Marijuana saved me from popping pills and drinking myself to death Update: thank you weed for helping me, I’m sober now no weed no pills just raw dogging life now :)
I also quit drinking I was drinking 5 5th of wild turkey each week. I started smoking weed and stopped the drinking. I haven’t smoked weed in eight months. ✌️
@holly phelps if you could pls answer a few questions for 1 can I drive to a neighboring state where its legal purchase small amount for personal use and bring it back -- or will they even sell it to you if you live out of state?? This is important to me- I'm going on a road trip.
@Silkwood Art No its not. If it cause such harm, it would be noticed, as are effects from lead poisoning. Some of the greatest minds of our time used it to relax, including Carl Sagan.
If you put five drunk people in a room, they would start a fight with each other, If you put five weed smokers in a room, they would start a band with each other.
Seeing the changes in points of view on marijuana in just the last 5 decades is astounding. Anyone who has smoked it in this lifetime knows that the stigma against it is unjust and unwarranted. It makes me so happy to see that we can now (in most places) be able to smoke a pipe at the end of the day in peace and use it in a medical or recreational setting to help with ailments. or set & chill Just goes to show how your government can spin a narrative for their own agendas.
@SFC GIJOE1977 That don't matter. The next person will get paid off by the drug companiew too. Drug companies would lose trillions if weed was legal. Wake up!
When I first moved to Colorado I was excited to get into the industry, I came prepared. I had a thousand or so seeds comprised of 4 strains that my friend and I developed in Florida during the early 2000’s. I’m talking stabilised feminised seed stock thats consistency with little deviation in phenotype and always female. It took years of work and spreadsheets but it was all worth it. I made it to the promised land I just need to fill out some forms have my small facility inspected and we’re good. Not so fast. Unfortunately for me I arrived in Denver 1 year before they changed all the laws, laws that clearly are beneficial to large corporate growers and dispensaries. People who can reach in and pull a million bux out of their pocket and not blink twice. This decision by the state to create an overly complicated system that suddenly excluded anyone with any felony record for drugs, and I’m talking simple possession. They now required that all product from seed/clone to dried product had to be tracked from seed/clone to finished product, software that could track that sort of metrics didn’t even exist. They required not only cameras but the Controllers and hard drive backup has to be in a secured room that must be inspected by the police department. Even the security room has to have a camera both inside and outside the room. Needles to say, I had to shutter my new operation 2 months after I finally got all my inspections and paperwork approved under the old system. What all this has done is hurt small owners and worse yet it’s destroying the plant it’s self. Commercial retailers/growers in Colorado are hands down the worst I’ve ever seen when it comes to strain selection. You go into the shoppes and there’s strains that you never heard of, never heard of them because they are convinced that then need to always be offering a new fresh product that no one else had. They do this by “pollen dusting”, one strain to another and coming up with a clever/ironic name. They don’t stabilise the seed stock nope just cross this with this make seeds the. Use those seeds that haven’t been stabilised to make this “new strain” worse yet they mix those together and before ya know it the genetics begins to fail not to mention do this enough and you have 30 types of product to sell that all looked taste and provides roughly the same high. Denver has gone from having couture Bougie bud growers that supplied dispensaries with premium strains that with nothing but the best nutrients harvested when the tricombe were either amber or milky and then cured for 6 months or longer for a full smooth rich taste. To what we have now, over priced commercially grown bud with questionable genetics that are usually never flushed fully, and cured poorly. Since profits are lower quality has suffered, and I fear on a long enough time line Those amazing strains war have eventually been crossed over again and again until it’s just one homogenous strain with only subtle differences but ever shoppe is going to have their own name for it. Which about sums up pot in Colorado, it’s more about the hype and image then the actual product and unique properties that it holds. Colorado image over substance
It's amazing to me. When I was a kid I remember how the older folks talked about how bad weed was and to never try it. Now in my state it's completely legal. I remember man guys going to jail for years. Their youth stolen and for what reason? They were demonize for a plant. Crazy how in 30 years the world or our country has changed
the government owes so many people so, so much for what it did to them over weed. i don't even think white people should be allowed to sell weed. there should be no white people in this business until a _whole lot of s**t_ is paid off.
