Senator Cory Booker introduces bill to legalize marijuana all across America

[initforme]

if one is for liberty and freedom why would you oppose legalisation as long as it's treated like alcohol? If a person wants to light up at home and relax after a long days work where is the harm?

 

[JimBowie1958]

A nation of drug addicts. That's the way to prosperity!

Didn't bother the pharmaceutical industry, or the doctors, or the dollar..Not to mention the pharmacists...

And a person has a better chance in life smoking pot rather than being an alcoholic or opioid addict.

People have managed their alcoholism or opioid addiction by smoking pot instead.

 

[Nosmo King]

As it is right now, with the exception of states where the marijuana situation is legalized, you can buy marijuana from a dealer whose supply is from a drug cartel. No taxes are collected. It can be sold near schools and playgrounds and parks. It can be tainted with hazardous chemicals. The quality can be substandard.

With legalization nationwide the cartels trafficking in pot would be out of business. Regulations concerning sales and quality would be in place. Our prison population would not balloon with non violent pot users and sellers. And most importantly, jobs would be created, entrepreneurs would have the chance at building their own businesses, banks would be able to loan money for those businesses and taxes would be collected.

Arguments about the effect on society must be tempered by the fact that there are many pot users right now. The only downside with those users is the current laws. We should remember the lessons Prohibition taught us.

No amount of legalization is going to change any of that.

I laid out my case. Convince me I'm wrong.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Pot is addictive for some people. Trust me, I'm a musician.

Some people can become mentally obsessed with pot, but it is not physically or chemically addictive.

Not true. Some people become physiologically dependent. You won't hear that from the pot lobby and they'll propagate obfuscation.

can you prove that?.....just asking....

 

[Divine Wind]

Pot is NOT addictive, but pot haters are juuuuust fine allowing " prescribed" meds to be taken like candy. Which is thousands of times more dangerous, and addictive. Those are the people who teach kids, do surgery, fix your teeth, work at a bank. Functional addicts until they hit bottom.

Pot is addictive for some people. Trust me, I'm a musician.

Some people can't handle drinking responsibly. Should they be banned from drinking?

Are you trying to deflect from the claim that potheads are non violent?

If rhe victim had a gun these potheads would not be beating anyone else up. Pot does not make someone peaceful. Potheads do not want to sit around and eat chips. They are violent killers.

You list ONE case of violence involving pot. Now go ahead and share about 5,000 more and you might have a point. And before you go listing ones about gang members committing crimes while high... use some common sense, because the gang members are not committing crimes because of pot, it's because they are fucking gang members.

Every time a pothead smokes in public they are committing an act of violence by injecting a mind-altering poison into others' bodies in their vicinity. Children and babies included. Creepy. It's becoming epidemic with the decriminalization of pot. The public sphere is being held hostage by ignorance.

There are laws against smoking in public, especially in the far LW Nanny States.

 

[TyroneSlothrop]

 

[EvilCat Breath]

A nation of drug addicts. That's the way to prosperity!

Didn't bother the pharmaceutical industry, or the doctors, or the dollar..Not to mention the pharmacists...

And a person has a better chance in life smoking pot rather than being an alcoholic or opioid addict.

People have managed their alcoholism or opioid addiction by smoking pot instead.

You realize how bizarre that statement is, don't you?

Winos have managed their wino addiction by drinking Jagermeister instead. Percoset addicts have been cured of percoset addiction by turning to heroin instead.

Turning to another form of drug addiction does NOT manage drug addiction.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Once marijuana is legalized, the next fight is over increasing the number of users and growing market share. This means the necessity of more drug addicts. Start those kids as early as five to be users (to make them feel good) and they will be lifelong users no matter how short that life is.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Turning to another form of drug addiction does NOT manage drug addiction.

There are many forms of addiction and most of us suffer from one or another addiction, whether it is drugs, sports, politics, gossip[, etc.

Moving from one addiction to a less harmful addiction is an improvement whether you realize it or not.

 

[JimBowie1958]

Once marijuana is legalized, the next fight is over increasing the number of users and growing market share. This means the necessity of more drug addicts. Start those kids as early as five to be users (to make them feel good) and they will be lifelong users no matter how short that life is.

And people used to say the same thing about legalizing the demon alcohol and Wild West gun chaos scenarios.

I think we can trust the vast majority of people to manage their own lives without idiots inside the Beltway telling them how to live.

