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20 Jun 2016, 11:25 am

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Do you guys want a cheap alternative to gasoline? One that is much safer? Well legalization of cannabis and hemp are somewhat tied together, even though industrial hemp doesn't contain THC, or it does in such a minute amount. Also, cannabis can be legalized like how it is in Jamaica. You can smoke it in your house, on your property, in a hotel room, but not out in public.


Get my car high while driving - - I'm all for that! :lol:


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20 Jun 2016, 1:56 pm

i'm for it too. especially decriminalization if not full on legalization.

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We haven't dona a bang up job with tobacco and alcohol legal, why add yet another society burdening vice? and it will end up burdening society.

nope we didn't do a bang up job with alcohol illegal. that's when more than 10,000 people died from consuming unregulated, improperly distilled alcohol. prohibition was a disaster.

luckily, weed is not even close as dangerous as alcohol, and death by weed alone is nearly impossible. criminal organizations will still make their money selling hard drugs like coke and meth and otherwise regular people can indulge in pot like otherwise regular people indulge in booze. humans like mind altering substances and that's never going to change, but what can change is drug governance in tandem with acceptable drug use.



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20 Jun 2016, 2:33 pm

The main political reason for opposing marijuana is to protect Big Pharma profits. But legalizing at least medical marijuana has a lot of bipartisan support now.

I am ok with it being legal, but I probably won't partake in recreational use unless it doesn't involve lighting an open flame (aside from birthday candles, I get nervous around open flames)


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21 Jun 2016, 12:24 am

All drugs should be legal no exceptions, if you can't handle it and off yourself then the gene pool got a little stronger



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21 Jun 2016, 1:03 am

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Nope, not a supporter. Because people in general are stupid. We haven't dona a bang up job with tobacco and alcohol legal, why add yet another society burdening vice? and it will end up burdening society.

I definitely say let a few states be the guinea pigs for a 15 year study and if it all looks Grreat? have votes again for nationwide ban lift


I'd say our justice system is currently more of a burden to society than cannabis could be...do you support money going to keep people locked up for using marijuana because that is the result of having it illegal.


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21 Jun 2016, 1:48 am

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If it's legal, what about "second-hand smoke"?

There are people who work jobs in which -- by state law-- they cannot have any "dope" in their bodies.

For example, "school bus drivers" get random drug tests, and are fired if there is any trace of dope in their bodies.


I see no reason why, except for medical marijuana, the same restrictions against smoking tobacco in public should not be used. Over time people will realize and accept medical marijuana is more than getting high, and hopefully will amend or adjust for trace amounts.

In the case of a bus driver (etc.) it would be the same as would be the case of alcohol consumption.

I see no reason why, except for medical marijuana, the same restrictions against smoking tobacco in public should not be used. Over time people will realize and accept medical marijuana is more than getting high, and hopefully will amend or adjust for trace amounts.

Any more suggestions?

Your response does not address the concern though.

Let's say you work as a school bus driver, and right before your afternoon shift, on your lunch break, you catch a wiff of second-hand pot, and as a non-smoker you have very low tolerance , will your judgement be impaired ?

Has that second-hand smoke just put the lives of children at risk?

There's weed out there strong enough to get someone stoned from just a whiff?!?Where?Sounds like some good s**t.lol
I doubt anyone is going to get f****d up from just smelling pot.The unfairness of drug tests is that THC stays in the body for weeks after smoking.So someone could fail a pee test from smoking a doobie on their day off.That's not going to impair their driving on Monday morning.


If it was legalized nationally the drug test wouldn't test for pot...also yeah I want to find some of this stuff that gets you stoned with one whiff, that would have to be some really good s**t.


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21 Jun 2016, 3:18 am

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All drugs should be legal no exceptions, if you can't handle it and off yourself then the gene pool got a little stronger


Exactly. I work in restaurants, I'm unusual for not being stoned all the time at work while working with knives and open flames in a high pressure environment, and nothing bad ever comes of it, aside from the occasional dude starring a little too intensely at the veg he's prepping and getting behind before service. My shop is actually considered a very clean one, since we only drink and smoke pot instead of shooting up in the walk ins and snorting coke in the bathrooms. For those who haven't worked in kitchens, that's often the scene at the nice restaurants, don't ask about the sh***y ones, it's just that kind of industry.


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21 Jun 2016, 3:40 am

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Also, I personally, don't want to be around "dopers".

I don't want to have to inhale the stuff.

In my state, we banned cigarette smoking in every public area except casinos.


This - for me. The stuff stinks.


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21 Jun 2016, 3:50 am

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If it's legal, what about "second-hand smoke"?

There are people who work jobs in which -- by state law-- they cannot have any "dope" in their bodies.

For example, "school bus drivers" get random drug tests, and are fired if there is any trace of dope in their bodies.


You can't assume there'd be pot smoke everywhere if it's legalized. You can't just walk around drinking in most places. You can't smoke tobacco just anywhere. So this bus driver would have to be at someone's house or in a pot friendly establishment in order to be exposed.