Want to see something messed up? After the attack at Pearl Harbor, Cannabis Sativa was legalized to make equipment for the military during World War II. In 1942, the US Department of Agriculture made a 14-minute instructional video for American farmers on how to grow and harvest Cannabis for our national defense. The video is called *Hemp For Victory.* It was hidden from the public from 1945 to 1989 in order to push marijuana prohibition and the war on drugs. The Federal license to grow hemp that is shown in the video reads, "Producer of Marihuana." This was five years after "Marihuana" was outlawed.
Needs to be legal, i was a heavy drinker for 20 years. It was slowly killing me. It got so bad the doctor suggested using cannabis. One month in and i havent had a drink since, after using edibles my life has returned to somewhat of some normalcy. It was very easy to get the card too, proud member of MMMP.
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It's hard to discourage use of alcohol and tobacco when they are in every store on every corner. At least allow cannabis to sit beside them on the shelves for a healthier option
@Daniel Steger If I felt compelled to use meth, I guess I'd rather it be legally and safely available and not possibly laced with fentanyl. People are going to use whether it's legal or not. So keeping drugs like meth (or anything) illegal obvi doesn't change usage. Drug laws are backwards and useless
I'm not against that. There does need to be some clear measurement and labeling for potency content without it turning into regulations. Decriminalize, label, and measure but avoid getting trapped in a mess of regulation.
“Don’t want to encourage use.” I don’t smoke marijuana, never have and never will a shop hasn’t changed that. But I agree with legalization because adults should be able to make their own decisions. Not to mention how it will help with tax revenue And dealing with the ridiculousness of imprisoning people. There are countless reasons to legalize it. I’d Just like to see it financially helping the same communities and people it at first criminalized.
@Angel M. Ah, I like your existing - the little I've get to be in touch. I like to think I'm too. But like I mentioned, my physical condition takes such toll on me that I'm just kind of waste. Can't even meditate - let alone do yoga. Both are things I'd really like to do. I don't dare to take more of your time and energy, but like to ask if I may send you my thoughts in the future every now and then? It was nice to... with you 👋💫 Martin
@Cheeba Cheeo Yes I agree religion is a drug which is why I don’t participate in it. I’m spiritual which can be religious but it isn’t a requirement. I also know that many are not and I know that marijuana helps them with that. Once again I’m not against it. I fully want it legalized for a multitude of reasons. I’ll never use it but that isn’t true for everyone and if it helps them then I see no problem with it. I don’t have to use something to see it’s benefit or support it. That’s what’s my beliefs taught me long ago.
@Angel M. Your welcome. Yes I do hopefully. One never can't understand 100% on others behalf. Everything we experience is subjective. Sadness, love, angry, hate, pain, passion... Everything you learn in your own way and experience your own way. There isn't any measure that actually tell us what we feel. We have agreed with some words... Which are many times really confusing and even misleading. But you don't need anything to feel better, you're as happy as you are. That's cool. I'm not. Many are not. I'm truly happy for you that you don't seek any external as an ingredient for feeling better, good... I see religious as a drug too. I don't use that drug. Although I think we're all the same and connected way or another :)
@Angel M. Oh, but that's wonderful! You're probably a catch ❤️ I can't tell whether something is for me IN ALL cases... But I know for sure that I don't want even touch chemically produced drugs tho. And I know I'm not attracted to same gender. So, I guess something one just knows 😊.
I smoked weed for the first time with my brother (I’m 25, he’s 20) and his buddies. I’ve never laughed so hard. And the best part was I slept amazing and had awesome dreams. Then woke up super thirsty but no hangover so that was amazing!
First time i tried it i was 10-11 yo. I caught my brother smoking with his buddy (they were 16-17 at the time) and his buddy was telling my brother: ''Let him try, let him try!'' My brother was hesitant and didn't let me try, but that only made me wanna try it even more so i started persuading him. I told him i will snitch to our parents if he doesn't let me try lol.. He had no other option haha.. It was a good deal for him though, i couldn't snitch if i tried it as well.
@K B Definitely true, but debatable with cannabis. If smoked then yes, any kind of smoke in the lungs isn’t going to be healthy. However weed edibles are about as safe as a “drug” can be. I can see where you’re coming from on the high part, the way I view it is that it was put on earth by god himself, knowing the healing properties it has. Now what the intended use or how it is consumed can be argued but any way it is used, even smoked has benefits such as alleviating chronic pain, helping people with ptsd and numerous other medical conditions. Definitely needs to be medical everywhere for sure, but recreational should be allowed as well for people 21+ years of age of course and regulated just as alcohol is.
