(03-28-2022, 12:56 PM)NewJagsCity Wrote: Why are we passing laws that are just going to make us an even more unhealthy and stupid society?  (And yes, I had my 'period' of pot use/abuse).  Never mind the long term damage to brain cells (which studies support), but it's just more smoke in and damage to your lungs, which we learned from CoVid can open you up to a whole lot more opportunistic diseases.  How many out there were screaming about a vaccine, and yet its cool to suck that sticky icky into your lungs?  Why do I care?  Because an Idiocracy is more prone to totalitarian conquest than a society that is at least partly awake. Stupid and stoned doesnt usually give a [BLEEP] about anything except thier next hit. Also, Increased costs to society: health insurance, auto insurance, security, etc.  Of course, the Cheetos industry will go thru the roof, so just tax that to cover all the risk cost increases.  And of course, its possible too that most idiot stoners will Darwin award themselves right out of this world anyway, which is fine as long as they don't take me or my loved ones with them.  So, [BLEEP] yeah, light up.  Don't Bogart that joint.

So I guess you are saying Alcohol, unhealthy foods and any tobacco products should be outlawed as well, because there is absolutely no difference between weed and those other things. They are all vices. People that want weed legalized are simply pointing out that there is a double standard between cannabis and and any other vice. It should be either all or nothing.

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(03-28-2022, 10:19 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(03-28-2022, 04:46 PM)TrivialPursuit Wrote: Alcohol kills far more people than any other drug in the world.

Your uncle definitely killed himself because of pills. Don't even question that. Not even for a second.

Pharmaceuticals are so much worse than marijuana. Ever hear those commercials that say, "we're not sure why this drug works, but it does" ..... sigh. Pills are awful.

Not if the marijuana is laced with fentanyl or some of this other crazy stuff that's killing people. Yeah, straight up pot may not be as bad as pills but for someone with an addiction it doesn't matter. It's going to ruin their life. I've seen it happen more than once.

If it's legalized though, it can be regulated. It will be far safer and you wouldn't have to worry about it being laced with Fentanyl or PCP or any other foreign substance.

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