I have nurse coworkers that go outside and smoke and no one says anything even though it's a no smoking campus. Should the same then go for marijuana? I think the surgeons should all take a few whiffs before cutting into people too. And I sure could use a couple hits before a long 12 hour shift to deal with my drugged up patients who keep coming to the damn hospital for dilaudid and expect me to be their private duty drug dealer.


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21 Jun 2016, 4:10 am

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All drugs should be legal no exceptions, if you can't handle it and off yourself then the gene pool got a little stronger


I think they're is a reason why I'm about the only one who thinks pot shouldn't be legal. When I was in my younger days, I used it a couple times and had paranoia out the ass so it can have adverse affects. Some think alcohol use will decrease, but what will probably happen is people will use both together. I think a person needs to actually be around a druggie and take care of them to know what a problem they can be on society. We've seen what has happened with the hydrocodone and Heroin problem and because of it narcan is being sold to laypersons where narcan is supposed to be given only by professionals to people who are in respiratory depression or arrest and not by children who are now learning how to administer the drug. I'm also tired of taking care of druggies who come to the hospital when they've had a bad trip taking away MY time from real sick people - this includes alcoholics. It's a little too late to do anything about alcohol now.

You legalize Marijuana then what? People are going to want to legalize other harder drugs after that. People know pretty much what they are getting with alcohol and it flushes out of the system pretty quickly. What about these other drugs?

And doesn't pot come laced with other stuff? I remember my friend getting some that was like black tar - what the hell was that? I must have been a real doofus to smoke that crap. Was it hashish? Anyone know?


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21 Jun 2016, 4:16 am

Sweetleaf wrote:
Misslizard wrote:
LoveNotHate wrote:
ZenDen wrote:
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If it's legal, what about "second-hand smoke"?

There are people who work jobs in which -- by state law-- they cannot have any "dope" in their bodies.

For example, "school bus drivers" get random drug tests, and are fired if there is any trace of dope in their bodies.


I see no reason why, except for medical marijuana, the same restrictions against smoking tobacco in public should not be used. Over time people will realize and accept medical marijuana is more than getting high, and hopefully will amend or adjust for trace amounts.

In the case of a bus driver (etc.) it would be the same as would be the case of alcohol consumption.

I see no reason why, except for medical marijuana, the same restrictions against smoking tobacco in public should not be used. Over time people will realize and accept medical marijuana is more than getting high, and hopefully will amend or adjust for trace amounts.

Any more suggestions?

Your response does not address the concern though.

Let's say you work as a school bus driver, and right before your afternoon shift, on your lunch break, you catch a wiff of second-hand pot, and as a non-smoker you have very low tolerance , will your judgement be impaired ?

Has that second-hand smoke just put the lives of children at risk?

There's weed out there strong enough to get someone stoned from just a whiff?!?Where?Sounds like some good s**t.lol
I doubt anyone is going to get f****d up from just smelling pot.The unfairness of drug tests is that THC stays in the body for weeks after smoking.So someone could fail a pee test from smoking a doobie on their day off.That's not going to impair their driving on Monday morning.


If it was legalized nationally the drug test wouldn't test for pot...also yeah I want to find some of this stuff that gets you stoned with one whiff, that would have to be some really good s**t.


Alcohol is legal and the drug tests test for alcohol. Some companies randomly test for drugs and alcohol is a part of that test. I got drug tested for my job. Just because a drug is legal doesn't mean it's exempt from drug tests.


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21 Jun 2016, 4:20 am

Dox47 wrote:
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All drugs should be legal no exceptions, if you can't handle it and off yourself then the gene pool got a little stronger


Exactly. I work in restaurants, I'm unusual for not being stoned all the time at work while working with knives and open flames in a high pressure environment, and nothing bad ever comes of it, aside from the occasional dude starring a little too intensely at the veg he's prepping and getting behind before service. My shop is actually considered a very clean one, since we only drink and smoke pot instead of shooting up in the walk ins and snorting coke in the bathrooms. For those who haven't worked in kitchens, that's often the scene at the nice restaurants, don't ask about the sh***y ones, it's just that kind of industry.


Wth? Don't tell me - the Olive Garden is like that too? Chef Ramsey wouldn't go for that surely?! 8O


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Dox47 wrote:
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All drugs should be legal no exceptions, if you can't handle it and off yourself then the gene pool got a little stronger


Exactly. I work in restaurants, I'm unusual for not being stoned all the time at work while working with knives and open flames in a high pressure environment, and nothing bad ever comes of it, aside from the occasional dude starring a little too intensely at the veg he's prepping and getting behind before service. My shop is actually considered a very clean one, since we only drink and smoke pot instead of shooting up in the walk ins and snorting coke in the bathrooms. For those who haven't worked in kitchens, that's often the scene at the nice restaurants, don't ask about the sh***y ones, it's just that kind of industry.


I used to work in the kitchen in the commons of Gonzaga University. I don't recall anyone getting stoned when I was at work, but that doesn't mean it never happened. Then again, the commons at a college might not be comparable in every way to a regular place of business' kitchen.


