I'm in the same place right now. I've been smoking for awhile, and while at first it seemed to be a gift from the gods that allowed me more personal freedom, creative stimulation and confidence, it (like excess of anything) ultimately turned on itself and made me utterly unproductive.Almost everyone I know smokes up at least once a week. Personally, it's not for me anymore and I was smoking up almost every day for over a year. When I stopped I did notice I became a lot more productive.
I agree. I like weed. Since buying a home my consumption has been dropping off pretty steadily. More stuff to do, and thus less time to do it.I think there is a growing amount of people fed up with the failure that is the "War on Drugs".
I highly suggest seeing the movie "breaking the taboo" its the new one, narrated by Morgan Freeman.
I'm former military police, and I can tell you I dissagree entirely with the war on drugs.
I'm not an advocate of addiction either, I think its horrible, but is a disease that the criminal justice system was never meant to deal with.
Also see the result of alcohol prohibition.
What we have today is the same thing, but simply 10x worse.
The USA (where I'm at) has the worlds highest amount of inmates, per capita, in a country that prides itself on personal freedoms.
http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/
I'm not just talking about weed, I'm talking all of it.
Whenever an opening is made for a black market, one exists, then so do all the other criminal elements that come with it, that's the gangs, cartels, the violence over the trade.
Nothing short of complete draconic totalitarian control would win it. I don't feel like living in a police state.
Society in my opinion is just a game.It's always been there. "Society" has always been a horrible thing with brief periods of happiness and prosperity for some and a living hell for most. This idea of a society that used to be anything but s**t is a pipe dream.
I said they shouldn't be in the same comparison though.
And anyway...I've seen plenty drug dealers sell to small children.
My main concern is the safety for people who don't want to use them.
If marijuana was legalized, they could at least attempt to by then, come up with something where a person can intake it, without it being a harm to others around them. Then done safer in quantities to the user theirself.
I wouldn't mind that.
As someone who enjoys it, I don't think you should be able to just smoke right out there in front of tons of people. Like regular smoking.My main concern is the safety for people who don't want to use them.
If marijuana was legalized, they could at least attempt to by then, come up with something where a person can intake it, without it being a harm to others around them. Then done safer in quantities to the user theirself.
I wouldn't mind that.
Actually, the smoke from weed is worse for you than the smoke from cigarettes - this, however, is only in the moment. So those with some sort of lung disease will be more likely to suffer from marijuana smoke than tobacco smoke, but "healthy people" are more like to get lung disease from smoking tobacco than from weed.
Pretty interesting.
That makes sense, but there's only one cheetah on the bag. Shouldn't they be called just Cheeto?
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering how the hype feels how society views Marijuana now.
It feels like it's essentially legal because of how tame the cops and laws are here for it.
How does your area view the green?
Just because it isn't the worst of the lot doesn't mean it's benign. The whole morally relativistic argument of "it's safer than..." is irrelevant. The fact is it's still part of the drug culture, so it's dangerous.
Here's the crux of the issue: any time you compromise your higher neurological functioning, you take a huge risk. Even worse, you put those around you at risk. Society doesn't like to hear the brutal truth that getting high or drunk is STUPID.
I've spent a lot of years in the mental health field. I've heard a lot of tales of regret that begin with "The first time I took a drink or tried a joint..."
Never--not once--have I heard someone express regret over a life of sobriety.
I think there is a growing amount of people fed up with the failure that is the "War on Drugs".
I highly suggest seeing the movie "breaking the taboo" its the new one, narrated by Morgan Freeman.
I'm former military police, and I can tell you I dissagree entirely with the war on drugs.
I'm not an advocate of addiction either, I think its horrible, but is a disease that the criminal justice system was never meant to deal with.
Also see the result of alcohol prohibition.
What we have today is the same thing, but simply 10x worse.
The USA (where I'm at) has the worlds highest amount of inmates, per capita, in a country that prides itself on personal freedoms.
http://www.globalcommissionondrugs.org/
I'm not just talking about weed, I'm talking all of it.
Whenever an opening is made for a black market, one exists, then so do all the other criminal elements that come with it, that's the gangs, cartels, the violence over the trade.
Nothing short of complete draconic totalitarian control would win it. I don't feel like living in a police state.
There really isn't a good reason at all for alcohol to be legal over weed. I really do believe anyone who is anti-pot (or anti-drug, in general, frankly) and then goes and drinks deer is pretty much a hypocrite. You can look at the legality of it, or try and get super technical to excuse it, but really, it's the same type of **** with more or less the same type of risks.
I agree to an extent but a glass of wine is not the same as a bump of cocaine or a hit of meth.
I'd be on board with this. As long as you can order it in bars and restaurants.Weed should be legal and carry about the same laws and repercussions as say alcohol. You can't have any in the front seat of your car while the car is in motion, you can't walk around smoking weed, you can only have so much on you at a time, you can't grow weed unlicensed in your backyard, etc. etc. It's really easy and simple. We get tax revenue, violence related to weed decreases, and you save money in the penal system. It's a win/win/win.