@Literally Me I’m starting to think that all drugs do a small amount of damage to the body. I don’t think that people were put on this earth to get high. I do believe in medical marijuana though.
@K B Whatever floats your boat man. Good for you on trying to get rid of all alcohol, it really serves you no benefit what so ever. Nothing wrong with getting high in peoples free time though, do I believe in smoking up every day? No, any drug can be abused and cannabis isn’t excluded, as long as it’s responsible usage and in moderation it’s completely fine.
I still believe private businesses and private property should still be able to have their own set of rules on the matter Especially operators Pilots. Teachers. Basically jobs that require a lot more concentration and have a higher hazard of injury But they should still have a say if it's allowed In there company
Yes, it's inevitable. Between Already being legal in Canada, Mexico, and a number of U.S. States and with widespread popular support in the USA, it's just a matter of time.
@bigverybadtom There are people that advocate for lots of things, vitamins for one. Making a ridiculous comparison has no merit. A person could easily say the same about painkillers some people use them to get high others use it to take care of pain. The endocannabinoid system is a biological system found in the body that regulates a wide range of physiological and cognitive processes, including immune response, signals between cells, appetite and metabolism, memory, and other related activities. It stabilizes the functions of the body in a constantly changing external environment. It also facilitates homeostasis and wellbeing. It regulates most processes in physiological systems such as neuroprotection, control of motor activity, the regulation of specific memory processing, and the modulation of immune and inflammatory reactions. Furthermore, it is involved in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems by regulating heart rate, blood pressure, and bronchial functions, and it also exerts necessary anti-proliferative actions in tumor cells. We currently understand that the endocannabinoid system facilitates numerous processes such as pain, memory, mood, appetite, stress, sleep, metabolism, immune function, and reproductive function. Endocannabinoids are considered among the most valuable and widespread signaling molecules that have ever existed. Currently, we realize that when cannabinoids such as THC and CBD get into our body, they cooperate with our endocannabinoid system.
@Jim River There are people who advocate urine therapy as well. Guess what that is? Peeing into a container and... One person who did practice it was former Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai, who lived to be 99 and even survive a plane crash and refused medical treatment even though he was injured. i cannot determine whether marijuana has any benefit other than getting high, but there are people who feel better after puffing on tobacco as well.
@bigverybadtom I use cannabis for PTSD and chronic pain and it works great. If not for cannabis I would be on at minimum 3 different medications that would need to be increased every few years. Cannabis does not effect the brain stem that controls breathing so overdosing is a non issue.
I'm glad they finally admitted that it's never been a law against marijuana, it's a law against the people that use it, at first it was immigrants from the south, then in the 60s & 70s it was the people that hated Politicians.
Take it from someone who has smoked it for almost 40 years, there isn't anything wrong with it, you can't over dose on it, alcohol is a lot worse. It doesn't lead to other drugs, however getting arrested for it, may make someone lead to other drugs. I've been in prison for it and have to felonies for it, get arrested made it where I could never get a good job, unless I worked for myself, and that's what I ended up doing.
I’m a veteran who resulted to cocaine use after 3 deployments and I was addicted. When I started smoking marijuana I never used cocaine again or alcohol. It’s a natural miracle...
I am in Texas and I get my weed from California, I pay $350 an OZ, in 70's we use to pay $10 a lid (1 OZ), but today's weed is whole lot better, I smoke in a bong to last me longer.
The most important part is to allow recreational use and growing on one's own property to make it actually accessible and profitable by anyone. Not just big Alchy, Tobacco and PHARMA! Pharmaceuticals are killing everyone in our country in some way.
I'm terminally ill and Marijuana would greatly help ease my pain, help me sleep, calm my anxiety, fight my disease, and help me take less pain medicine. It also would greatly help my neurological problems. It's so unfair that I cannot have this as an option solely based on geography. I happen to be living an an illegal state but other sick people can get it. It's unfair. Im not allowed to illegally use it because I get drug tested for my pain management contract. That's so idiotic! They can give me heavy opiates and benzos but I cannot smoke Marijuana- does that make ANY SENSE AT ALL? No! Isn't our government supposed to represent US? We want it legalized let us vote on it, and do what we want. This is OUR country. Not communism.