 

[xyz]

There are a lot of states where it's still illegal.

I thought this was interesting article:
Alabama authorities hunt prisoner still at large after peanut butter jailbreak
no comment on the peanut butter, but some of his charges included "paraphernalia".

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Pot is addictive for some people. Trust me, I'm a musician.

Some people can become mentally obsessed with pot, but it is not physically or chemically addictive.

Can You Get Addicted To Weed? Is Marijuana Addictive?


The Surgeon General’s 1996 report entitled “Facing Addiction in America” describes marijuana as one of the “addictive drugs,”

Controversy over the recreational use of marijuana (cannabis) arises from the psychoactive properties of its primary ingredient–tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Cannabis also contains nearly 500 compounds that include 85 other cannabinoids and tetrahydrocannabivarins, which contribute to the acuteness of marijuana’s affect on the brain.

Marijuana is a dry, shredded green and brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves derived from the hemp plant, known as “cannabis sativa”. The active chemical in marijuana which provides the mind-altering effect is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

The most popular method of using marijuana is smoking it in hand-rolled cigarettes, known as a “joint”. It can also be smoked in small pipes or large water-filled devices called “bongs”. It can also be put into varies foods, like cookies or brownies. Marijuana smoke gives off a very pungent order.
According to the U.S. government statistics (SAMHSA)

Marijuana is the most-used drug after alcohol and tobacco in the United States. According to SAMHSA:
In 2014, about 22.2 million people ages 12 and up reported using marijuana during the past month.
Also in 2014, there were 2.6 million people in that age range who had used marijuana for the first time within the past 12 months. People between the ages of 12 and 49 report first using the drug at an average age of 18.5.
In the past year, 4.2 million people ages 12 and up met the criteria for a substance use disorder based on marijuana use.
These were the numbers 2-3 year ago and the laws have changed dramatically since then to make smoking pot much easier.

Marijuana over-stimulates the endocannabinoid system in the brain, leading to both psychological and physical dependency. In fact, nearly 10 percent of people who smoke marijuana will eventually develop a dependency. Further, of the seven million Americans addicted to drugs, over four million are hooked on “pot”.

Is Marijuana Addictive?

Today there still seems to be some debate about whether you can become addicted to cannabis, or not. However, make no mistake about it; marijuana is addictive. For too long, popular culture has cast it as a near harmless source of “mind-altering entertainment”. Simply put, that is untrue. Pot is the most widely used and abused illicit drug in the world. Clinical studies, diagnostic and laboratory research, as well as anecdotal evidence, has shown that marijuana use can and does lead to dependence, abuse and addiction.


Is Marijuana Addictive? Can You Get Addicted To Weed? | Addict Help

About 10% is the average for addicts in other categories like food, sex, alcohol, cigarettes, etc...So it is not surprising...But i go without weed and do not feel the desire to smoke nearly as bad as stopping the use of cola...

Then don't push the lie that it's not addictive.

Show me where I did...

Read your first response. You must be high on pot.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Pot is addictive for some people. Trust me, I'm a musician.

Some people can't handle drinking responsibly. Should they be banned from drinking?

Are you trying to deflect from the claim that potheads are non violent?

If rhe victim had a gun these potheads would not be beating anyone else up. Pot does not make someone peaceful. Potheads do not want to sit around and eat chips. They are violent killers.

You list ONE case of violence involving pot. Now go ahead and share about 5,000 more and you might have a point. And before you go listing ones about gang members committing crimes while high... use some common sense, because the gang members are not committing crimes because of pot, it's because they are fucking gang members.

Every time a pothead smokes in public they are committing an act of violence by injecting a mind-altering poison into others' bodies in their vicinity. Children and babies included. Creepy. It's becoming epidemic with the decriminalization of pot. The public sphere is being held hostage by ignorance.

Man, you must be high thinking crap like that..

It's reality. You're high.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Pot is addictive for some people. Trust me, I'm a musician.

Some people can become mentally obsessed with pot, but it is not physically or chemically addictive.

Not true. Some people become physiologically dependent. You won't hear that from the pot lobby and they'll propagate obfuscation.

can you prove that?.....just asking....

Which part? I have musician friends who do all they can to sneak their pot aboard cruise ships and airplanes. That's an addict.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Pot is addictive for some people. Trust me, I'm a musician.

