Originally Posted by Micah
Thats a large read but from what i just read, you dont seem to take into consideration that with the legalization of marijuana comes regulations for it. Not just go down to the store and buy a join, thats not how it works. For example, Amsterdam. Shoddy can tell you, coffeeshops and such are not allowed to sell marijuana as you are not allowed to smoke it in un desgiznated public places. Marijuana, at one point was already legal through out the united States, making it legal again would cause a lot less problems that most people undersrand. Smelling marijuana driving down the roD is much different from smoking it. If you are driving and you pass through a cloud of marijuana smoke youre nit going to get high, common sense and basic understanding of wind and air movement should explain that for itself. I have been soking weed for years now, my grNdfather has been all his life, 68 years old and still going strong. If we look at even the most prevelant weed smokers we can see that only in very very rare cases, do any of the develop any sort of health issue from smoking marijuana. You really dont understand how easy it is to buy weed on the street. The united states have spent billions of dollars, around 25 billion to be exact, to keep marijuana and other drugs being imported into the country. They reported that they were able to obtain .00003% of all drugs imported with 25 BILLION dollars. Now tell me the legalization of marijuana wouldnt help the economy.
Let people smoke weed chill out and stop killing each other. No one trusts the American government anymore not after water gate. But if you really think the legalization of weed can hurt the country more than trump can well shit in stead of marijuana, I might as well go choke on some nuclear radiation for some R & R
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Tl dr weed is good. if you don't think so youre probably a conservative who thinks if they turn around fast enough, theyll be able to catch a glimpse of the void.
Besides my view on drugs, I'd consider myself to be quite liberal, but that's besides the point.
Granted, you won't incur much risk from one off exposure, but what about children who grow up in households where weed is smoked regularly? They will be exposed to secondhand smoke regularly, and although you won't get high from inhaling the smoke, there are still risks, much like with secondhand cigarette smoke.
Okay, maybe you can't just go down to a cornershop and buy a twenty pack of joints, but it is still easier to source. I personally, sheltered little bitch that I am, have no clue where I would get weed. I don't know anyone who smokes the stuff, so I have no clue where to get it. If it were sold legally, not matter how regulated, you could still get it easier.
It is not valid to say "My granddad has smoked weed for over 50 years, and is not dead, therefore weed is not unhealthy." Not everyone who smokes it will develop bronchitis, stroke, cancer, mental health issues etc. Enough will for it to be a health risk.
When I say that legalising cannabis is probably not that great for the economy, I'm mostly talking about the UK economy, as that is where I live. It could potentially benefit the US economy due to the private healthcare system, but to be honest, I'd recommend a better healthcare system, since the poor are essentially left to die if they cannot afford health insurance.
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Originally Posted by DarkEmber
Besides my view on drugs, I'd consider myself to be quite liberal, but that's besides the point.
Granted, you won't incur much risk from one off exposure, but what about children who grow up in households where weed is smoked regularly? They will be exposed to secondhand smoke regularly, and although you won't get high from inhaling the smoke, there are still risks, much like with secondhand cigarette smoke.
It is not valid to say "My granddad has smoked weed for over 50 years, and is not dead, therefore weed is not unhealthy." Not everyone who smokes it will develop bronchitis, stroke, cancer, mental health issues etc. Enough will for it to be a health risk.
first off weed second hand smoke is nothing like a cigarette, unless youre hotboxing, youre not getting high from someones second hand weed smoke. You dont see people hot boxing cigarettes do you? no, because they don't want cancer. You see people hot boxing weed, why? Because 9/10 worse thing that's going to happen to you is you're getting a ticket. Doesnt matter what it is obviously putting smoke into your lungs is bad, if you dont already understand that before going in youre probably just stupid. The question is if I can smoke a cigarette that has been proven multiple times over and over to cause so much harm, and take lives, why is it that I cant legally smoke something that has a much much much much lower risk to take my life or someone else around's life and even help me with my depression and illnesses? But that cigarette that is killing children daily is alright?
Originally Posted by Micah
first off weed second hand smoke is nothing like a cigarette, unless youre hotboxing, youre not getting high from someones second hand weed smoke. You dont see people hot boxing cigarettes do you? no, because they don't want cancer. You see people hot boxing weed, why? Because 9/10 worse thing that's going to happen to you is you're getting a ticket. Doesnt matter what it is obviously putting smoke into your lungs is bad, if you dont already understand that before going in youre probably just stupid. The question is if I can smoke a cigarette that has been proven multiple times over and over to cause so much harm, and take lives, why is it that I cant legally smoke something that has a much much much much lower risk to take my life or someone else around's life and even help me with my depression and illnesses? But that cigarette that is killing children daily is alright?
You misunderstand. I am not saying that smoking cigarettes should be allowed. That should be banned too. As I said before, weed can help with very specific illnesses, and even then, it's not weed, it's the active ingredients, mainly THC. Obviously, if it can cure cancer or whatever, it should be allowed medicinally to cure that. I'm going to point you to the NHS article I linked in an earlier post again because weed is a detriment to mental health, and contributes specifically to psychotic illness, as well as the physiological detriments.
Obviously you won't get high from secondhand weed smoke, but that is, frankly, the least of your worries. The thing is, most people don't understand the weed smoke is harmful, because they think "Well, it cures cancer right, must be fine." Unfortunately, stupid people, as you put it, have to be protected from themselves, and others have to be protected from stupid people.
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But how is it not common sense that inhaling smoke will hurt you? Be protected from what? If a stupid person is smoking weed they arent harming anyone else, everything with in the smoke is being absorbed i to there blood stream the exhaled portion compared to a cigarette is basically harmless.
There is no way to argue that weed shouldnt be legalized in someway shape or form how ever big or small. If i can smoke A cigarette that kills and has a second hand smoke that is actuLly harmful i should be able to smoke a blunt in the privacy of my home.
There is no way to argue that weed shouldnt be legalized in someway shape or form how ever big or small. If i can smoke A cigarette that kills and has a second hand smoke that is actuLly harmful i should be able to smoke a blunt in the privacy of my home.
Originally Posted by Micah
But how is it not common sense that inhaling smoke will hurt you? Be protected from what? If a stupid person is smoking weed they arent harming anyone else, everything with in the smoke is being absorbed i to there blood stream the exhaled portion compared to a cigarette is basically harmless.
There is no way to argue that weed shouldnt be legalized in someway shape or form how ever big or small. If i can smoke A cigarette that kills and has a second hand smoke that is actuLly harmful i should be able to smoke a blunt in the privacy of my home.
A stupid person smoking weed is not harming anyone else? What about people who drive high? People who expose others to the smoke, which IS harmful? People who peer pressure others into smoking weed, and then expose them to the risks?
I agree with you that there is no way to argue that it shouldn't be legalised in some shape or form: for purely medicinal/research purposes. A sizeable portion of people who want to legalise weed are those who already smoke it. Why? You smoke it, and presumably get away with it anyway, and have shown that you are willing to disregard the law (unless you live somewhere this is already legal). If you're going to smoke it anyway, what difference does a law make? Smoke it, fine, but don't push to make it legal and encourage others to take up the habit, as it inevitably would. At least the law will stop more honest people who would be otherwise compelled to smoke weed.
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