Legalize medicinal and recreational cannabis 21+ ONLY. Tax and regulate it like alcohol/tobacco. Please! It’s 2021, and cannabis is still illegal and in the same class as Heroin/Fentanyl/Methamphetamine etc.
Getting caught up in regulation traps you into commercialization. It's not some toxic, dangerous drug. Its weed. No it's not a great experience for everyone but out of all of us that have actively used it and death from marijuana overdose is unheard of. It's not dangerous. The only danger to worry about is destroying the market for it.
I hit rock bottom and almost lost my life due to alcohol and crack cocaine addiction. Now thanks to legal herbal alternatives I've been sober and clean for over 2 years. I have a great life and my family back because of kratom and CBD helping me with my cravings to drink alcohol or use hard drugs. Legalization could save so many people's lives but our government tends to put profit over people and that's just tragic.
If not for marijuana I would've been a very dangerous threat to society throughout my teens and twenties. Instead of getting high, I would've been getting blind drunk, and since alcohol lowers your inhibitions it's almost certain I would've committed mass murder. Thankfully I got high instead, which helped me control my rage issues so I was able to vent it out in a safe way.
@Walt Xiao i love that you don't know how it feels yet you go crazy on it gtfo here i have a medical weed card smd to all the people who decide like a dumb Redeck we don't like you're kind around here attuited
@RDR2 F Maybe not seven, but it is though in my opinion, I have used coke for a month straight, and I didn't think it was all that addictive, every ones brain is different, everyone is addicted to caffeine, Idk about super vegans.
legalization in that they dont arrest you for having weed any more is good enough. I definitely do not want a govt regulated weed industry. In fact they should stay out of it completely. They'll tax the crap out of it...and if the law restricts it to dispensaries, you'll lose your anonymity.....but now you have huge corporations getting in on the act....when that happens, you know YOU lose in the end.
The fact that we still have people that were born closer to the 19th century telling us how to live our lives should tell you how screwed up our justice system is. GET RID OF THOSE DINOSAURS.
Perhaps, but I anticipate that argument being used to justify antisocial behavior, e.g. to justify possession of too many, too powerful guns. Personal freedom comes with personal responsibility, something that many gun owners in particular fail to fully accept. A good example would be Ethan Crumbley, whose parents bought him a gun. Then they ignored clear indications that their son was dangerously disturbed, while giving him free access to this powerful, semi-automatic handgun (a 9 mm Sig Sauer - it uses a bullet about 1/3" in diameter, which is big) . Within hours, Nathan had slaughtered 4 classmates. The parents are being charged with involuntary manslaughter, which seems entirely appropriate. Their son is (I would imagine) being charged with first-degree murder.
@-KRYON1C- It's a matter of assuming X is the case and only later do we find out that Y is really the case. For instance, it was originally assumed by doctors that steriods really made no difference when you took them when you exercised. Then it was discovered that they really did make a difference. And after that, it was discovered that using steroids made harmful physical changes to the person using them. That wasn't discovered overnight.
@bigverybadtom man ofc it isn't 100% safe its smoke. But its alot SAFER than the alcohol n tobacco we have now 3 million people die a year from alcohol n who knows from smoking tobacco, but with weed no ones died off it by itself only maybe by driving but an1 with a brain knows under the influence of anything u shouldn't be driving etc
@-KRYON1C- Technology does not replace real research. You cannot replace detective work with a computer simulation. There were studies that said tobacco was safe too, before other studies proved that to be false, Recently we heard about carbohydrates being bad...and later we heard about good and bad carbohydrates. So you still haven't proven that marijuana is safe.
Yes make it legal so I can keep my job and use it for my anxiety instead of the pills that hardly even works for me and make me feel weird in a bad way and super fatigue. 😥😢😭. Plus I miss it to. 😆
As an avid weed burner myself, I’m happy that weed is becoming legal in more areas, but if us stoners want it to be the right way we have to make sure we make the right choices in rolling this stuff out; Make sure that the government isn’t taking too much of our money and letting us have more than enough is the very least. I’m worried they might run out and not have things in place to help restock, I don’t want to have to keep going back to my shady friends (who I love no doubt), I’m trying to put my life together I don’t wanna worry about any cops
My dad might still be alive and not in pain if The federal government didn’t drag ass on this issue. Let’s get this fixed and let everyone have access to this amazing plant.
Why shouldn't it be? We need to stop the war on drugs.And legalize everything.Only problem is how would we keep the prisons full they don't want that racket gone.
