Start another marijuana thread, please.
brianlux
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Why this thread? Because, really, cannabis is not the same issue as hemp. We have a hemp thread so now lets have a separate cannabis thread.
Express your thoughts about legalizing cannabis as "medical marijuana" or "I want a legal weed high" thoughts here.
Express your thoughts about legalizing cannabis as "medical marijuana" or "I want a legal weed high" thoughts here.
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I'm probably the wrong person to ask about this subject because I think all drugs should be legal. People will use them whether they are or are not. Jails are already overcrowded and why put more people in for non-victim crimes?
So as for cannabis, the question to me is not so much about legalization as it is education. If people are going to use it, they would do well to have some guidance.
People who think they might want to use it would do well to consider several questions:
Can you handle the effects safely?
Do you understand that at the very least, inexperienced smokers should not drive while high?
Are you aware it can give you overwhelming anxiety and can you deal with that?
Do you realize that for many, smoking pot causes short term memory loss?
Are you aware that some find pot to be psychologically addicting?
Do you know that often, regular (especially heavy) use reduces the effect of pot?
Are you aware that many young pot users come across as very stupid when high and is that how you want to be seen by others?
Are you aware that some people have a difficult time with manual dexterity and/or cognitive thinking while high?
Are you aware that many people are very unmotivated and unproductive, especially when using on a regular basis.
I still think pot is safer than alcohol and should be legal, but I would also not hand it out like candy. Some responsible education and making of choice s is wise.
As far as potency goes, we have labels on our weed, stating % THC and CBD. So just like alcohol, you know whether you're getting malt liquor vs Everclear.
Although I've been smoking it for over 35 years - and was educated via experience and common sense - it's important for people to inform themselves as with anything else.
Edit- this makes it extremely dangerous for the fact that someone who buys a product and feels little effect will possibly up their dosage to the point where they get a potent product for once and end up hospitalized. The Feds are examining this as we speak and have already begun acting on the edibles legislation.
Also it should be known that most private growers in Colorado, where I do my business, export via usps to illegal states in order to make their money because the legal status has saturated the market and deflated prices in their legal state. Most growers I come in contact with preferred it as only medical or illegal in their states because they find it hard to make a living legally.
I actually have always been pro-legalization, but voted against the legalization initiative that passed here for various reasons mostly having to do with the unnecessarily tight regulation, the way it was taxed 3 times along the way from grow to retail, and the way they determine limits when charging DUI (which has nothing to do with impairment). But ultimately I'm happy with it being legal for a lot of reasons, including access to lots of different strains, and the removal of the stigma/taboo associated with it. No different than having a cocktail or a beer.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
As far as driving while high, yes, drunks are far more dangerous but high drivers vary a lot. A long time ago I rode in a car with a driver who was high as a kite on this street that had round grass medians every fifty yards as an alternative to speed bumps. He just drove straight over the medians. Probably trashed the suspension in his dad's car. Another time I drove with a guy who started freaking out because he thought he was going too fast. He was doing a 15 MPH in a 35 MPH zone.
Zone... ah huh. If you're riding, choose your driver wisely.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
Much prefer the buzzed state but when you're working and are in pain? Gotta go the other route till I can get home and light a bowl...my preferential place to be when getting high to begin with.
I've driven after taking a hit as I have after having had a glass of wine. But, I'm self-aware enough at this point that if I feel impaired in any way to get behind the wheel, it's Uber or a taxi. The alternative is just not worth it.
As to the breathalyzer, I'm not sure it can be gauged as accurately as for alcohol. Look at how long ago it was used, body fat, etc.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
And I know what you mean about how the view of pot has changed. Even in California in the late sixties there was a lot of resistance to weed. In my first year in school living in a dorm at San Francisco State, dorms were raided one weekend when I was away at home. Guys were getting busted for tiny amounts, even just for seeds. And yet you saw people smoking joints on campus or on the streets downtown and always clouds of weed hanging over Golden Gate Park. Weird time there in the City By the Bay.
Don't criticize it.