standards of the general population have sunk along with a Congress full of corruption.
And legalization of one recreational drug tends to act as a stepping stone to acceptance of further drug abuse.
The alcohol argument is really that rationalization.....if a little is 'ok'...why not more.
The arguments for accepting cocaine abuse are even kicked around by several conservatives.

I haven't read the thread, so if I'm duplicating a prior post...sorry......legalization and decriminalization are two different concepts.
IMO, decriminalization of the offense of using an illegal substance makes more sense in that it's a fairer approach to reducing abuse concerning the individual .....while allowing society as a whole to defend itself.

 

[Alien Allen]

The legal acceptance of drug abuse would merely be another sign of a failing society unable to defend itself of destructive forces from within.
There are many worse drugs that do far more physical harm. That's not a rational defense for legalizing recreational pot, but it is a rationalization to abuse marijuana.

I knew it would be just a matter of time before some Neanderthal would find this thread

 

[Stone]

I knew it would be just a matter of time before some Neanderthal would find this thread

You barbarian, you



Looking kinda smoky in the skies over Michigan this morning.
You have anything to do with that? ...._

 

[HK]

.....while allowing society as a whole to defend itself.

You talk about drugs like they're going to sneak into your house and steal your TV.

I'm trying to get the energy to write a full spiel about marijuana being non-addictive and less harmful than some things we take for granted like coffee and cigarettes, but I can't. Let's just say, I think you're wrong and have a warped view of how drug use really affects people, and you probably believe I am equally incorrect.

 

[Stone]

You talk about drugs like they're going to sneak into your house and steal your TV.

I'm trying to get the energy to write a full spiel about marijuana being non-addictive and less harmful than some things we take for granted like coffee and cigarettes, but I can't. Let's just say, I think you're wrong and have a warped view of how drug use really affects people, and you probably believe I am equally incorrect.

You talk about drugs like they're going to sneak into your house and steal your TV.

Lame, but not that far from reality.

I'm trying to get the energy to write a full spiel about marijuana being non-addictive

Of course you are, it's one of the arguments for accepting the abuse of drugs.
But pot does have a minor addictive quality, just not as intense as alcohol.

Let's just say, I think you're wrong and have a warped view of how drug use really affects people

Seems self evident that drug abuse is a negative to a healthy society.
Your argument would be that pot abuse has no downside.... which is obviously flawed.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17288242

BTW....pot is not necessarily a gateway drug. It's already the acceptance of entering into a drug culture.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB6010/index1.html

excerpt>

The new DPRC research thus demonstrates that the phenomena supporting claims that marijuana is a gateway drug also support the alternative explanation: that it is not marijuana use but individuals' opportunities and unique propensities to use drugs that determine their risk of initiating hard drugs. The research does not disprove the gateway theory; it merely shows that another explanation is plausible.

Draconian policies of criminalization are not productive. But legalization is not the only alternative.

from Rand again:

Marijuana policies should weigh these harms of prohibition against the harms of increased marijuana availability and use, harms that could include adverse effects on the health, development, education, and cognitive functioning of marijuana users. However, the harms of marijuana use can no longer be viewed as necessarily including an expansion of hard-drug use and its associated harms. This shift in perspective ought to change the overall balance between the harms and benefits of different marijuana policies. Whether it is sufficient to change it decisively is something that the new DPRC research cannot aid in resolving.

Legalization of pot abuse is obviously not a solution.

 

[doombug]

Legalize it! Prohibition failed. Why keep something as harmless as marijuana illegal when prisons are already overflowing?