Colorado Sells Approx $1 Million of Pot on First Day of Legalization

[Whiskey Tango]

I can't say I am a proponent of drinking or smoking. Particularly the former.

Having said that, I think life is about personal choices. Provided you don't bother anyone else.

The criminalization of a fairly mild drug like marijuana, combined with ridiculous, draconian, not to mention unconstitutional mandatory sentencing laws have put millions in prison (I believe the number right now is 750,000 or there about), which hasn't helped anyone, except for the companies building prisons.

Relaxing the strain on prison overcrowding through regulated cannabis laws is in itself a worthwhile goal. The a-holes building the prisons might not like it but wtf ever.

 

[Thundercrack85]

They have their lobbyists, but they can't take on 200 million people.

Presently, I am more concerned about decriminalization than legalization.

Even if you think smoking marijuana is a crime, let the punishment fit the crime. We do not need to be sending people with no criminal record or history of violent behavior to federal prison for smoking a damn plant.

I think that's a very reasonable position.

 

[Feenix]

They have their lobbyists, but they can't take on 200 million people.

Presently, I am more concerned about decriminalization than legalization.

Even if you think smoking marijuana is a crime, let the punishment fit the crime. We do not need to be sending people with no criminal record or history of violent behavior to federal prison for smoking a damn plant.

I think that's a very reasonable position.

The War on Drugs is too profitable for the people in power. It may cost the economy billions, but someone is making a killing.

I agree with you wholeheartedly. Especially since jail will turn the docile pot smokers into actual criminals.

 

[NickNitro]

Jesus I'm gone for a weekend and my thread blows up! Soo much debate in here, I love it.

I don't use any drugs recreationally, including alcohol. And your last line is the very reason that recreational drug use is stupid: innocent people can and will suffer because of the user's habit. Once a person surrenders his/her higher cognitive functioning to a drug, especially on a regular basis, problems always follow.

Stay smart. Stay strong. Stay sober.

I feel like some **** has gone down in your life to come to this quote. There are many artists/actors/screen writers/novelists that have openly admitted that if they weren't high they wouldn't of come up with their works.

You may think its just a drug to pollute the mind but there are some very strong advocates like Joe Rogan who find it to be a spiritually liberating substance when used properly.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

You may think its just a drug to pollute the mind but there are some very strong advocates like Joe Rogan who find it to be a spiritually liberating substance when used properly.

Mr. X by Carl Sagan

 

[NickNitro]

Fantastic article Tango

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

I'm a mental health professional. I get regular updates on studies done on all kinds of drugs (prescription and recreational), and I've been involved with dozens of cases where the client was a marijuana user. Although there has yet to be definitive proof of a causal effect, the link between exacerbation of schizophrenia and other forms of MI isn't a revelation to the MI community. The younger the user, the more chance he/she has to develop MI or a related polysubstance problem. The effects of synthetic pot are turning up even more troubling results, both psychologically and physically.

Don't assume that a differing opinion means ignorance.

Lets not try to connect so-called synthetic marijuana with real marijuana. Synthetic weed has nothing in common with real weed other than sharing the same name.

Like I pointed out before, only 1 percent of the human population has a predisposition to schizophrenia. 99% of people cannot get schizophrenia no matter how much weed they ingest. For proof, look at the rate of cannabis usage verses the rate of schizophrenia cases.

In 1973, only 11 percent of the public tried marijuana. Today, more than one-third of the public has tried marijuana. Yet, cases of schizophrenia are still only 1 percent of the population. The same it was in 1973.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/163835/tried-marijuana-little-changed-80s.aspx

If cannabis caused schizophrenia wouldn't the number of schizophrenics rise with increased cannabis use?

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

 

[NickNitro]

There's a link I posted a while back before this thread blew up about a CNN reporter I believe. He changed his view of medical pot.

There was a story of a 5 yr old girl who had over 40 seizures a day. She was on soo many medications it could of killer her. Marijuana was the only thing that helped her.

Addiction to pain medications is also a massive epidemic in the United States.

