Marijuana: Pot use declines worldwide, but not in the US

[DigitalDrifter]

Not in the good ol' U.S. where we don't give a fuck about our borders anymore, and we want the government to take wipe our asses and tuck us in at night, so that we can sit around all day and get high. Of course that's after we've married the transgendered Bill who nature had intended to be Heather.
Thanks Millenials, and old hippieass potheads !

Marijuana legalization for recreational as well as medical purposes is growing in the US. A new UN report raises warning flags, especially for young or regular users.

In Seattle this weekend, a school bus rigged up as a food truck will start selling items infused with marijuana. The menu includes truffle popcorn, peanut butter and jelly, and a Vietnamese pork banh mi, reports the Los Angeles Times.





It may become an increasingly typical sight in Washington State, one of two states where the possession and sale of pot for recreational purposes is now legal. (Colorado is the other state.) And it could spread as the trend toward legalizing marijuana continues.

On the November ballot in Oregon and Alaska are measures allowing the sale of recreational marijuana to adults. Meanwhile, Florida voters will decide on a constitutional amendment legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. That would make it the 24th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize medical marijuana.

Recommended: 7 big myths about marijuana

All of this fits public opinion polls showing greater acceptance of the trend, particularly among younger Americans. But a United Nations report offers a cautionary note.

Use of marijuana around the world is declining, according to the just-released World Drug Report 2014, put out by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

"However, in the United States, the lower perceived risk of cannabis use has led to an increase in its use," the report states. "At the same time, more people using cannabis are seeking treatment each year."

This included a 56 percent increase in US marijuana-related emergency room visits between 2006 and 2010, and a 14 percent increase in admission to drug-treatment programs over the same period, the report states.

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about 9 percent of people who use marijuana become dependent on it – a number that increases to about one in six among those who start using it at a young age, and to 25 to 50 percent among daily users.

Meanwhile, the potency of pot has increased over the years due to genetic selection. "Daily use can have stronger effects on a developing teen brain than it did 10 or 20 years ago,” the NIH warns.

The UN cites the “risk of heavy dependence, lung problems, memory impairment, psychosocial development problems and mental health problems, and poorer cognitive performance associated with early initiation and persistent use between the early teenage years and adulthood.”

One of the arguments for marijuana legalization has been that, properly controlled by government agencies, it will provide a source of revenue for states. But the cost-benefit ratio may not be entirely clear, the UN reports.

“Based on assumptions regarding the size of the consumer market, it is unclear how legalization will affect public budgets in the short or long term, but expected revenue will need to be cautiously balanced against the costs of prevention and health care,” the report states.

“In addition to the impact on health, criminal justice, and the economy, a series of other effects such as consequences related to security, health care, family problems, low performance, absenteeism, car and workplace accidents and insurance could create significant costs for the state,” the UN report cautions. “It is also important to note that legalization does not eliminate trafficking in that drug. Although decriminalized, its use and personal possession will be restricted by age. Therefore, the gaps that traffickers can exploit, although reduced, will remain.”

Marijuana: Pot use declines worldwide, but not in the US

 

[R.C. Christian]

That's because most of the world isn't as fundamentally insane as the U.S. Most people have to separate themselves from the horror via some kind of addiction.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

That's because most of the world isn't as fundamentally insane as the U.S. Most people have to separate themselves from the horror via some kind of addiction.

And one of the reasons for all the insanity is because of all the drug use.

 

[TheOldSchool]

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[DigitalDrifter]

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Where'd you get that red sweater gramps ?

 

[TheOldSchool]

A better question would be why isn't he using the other bong instead? It looks a lot more complex

 

[DigitalDrifter]

A better question would be why isn't he using the other bong instead? It looks a lot more complex

Ok, tell us then. Why didn't you use the other one ?

 

[TheOldSchool]

A better question would be why isn't he using the other bong instead? It looks a lot more complex

Ok, tell us then. Why didn't you use the other one ?

Really stickin to that angle huh?

 

[Flopper]

Not in the good ol' U.S. where we don't give a fuck about our borders anymore, and we want the government to take wipe our asses and tuck us in at night, so that we can sit around all day and get high. Of course that's after we've married the transgendered Bill who nature had intended to be Heather.
Thanks Millenials, and old hippieass potheads !

Marijuana legalization for recreational as well as medical purposes is growing in the US. A new UN report raises warning flags, especially for young or regular users.

In Seattle this weekend, a school bus rigged up as a food truck will start selling items infused with marijuana. The menu includes truffle popcorn, peanut butter and jelly, and a Vietnamese pork banh mi, reports the Los Angeles Times.





It may become an increasingly typical sight in Washington State, one of two states where the possession and sale of pot for recreational purposes is now legal. (Colorado is the other state.) And it could spread as the trend toward legalizing marijuana continues.

