L.A. (and rest of US) to ban medical marijuana shops...

LiLiNY81

Thoughts?

I personally think there is absolutely nothing wrong with weed. I'm not a huge smoker, but I smoke it every now and again. I have seen it help people with cancer and other illnesses, first hand. To me, it's far...FAR less damaging than alcohol. We can pump people full of pills, where the side effects listed take up more than half of the commercial, but we can't let them smoke a natural plant....where those side effects are usually hunger and giddiness? This just makes absolutely no sense to me.

barger395

I completely agree. I use weed to help me sleep, to turn off my brain for awhile. I make brownies using pot infused oil. I tried otc sleep meds, but they all have side effects, mostly bad for your liver. No one if have ever known got high/stoned and then got into a fight like I've seen drunks do. Driving high is dangerous, but most people get so paranoid that they end up driving uber-careful, out of fear of being pulled over.

The big problem is that weed is classified by the federal gov't in the same category as PCP, Heroin, and Crack. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Here is a great article that I read today...

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/bl ... g-20120726

Cheers and have a great weekend!!
Barger

Rygar

Indifference71

There are so many more issues in this country right now that are so much more important than this.

hedonist

I'd like to drop-kick our "Mayor" and some LA councilfolks over this.

These places create jobs, revenue, and actually help people.

(and some may use it for recreational use? Like alcohol? The horror.)

Yeah, getting rid of them is smart.

The liquor stores can stay, though.

(ps to Indifference - I don't disagree but then again it's all subjective. Many in my family and beyond have benefitted from this plant, so yeah...it's pretty important to some.)

josevolution

Yeah this country is so backwards , yeah let's ban the weed and make sure every mental patient in the land can buy any type of weapon they so desire :roll: :roll: You can't make this shit up ...

Snakeduck

You know what grinds my gears? You, America. Fuck you!

Indifference71

hedonist wrote:

(ps to Indifference - I don't disagree but then again it's all subjective. Many in my family and beyond have benefitted from this plant, so yeah...it's pretty important to some.)

Oh yeah, I'm not knocking these places....there's just so many other things wrong in this country now that the government should be focusing on. The amount of time and money wasted on insignificant things is mind-boggling.

chadwick

hedonist wrote:

I'd like to drop-kick our "Mayor" and some LA councilfolks over this.

These places create jobs, revenue, and actually help people.

(and some may use it for recreational use? Like alcohol? The horror.)

Yeah, getting rid of them is smart.

The liquor stores can stay, though.

(ps to Indifference - I don't disagree but then again it's all subjective. Many in my family and beyond have benefitted from this plant, so yeah...it's pretty important to some.)

here frickin here, hedonist... i seem to agree with you 97.3% of the time.

chadwick

Indifference71 wrote:

hedonist wrote:

(ps to Indifference - I don't disagree but then again it's all subjective. Many in my family and beyond have benefitted from this plant, so yeah...it's pretty important to some.)

Oh yeah, I'm not knocking these places....there's just so many other things wrong in this country now that the government should be focusing on. The amount of time and money wasted on insignificant things is mind-boggling.

so let us smoke in peace and go after the bad guys and cure cancer and shit. leave pot users the hell alone

BinauralJam

It's O.K., i know a guy

barger395

so let us smoke in peace and go after the bad guys and cure cancer and shit. leave pot users the hell alone[/quote]

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Cheers,
Barger

barger395

Not to mention the incredible amount of tax dollars that would be raised!! Think of all the things that could be fixed?? here in CA, it's estimated that $3 BILLION would be raised every year!! I'm sure gov't officials would find a way to spend it stupidly, but some good could be done.

Cheers,
Barger

dimitrispearljam

chadwick wrote:

Indifference71 wrote:

hedonist wrote:

(ps to Indifference - I don't disagree but then again it's all subjective. Many in my family and beyond have benefitted from this plant, so yeah...it's pretty important to some.)

Oh yeah, I'm not knocking these places....there's just so many other things wrong in this country now that the government should be focusing on. The amount of time and money wasted on insignificant things is mind-boggling.

so let us smoke in peace and go after the bad guys and cure cancer and shit. leave pot users the hell alone

if u fuckin run for president,ill change my Nationality from Greek to American,only for fuckin vote u..

polaris_x

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison%E2% ... al_complex

chadwick

by the way,

the u.s. government is out of control and stupid as shit in case you didn't already know this. do as you like as long as no one is getting hurt. that's my motto.

who is getting hurt when i smoke greenery? not one swingin jon is getting harmed. this country is as close to being retarded as one can get to being retarded without actually being retarded...maybe this place is retarded from sea to glistening sea?

corrupt is the word as well as greed, stupidity & war mongering

chadwick

dimitrispearljam wrote:

chadwick wrote:

so let us smoke in peace and go after the bad guys and cure cancer and shit. leave pot users the hell alone

if u fuckin run for president,ill change my Nationality from Greek to American,only for fuckin vote u..

dimitrispearljam... love your way, brother!
i could clean fucking house in the white house
shit would get done

soo many things i'd learn and i'd change soo much the world would do a spin on it's axis completely jump the fucker

im not bragging at all

hedonist

chadwick wrote:

here frickin here, hedonist... i seem to agree with you 97.3% of the time.

Backatcha, my good man

Indifference, I hear ya. I took your comment to mean that WE shouldn't be focusing on this, not that the government shouldn't be. So yup, agreed there.

And polaris, yes, this would free up so much space in our crowded prisons. I just read about two fuckwits getting ONE TO FIVE YEARS for raping a 17-yr-old and posting photos/videos of her and them mid-acts. And yet, nonviolent folks are doing much more time for so much less. Makes no sense.

chadwick

hedonist wrote:

chadwick wrote:

here frickin here, hedonist... i seem to agree with you 97.3% of the time.

Backatcha, my good man

Indifference, I hear ya. I took your comment to mean that WE shouldn't be focusing on this, not that the government shouldn't be. So yup, agreed there.

And polaris, yes, this would free up so much space in our crowded prisons. I just read about two fuckwits getting ONE TO FIVE YEARS for raping a 17-yr-old and posting photos/videos of her and them mid-acts. And yet, nonviolent folks are doing much more time for so much less. Makes no sense.

:shock: wow!

why can't someone just put those bad dudes out of their misery and out of our peaceful lives that we desire?

LiLiNY81

It's just unfathomable to me...banning a plant that has been proven time and time again to be very beneficial. My roommate has Crohn's Disease and the only thing that has ever seemed to settle his stomach was weed. He's tried everything under the sun, to no avail.

You're telling me that a pill like Xanax should be legal over weed? I have an anxiety disorder and with Xanax, I was knocked out for 2 hours each time I took it (same would happen if I divided it in half and even thirds at the lowest dosage of .25mg). When I'd wake up, I'd feel like a zombie and the feeling generally lasted about 24 hours. It was like torture. With weed, I never had the lethargy...only a feeling of instant ease and calm.

"The government totally sucks."

Indifference71

chadwick wrote:

so let us smoke in peace and go after the bad guys and cure cancer and shit. leave pot users the hell alone

EXACTLY!!!!