@AnnCherie LiCausi "stop doing the pills" while he's literally physically addicted and being off of them, he would be in chronic pain. if he really wants to get off of them, he needs to be in a controlled setting and monitored. maybe he also doesn't wanna smoke and break the law? I don't know what state this man lives in but some people don't wanna throw their whole life away by smoking a joint and getting thrown in jail for it. not everyone can just move to another state btw, its very expensive. im sure if he could, he would've already. getting off of something that you're addicted to feels nearly impossible, its not like he wants to be.
@Marty Beckman That's so stupid. STOP DOING THE PILLS ... that's the answer... You're ruining your body and the pills are making you hurt now. It's like this.... If you were outside and at the park you realized that you are standing in a pile of red ants, and they are stinging the he'll out of you, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? GET OUT AND BRUSH THEM OFF! RIGHT! You need to do that, move, go somewhere else if you have to, get away from it. Make the decision and JUST DO IT! MAN. YOU HAVE TO WANT TO STOP. YOU DO, YOU TOLD US HOW YOU FEEL, THAT'S A CRY FOR HELP, SO YOU YOURSELF YOU WANT TO change ... Go on and do it. I dare you!
The fact that there’s probably some people in prison for marijuana with longer sentences than those given to nazis convicted of war crimes, crimes against humanity etc. is ridiculous…
I really want to know what it means for the FAA and airline pilots, yes I’m aware of the argument that it will always be outlawed for aviators.Let’s take a look at Canada though, they have a 28 day toke to yoke policy and I strongly believe we should adopt something like that. You shouldn’t have to conform to a particular life style to appreciate owning and flying your own airplane. Alcohol is a recreational drug and so is marijuana. It’s the 21 century and it is time to stop oppressing Americans “freedom” with political and religious stigmas.
I love how everyone’s argument against legalization is because the cartels and gangs would profit off it. Tbh they have been making bank on it for years. The “war on drugs” was a total failure from the start. It just hurts the common citizens not the cartels.
And they wonder why in a recession when people are looking for jobs they can't seem to find qualifying candidates all because they came up dirty for a "test" despite the fact that proves nothing on the willingness to work a job you are wanting to get hired at..
Whats really incoherent about it. I am on winter break as a school bus driver. I went to my superior & asked if it would be safe for me to consume a CBD gummy on the first day of winter break, so that in 16 days, when I come back to work, it will be cleared from my system. She says, its bad idea. If you fail a urine analysis it going into this online public FSCMA database that follows you for the rest of your life; so have a beer or wine or tobacco or something else that clears your system faster & make sure there is no THC. A single dose of THC can show up on a drug test for up to 21 days -- what dose that kind of message tell you //
@The boys upstairs. Do some self education. For years alcohol and tobacco were the most deadly drugs. Both are highly addictive. Recently fentanyl seems to have earned its way into second place. America created ISIS which is a direct result of the mess you guys made of Iraq. They picked up all the weapons America left behind and went on a killing spree. Who finances ISIS? There is a green zone on the Syria Turkey border where they sell Iraq's oil to Turkey (your ally) to finance their efforts. Guns, bullets and food are not free. We live in a messed up world and knowledge is a valuable commodity
@The boys upstairs. Better to invest in jails and militarize your killer cops. It only cost three times as much. Drug war has been going on for 50 years. When do you think they are going to win? Please educate yourself and see what happened in Portugal after decriminalization. Crime and consumption went down. Holland has had Europe's most liberal drug laws for years and the lowest consumption. Backwards thinking policies will always backfire. Your neighbour to the north has stricter gun laws, a more generous social support system, more relaxed drug laws and less crime. Go figure.
I remember when Colorado legalized weed, they got about $20-25 million in monthly tax revenue and used the money to fix roads and schools. My elementary school's entrance got upgraded to make sure people check in before being let in, for safety reasons
When you buy pot in a state where it's legal and not taxed to high heaven. You can feel it. Everything in you tells you this is how it should be. It feels normal and what rite looks like.
Let's be clear, allowing me to use a lotion with cbd vs smoking the plant does not count as being legal. That's like telling me to just rub alcohol on myself instead of drinking it.
Fun fact: marijuana is legal in 15 US states with a population of 100 million... that’s more Americans enjoying legal cannabis than any other country on earth...