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21 Jun 2016, 6:16 am

I think people should be allowed to freely grow cannabis for personal use, so long as they use safe growing practices. There should be some regulation on marijuana sold commercially however, to make sure that what's being sold is safe to consume, and to keep money from going to organized crime. As well, high drivers should be treated no differently than drunk drivers, since high drivers can be just as dangerous.

I know Justin Trudeau partly wants to legalize marijuana in Canada so that it's kept out of the hands of youth, but I think age limits should only apply to purchasing, not consumption.


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21 Jun 2016, 8:47 am

Some of the greatest discoveries and inventions in our time were by people under the influence of drugs.
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21 Jun 2016, 9:48 am

nurseangela wrote:
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All drugs should be legal no exceptions, if you can't handle it and off yourself then the gene pool got a little stronger


I think they're is a reason why I'm about the only one who thinks pot shouldn't be legal. When I was in my younger days, I used it a couple times and had paranoia out the ass so it can have adverse affects. Some think alcohol use will decrease, but what will probably happen is people will use both together. I think a person needs to actually be around a druggie and take care of them to know what a problem they can be on society. We've seen what has happened with the hydrocodone and Heroin problem and because of it narcan is being sold to laypersons where narcan is supposed to be given only by professionals to people who are in respiratory depression or arrest and not by children who are now learning how to administer the drug. I'm also tired of taking care of druggies who come to the hospital when they've had a bad trip taking away MY time from real sick people - this includes alcoholics. It's a little too late to do anything about alcohol now.

You legalize Marijuana then what? People are going to want to legalize other harder drugs after that. People know pretty much what they are getting with alcohol and it flushes out of the system pretty quickly. What about these other drugs?

And doesn't pot come laced with other stuff? I remember my friend getting some that was like black tar - what the hell was that? I must have been a real doofus to smoke that crap. Was it hashish? Anyone know?



Most of my peers growing up turned out to be druggies or the people selling the drugs, marijuana to me isn't anywhere close to a drug when I've known so many people who have destroyed their lives with opiates and alcohol. There really wasn't any gateway at all, these kids came from an environment where it was readily available with not so great parents(often time addicts themselves). Poverty played a big a role, whether or not your parents were still together, I guess I was lucky in some ways being on the spectrum and being more of a shut-in because it kept me away from the drugs and crime. The most perverse thing I think about this opiate abuse is that the drugs they use to get people off heroin are becoming the gateway drugs to heroin, I knew kids using methadone and suboxone before they ever touched heroin.

With cannabis I hear people say it makes them paranoid and their are times and strains specifically you should probably avoid, like sativas are probably what are making your head go crazy but an indica is relaxing body high and you can get anywhere in between and their is also CBD strains which are great for the body and pain while remaining clear headed. It's a really versatile medicine that you can make many uses for, there are many ways to use it. Like I can't eat hardly, it helps. If you're terribly down, better to get smoked out than drink the pain away. Your friend probably was smoking hash which is just a a concentrated extracted compressed version of it so I doubt it was laced. I've never seen anything laced, I have a pretty good eye for things but it's always been kind of an urban legend that drug dealers lace these drugs with other drugs because when you think about it that makes absolutely zero sense at all.

With legalization I think a lot of the misconceptions can be cleared up and a lot of the people fearful of this image of a street drug aren't in line with the reality because it would be professional business that values it's product, their reputation, and their clients. By removing the drug dealer, there is no more buying and trade and getting involved in things that you shouldn't. Illegal drugs takes hundreds of billions of dollars out of the state and federal coffers, we could be building better schools and rebuilding our infrastructure but we have this HUGE party of the economy that we've surrendered to the gangsters. More people use drugs now than before the War on Drugs, more people use drugs than when all of it was legal, if you restricted a market then you increase demand which increases prices which encourages competition.

As for the other drugs, I think cocaine could really benefit from legalization as it's primary issue is a lack of regulation I believe with the most dangerous aspect of the drug being that it is cut with literal poison that people put up their nose. MDMA should be legal, it was a very useful psych med at one time before the feds banned it because to many people were having fun with it at the club. Hallucinogens should really all be legal, there are so many that are 100% legal that are every bit as powerful(maybe not as pleasant) but are potentially dangerous and it really poses no bodily harm. Think about how often we hear about the issues with these designer drugs, these synthetic drugs, people are literally dying using these synthetic marijuana which is so sad. You can't get rid of demand by banning something, all you do is move the product from the legal regulated market to unregulated black market populating by God knows who.

Opiates would most benefit from regulation, I'm not going to come up with a way to defend its use but to ensure the product is safe and the people are using it safely would go so far in saving lives. Meth and amphetamines could even be regulated, the most dangerous part of all these drugs is prohibition. It might not be healthy to put these things in your body but neither is alcohol which is every bit of a drug and destructive in peoples lives. I've never known anybody to have smoked cannabis to death losing his job, house, wife, family, everything.

Legalize everything, let god sort it out.