Posted on 01/09/2019 10:03:03 AM PST by Kaslin
“Pot driving fatalities in Colorado are up 151 percent!”
Right and let THEM babysit YOUR kids
Big straw-man.
[[ Ten states and Washington, D.C., have now legalized adult use of marijuana.]]
And if you smoke it, in some states, and it is determined that you do, you can never own a gun again-
Medical or Recreational Marijuana Means No Gun Rights
https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2016/11/john-boch/medical-marijuana-means-no-gun-rights/
No one can convince me "parents" should be smoking weed around their young children or that it doesn't have lasting cumulative effects.
Legalizing weed is about dulling and controlling new generations for political power.
I guess no one is safe anymore....
Pilots and bus drivers are tested.
I’m fine with recreational weed smoking. But it should be regulated in public. If they can limit a Constitutional right (firearms possession) in certain space, they can absolutely limit smoking weed in certain spaces.
From what I have been told, the tourists frequent the dispensaries and most locals continue to buy on the black market. The greatest danger from weed are the edibles. It takes a couple of hours to feel the effect, and many become impatient and take way more than they should. It can make you disturbingly high. It’s like candy, and tempting to children. Today’s weed isn’t like the dreck from back in the day. not by a long shot.
Some mid-wive’s and naturopaths are recommending marijuana to alleviate symptoms associated with morning sickness. There is evidence that marijuana usage during pregnancy may have bad effects on the unborn child’s brain development.
Legalizing weed is about dulling and controlling new generations for political power.
Bingo!
Fool. It's not just crime rates that need looking at. What about unemployment rates? What about welfare rates? What about the tax and spending increases that Colorado has suffered with? The lower educational levels?
There are many tangible negatives to legal weed.
“No one can convince me “parents” should be smoking weed around their young children or that it doesn’t have lasting cumulative effects.”
Who is arguing that parents should smoke pot around their kids?
It’s a very reliable axiom that you can view any CHANGE in societal rules that the left champions as the ideological opposite of the conservative position.
Where does the left fall on this issue, is what should be examined.
I am hard over opposed to legalizing Marijuana!
In researching the “results” of legalization, I can find no dispassionate, objective statistics supporting legalization or keeping it a criminal act.
Both sides have their own facts and statistics, and both claim to be right!
So, all we can do is follow the money, and the big money people are spending millions to get drugs legalized under the rubric of “Well, they are gonna do it anyway, legal or not, so we may as well cash in and get the criminal element out of the drug business.”
How has that worked out so far?
And, what does legalization of a substance that is known to cause health and behavior problems say about our society?
We are not strong enough to call out evil? We caution against drinking too much alcohol - how much is too much marijuana?
This experiment will not end well for anybody but government and the big money behind legalization.
The poor suffering honest, non-dope smoking taxpayer is gonna get screwed again!
Supporters of America’s long war on drugs said legalization would create disaster. Has it? No.
When pot was illegal the legal consequence was more dangerous than the drug.
I don't smoke, either tobacco or marijuana, but I cannot understand how smoking marijuana isn't restricted to the level that smoking tobacco is. Both are burning weeds; if there are tars and carcinogens in burning tobacco, wouldn't there be the same problems with burning marijuana?
Bingo!
Just like LBJ's Great Society and Welfare State was about controlling the 60's generation for political power.
Bread and Circuses are now Welfare and Weed.
It definitely was still a question n the 4473 I filled out a couple of days ago. “No” is still the accurate and honest answer from myself.
Pot might be legal but has consequences: 1. No job if it requires drug test, 2. No gun ownership if honest on background application, etc.
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