Legalization thread

[goldfly]

smoked for the first time in a very long time while in seattle. was from shawn kemps stuff. his prerolled joints come with matches too. was helpful since there was no need to go buy a lighter then lol

[cajunrevenge]

[acesfull86]

https://reason.com/2022/04/14/congre...with-fentanyl/

In a recent interview with a Pensacola TV station, Rubio worried that legalization would encourage teenagers to use cannabis, which would be a "gateway" to other drugs, and warned that black-market marijuana is "laced with fentanyl." All three arguments are logically and empirically dubious. If this is the best that Rubio can do, he'd be better off changing the subject.


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1) state level legalization hasn’t led to an increase in teenage use
2) the “gateway” theory is still around in 2022? Good grief
3) this fentanyl laced pot scare du jour (if we even grant it’s real) is entirely a product of pot prohibition and would be solved with legalization

Good work, Marco.

[zbhargrove]

https://reason.com/2022/04/14/congre...with-fentanyl/

In a recent interview with a Pensacola TV station, Rubio worried that legalization would encourage teenagers to use cannabis, which would be a "gateway" to other drugs, and warned that black-market marijuana is "laced with fentanyl." All three arguments are logically and empirically dubious. If this is the best that Rubio can do, he'd be better off changing the subject.


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1) state level legalization hasn’t led to an increase in teenage use
2) the “gateway” theory is still around in 2022? Good grief
3) this fentanyl laced pot scare du jour (if we even grant it’s real) is entirely a product of pot prohibition and would be solved with legalization

Good work, Marco.

The laced with fentanyl crap is mainly a myth used as scare tactics.

[zbhargrove]

I have been using legally with a medical card now for 2.5 years and smoked plenty in my young college years... somehow I'm still not addicted to heroin

[mqt]

https://reason.com/2022/04/14/congre...with-fentanyl/

In a recent interview with a Pensacola TV station, Rubio worried that legalization would encourage teenagers to use cannabis, which would be a "gateway" to other drugs, and warned that black-market marijuana is "laced with fentanyl." All three arguments are logically and empirically dubious. If this is the best that Rubio can do, he'd be better off changing the subject.


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1) state level legalization hasn’t led to an increase in teenage use
2) the “gateway” theory is still around in 2022? Good grief
3) this fentanyl laced pot scare du jour (if we even grant it’s real) is entirely a product of pot prohibition and would be solved with legalization

Good work, Marco.

I truly have no idea how this remains such a controversial topic. Marijuana is safer than alcohol and legalizing it makes the process so much safer, in addition to the societal benefits of not arresting people for using it and the tax revenue generated by the legal sale of it. Does the damn Cartel have lobbyists or something?

[cajunrevenge]

The short answer is one of the most protected class of people, law enforcement, make too much money off of prohibition. I would give anything for a REAL investigation into these shady influences on the law.

[acesfull86]

"There are not enough Pennsylvanians to work in Pennsylvania, so giving them pot so that they stay home is not, I don't think, an ideal move….We need to get Pennsylvanians back at work, gotta give them their mojo, and I don't want marijuana to be a hindrance to that."

- Dr. Oz, on why Pennsylvania should not legalize marijuana

[goldfly]

"There are not enough Pennsylvanians to work in Pennsylvania, so giving them pot so that they stay home is not, I don't think, an ideal move….We need to get Pennsylvanians back at work, gotta give them their mojo, and I don't want marijuana to be a hindrance to that."

- Dr. Oz, on why Pennsylvania should not legalize marijuana

That dude is so ****ing stupid

He’s perfect for the maga cult

[mqt]

"There are not enough Pennsylvanians to work in Pennsylvania, so giving them pot so that they stay home is not, I don't think, an ideal move….We need to get Pennsylvanians back at work, gotta give them their mojo, and I don't want marijuana to be a hindrance to that."

- Dr. Oz, on why Pennsylvania should not legalize marijuana

It’s much, much better when they aren’t at work because they’re in jail on a possession charge.

[cajunrevenge]

So let me see if I got this straight. PA has too many jobs and not enough people to fill them? So by legalizing people will quit their jobs and stay home to smoke pot? So smoking pot magically pays your bills since you somehow no longer need money to live? And this weed will be free since they quit their job and have no income? Maybe they all become Onlyfan models I guess. And this all assumes a person already couldnt buy pot and stay home by buying it off the black market. I smoke 6 pounds a year and havent missed a day of work in 5 years and that includes through the coronavirus. Funny how pot smokers are that one demographic people can lump all into one basic but when I assume all Christians are pedophiles I am the bad guy.

[acesfull86]

Cajun, he’s a doctor…if he says smoking pot makes you lose your “mojo,” you should believe him. Didn’t know that was a medical phenomenon, but then again I didn’t go to med school.
#followthescience #trusttheexperts

[mqt]

Cajun, he’s a doctor…if he says smoking pot makes you lose your “mojo,” you should believe him. Didn’t know that was a medical phenomenon, but then again I didn’t go to med school.
#followthescience #trusttheexperts

Everybody knows if you want to keep your mojo you need his magic coffee beans.

[The Chosen One]

"There are not enough Pennsylvanians to work in Pennsylvania, so giving them pot so that they stay home is not, I don't think, an ideal move….We need to get Pennsylvanians back at work, gotta give them their mojo, and I don't want marijuana to be a hindrance to that."

- Dr. Oz, on why Pennsylvania should not legalize marijuana

If Dr. Oz added "the bible and christ did not want people to stay home and smoke pot", he would have won the primary by a landslide.

[nsacpi]

If God didn't want me to smoke pot he wouldn't have caused my son to leave his stash behind when he came home for spring break.

[acesfull86]

https://thehill.com/news/state-watch...alization/amp/

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, setting up a potential showdown with legislators who might try to force the measure into law over his objections.

Carney vetoed a measure to legalize possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana for those who are over 21 years old.

“I do not believe that promoting or expanding the use of recreational marijuana is in the best interests of the state of Delaware, especially our young people. Questions about the long-term health and economic impacts of recreational marijuana use, as well as serious law enforcement concerns, remain unresolved,” he wrote.

[nsacpi]

https://thehill.com/news/state-watch...alization/amp/

Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) on Tuesday vetoed legislation that would have legalized possession of small amounts of marijuana, setting up a potential showdown with legislators who might try to force the measure into law over his objections.

Carney vetoed a measure to legalize possession of up to 1 ounce of marijuana for those who are over 21 years old.

“I do not believe that promoting or expanding the use of recreational marijuana is in the best interests of the state of Delaware, especially our young people. Questions about the long-term health and economic impacts of recreational marijuana use, as well as serious law enforcement concerns, remain unresolved,” he wrote.

His concerns are not misplaced. But there are competing interests here. And I think the ones on the side of fweedom and not wasting law enforecment resources on minor mostly victimless offenses carry the day.

[The Chosen One]

Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?

Short-term AND long-term?

[nsacpi]

Is marijuana more dangerous than alcohol?

Short-term AND long-term?

I think the answer is we don't know.

[cajunrevenge]

We do know. Marijuana is 2% of the problem alcohol is.