 

[The End]

Lets not try to connect so-called synthetic marijuana with real marijuana. Synthetic weed has nothing in common with real weed other than sharing the same name.

Like I pointed out before, only 1 percent of the human population has a predisposition to schizophrenia. 99% of people cannot get schizophrenia no matter how much weed they ingest. For proof, look at the rate of cannabis usage verses the rate of schizophrenia cases.

In 1973, only 11 percent of the public tried marijuana. Today, more than one-third of the public has tried marijuana. Yet, cases of schizophrenia are still only 1 percent of the population. The same it was in 1973.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/163835/tried-marijuana-little-changed-80s.aspx

If cannabis caused schizophrenia wouldn't the number of schizophrenics rise with increased cannabis use?

Pretty sure schizophrenia is caused by a combination of genetics and environmental factors.

 

[NickNitro]

The growing campaign for legalizing marijuana has a new, unlikely supporter: the National Review.

The conservative magazine published an editorial on Monday applauding Colorado for becoming the first state to make the "prudent choice" of legalizing recreational marijuana, "thus dispensing with the charade of medical restrictions and recognizing the fact that, while some people smoke marijuana to counter the effects of chemotherapy, most people smoke marijuana to get high.

The prohibition of marijuana, its editors argue, has led to "billions in enforcement costs, and hundreds of thousands of arrests each year, in a fruitless attempt to control a mostly benign drug."

"We make a lot of criminals while preventing very little crime," the National Review writes, "and do a great deal of harm in the course of trying to prevent an activity that presents little if any harm in and of itself."

http://news.yahoo.com/national-review-marijuana-161920924.html

 

[chaseter]

Have I been too harsh on chaseter on the previous page? Thoughts/opinions?

No. Debate is good for the soul. If you take home any internet offense then it's time to go outside into the sun.

 

[NickNitro]

chaseter came into this thread to debate. lol

 

[chaseter]

It was also too long of a post and I'm not reading all of that.

 

[Figs]

It's a line of thinking some who are SE have, not all. In the eyes of those who are more militant someone who uses pot on the weekends or the end of the day are the exact same thing as an out of his mind tweeker that would stab his own mother to get money for the next hit.

I know that not all SE people are like that. Two of my friends are SE and they don't care if people drink or smoke and they don't judge them. As they've always said, partying just isn't for them. My problem is that other than those two, I've met far more SE people that like to talk a bit of trash.

Yeah, I got sick of the lies and ignorant views on marijuana a long time ago. I smoke on occasion but a few of my friends smoke daily. The funny thing is that they kick ass at their jobs. They don't get brain dead when they get high off of pot. To be honest it really depends on the individual.

 

[Whiskey Tango]

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[NickNitro]

chaseter do you smoke? I'm just curious.

 

[Figs]

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This for me or Chaseter?

 

[Whiskey Tango]

This for me or Chaseter?

Neither one, it was regarding to an earlier post that was deleted.

 

[chaseter]

This for me or Chaseter?

He told me in confidence that it was for you.

 

[Figs]

He told me in confidence that it was for you.

Nice!

 

[Thundercrack85]

I assume those deaths from peanuts are caused by allergies... or possibly choking.

Also in fairness, some of those motor vehicles crashes are no doubt caused by marijuana (though they would be a tiny fraction compared to those caused by alcohol).

Can a person be allergic to marijuana?

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

I assume those deaths from peanuts are caused by allergies... or possibly choking.

Also in fairness, some of those motor vehicles crashes are no doubt caused by marijuana (though they would be a tiny fraction compared to those caused by alcohol).

Can a person be allergic to marijuana?

Don't quote me, but I believe that Bruce Lee having an adverse reaction to pot he ingested contributed to his death. I could be wrong though.

 

[Tanin]

I assume those deaths from peanuts are caused by allergies... or possibly choking.

Also in fairness, some of those motor vehicles crashes are no doubt caused by marijuana (though they would be a tiny fraction compared to those caused by alcohol).

Can a person be allergic to marijuana?

I am allergic myself.