God Bless America and the one plant that has helped many going through chemo therapy, drug addiction, sleeping, eating, (believe it or not some people have a hard time with those). I could go on and on with everything it helps with.
@B Bodziak You're completely missing the point. *CANNABIS SATIVA SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN OUTLAWED.* The legalization of "Marihuana" was essential to winning World War II so that you could grow up in a "free society" in which you are forced to pay billions of dollars in taxes every year to fund the US government's war against the American people over the same "Marihuana" plant that saved America in World War II. In 2019, the updated report from the Congressional Research Service titled *Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity* stated that the US buys at least $500 million of hemp fiber annually from Canada and China. We spend billions of dollars every year on police and prisons to keep "Marijuana" illegal and then buy hundreds of millions of dollars of the exact same plant products from other countries. There is a government video at a government website that proves beyond the shadow of any doubt that "Marihuana" is not a dangerous threat to public safety and the entire war on drugs is an un-American lie. But it just doesn't get through to any of you.
People love to tell other people that they should be more like them. This will never end. LET PEOPLE BE HAPPY, however they find happiness, as long as they don’t harm others.
I understand what dude meant by placing importance on discouraging marijuana use. But he should consider that normalizing it, removing the stigma and the mystique of it, will actually lower use in a lot of ways.
I never heard anybody overdosing on Marijuana and yet its illegal, I've heard plenty of people getting alcohol poisoning because they drank too much yet that's legal.
@NoJusticeNoPeace not entirely true. They simply chose to treat 1st time offenders with a 10 day or less possession as a patient rather than a criminal. Which is the right step for certain. But go to Seedsman or any other forum and people busted for multiple offenses are certainly still getting stiff jail and prison sentences. And cultivation will land someone in jail 1st offense. Also many states counties and cities have taken the same approach with drug courts.
I was born with Epilepsy and have been on every anti-seizure med ever made. They have horrible side effects and don't even stop seizures. I haven't had a seizure since nov. 2020 because of Medical Marijuana.
If those of us with chronic pain now have the helpful meds taken away, then we must legalize marijuana. Why can people sit around drinking themselves into oblivion but those of us who don’t care to consume alcohol (it makes me feel worse with allergic responses) and not even allowed low doses of opioids .., what are we supposed to do? Small towns do not have pain clinics to help with alternatives which may or may not even help and I’m nearing 70 yrs old so just want a better quality of life in final years. Pain really messes up life quality!
One thing to add for decriminalization and legalization of Marijuana making it recreational, is that there has never been a Marijuana epidemic since 1930's to present. No such thing as a mass shooter high on the MJ nore have we really heard of anyone dying from overdosing on Marijuana. Yes legalization is inevitable but it needs to hurry up.
In 1964, I bought my first nickel-bag of pot when I was thirteen in Greenwich Village. I have been using it since them and now that I don't smoke anything, I eat Cannabis cookies and candies.
@The boys upstairs. what’s legal isn’t always moral and what is moral isn’t necessarily legal. Marijuana prohibition started as a way to control minorities and to keep the paper and cloth industries safe. There was also a 400 year period where people were allowed to own slaves in America and there still are slaves in other parts of the world. To say that you should always follow the law even when they’re unjust and founded for corrupt reasons is ignorant at best. Also, it sounds like you consider drug users a waste of space, idk how old you are but you sound immature and you don’t really know what you’re talking about.
Cannabis saved my life in an illegal state, TX. It was the best thing that got me off hard drugs. Colorado is close enough, love you guys ;) Legalize all states! The herb heals 🌿 one love ❤️
I Survived Cancer while living in Texas ... Cannabis was the only thing that helped me and it was very expensive! Knowing the facts about it I have to ask why is it not legal?
Even in the state of Mississippi judges were told to tell defendants that was found guilty of marijuana use or possession to give them an option of jail or Vietnam
discourage use? There are alcoholic beverage ads everywhere. And I didn't hear him say anything about legislation limiting alcohol advertisements or cutting down on the amount of liquor stores in any given place. Until this country treats pot the same way alcohol has been treated we're gonna continue to have a problem with pot.
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@Nexuizone The last time the government tried “discouraging” the use of alcohol it was an utter failure and actually made it even easier to access, because it was illegal. The government needs to stay out of legislating morality and telling people whether they can drink a beer or smoke a blunt.