On the November ballot in Oregon and Alaska are measures allowing the sale of recreational marijuana to adults. Meanwhile, Florida voters will decide on a constitutional amendment legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. That would make it the 24th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize medical marijuana.

Recommended: 7 big myths about marijuana

All of this fits public opinion polls showing greater acceptance of the trend, particularly among younger Americans. But a United Nations report offers a cautionary note.

Use of marijuana around the world is declining, according to the just-released World Drug Report 2014, put out by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

"However, in the United States, the lower perceived risk of cannabis use has led to an increase in its use," the report states. "At the same time, more people using cannabis are seeking treatment each year."

This included a 56 percent increase in US marijuana-related emergency room visits between 2006 and 2010, and a 14 percent increase in admission to drug-treatment programs over the same period, the report states.

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about 9 percent of people who use marijuana become dependent on it – a number that increases to about one in six among those who start using it at a young age, and to 25 to 50 percent among daily users.

Meanwhile, the potency of pot has increased over the years due to genetic selection. "Daily use can have stronger effects on a developing teen brain than it did 10 or 20 years ago,” the NIH warns.

The UN cites the “risk of heavy dependence, lung problems, memory impairment, psychosocial development problems and mental health problems, and poorer cognitive performance associated with early initiation and persistent use between the early teenage years and adulthood.”

One of the arguments for marijuana legalization has been that, properly controlled by government agencies, it will provide a source of revenue for states. But the cost-benefit ratio may not be entirely clear, the UN reports.

“Based on assumptions regarding the size of the consumer market, it is unclear how legalization will affect public budgets in the short or long term, but expected revenue will need to be cautiously balanced against the costs of prevention and health care,” the report states.

“In addition to the impact on health, criminal justice, and the economy, a series of other effects such as consequences related to security, health care, family problems, low performance, absenteeism, car and workplace accidents and insurance could create significant costs for the state,” the UN report cautions. “It is also important to note that legalization does not eliminate trafficking in that drug. Although decriminalized, its use and personal possession will be restricted by age. Therefore, the gaps that traffickers can exploit, although reduced, will remain.”

Marijuana: Pot use declines worldwide, but not in the US

The author is really comparing apples and oranges. In the World Drug Report 2014, the author is using eradication of plants and drug seizures, primarily in Europe as an indication that worldwide use is declining which is not necessarily so.

Of course, there's an upward trend in usage in the US over the last 6 or 8 years. Two states have made recreation use legal, a number of states have made it legal for medical use, and most states have all but stopped arresting people for possessing small quantities.


http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr2014/Cannabis_2014_web.pdf

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Not in the good ol' U.S. where we don't give a fuck about our borders anymore, and we want the government to take wipe our asses and tuck us in at night, so that we can sit around all day and get high. Of course that's after we've married the transgendered Bill who nature had intended to be Heather.
Thanks Millenials, and old hippieass potheads !

Marijuana legalization for recreational as well as medical purposes is growing in the US. A new UN report raises warning flags, especially for young or regular users.

In Seattle this weekend, a school bus rigged up as a food truck will start selling items infused with marijuana. The menu includes truffle popcorn, peanut butter and jelly, and a Vietnamese pork banh mi, reports the Los Angeles Times.





It may become an increasingly typical sight in Washington State, one of two states where the possession and sale of pot for recreational purposes is now legal. (Colorado is the other state.) And it could spread as the trend toward legalizing marijuana continues.

On the November ballot in Oregon and Alaska are measures allowing the sale of recreational marijuana to adults. Meanwhile, Florida voters will decide on a constitutional amendment legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. That would make it the 24th state, plus the District of Columbia, to legalize medical marijuana.

Recommended: 7 big myths about marijuana

All of this fits public opinion polls showing greater acceptance of the trend, particularly among younger Americans. But a United Nations report offers a cautionary note.

Use of marijuana around the world is declining, according to the just-released World Drug Report 2014, put out by the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime.

"However, in the United States, the lower perceived risk of cannabis use has led to an increase in its use," the report states. "At the same time, more people using cannabis are seeking treatment each year."

This included a 56 percent increase in US marijuana-related emergency room visits between 2006 and 2010, and a 14 percent increase in admission to drug-treatment programs over the same period, the report states.

According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), about 9 percent of people who use marijuana become dependent on it – a number that increases to about one in six among those who start using it at a young age, and to 25 to 50 percent among daily users.

Meanwhile, the potency of pot has increased over the years due to genetic selection. "Daily use can have stronger effects on a developing teen brain than it did 10 or 20 years ago,” the NIH warns.