Some people can't handle drinking responsibly. Should they be banned from drinking?

Are you trying to deflect from the claim that potheads are non violent?

If rhe victim had a gun these potheads would not be beating anyone else up. Pot does not make someone peaceful. Potheads do not want to sit around and eat chips. They are violent killers.

You list ONE case of violence involving pot. Now go ahead and share about 5,000 more and you might have a point. And before you go listing ones about gang members committing crimes while high... use some common sense, because the gang members are not committing crimes because of pot, it's because they are fucking gang members.

Every time a pothead smokes in public they are committing an act of violence by injecting a mind-altering poison into others' bodies in their vicinity. Children and babies included. Creepy. It's becoming epidemic with the decriminalization of pot. The public sphere is being held hostage by ignorance.

There are laws against smoking in public, especially in the far LW Nanny States.

They don't enforce them. I called 911 about a car of pot smokers filling my car with pot smoke. They've buried the incident and told me it is inevitable. So will it be inevitable when I sick MADD on them next week.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Pot is addictive for some people. Trust me, I'm a musician.

Some people can become mentally obsessed with pot, but it is not physically or chemically addictive.

Not true. Some people become physiologically dependent. You won't hear that from the pot lobby and they'll propagate obfuscation.

can you prove that?.....just asking....

Which part? I have musician friends who do all they can to sneak their pot aboard cruise ships and airplanes. That's an addict.

you should look up what an addict is....i dont think tipsies definition is it....

 

[Divine Wind]

Once marijuana is legalized, the next fight is over increasing the number of users and growing market share. This means the necessity of more drug addicts. Start those kids as early as five to be users (to make them feel good) and they will be lifelong users no matter how short that life is.

Just like alcohol!

I've lived in dry counties that some used the exact same argument when voting on whether or not to legalize alcohol.

 

[Divine Wind]

Some people can't handle drinking responsibly. Should they be banned from drinking?

Are you trying to deflect from the claim that potheads are non violent?

If rhe victim had a gun these potheads would not be beating anyone else up. Pot does not make someone peaceful. Potheads do not want to sit around and eat chips. They are violent killers.

You list ONE case of violence involving pot. Now go ahead and share about 5,000 more and you might have a point. And before you go listing ones about gang members committing crimes while high... use some common sense, because the gang members are not committing crimes because of pot, it's because they are fucking gang members.

Every time a pothead smokes in public they are committing an act of violence by injecting a mind-altering poison into others' bodies in their vicinity. Children and babies included. Creepy. It's becoming epidemic with the decriminalization of pot. The public sphere is being held hostage by ignorance.

There are laws against smoking in public, especially in the far LW Nanny States.

They don't enforce them. I called 911 about a car of pot smokers filling my car with pot smoke. They've buried the incident and told me it is inevitable. So will it be inevitable when I sick MADD on them next week.

Why did you let them in your car? Why not drive them over to the nearest police car or station?

 

[Moonglow]

Some people can't handle drinking responsibly. Should they be banned from drinking?

Are you trying to deflect from the claim that potheads are non violent?

If rhe victim had a gun these potheads would not be beating anyone else up. Pot does not make someone peaceful. Potheads do not want to sit around and eat chips. They are violent killers.

You list ONE case of violence involving pot. Now go ahead and share about 5,000 more and you might have a point. And before you go listing ones about gang members committing crimes while high... use some common sense, because the gang members are not committing crimes because of pot, it's because they are fucking gang members.

Every time a pothead smokes in public they are committing an act of violence by injecting a mind-altering poison into others' bodies in their vicinity. Children and babies included. Creepy. It's becoming epidemic with the decriminalization of pot. The public sphere is being held hostage by ignorance.

Man, you must be high thinking crap like that..

It's reality. You're high.

I am now that the work day is done...

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Once marijuana is legalized, the next fight is over increasing the number of users and growing market share. This means the necessity of more drug addicts. Start those kids as early as five to be users (to make them feel good) and they will be lifelong users no matter how short that life is.

And people used to say the same thing about legalizing the demon alcohol and Wild West gun chaos scenarios.

I think we can trust the vast majority of people to manage their own lives without idiots inside the Beltway telling them how to live.

Then stop helping them. Why do we give them medical care? Why trouble with rehab and why prosecute anyone that uses self defense against them. Put the addicts back in the same position they were in before there were any laws against using.