When 91%of people are ok with something and the gov still won't accept it they are no longer for the people. There should be a way to vote out politicians when they go against what the people want
Out of the 12 years I smoked weed, I never have done anything aggressive. Only tried to have a good time. Now alcohol, that’s a different story. I punched my friend when I was wasted drunk. Dumbest thing I have ever done and I truly believe the alcohol had a lot to do with that. NEVER have I hurt anyone when high from weed.
I was given 4 years in prison here in Nevada for a pound of marijuana in 2014. I did 362 in prison and 10 months parole. I am paralyzed from the neck down on my left side and I was 62 at the time
I've never understood why weed is illegal but you can walk into just about any store and buy alcohol. Alcohol is extremely dangerous killed millions, how many deaths have been caused by weed?
@Esketxd BS. The French eat lots of red meat , cheese , etc. They don’t have extremely high rates of heart disease because they drink lots of wine. There are health benefits to moderate amounts of alcohol.
Marijuana has NO business on Schedule 1, and it never did; it seems to me that this is the easiest answer to marijuana reform at the federal level... move it elsewhere on the Schedule (or off of it altogether).
@KYK So what? The health factor of the substance doesn't matter because YOU OWN YOUR BODY. Your feelings don't trump personal rights. Do I think people should take hard drugs? Hell no! But do you or I have a right to get government agents to take them and their drugs away? HELL NO! Banning drugs just leads to a violent black market no matter which one you ban. What's the point? Just let people be free!
If they don't pass it will be a severe shame for the economy since we are so far behind those who have and are far better off in all economic capacities. Why penalize, cripple or starve our economy any further?
The push for liquor legislation went through a long painful process only to finally getting legalized and even normalized which is now long overdue time for cannibus to get the same recognition. Right now when my working day is done...I tell my employers, well it's Miller time. Now I'm excited about finally being able to say... it's high time!✌😎👍
@mcozy333 when I clock in I'm selling my time to provide a service for my employer but when I clock out....I am no longer enslaved to that commitment of responsibility. So my 420 technically begins at anytime around the clock to enjoy my personal life 😉
Legalization happens when politicians see how much tax money can be made. Also, pot heads are one of the least likely groups to vote or know how bills are passed. Now, similar to Florida's legalization, big business will run the show like when Walmart destroyed the independent businesses in my hometown. The original small time growers in California have seen their profits decrease as big businesses have state laws passed to benefit themselves. As for low THC cannabis there needs to be a tax structure that allows the weaker strains to cost less. That won't happen with greed running out of control these days.
It's the SAFEST and most practical "drug" out there. There has NEVER been one death associated with cannabis in it's HISTORY!!! There have been 3-5 people who have DIED from opioid or alcohol just in the time I've taken to type this out.
People forget that ALL DRUGS use to be legal up until the early 1900's! They need to go back to that. The war on drugs around the world hasn't done anything for stopping people from using drugs. What works is not stigmatizing people for it and treatment centers. People shouldn't go to prison for having a addiction! Because when they get out of jail or prison they will still be addicted!
In my mind I could never understand how alcohol could be legal, when weed is not.. Alcohol does way more damage to society, weed is a plant that grows in nature.. Genesis 1:29 ''And the Lord said, "Here, I have given you every plant whose seed can be sown which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree which has the fruit whose seed can be sown, for you it shall be to eat.''
@mrvanimal Not if it's a legal substance. They cannot refuse to hire someone for legal off work alcohol use. If it's federally decriminalized while not forced to hire anyone they won't be allowed to refuse to hire them for it Nevada has already passed such a law they're the first in the nation in fact. If there is considered a safe legal way to consume something an employer cannot discriminate against you for it. It's legaly indistinct from refusing to hire someone because they like eating Brussel sprouts but you think they're disgusting.
@NPAMike Unless laws passed that prevented not hiring them due to use. Alcoholic & user of alcohol are different things. You cannot refuse to hire someone because the legal use of alcohol off work. In Nevada they passed a law preventing emoyment discrimination based upon Marijuana use.
@Joe Cummings actually osha has recalled accidents with equipment for drug testing unless serious injury due to employees not reporting incidences. Look it up if you dont believe me. Im the guy at work that sends you when you get hurt. Im a supervisor.
If a grown adult wants to mess up their life with any drug out there, they have a constitutional right to do so. We do this with alcohol, we can do it with every single other drug.