The UN cites the “risk of heavy dependence, lung problems, memory impairment, psychosocial development problems and mental health problems, and poorer cognitive performance associated with early initiation and persistent use between the early teenage years and adulthood.”

One of the arguments for marijuana legalization has been that, properly controlled by government agencies, it will provide a source of revenue for states. But the cost-benefit ratio may not be entirely clear, the UN reports.

“Based on assumptions regarding the size of the consumer market, it is unclear how legalization will affect public budgets in the short or long term, but expected revenue will need to be cautiously balanced against the costs of prevention and health care,” the report states.

“In addition to the impact on health, criminal justice, and the economy, a series of other effects such as consequences related to security, health care, family problems, low performance, absenteeism, car and workplace accidents and insurance could create significant costs for the state,” the UN report cautions. “It is also important to note that legalization does not eliminate trafficking in that drug. Although decriminalized, its use and personal possession will be restricted by age. Therefore, the gaps that traffickers can exploit, although reduced, will remain.”

Marijuana: Pot use declines worldwide, but not in the US

The author is really comparing apples and oranges. In the World Drug Report 2014, the author is using eradication of plants and drug seizures, primarily in Europe as an indication that worldwide use is declining which is not necessarily so.

Of course, there's an upward trend in usage in the US over the last 6 or 8 years. Two states have made recreation use legal, a number of states have made it legal for medical use, and most states have all but stopped arresting people for possessing small quantities.


http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr2014/Cannabis_2014_web.pdf

And in the coming years you're going to see usage skyrocket as more and more states legalize.

It will be like decades ago when your average American smoked cigarettes. We'll be smelling pot everywhere. Here in Oregon medical MJ has been legal for a few years, and I'm amazed how you smell it everywhere now.
A few months ago I was conducting an inspection throughout the exterior of a large apartment complex. You could smell pot throughout the complex, it was utterly amazing.
This November Oregon will be one of the next states to legalize, as I have little doubt the pot measure on the ballot will pass.
I dread it like the plague, it's bad enough now, after legalization that stink will be everywhere.

 

[S.J.]

I don't think pot smoking is skyrocketing, it's just more out in the open now with legalization and decriminalization.

 

[TheOldSchool]

I can't wait until pot's legalized and I can stop having beer drinkers at my parties

 

[September]

The Force is fucking strong with this strain... fo real

*waves hand like a Jedi and blows smoke in all your faces*

You want to smoke this and get blazed off your ass...

 

[Flopper]

Not in the good ol' U.S. where we don't give a fuck about our borders anymore, and we want the government to take wipe our asses and tuck us in at night, so that we can sit around all day and get high. Of course that's after we've married the transgendered Bill who nature had intended to be Heather.
Thanks Millenials, and old hippieass potheads !

Marijuana legalization for recreational as well as medical purposes is growing in the US. A new UN report raises warning flags, especially for young or regular users.





Marijuana: Pot use declines worldwide, but not in the US

The author is really comparing apples and oranges. In the World Drug Report 2014, the author is using eradication of plants and drug seizures, primarily in Europe as an indication that worldwide use is declining which is not necessarily so.

Of course, there's an upward trend in usage in the US over the last 6 or 8 years. Two states have made recreation use legal, a number of states have made it legal for medical use, and most states have all but stopped arresting people for possessing small quantities.


http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr2014/Cannabis_2014_web.pdf

And in the coming years you're going to see usage skyrocket as more and more states legalize.

It will be like decades ago when your average American smoked cigarettes. We'll be smelling pot everywhere. Here in Oregon medical MJ has been legal for a few years, and I'm amazed how you smell it everywhere now.
A few months ago I was conducting an inspection throughout the exterior of a large apartment complex. You could smell pot throughout the complex, it was utterly amazing.
This November Oregon will be one of the next states to legalize, as I have little doubt the pot measure on the ballot will pass.
I dread it like the plague, it's bad enough now, after legalization that stink will be everywhere.

If there is enough evidence against usage, then it's use will be curtailed as with cigarettes through laws, taxes, public awareness.

 

[Harry Dresden]

I don't think pot smoking is skyrocketing, it's just more out in the open now with legalization and decriminalization.

yep thats it.....when i was delivering the mail.....i used to walk right up on the porch with windows opened....once in a while i smelled it....but not to often and its been just about legal here for 20 years now.....

 

[Snouter]

Still got some Sour Diesel and AK-47 around, but that looks beautiful.

I assume the establishment fears pot because it helps people see The Lobby behind the curtain.

 

[rayniac]

I don't see the issue here...everyone wants a democracy, now you have it and as a result you have to live with what the majority wants

 

[rayniac]

oh i forgott...eat this:
? Americans on the legalization of marijuana | Survey 2013