Posted on 10/21/2016 11:49:18 PM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
According to the latest reports coming out of Colorado, marijuana is a major cause of homicides in the state, and the problem is only getting worse.
"There is increased crime, sometimes violent crime, associated with legalization of marijuana," Brauchler said. "That's not what you'd expect. You'd expect the harder-core drugs." ... "If cash is the only way to acquire marijuana, crime follows cash," Brauchler said ... Brauchler believes the legalization of marijuana is partly to blame for the rise in crime. "It is easier for there to be black market in a legalized system than there was before," he said.
This all wasn't supposed to happen. The pot legalization advocates told us that legalized marijuana would reduce crime and effectively eliminate the black market. Now we have experienced and respected prosecutors saying they are seeing, firsthand, the exact opposite.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Don’t know who Josh Gordon is. Don’t care.
Yes.
Their most cherished human freedom boils down to dependening on a non-essential chemical. And for what? For a mere feeling.
It's orwellian.
They want the freedom to destroy their own freedom and those of others.
I heard on a program that THC that is eaten has a different effect on the body because it is processed by the liver instead of he lungs into the blood supply and then to the brain.
Yay, drug warriors!
ok, now...... do all pot stores display the green cross?
In Durango i recently saw say only 2 or 3 green cross dispensaries.
Considering the wierd people there I wonder if they all go to a green cross store
Knowing my bias, let me continue.
The question 'is it addicting' has been around for ages, of course. Just for fun, I did a StartPage search on "is marijuana addicting" and looked at a lot of results. Various topics were covered, such as what does addicting mean and is it addicting.
What I took away was that the current idea is that certainly it is psychologically addicting, which has been known. Physically addicting, mostly for long term users or those more genetically prone. Can the person stop long term and function seems to be the question. For most people, the answer seems to be Yes
Also, the physical addiction is easier to break than alcohol and drugs. (I was a medic in an Army hospital during Vietnam and I saw two guys undergo near cold turkey from alcohol. Scared the crap out of me.) A few weeks they say and most of the MJ anxiety and craving are gone. But long term users are likely to have long term psychological problems that are difficult to overcome. Maybe they would have had them or already had them, but it sounds as if researchers believe the MJ causes at least some if not most or all of it.
You mentioned "weak character" being a reason people people forego responsibilities, but some of the articles called that a result of heavy MJ psychological addiction. They used to say the "weak character" thing about drunks, too.
Long ago, I taught in an inner-city high school for five years. I saw so many stoned kids who just sat and smiled, if they managed to get to school at all. Some of them were very bright. The brightest of them pointed a gun at the driver of the car next to him just for fun. I'm sure his eyes were bloodshot and he was smiling. The driver was an off-duty cop who shot him in the head. The worry I have about legalization is that the "laid back" parents will be careless about their kids getting into their stash, or, maybe they don't even care.
Anyway, I don't want to get into a long back and forth argument on the topic. I'd be glad to hear back from you, but I won't respond. I blow too much time in online discussions.
Okay. And I'll put yours down as the ramblings of a pothead.
It decreases your intelligence.
Obama? There's a good mascot for drug advocates.
How do the supposed non-loser potheads pass drug tests? Or do they bother with employment?
They come up with bullsh*t philosophical-political rationalizations for drugs. That's just a smokescreen, hiding the real intent, which is to make money off addicts.
Go away, troll
Many dopers mix mj and other drugs, as well as alcohol. Very common.
I smoked mj for about 3 years, stopped when I was 20, and this was late 60s/early 70s when it was much weaker than it is now.
I know from research and my own experience, and seeing others over the years who smoke it regularly, that it is a character destroyer, intelligence detsroyer - make rational thinking impossible, destroys initiative and clear thinking. MJ intoxication divorces the consciousness from reality, and most people who smoke are psychologcially addicted. It has many lasting or permanent effects.
It is very destructive.
Sorry - I’m a dunce when it comes to drugs.
It just seems like an unregulated market (in any product) should have the easiest access at the best prices.
Of course, when the government Marxists in office and their bureaucrat lackies start screwing around, everything goes out the window.
“And I’ll put yours down as the ramblings of a pothead.”
The difference is, you write like a progressive marxist. I write like a conservative who uses cannabis as medicine. You’re kind of writing has killed millions of people. My writing is about freedom & hope.
Oh, here’s another family who’d child no longer suffers from seizures because of cannabis oil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSfMDUKfylo
I guess this small child is a “pothead” in your mind, right? Are the parents who give their children this healing medicine “drug dealers” to you?
Matther 19:13-14—Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked them, but Jesus said, Let the children come to me, and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.
Have a blessed day now!
Vote Trump 2016
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