Let's get it legalized in Idaho,,, I'm a senior and I have lupus I am a person that cannot take opioids for my pain, legalization would benefit so many people here in this same situation... please help...
government drop drugs in urban neighborhoods just lock up blacks and mexicans for private prison free labor workforce got you the tax payers to pay for what a slick move. trvid.com/video/video-CySzoJFkTA8.html
I had taken a hit off a joint at age 48 it brought my blood pressure down seemed to move my anxiety levels down and greatly redused my pain. It's illegal so I'm forced to take several pills with many different side effects to try and maintain a daily routine. It seems unfair to deny me medicine that could enhance my life with way less side effects.
you can ingest the plant and not need smoke . there are so many viable ingestion methods that involve no smoke ... look up clean air path dry herb vaporizers
Ask yourself one simple question. What would you rather be driving toward you in a car at any speed? Someone that just smoked cannabis? Or someone that just finished a bottle of any type of liquor? My father was an alcoholic for 40 years, I smoked cannabis for 30 years, I quit 30 years ago, the reason. It went from 10.00 an ounce to 75.00 for a quarter ounce, eventually I just out grew it. It will be legal in every state in the country, why ? When politicians find there's something they can make money from, you can bet your backside that they will be legalizing it to make themselves rich.
The first time I tried it. My first thought was, "I've been lied to." I only had alcohol to compare it to. Cannabis was not even close to being as debilitating and inebriating as alcohol and I felt better in general. Also, America had a shortage of manpower due to WW1. So America let Mexicans in to work. When our veterans returned our government had to figure out how to send the Mexicans back. So they criminalized cannabis because it was commonly used among the Mexicans (or at least it was strongly implied to the American people as such.)
Part of the problem, is the government tells you it is so bad, dangerous, addictive and so on, then you try it and feel relief and realize they were unquestionably lying to you. This makes you question what else they are lying about. I suppose in a way that is beneficial, but I would rather the government just be honest, instead of making people realize they are untrustworthy liars. Keeping cannabis illegal, is a way to prove that we can't trust the government to be honest.
It was a man in the 1930s that owned paper mills and forests to chop trees to make paper out of. He found that Hemp was way cheaper and a better way to make paper so he started lobbying since he was one of the richest people in the world at that time. He started lobbying and gave money to Politicians to make Hemp illegal and he told them to say it was the crazy Mexican people that do it. See Mexicans used to smoke it before war because it helped them not be as scared or have anxiety or feel the effects of injuries from war and they would chant when they were going into battle. The Government decided to say to the American people if you smoke Marijuana which is a racial Mexican word for Cannabis you will become delusional and start yelling things like the Mexican people do. Then latter after the 60s and all the hippies started promoting Cannabis, in the 70s the Government started the war on drugs. What they did was gave poor Black and Hispanic neighborhoods Cannabis to use and sell in their communities. Then the government went on to say if you smoke Marijuana you will be a poor lazy person like the Blacks, and Hispanic people that don't do anything and are in gangs and just do violent acts. They also got other drugs introduced into those communities and told people if you smoke Marijuana you will eventually do harder and worse drugs because Marijuana is a gateway to harder substances. Now we all know that is all crap, and the Government is starting to agree with that it all was lies feed to the American people. The old saying, can't teach a dog new tricks works here for the old 70, and 80 year old politicians that will never want Marijuana or the proper right name Cannabis to be legalized because they still believe it is bad and also have their pockets filled by not only the Pharmaceutical companies but even Big Tobacco because less will smoke addictive killing Cigarettes (The Weed of Death). It shouldn't be a war on drugs it should be a war on Racism. I don't think we will ever be a great nation again until our leaders and Media sources stop using Racism to get what they want. It is not as bad as it used to be but we all can do a lot better at just loving one another if they are a good person. Cannabis helps people to love, and what does the Lord Jesus want us to do more of. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Never got into a fight smoking Cannabis. I have when drinking or having a withdrawal from Cigarettes.
It was made illegal due to the fact that hemp was crushing the logging industry at the time and back then logging was like oil today all the political ppl of interest had money wrapped up in logging so they banned hemp and cannabis. For real facts look it up
@mattistehcoolist I used to think that too, until I had too many edibles.... Lol. I guess it's my own fault for irresponsibly taking a larger dose though.
@Gerry Garcia The mexican immigration was not due to WW1, it was largely due from the Mexican revolution. Everything after that was true. It was to keep tabs on all the new citizens.
